ES 3000 2009

racecontrol · 4 Feb 2009, 10:47 (Ref:2388049)

It looks like the Lola F.3000 cars will race one year more with Fisichella Motor Sport entering the championship once again.
Two south american drivers signed: 16 years old Sistos with Bull Racing and Gonzales with Fisichella Motorsport.

The calendar is the following:

19 April IMOLA (Italy)
17 May PORTIMAO (Portugal)
28 June SPA (Belgium)
05 July DONINGTON (U.K.)
20 September VALLELUNGA (Italy)
18 October MONZA (Italy)
25 October BARCELONA (Spain)

runshaw · 4 Feb 2009, 14:36 (Ref:2388199)

Thats an excellent calender! Are we going to see grids of 10+ this season? Has reigning champion Nicolas Prost been offered any drives at all?

Robbe · 4 Feb 2009, 15:00 (Ref:2388212)

Nicolas Prost will be driving Le Mans Series and probably Le Mans 24h with Speedy Racing in a Lola-Aston Martin.

Crestiani and Razia are doing GP2 Asia, Onidi tested GP2, Leal will drive WSR with Prema, Khan is even "F1 testdriver". They might not be frontrunners, but their careers are progressing nicely after ES 3000. However, this also means we probably can't expect anyone of them back for next season.

runshaw · 4 Feb 2009, 15:24 (Ref:2388224)

Are the rounds double-headers?

Go_For_Pole · 4 Feb 2009, 15:28 (Ref:2388226)

normally yes

racecontrol · 4 Feb 2009, 16:04 (Ref:2388246)

yes, two race per week-end. The format should remain the same of the previous year

WSR Fan · 4 Feb 2009, 17:47 (Ref:2388307)

I'd have thought after his promising debut at Barcelona last season, Edoardo Piscopo would be in line for a seat, but it seems he's leaning more towards Formula Master at the moment.

After his success last year, I've got a feeling Adam Khan will be back, although I suppose it would depend to a certain extent on his Renault F1 demo commitments. As for the rest of the grid, who knows?

**gomick** · 5 Feb 2009, 07:48 (Ref:2388698)

i suppose 3 or 4 of those rounds will make up an italian championship aswell... are we expecting 11 or 12 car grids?

racecontrol · 5 Feb 2009, 10:39 (Ref:2388892)

Fabio Onidi did a very good first half of the season last year and then disappeared... he did a good test in GP2 but if he can't make it to do the season going back in ES 3000 to fight for the title could be a good option

Go_For_Pole · 5 Feb 2009, 14:01 (Ref:2389057)

Champion to get a GP2 drive for free!

racecontrol · 5 Feb 2009, 14:12 (Ref:2389068)

Wow!!! that's a news!!! We can now espect more cars on the grid! the cost for a season is much lower that World Series, Formula Master and F3 championships... then if you can also get a full GP2 season this could really help talented drivers to show off! I'm now wondering which teams will take part to the championship

META4 · 5 Feb 2009, 16:21 (Ref:2389155)

I reckon it is one more "Colonni Style" announcement, few monthes after announced 3000 ES will be using old A1GP cars... everybody knows how it ended up...but well wait and see...

racecontrol · 6 Feb 2009, 07:59 (Ref:2389570)

Now the news is also on the series website:
www.euroseries3000.com

It is explained that the deal with the sponsor is on a period of three years and it clearly states that the winner will have a FULL SEASON PAID IN GP2!

Go_For_Pole · 6 Feb 2009, 08:14 (Ref:2389584)

Fails to mention if it's Main or Asia GP though

racecontrol · 6 Feb 2009, 09:32 (Ref:2389619)

...and the name of the sponsor! Anyway should even be Asia, it would still be very interesting!

Go_For_Pole · 6 Feb 2009, 10:26 (Ref:2389644)

Anything offered for free is vey interesting

META4 · 6 Feb 2009, 11:29 (Ref:2389694)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Go_For_Pole

Anything offered for free is vey interesting

As long as what they promise Happens ... yes it is interesting

Go_For_Pole · 6 Feb 2009, 11:48 (Ref:2389710)

Obviously. In fairness, you mentioned the A1GP rumour which however was never announced by Coloni himself. In fact it was denied within a couple of days or something. This prize is formally announced so it's a different case. In reality, no-one can guarantee such prizes as the experience of IFM and Honda F1 shows.

racecontrol · 7 Feb 2009, 09:22 (Ref:2390266)

New calendar released:
19 april - Imola
17 may - Portimao
28 june - MagnyCours
2 august - Donington
9 august - Zolder
20 september - Vallelunga
18 october - Monza

jondownunder · 7 Feb 2009, 16:18 (Ref:2390479)

Really happy the Donington date has moved to August. Now it won't clash with WSbR at Silverstone, and will support/pair up with Superleague Formula. It should be a meeting well worth attending

Valker · 14 Feb 2009, 13:20 (Ref:2397407)

New car is now official: Lola B05/52 (1st generation A1GP) will replace B02/50 gradually.

They use current ES3000 wings instead of A1GP ones.

http://www.euroseries3000.com/new/news.asp?id=574

jondownunder · 14 Feb 2009, 13:40 (Ref:2397418)

Well that is interesting! The last I heard was that A1GP didn't want to offload the cars in bulk in case the championship they supplied became a direct rival... the plan was to sell individual cars here and there... at least I think that was the gist of it.

META4 · 14 Feb 2009, 13:43 (Ref:2397419)

Aparently it is the same monocoque as A1GP but the cars of the ES3000 must be brand new ones... so basicly A1GP organisation got it wrong

Lola has the right to sell new cars to anybody after all... even more if they are not under contract with A1GP

The financial power of Coloni does quite impress me

jondownunder · 14 Feb 2009, 13:55 (Ref:2397428)

Quote:

Originally Posted by META4

The financial power of Coloni does quite impress me

Indeed, especially when the championship has really struggled for numbers in recent years.

racecontrol · 14 Feb 2009, 15:12 (Ref:2397457)

Quote:

Originally Posted by META4

I reckon it is one more "Colonni Style" announcement, few monthes after announced 3000 ES will be using old A1GP cars... everybody knows how it ended up...but well wait and see...

You seem very informed... New car: what should we believe now?

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