World Series by Renault, Round 7 - Magny-Cours

WSR Fan · 19 Sep 2007, 17:22 (Ref:2018116)

Round 7 of the World Series takes place this weekend at Magny-Cours in Central France, a circuit new to the championship for 2007.

With 6 races to go, Alvaro Parente has a comfortable 20-point lead over Ben Hanley, but has been given a 5-place grid penalty for Race 1 this weekend (along with Mikhail Aleshin) for dangerous driving at Donington Park. There has also been one driver change since Donington with current British F3 racer Esteban Guerrieri replacing Richard Philippe at Fortec, the Frenchman still recovering from the broken hand he sustained at Spa a month ago.

The Teams' championship is looking a little tighter after Donington with just 41 points covering first-placed Carlin Motorsport down to Epsilon Euskadi in fourth. We're also due to have the public unveiling this weekend of the new 2008 World Series car, which should be pretty exciting

Weekend Schedule

Friday 21st September

09:00 - 09:45 - First Practice
14:55 - 15:40 - Second Practice

Saturday 22nd September

09:00 - 09:20 - Qualifying (Group B)
09:25 - 09:45 - Qualifying (Group A)
14:35 - Race 1 (27 laps)

Sunday 23rd September

13:00 - Race 2 (27 laps)

(All times are Magny-Cours local time)

J.R · 21 Sep 2007, 09:15 (Ref:2019555)

Collective test 1 MAGNY COURS

1.Aleshin 1.26.563
2.Valsecchi 1.26.793
3.Molina 1.26.843
4.Nuñez 1.27.182
5.Guerrieri 1.27.192
6.Fauzy 1.27.262
7.Van der Garde 1.27.372
8.Walker 1.27.385
9.Duran 1.27.420
10.Ammermuler 1.27.423
...
...
..
14.Parente 1.27.678
15.Hanley 1.27.930

runshaw · 21 Sep 2007, 10:13 (Ref:2019590)

I know it's only a test, but not a bad first result from Guerrieri.

OJB · 21 Sep 2007, 11:37 (Ref:2019634)

I expect Guerrieri to be quick this weekend - I think he is being wasted a bit in Formula 3 when he has experience racing in Formula 3000. Hopefully this will be the weekend in which he can show off his talent, although it probably helps he raced well there in the Euroseries earlier this year.

Will wait until the second session though to make a formal judgement on speed

WSR Fan · 21 Sep 2007, 15:36 (Ref:2019784)

I agree with runshaw, it's a pretty good effort from him. It's a bit ironic isn't it that he's racing a Dallara chassis at the home of Mygale!

It's not a very big picture, but over at ItaliaRacing.net you can see the new 2008 WSR car:

http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=16434&cat=5

WSR Fan · 21 Sep 2007, 15:58 (Ref:2019796)

Collective Testing, Second Session:

Quote:

1 - Giedo Van der Garde - Victory - 1'26"764
2 - Ben Hanley - Prema - 1'26"820
3 - Miguel Molina - Pons - 1'26"925
4 - Filipe Albuquerque - Epsilon - 1'27"076
5 - Davide Valsecchi - Epsilon - 1'27"091
6 - Guillaume Moreau - KTR - 1'27"295
7 - Marco Bonanoni - RC - 1'27"407
8 - Fairuz Fauzy - Cram - 1'27"418
9 - Bertrand Baguette - KTR - 1'27"474
10 - Alvaro Parente - Tech 1 - 1'27"510
11 - Charlie Kimball - Victory - 1'27"573
12 - Mikhail Aleshin - Carlin - 1'27"582
13 - Milos Pavlovic - Draco - 1'27"610
14 - Michael Ammermuller - Carlin - 1'27"630
15 - Julien Jousse - Tech 1 - 1'27"633
16 - Esteban Guerrieri - Fortec - 1'27"741
17 - Clivio Piccione - RC - 1'27"843
18 - Alvaro Barba - Draco - 1'27"856
19 - Xavier Maassen - Prema - 1'27"908
20 - Alejandro Nunez - Comtec - 1'27"923
21 - Carlos Iaconelli - Pons - 1'27"925
22 - Salvador Duran - Interwetten - 1'27"980
23 - Pasquale Di Sabatino - GD - 1'28"081
24 - Pippa Mann - Cram - 1'28"106
25 - James Walker - Fortec - 1'28"154
26 - Luiz Razia - GD - 1'28"661
27 - Daniil Move - Interwetten - 1'28"693
28 - Alessandro Ciompi - Eurointernational - 1'28"725
29 - Michael Herck - Comtec - 1'29"410
30 - Julian Theobald - Eurointernational - 1'34"931

