Who's in British F3 2005?

[Mathias]

Somebody sit Gaz down and take his temperature - I've never heard him so positive about an F3 season in January before...!

[Mathias]

PS good to have you back, mate

[Nina]

Originally Posted by Gaz

I like the way you still havn't lost your nack of picking up on my points K-B and still appear to have far too much spare time on your hands, your eyes must be square mate.

Well put it this way if he'd been any good in any formula I'd have heard of him by now! And I remember reading ages back in Autosport TC was testing a 37 year old Jap bloke who blatently had a whad of cash, and plenty of spare time! No offence to the bloke, does anyone know anything to tell me the contrary? But please, it does pee me off a tad when these random's take the decent seats.

I know he's got the budget, others haven't etc, etc. But it just seems a bit embarrasing when your championship's supposed top team is fielding some golden oldy, clubby style! It just all reminded me of that Paul Lau that did Renault's a couple of years back...anyone remember him? Sure Lewis Hamilton hasn't forgot him!

GAZ! you are back! Lurking is a little bit more interesting when you are posting hehehe

So, the 'death' of BF3 that I seem to recall people talking about does not seem to be happening?

[Gaz]

You trying to say I'm a trouble causer Nines!?...You'd probably be right! Good to see some of my old friends have missed me! Talking of old friends where's F3Lollipops these days? Sure she's more than happy to hear I'm back

Anyway, back on topic! It seems BF3 has been revived, the adding of the National Class and the fact that the series will race on several GP circuits this year seem to have given it another lease of life! When the manufacturers start pulling out of F1 in the near future and the effects start to ripple down the system I'm sure I know which series (Euroseries, BF3) is more likely to survive.....

[Nina]

Not making any accusations Gaz, merely that your posts are always fun to read

This revival... hmmm.. It remains to be seen, surely there will still be the problem of gate numbers and how to get more people to turn up at the meetings (the ones that have to pay to watch!)

[Kicking-back]

Have you got a free pass for this year Gaz?

[Gaz]

Now, now K-B we don't want my blood pressure levels rising too high just yet, I've only just returned!

[Emma]

I'm going to most of the races, I hope.
(I hope = everytime my dad says we'll do something, it never happens!!)

I think Dirani's going to Hi-tech, well from what he hinted, I think he is.
Whoa, lucky thing I didn't by a Carlin top and cap then

[Jonny Apex]

Originally Posted by Redracer77

Thats the one - Keiko Ihara she is pretty good. I have watched her a number of times in Asia and would beat Susie if she did race in British F3

Hmm. Could be worth watching. Keiko Ihara was nowhere when she did FRenault UK in 2000, but she was new to it, in a one-car team and one that was far from being the best out there. She's had time to become a lot better since. Susie also struggled in her first season of FRenault but has obviously become a lot better since. As usual, much of it will be down to which teams they ultimately end up with, budgets, engines etc, but they could be fairly evenly matched. Of course, neither will see the other as their chief rival. They'll want to beat everyone.

[BillyT]

With f3 not visiting any MV tracks i will probably only see it at Donney. With all these "fly-away" races i cant see gate numbers increasing significantly.

[bella]

it depends, remember f3's supporting a reasonably big series. the crowd at spa was pretty big, so the races abroad will probably attract some decent numbers of spectators.

plus, spa let girls into the track for free. i've said it before and i'll say it again - it's promotions like this that the uk tracks need to look at seriously to modernise itself. particularly the girls free thing. it might not work here though, kids free would need to be the offer for things like btcc unless f3 is redirected to appeal to a different crowd.

[Ian Sowman]

I'm not sure a different pricing structure on sex lines would be allowed.

Hang on, I've made that sound like some complaint about dodgy telephone services.

[SFonseca]

Where can I found a British F3 provisional entry-list?

[Kicking-back]

There's one in Autosport this week.

[strider]

Originally Posted by Ian Sowman

I'm not sure a different pricing structure on sex lines would be allowed.

Hang on, I've made that sound like some complaint about dodgy telephone services.

Hard to avoid that! But as bella said, they did it at Spa, which is at the heart of the EU and they seem to have stricter guide lines over there even than we do in the UK, so who knows?

[SFonseca]

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

There's one in Autosport this week.

Yes, but It is very hard to find the magazine here in Portugal...

[Kicking-back]

I'll post the details tomorrow

[ukracing]

Autosport Provisional Entry List:
Championship Class
Fortec Motorsport: Mike Conway & James Walker
Carlin Motorsport / Ivy: Christan Bakkerud & Keiko Ihara (Provisional: Marko Asmer)
Promatecme: Provisonal Only: Andrew Thompson & Vasilije Calasan
T-Sport: Provisional Only: Ryan Lewis
Hitech Racing: Tim Bridgman (Provisional: Ronayne O'Mahony)
Menu Motorsport: Stephen Jelly (Provisional: Karl Reindler)
RRR: Bruno Senna & Dan Clarke
Junior Racing Team: Michael Herck

National Class
P1 Motorsport: Salvador Duran
Carlin / Ivy: Koji Shirogani
Team SWR-Pioneer: Joshua Fisher (provisional: Nick Jones)
Fluid Motorsport: Provisional Only: Valle Makela & Suk Sandher
Hall: Provisional Only: Charles Hall
ADR: Provisional Only: Juho Annala
Promatecme: Provisional Only: Charles Hollings

Will be racing but dont know which team: Joey Foster

[Kicking-back]

Thanks

[mcurtis26]

I think ticket prices were very good for the British F3 last year...generally a tenner for race day, and 18 quid for the weekend with the LMES...I think this was the best value package in the UK last yr, especially when you consider the quality of the support races, much better than 25 quid plus for the BTCC. The DTM does family tickets which are quite good though.

All in all, it looks a very promising season, looking forward to Donnington and april.

[SFonseca]

Thanks for posting the list mate.

What is Ivy in Carlin Motorsport name? Japanese sponsor?

I'm surprised to see my friend Karl Riendler in provisional place for Menu Motorsport's second seat. Anyway, I'm sure that Mike Baker and his boys will do a nice job with Aussie champ.

[fndc]

IVY is a cosmetics company.
They supported Keiko Ihara in Formula Dream last year.
I think Koji Shirogane is something relationship with Ivy cosmetics.
Because its president is Akira Shirogene.

[Emma]

Dirani???? Where's Dirani??

[Kicking-back]

Dirani could well be in the Renault World Series.

[strider]

Although nothing has been announced, I reckon you can add Susie Stoddart and Jonathan Kennard to that list, perhaps both with ADR. And there are a few more National Class announcements to come.

It's looking very interesting, especially when you remember that all the teams will be running different cars from the ones they had last year.