2016 GP3 silly season

[10TENTHS]

Akash Nandy in at Jenzer: http://www.motorsport.com/gp3/news/j...-debut-675785/

Edit: Alex Albon signed with ART: http://www.paddockscout.com/alex-alb...gp3-seat/33595

[BSchneiderFan]

Leclerc confirmed at ART: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123010

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

Leclerc confirmed at ART: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123010

Would much rather have seen both him and De Vries in 3.5 (or even GP2 would have been more useful for them!). Would've been great!

These cars are rubbish by comparison but as we all know being on the F1 calendar is more important than driving the quickest cars these days.

[gert]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Would much rather have seen both him and De cries in 3.5 (or even GP2 would have been more useful for them!). Would've been great!

These cars are rubbish by comparison but as we all know being on the F1 calendar is more important than driving the quickest cars these days.

And if they have really bad luck, it could be career suicide for them, especially de Vries.
If you step down a (few) level(s), you are expected to dominate.
'Just' winning will not be enough.

[Formulahistory]

ART: Nyck de Vries, Charles Leclerc, Alex Albon, Nirei Fukuzumi
Trident: Antonio Fuoco, Artur Janosz, Sandy Stuvik, Giuliano Alesi
Arden: Jake Dennis, Jack Aitken, Tatiana Calderón
Koiranen: Matevos Isaakyan, Matt Parry, Mahaveer Raghunathan, Nabil Jeffri (?)
Jenzer: Akash Nandy, Ralph Boschung (?), Nico Rindlisbacher (?), Amaury Bonduel (?)
Campos: Alex Palou, Konstantin Tereshchenko, Steijn Schothorst
DAMS: Kevin Jörg, Santino Ferrucci, Jake Hughes

[skells22]

Gp3 has made public its race dates.

and its headline is 1st ever trip to Sepang on 30 sept-oct 1 as GP3 will be making its debut there

here are the full 9 race dates that we got

Spain 13th-15th May
Austira July 1-3
Great Britan july 8-10
Hungary July 22-24
Germany July 29-31
Belguim 26-28 August
Italy Sept 2-4
Malaysia Sept 30-oct 1
U.A.E 25-27 nov

was anyone else surpised to see Sepang on this date list?

[Alex K]

I am, long journey it is.
Jenzer still searching for drivers?! I think Boschung claimed he was only testing last couple of days. Hope they sign at least two.

[motormouth_33]

I think Boschung is the only other driver we'd expect to see on the grid still yet to be announced - and it would be a real surprise to me if he wasn't - but, even as it stands, I genuinely think the lineup looks as exciting, if not more so, than the current GP2 grid.
Assuming Raghunathan is confirmed with Koiranen, it would leave Jenzer as the only team with less than three drivers, but I find it hard to believe that they won't have a bigger presence on the track in Barcelona, particularly if Boschung and Rindlisbacher are in at the first test. If I've understood it right, it's not mandatory for the teams to run four cars anyway...

[Alex K]

It's not, I am not sure if you have to field three or not though. If not Koiranen and Jenzer should be ok.

[Formulahistory]

ART: Nyck de Vries, Charles Leclerc, Alex Albon, Nirei Fukuzumi
Trident: Antonio Fuoco, Artur Janosz, Sandy Stuvik, Giuliano Alesi
Arden: Jake Dennis, Jack Aitken, Tatiana Calderón
Koiranen: Matevos Isaakyan, Matt Parry, Mahaveer Raghunathan, Ralph Boschung
Jenzer: Akash Nandy, Oscar Tunjo (?)
Campos: Alex Palou, Konstantin Tereshchenko, Steijn Schothorst
DAMS: Kevin Jörg, Santino Ferrucci, Jake Hughes

[GM10]

Tunjo and Gonda will run with Jenzer.