Nice to see Victory finally showing some decent pace. I'm not just saying this because he's up there, but I thought Molina would be one of the darkhorse's this weekend, based on his impressive testing results here in April.

You have to say the pressure is on Parente at the moment. He may be 20 points ahead of Hanley, but as they say, it's easier to chase than be chased, and his 5-place grid penalty for Race 1 means he really has to pull something out of the bag in qualifying.

P3ndula · 22 Sep 2007, 07:52 (Ref:2020271)

J.R · 22 Sep 2007, 08:26 (Ref:2020278)

great information pendula! Where did you get that from??? I suppose you´re at Magny Cours... will you also be there for the race?

P3ndula · 22 Sep 2007, 08:28 (Ref:2020281)

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.R

great information pendula! Where did you get that from??? I suppose you´re at Magny Cours... will you also be there for the race?

I wish...

It's just a screencap of the live timing. It's working this week. Just click on the pic.

J.R · 22 Sep 2007, 08:36 (Ref:2020282)

great, i´ll try it for the race... i hope it works.. actually it really is the only way to follow it live, is it? do you know of any other places where they might show the race live? (even if it´s only the timing) thanks!

strider · 22 Sep 2007, 11:16 (Ref:2020370)

Here's the combined grid from both sessions, although Parente still has to drop five places due to the penalty imposed on him in the last round at Donington Park:

Code:

Pos  Driver            Team                   Time
 1.  Clivio Piccione   RC Motorsport          1:25.831
 2.  Marco Bonanomi    RC Motorsport          1:25.856  + 0.025
 3.  Benjamin Hanley   Prema Powerteam        1:25.939  + 0.108
 4.  Alvaro Parente    Tech 1 Racing          1:25.969  + 0.138
 5.  Fairuz Fauzy      Cram Competition       1:26.039  + 0.208
 6.  Davide Valsecchi  Epsilon Euskadi        1:26.101  + 0.270
 7.  Mikhail Aleshin   Carlin Motorsport      1:26.233  + 0.402
 8.  G.van der Garde   Victory Engineering    1:26.149  + 0.318
 9.  Miguel Molina     Pons Racing            1:26.236  + 0.405
10.  F.Albuquerque     Epsilon Euskadi        1:26.186  + 0.355
11.  Milos Pavlovic    International Draco    1:26.271  + 0.440
12.  Carlos Iaconelli  Pons Racing            1:26.334  + 0.503
13.  Salvador Durán    Interwetten.com        1:26.413  + 0.582
14.  Julien Jousse     Tech 1 Racing          1:26.404  + 0.573
15.  B.Baguette        KTR                    1:26.432  + 0.601
16.  James Walker      Fortec Motorsport      1:26.496  + 0.665
17.  Charlie Kimball   Victory Engineering    1:26.526  + 0.695
18.  M.Ammermuller     Carlin Motorsport      1:26.514  + 0.683
19.  Guillaume Moreau  KTR                    1:26.723  + 0.892
20.  Alejandro Nunez   Red Devil Team Comtec  1:26.577  + 0.746
21.  E.Guerrieri       Fortec Motorsport      1:26.789  + 0.958
22.  Alvaro Barba      International Draco    1:26.811  + 0.980
23.  Daniel Move       Interwetten.com        1:27.104  + 1.273
24.  Pippa Mann        Cram Competition       1:27.119  + 1.288
25.  A.Ciompi          EuroInternational      1:27.171  + 1.340
26.  Michael Herck     Red Devil Team Comtec  1:27.177  + 1.346
27.  P.Di Sabatino     GD Racing              1:27.277  + 1.446
28.  Luiz Razia        GD Racing              1:27.277  + 1.446
29.  Julian Theobald   EuroInternational      1:29.256  + 3.425
30.  Xavier Maassen    Prema Powerteam        1:27.535  + 1.704

