Bye Bye SuperNova????

Lisboa · 21 Mar 2004, 22:22 (Ref:914361)

Rumors confirmed that SuperNova will not be present (99%)in Silvertone test next Tuesday and Wensday. SuperNova has missed Jerez test, and at the moment has not tested yet. Olivier Pla has tested with WorldSeries team, RC Motorsport, confirmed that his agreement with SuperNova is deleted. In my opinion the team manager David Sears is in holiday.....

DanFlag · 22 Mar 2004, 03:15 (Ref:914583)

whoooaa, bad thing

Lisboa · 22 Mar 2004, 07:48 (Ref:914695)

Why 'bad thing' ??
Everybody has tested, exept SuperNova. Everybody has 2 driver, not SuperNova. At the moment SuperNova is the only team not confirmed in Silverstone test: is it enough?
In my opinion the team is not sure to be part of 2004 Fia F3000 championship.

DanFlag · 22 Mar 2004, 11:47 (Ref:914917)

That means this is a bad thing

Comtec Renault · 22 Mar 2004, 11:53 (Ref:914923)

they will be out, just a bit late!!!

noweels · 22 Mar 2004, 11:53 (Ref:914924)

There might be some exciting news from SuperNova by the end of the day regarding drivers

sceptic · 22 Mar 2004, 13:48 (Ref:915074)

SuperNova has been testing quite a bit - including at Snetterton two weeks ago.
I am sure they will be at Silverstone tomorrow (as they confirmed they would be on February 18th!), and will probably announce their drivers then.

...and based on Autosport last week I wouldn't be surprised to see Alan van de Merwe and Olivier Tielemans.

Lisboa · 22 Mar 2004, 14:07 (Ref:915106)

who was the driver 2 weeks ago at Snetterton? SuperNova planned Tomas Enge, but the czeck miss the test......

BootsOntheSide · 22 Mar 2004, 15:12 (Ref:915198)

What a relief that F3000 is beign replaced at the end of 2004. Compared to some of the impressive new championships of recent years it is expensive, outdated, disorganised, and offers little in terms of driver development. Most of the new F1 stars (other than Webber and perhaps Alonso) got hired for achievements elsewhere - sometimes after failing in F3000.

GP2 being ran away for the F1 races is a good move, because it give sthem more time on track. A good TV deal is a must, as is a good package to attract teams.

For years Super Nova had no trouble running 4 cars. If they are struggling to get 2 on the track, it doesn't say a lot.

Russfeld · 22 Mar 2004, 15:15 (Ref:915203)

I think "F3000" on its own is fine, it just needs to be tweaked as a package. I see no need for a new car, new engine, (and new costs); I think if they just took the GP2 format and applied it to the current F3k structure, it'd be fine.

Im at a bit of a loss as to how Super Renault V6 will fit into the GP2 picture with it being Renault affiliated and having a few Eurosport weekends.

Lisboa · 22 Mar 2004, 15:25 (Ref:915224)

It's crazy, but i think F3000 is okay now: in 2004 you can found a very good seat for 500.000 euro. How can any team managers explain the request of 1 milion $ in 1999-2000-2001 for the same seat? And Mr.Sears is one of them. In F.1 weekend, some team manager use public-plane, Sears his private one.......Dear Mr.Sears, it's hard today to find drivers paing you plane.....

Russfeld · 22 Mar 2004, 15:37 (Ref:915254)

Well Sears is running a business,and people were/are willing to pay. I think he makes most of his money on managing drivers though, Jakobi/CSS Stellar had to pay a bit to get Montoya out of his hands

Alfonso de Orleans · 22 Mar 2004, 15:54 (Ref:915274)

Quote:

Originally posted by BootsOntheSide
What a relief that F3000 is beign replaced at the end of 2004. Compared to some of the impressive new championships of recent years it is expensive, outdated, disorganised, and offers little in terms of driver development. Most of the new F1 stars (other than Webber and perhaps Alonso) got hired for achievements elsewhere - sometimes after failing in F3000.

Well compared to the World Series, F3000 has more TV coverage, is much better organized and most important, it costs less. Trust me on this one. I ran a team in the World Series and I know F3000 and I can tell you that F3000, with all it's pitfalls does not even come close to the World Series. But of course, this is only my humble opinion.

Lisboa · 22 Mar 2004, 16:19 (Ref:915303)

The problem of world series is that is too much near spanish context. I think that 2002 season was very good: promotion, calendar, team and driver. Last year the championship did not improve, and it looks same in 2004. F.3000 is ridiculous compared to 3-4 years ago, but at the end of the day, drivers likes to stay near F.1 paddock. I think that best championship for young drivers is F.3 Euro Series (really something different) but i understand why someone put his money in F.3000. I don't like too much RPM, they change the calendar again last week (!!) it looks amateur context, but they have everything for showing us that World Series is the best. ONE QUESTION MR.ORLEANS: WHAT ABOUT BOJA GARCIA? WILL HE DRIVE IN F.3 EURO SERIES??? WITH GHINZANI??
THANK'YOU.

Alfonso de Orleans · 23 Mar 2004, 09:04 (Ref:916164)

We are currently working on having Borja race in the Euroseries with Ghinzani. Just a few points need to be ironed out.

DanFlag · 23 Mar 2004, 13:12 (Ref:916455)

SuperNova are testing this morning

noweels · 23 Mar 2004, 15:19 (Ref:916591)

SuperNova....Garage shut at Silverstone no laps as yet

noweels · 23 Mar 2004, 20:09 (Ref:917007)

SuperNova quoted its the rain ..........no drivers till tommorow (Hope)

Lisboa · 24 Mar 2004, 12:34 (Ref:917769)

is it SuperNova testing today???

noweels · 24 Mar 2004, 13:13 (Ref:917845)

SuperNova have packed up and left Silverstone.

Russfeld · 24 Mar 2004, 13:25 (Ref:917865)

Now *that* was exciting

Andrew Kitson · 24 Mar 2004, 18:07 (Ref:918198)

Yes David has got his own share in a plane - he uses it to get to the continental races but it also does charter work in the week to help pay for the thing which he runs as a seperate business. He once told me that Richard Branson hired it to take him to a meeting in Brussels. Perhaps all of his Virgin planes were busy!

Lisboa · 24 Mar 2004, 18:10 (Ref:918205)

His plane works a lot, but his cars are stopped in the Silverstone box

**chunterer** · 25 Mar 2004, 12:59 (Ref:919076)

Oh dear!

I read somewhere that Van Der Merwe was apparently sizing up a drive? If they ain't running, clearly not the case then!

sceptic · 25 Mar 2004, 15:56 (Ref:919222)

Van de Merwe's name was on the side of the car.

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