FIA F3 Intercontinental Cup - 56th Macau GP

[N.A-D.R]

Originally Posted by META4

Iguchi finished second in the Japanese F3 championship behind Ericsson, so i would be surprised if he is not part of the trip to Macau

Why not Ericsson with Raikkonen Robertson, he drove for them in BF3, as Tom'S has already 2 fast Japanese drivers (Iguchi and Kunimoto) ?

Wrong because the only reason Ericsson went to Japan F3 with TOM's was because he wants to have the best car for Macau this year.

[META4]

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

Kunimoto may risk to become double winner at Macau, will look unique in his CV

Kunimoto are 2 brothers one is called Keisuke and won Macau last year and was racing in F-Nippon in 2009 and his young brother Yuji who entered Japanese Formula 3 with Tom'S and finished 3rd

[MKII]

Originally Posted by META4

why not Ericsson racing with a team like HiTech

No way, Ericsson or Chilton will be at HiTech.... cant see Van De Zande there either to be honest.

[Lam Pak]

marko asmer for hitech? he meant to win macau.

[MKII]

Unfortunately can't see Asmer coming back. He's a great talent but i would have loved to see him win. I'd put my money on last years front row or Van de Zande. I think VW will take the fight to toyota this year though.

[strider]

Originally Posted by runshaw

Chilton was always on the back foot because he was the youngest ever driver to compete in British F3, he only got his license when he turned 16 at his first race meeting! Ricciardo did FBMW+FR before F3. You don't find many drivers who immediately step up to the top class of F3 for their first season.

It was the route he close to follow and he had pretty much a full season's testing the previous year.

He has been very fast in qualifying this year but, except at the very last race, had a problem getting the car off the line.

As for Macau, I doubt he will feature, but he could get a good result if he settles for a reliability run and stays out of trouble.

[brucelok2003]

I asked Kei Cozzolino via his website, he said he will make a comeback to Macau GP this year.

[META4]

Italiaracing announce Stefano Coletti and Daniel Zampieri for Prema

I think Cozzolino could do well at Macau , he performed well last year and Toda-Racing has also a good performance in 1998, last time they visited Macau

[brucelok2003]

I adjust my prediction again (Confirmed are in italics) :

Tom's : Ericsson/Kunimoto
ART GP: Bianchi/Tambay/Bottas
Manor: Merhi/Sims/Bird
KCMG: Imperatori
Singature-Plus: Maki/Vanthoor
Hitech : Grubmuller
Raikkonen: Nakajima/Kevin Chen/Mustonen
Carlin: Ricciardo/Chilton/Hartley/Arundel
Prema: Coletti/Zampieri
Toda: Cozzolino
Fortec: Garcia/Christodoulou


and some possible entries:

Adderly Fong
James Winslow
Christian Vietoris
Cesar Ramos
Kimiya Sato
Esteban Gutierrez
Jon Lancaster
Renger van der Zande

[brucelok2003]

I asked Imperatori via e-mail today, and he said he will make debut in Macau F3 this year.

Let's wait and see what he can acheive.

[ptclaus98]

How in the hell does Kevin Chen make it to Macau? Is he in Japanese F3?

[08u05]

Originally Posted by ptclaus98

How in the hell does Kevin Chen make it to Macau? Is he in Japanese F3?

He has competed in a few British F3 events with Raikonnen Robertson this season.

[strider]

Renger van der Zande will be racing for Räikönnen Robertson Racing in Macau, which makes him a very strong prospect in my view.

The Carlin quartet will be Ricciardo, Chilton and Arundel from BF3 and Hartley from the F3ES, as mentioned above.

[MKII]

Originally Posted by strider

Renger van der Zande will be racing for Räikönnen Robertson Racing in Macau, which makes him a very strong prospect in my view.

Just got beaten to it, definitely my favourite to take the trophy home.

[strider]

Originally Posted by MKII

Just got beaten to it, definitely my favourite to take the trophy home.

If it's any consolation, I've known for a while, but thought I'd better not say anything until it was official.