J.R · 22 Sep 2007, 13:27 (Ref:2020421)

Podium: p1 Hanley, p2 Valsecchi, p3 Piccione. Nice to see Hanley and Piccione finally there...

P3ndula · 22 Sep 2007, 13:31 (Ref:2020423)

Martin Haven · 22 Sep 2007, 13:59 (Ref:2020434)

A great job by Ben in pretty atrocious conditions... Grabbed 2nd from Bonanomi off the line and then pressed Piccione, setting fastest lap in the process... the Monagasque was having braking problems, running too deep into the final corner for several laps, before eventually going off, allowing Ben to slip past...

Hanley then opened up a big gap, took rear tyres (Piccione took fronts, telling you all you need to know about their respective set-ups, perhaps) and rejoined in 2nd, behind the very late-stopping Davide Valsecchi

When the Italian finally stopped, Hanley was left to count off the laps, avoid standing water and not think of the closing stages in the wet Zolder race in 2006, where his car got away from him while he led, just a few laps before the end!

Valsecchi rejoined JUST in front of the up-to-speed Piccione and they had a great dice for the remaining podium spots, Valsecchi ALMOST but not-quite handing it to Clivio at the final corner in exactly the same manner as Piccione himself had given away the lead...

The Monagasque's attack was blunted a little being badly delayed by Alejandro Nunez, engrossed in a battle for 12th with Danil Move, as he was being lapped - but for the 2 seconds lost, he might have been able to pressure Valsecchi into relinquishing the position before the flag, which came out after the maximum time plus one lap...

Delighted with his win, Hanley completed two slow-down laps, just to ensure that the chequered flag hadn't come out too early and that there would be no question marks over his maiden win.

WSR Fan · 22 Sep 2007, 17:13 (Ref:2020527)

Great win for Ben, especially in those conditions (you could also say it's his first 'proper' win, given that his 1st place at Misano last year was due to Vettel and Maldonado being disqualified).

Things have really closed up at the top, with Hanley taking a massive 16 points out of Parente's lead:

1. Parente, 90
2. Hanley, 84
3. Vettel, 74
4. Pavlovic, 65
5. Albuquerque, 61
6. Barba, 45

And finally Piccione get's the result he's deserved all year - although by the sounds of it he nearly gave it away with a 360° spin!

Nice to see an all French front-row for tomorrow's race too.

P3ndula · 22 Sep 2007, 17:24 (Ref:2020529)

It's on now.

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click TV2 uživo/live top left. Real stream.

strider · 22 Sep 2007, 17:24 (Ref:2020530)

Very impressive win by Ben Hanley. Alvaro should get the chance to open up the lead a little again tomorrow, but who can tell?

Autosport's view of the race is here.

J.R · 23 Sep 2007, 12:11 (Ref:2020916)

Race 2

1. Moreau
2. Molina
3. Jousse
4. Parente
5. Iaconelli
6. Van der Garde
7. Hanley
8. Piccione
9. Valsecchi
10.Nunez

Carlin: p11.Aleshin and Ammermuller somewhere behind...

strider · 23 Sep 2007, 15:20 (Ref:2021035)

Report and results from Autosport here. With Parente 4th and Hanley 7th, the gap has opened up to 11 points. Still all to play for, really.

Interestingly, Tech 1 has edged ahead of Carlin in the Teams' Championship. I didn't see that one coming.

