GP2 2007, Who goes Where? - Page 7

strider · 19 Nov 2006, 17:09 (Ref:1769704)

I'm sure today's success will have done Conway no harm at all, but I hope 2MB don't succeed in messing it up for him. Their latest 'success' was in negotiating Gary Paffet out of the Honda third driver role...

bradrive · 20 Nov 2006, 20:28 (Ref:1770895)

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The lineup is my pure speculation (in bold: signed or on the verge of signing)

Art: Ammermüller, Senna
Minardi Piquet: Negrao, Rodriguez
iSport: Zuber, Danielsson
Super Nova: DiGrassi, Petrov
Arden: Zaugg, Filippi
FMS: Pizzonia, Tahinci
Trident: Hirate, Viso
RE: Villa , Maldonado
Dams: Lapierre, Nakajima
Carlin (exDPR): Parente, Monfardini
BCN: Lopez, Yoshimoto
Durango: Perera, Fauzy
Campos: Pantano, Porteiro

Garcia?, Bakkerud?, Chandhok?, DiResta?, Conway?, Piccione?

Kidzer · 20 Nov 2006, 23:07 (Ref:1771047)

Woops, posted wrong and then quoted myself instead of editing - ignore this!

Kidzer · 20 Nov 2006, 23:07 (Ref:1771048)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bradrive

Carlin (exDPR): Parente, Monfardini

Are DPR pulling outta' GP2?

Sev · 20 Nov 2006, 23:13 (Ref:1771054)

Where has there been speculation that Ammermeuller is signing for ART? Any official rumours, as it were?

bradrive · 20 Nov 2006, 23:34 (Ref:1771059)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sev

Where has there been speculation that Ammermeuller is signing for ART? Any official rumours, as it were?

Rumours in the GP2 paddock

Alex K · 21 Nov 2006, 00:29 (Ref:1771075)

Monfardini and Porteiro shop in different series, too.

**bella** · 21 Nov 2006, 09:20 (Ref:1771236)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kidzer

Are DPR pulling outta' GP2?

carlin are probably going to buy the entry.

Kidzer · 21 Nov 2006, 09:44 (Ref:1771265)

Ah, ok - cheers for the info

I would expect they'd be a fair bit more competitive than DPR ever have been.

Robbe · 21 Nov 2006, 11:11 (Ref:1771327)

Glock and Zuber will drive at iSport
(Source: Motorsport Aktuell)

Mekola · 21 Nov 2006, 11:48 (Ref:1771366)

Why isn't Viso on GP2 list? Maybe he's trying at all to get that Spyker seat in F1???

strider · 21 Nov 2006, 13:02 (Ref:1771422)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbe

Glock and Zuber will drive at iSport
(Source: Motorsport Aktuell)

autosport.com is confirming Zuber at iSport, but not yet Glock.

Sev · 22 Nov 2006, 16:39 (Ref:1772378)

Can someone please help me understand why Zuber just managed to sign for iSport? Sure, his tests were pretty good; but so were others, and look at his racing history...

2000 - Formula König - Championship position: 12 (39 points) (Teammate: Alzenberger 3rd / 128 points)
2001 - Formula Renault 2000 Germany - Championship position: 6 (81 points) (Teammate: Bruck 4th / 122 points)
2002 - Formula Renault 2000 Germany - Championship position: 11 (120 points) (Teammate: Pfister 21st / 33 points)
2003 - Formula 3 Euroseries - Championship position: 24 (2 points) (Teammate: Rosberg 8th / 45 points)
2004 - Formula 3 Euroseries - Championship position: 0 points (Teammate: Rosberg 4th / 70 points)
2005 - World Series by Renault - Championship position: 6 (73 points) (Teammate: Power 7th / 64 points)
2006 - GP2 Series - Championship position: 14 (12 points) (Teammate: Bruni 7th / 33 points)

20 races without a point in 2004, while his team mate scored 70. Admittedly there is team bias, but still. Also, he only managed to beat his team mate twice in his entire career.

Maybe he's a hidden talent. Maybe he has a big fat wallet.

SALEEN S7R · 22 Nov 2006, 21:45 (Ref:1772580)

Finishing 6th in the WSR is no bad thing, sure it isnt fantastic but it is a good achievement. IMO. Also he didnt do too badly for his debut year in GP2, yes Bruni beat him but then Bruni is a very experinced driver and on his day nobody much can touch him as he showed a few times this year in GP2.

dubby99 · 22 Nov 2006, 22:52 (Ref:1772641)

Alexandre Premat will be testing a Champcar for the Mi-Jack Conquest team. He will be in the seat on tuesday november 28th.

I hope he gets the seat for next year.

SALEEN S7R · 22 Nov 2006, 23:15 (Ref:1772661)

Indeed Premat could do well in Champcar, he is a good solid racer and on his day extremely fast as we all know. He doesent quite have however what it takes to make it in F1 I think, perhaps as a 3rd driver but not in a full time race seat. Champcar though could be good for him, hes done all he can in GP2, really though I cant help but think this is a sideways move rather than a step upwards for Premat. Still he can go off to Champcar and make a good living, better than Formula Nippon/Super GT. IMO.

Alex K · 22 Nov 2006, 23:40 (Ref:1772672)

Andreas didn't show everything he's got. And he's got a big potential. He's got one of the biggest backings in GP2... And I will not be surprised if he will win 2007 season.
F1 need Arab driver, Zuber is from UAE.*

* great marketing move

Sev · 23 Nov 2006, 02:14 (Ref:1772731)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

Andreas didn't show everything he's got. And he's got a big potential. He's got one of the biggest backings in GP2... And I will not be surprised if he will win 2007 season.

Sounds like we have a bet on

I'm going for: With Conway, Danielsson, Glock or Senna as his team mate, Zuber will get squashed.

Daisy · 23 Nov 2006, 06:40 (Ref:1772802)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

F1 need Arab driver, Zuber is from UAE.*

* great marketing move

But he's born in Austria, so he has the Austrian nationality, but a UAE license (and he lives there if I'm correct). Same with Robert Doornbos, he had a Monaco license in F3000 because he lived there, but he is 100% Dutch.

Jackman · 23 Nov 2006, 10:29 (Ref:1772982)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

Andreas didn't show everything he's got. And he's got a big potential. He's got one of the biggest backings in GP2... And I will not be surprised if he will win 2007 season.
F1 need Arab driver, Zuber is from UAE.*

* great marketing move

Glock firmed up as Zuber's teammate. Andi, as much as I like him, is gonna get crushed.

Sev · 23 Nov 2006, 11:13 (Ref:1773039)

Glock stays? Gosh. Makes me wonder where the big 3 remaining F3 boys are going. Probably only one seat left at ART...Arden?

Anyway, with that, I now have my personal favourite (as in most likely, not most wanted) to win the Championship in 2007. Hurray to Glock!

strider · 23 Nov 2006, 14:59 (Ref:1773270)

That's quite surprising in a way. There was a comment elsewhere by Mario Theissen that they had perhaps asked too much of Seb Vettel in recent months. People were reading into that the possibility that Glock might be the BMW test driver, even if Vettel has been named as the third driver.

Jackman · 23 Nov 2006, 15:41 (Ref:1773301)

It's still pretty likely that Glock will be a BMW tester, but not on Friday at the F1 races.

cos · 27 Nov 2006, 11:48 (Ref:1775830)

DPR and Carlin to join forces in GP2 for 2007, team to be called Carlin DPR and run by Tervor Carlin from their new base in Surrey.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/55796

cds_uk · 27 Nov 2006, 20:14 (Ref:1776092)

This may sound silly but is Pantano confirmed at Campos?