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17 Jan 2014, 08:06 (Ref:3355048) | #1 | ||
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Ferrari driver academy Florida Winter Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no6u5...ature=youtu.be
www.floridawinterseries.com/ a new series organised by the Ferrari Driver Academy driving "F3 like" Taatus Formula Abarth cars. Collective test: 22 January, Homestead Speedway Round 1: 25 - 27 January 2014 Sebring Raceway Round 2: 3 – 5 February 2014 Palm Beach International Raceway Round 3: 12 – 14 February 2014 Homestead Speedway RC Round 4: 17 – 19 February 2014 Homestead Speedway RC Mod drivers confirmed: Jules Bianchi, Raffaele Marciello , Ed Jones , Dennis Van Der Laar and Max Verstappen |
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Bianchi?? Interesting - I assume with the first round finishing the day before the Jerez test he'll be letting Chilton take the reigns early on.
Fair play to him if this is true, it's not often you see an F1 driver drop into a lesser series to keep themselves sharp (if that is indeed what he is doing) |
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17 Jan 2014, 09:25 (Ref:3355068) | #4 | |
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Entry List
Alex Bosak Antonio Fuoco Dennis van de Laar Ed Jones Lance Stroll Max Verstappen Nicholas Latifi Raffaele Marciello Takashi Kasai Tatiana Calderon Vasily Romanov Jules Bianchi Leonardo Pulcini Luis Sa Silva Simona de Silvestro |
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19 Jan 2014, 20:35 (Ref:3355987) | #5 | ||
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19 Jan 2014, 20:40 (Ref:3355988) | #6 | ||
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I'm assuming that he is done the championship to win the favour of Ferrari as his presence does add instant credibility to the championship. That said, he does have the most to lose, if example Tatiana, were to beat him on occasion. It'll also be interesting to see how the likes of Marciello and Verstappen (who do seem to highly rated at the moment) compare.
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20 Jan 2014, 00:27 (Ref:3356052) | #7 | |
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Beat him on occasion? You guys do realize that this is a glorified HPDE, right?
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20 Jan 2014, 11:25 (Ref:3356197) | #10 | ||
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It's a shame Bianchi and de Silvestro are only doing one race, I wonder if they'll compete in the same one or will Ferrari try to spread out the established talent?
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20 Jan 2014, 14:26 (Ref:3356259) | #11 | |
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High Performance Driver Education. It's a racing school. Bianchi is there because he's in the FDA. The only real surprise in the group is Simona.
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20 Jan 2014, 14:43 (Ref:3356266) | #12 | |
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I expect Marciello to beat them because he has raced and won with this car, so he's there as the benchmark. Bianchi is the benchmark for adaptability.
It will be lots of fun on these bumpy tracks, you've got to push in this car |
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25 Jan 2014, 22:06 (Ref:3358878) | #14 | ||
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Max Verstappen continues to amaze
beating Rafaelle Marciello by 1 second to take P1 in free practice 4 in Sebring in his first ever raceweekend in a car.(Fuoco P3 +1.1 Van Der Laar P4 +1.4) here's the live timing for the event http://lt2.alkamelsystems.com/index....e-a77426d664a6 qualifying tomorow at 16.00 CET and 17.00 CET, first race at 21.45 CET 2nd race monday 17.00 CET 3rd race monday 21.45 CET Last edited by steve nielsen; 25 Jan 2014 at 22:13. |
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26 Jan 2014, 01:55 (Ref:3359130) | #15 | ||
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Interesting to note Ben Anderson has taken part in practice. Presumably writing a piece for Autosport?
http://floridawinterseries.com/Results.html# |
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26 Jan 2014, 04:40 (Ref:3359277) | #16 | |
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12-car entry? They better close the shop soon.
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26 Jan 2014, 08:55 (Ref:3359428) | #17 | ||
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not too much, Bianchi was supposed to race as well, but I guess they did'nt think the new Marussia would be ready for the first test here's Max Verstappen doing some practice starts for his first ever race in a car(filmed by his father Jos) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTOZmeXzy9I |
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26 Jan 2014, 18:57 (Ref:3360004) | #18 | |
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Hang on, looking through all the practice time Max Verstappen was consistently at least half a second quicker than Marciello?
I'm sure there is more to it than it looks, but thats pretty impressive right? Is Verstappen the real deal? |
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26 Jan 2014, 21:28 (Ref:3360206) | #20 | ||
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Race 1 results:
1 Dennis Van Der Laar 2 Antonio Fuoco 3 Nicholas Latifi 4 Max Verstappen 5 Rafaelle Marciello 6 Ed Jones 7 Lance Stroll 8 Ben Anderson 9 Vasily Romanov 10 Alex Bosak 11 Takeshi Kasai 12 Tatjana Calderon(DNF) the race started behind the safetycar because of the rain when the safetycar went in Verstappen took the lead, but a small mistake 2 laps before the finish caused him to drop back to 4th, but he did set the fastes lap of the race in the final lap. too bad, would have been a major achievement winning your first race in a car, especialy in the wet. |
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16 year old Max Verstappen has won his first car race in his second car racing weekend, this boy is going to be the real deal! He destroyed practically everyone over the world in karting last years, he is just getting started but watch out he is coming....
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