WSR Fan · 23 Sep 2007, 16:23 (Ref:2021072)

Hanley has apparently been given a 25 second penalty for causing a collision with Milos Pavlovic, dropping him from 7th to 14th, and thus no points.

Tech 1 were in a bit of a dilemma near the end of the race with Jousse running 3rd and Parente 4th. Simon Abadie must have been thinking "Do I let Julien take a podium in his home round or get him to let Alvaro through to gain an extra point?". I'm no fan of team orders, but on this occasion I think they should have let Parente through for the sake of his championship.

strider · 23 Sep 2007, 16:31 (Ref:2021077)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WSR Fan

Tech 1 were in a bit of a dilemma near the end of the race with Jousse running 3rd and Parente 4th. Simon Abadie must have been thinking "Do I let Julien take a podium in his home round or get him to let Alvaro through to gain an extra point?". I'm no fan of team orders, but on this occasion I think they should have let Parente through for the sake of his championship.

Interesting. I was expecting the move and wondered why it didn't happen.

Alex K · 23 Sep 2007, 17:27 (Ref:2021124)

This is FR3.5 WSR Fan not F1, Jousse pays the bills too, why should Parente be let pass? Let him fight for position and win it.

strider · 23 Sep 2007, 18:07 (Ref:2021160)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

This is FR3.5 WSR Fan not F1, Jousse pays the bills too, why should Parente be let pass? Let him fight for position and win it.

Fair comment. Also, Tech 1 is a French team, Jousse is French and Magny Cours is a home event.

Amended results:

1. Guillaume Moreau KTR 41mins 04.975sec 27 laps
2. Miguel Molina Pons +6.482s
3. Julien Jousse Tech 1 +7.831s
4. Alvaro Parente Tech 1 +8.190s
5. Carlos Iaconelli Pons +9.564s
6. Giedo van der Garde Victory +11.511s
7. Clivio Piccione RC +12.970s
8. Davide Valsecchi Epsilon +14.811s
9. Alejandro Nunez Comtec +17.511
10. Mikhail Aleshin Carlin +22.659s
11. Alvaro Barba Draco +25.107s
12. Pasquale di Sabatino GD +28.937s
13. Bertrand Baguette KTR +32.772s
14. Ben Hanley Prema +37.363s
15. Michael Ammermuller Carlin +40.890s
16. Alessandro Ciompi Eurointernational +50.110s
17. Charlie Kimball Victory +50.279s
18. James Walker Fortec +51.169s
19. Daniil Move Interwetten.com +1min 00.323s
20. Luiz Razia GD 1min 00.470s
21. Esteban Guerrieri Fortec +1min 22.712s
22. Salvador Duran Interwetten.com +1 lap
23. Julian Theobald Eurointernational +1 lap
24. Marco Bonanomi RC +1 lap
25. Filipe Albuquerque Epsilon +1 lap
26. Fairuz Fauzy Cram 19 laps completed
27. Michael Herck Comtec 9 laps completed
28. Pippa Mann Cram 7 laps completed
29. Xavier Maasen Prema 7 laps completed
30. Milos Pavlovic Draco 3 laps completed

runshaw · 23 Sep 2007, 18:08 (Ref:2021162)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

This is FR3.5 WSR Fan not F1, Jousse pays the bills too, why should Parente be let pass? Let him fight for position and win it.

That's exactly what I was thinking. You can't tell a driver who is paying 400+k a year to move over. I can't remember who it was, but a couple of years ago in Formula Nippon one guy was leading the final race and his team-mate was in second place and would have won the championship had he been let through. But in the interest's of sport he didn't let him through and took his own deserved victory. I think it would be totally wrong to ask a driver to move over in junior formulae. So i'm glad it didn't happen!

P3ndula · 23 Sep 2007, 18:58 (Ref:2021198)

Third race in a row he hits Pavlovic and he gets away with only a 25sec penalty.

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