F3 - Macau GP

Who's going to win this one then?

First qualifying..

1 Paulo MONTIN ITA Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:15.374
2 Narain KARTHIKEYAN IND Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:15.676
3 Jonathan COCHET FRA Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:15.925
4 Takuma SATO JPN Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:16.380
5 Robert LECHNER AUT Dallara F300 TOM's Toyota 2:16.616
6 Gianmaria BRUNI ITA Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:16.733
7 Andre COUTO MAC Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:16.755
8 Pierre KAFFER GER Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:16.790
9 Ryo FUKUDA JPN Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:17.070
10 Sebastien PHILIPPE FRA Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:17.376
11 Peter SUNDBERG SWE Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:17.480
12 Mathieu ZANGARELLI FRA Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:17.572
13 Alex YOONG MAS Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:17.580
14 Tomas SCHECKTER RSA Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:17.616
15 Ben COLLINS GBR Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:17.915
16 Seiji ARA JPN Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:18.004
17 Haruki KUROSAWA JPN Dallara F300 TOM's Toyota 2:18.012
18 Enrico TOCCACELO ITA Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:18.577
19 Yuji IDE JPN Dallara F399 Mugen Honda 2:18.941
20 Milos PAVLOVIC YUG Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:19.378
21 Andy PRIAULX GBR Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:19.436
22 Patrick FRIESACHER AUT Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:19.808
23 Zsolt BAUMGARTNER HUN Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:19.812
24 LEE Ying KIN CHN Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:19.934
25 Shinichi TAKAGI JPN Dallara F399 TOM's Toyota 2:20.011
26 Toshihiro KANEISHI JPN Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:20.224
27 LEI Kit Meng MAC Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:23.053
28 Michael HO MAC Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:23.891
29 Joe MERSZEI MAC Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:24.515
30 Tiago MONTEIRO POR Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 4:10.834

Its got to be Takuma :)

Did he race there last year?

As an italian guy I hope its gonna be Montin, but Lechner is anice person who made his way in Japan, he's my favorite.

Interesting to see that Friesacher, who's done so well in F3000 testing is down in 22nd...

I'll go for Cochet, I think. Although it's silly not to consider Sato a big threat.

Final qualifying

1 Narain KARTHIKEYAN IND Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:12.887
2 Takuma SATO JPN Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:13.146
3 Ryo FUKUDA JPN Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:13.262
4 Pierre KAFFER GER Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:13.428
5 Mathieu ZANGARELLI FRA Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:13.655
6 Andre COUTO MAC Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:13.914
7 Patrick FRIESACHER AUT Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:14.024
8 Enrico TOCCACELO ITA Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:14.056
9 Paulo MONTIN ITA Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:14.057
10 Gianmaria BRUNI ITA Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:14.276
11 Jonathan COCHET FRA Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:14.379
12 Tiago MONTEIRO POR Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:14.475
13 Andy PRIAULX GBR Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:14.487
14 Tomas SCHECKTER RSA Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:14.505
15 Peter SUNDBERG SWE Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:14.566
16 Ben COLLINS GBR Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:14.731
17 Alex YOONG MAS Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:14.816
18 Seiji ARA JPN Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:14.839
19 Haruki KUROSAWA JPN Dallara F300 TOM's Toyota 2:14.846
20 Sebastien PHILIPPE FRA Dallara F399 Sodemo Renault 2:15.172
21 Shinichi TAKAGI JPN Dallara F399 TOM's Toyota 2:15.212
22 Toshihiro KANEISHI JPN Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:15.668
23 LEE Ying KIN CHN Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:15.787
24 Robert LECHNER AUT Dallara F300 TOM's Toyota 2:15.982
25 Milos PAVLOVIC YUG Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:16.041
26 Yuji IDE JPN Dallara F399 Mugen Honda 2:16.098
27 Zsolt BAUMGARTNER HUN Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:16.688
28 Michael HO MAC Dallara F399 Spiess Opel 2:21.852
29 LEI Kit Meng MAC Dallara F300 Mugen Honda 2:22.318
30 Jo MERSZEI MAC Dallara F300 Spiess Opel 2:23.836
Qualification Maxima 2:26.175
Weather : Cloudy / Dry

Hmm...

Bit of a shocker by the boy Schekter there.
I'd like to see Narain win it, but I'd have to be pretty stupid to bet against Sato I guess.

And this Alex Yoong guy. As I understand it, he's actually quite good. Did he just have a bad run, or what??

Sato won last year Formula Asia(F2000)race!
Both Sato and Narain KARTHIKEYAN maked a stupid mistake at the leg 1!NK was the fastest driver at that race!
At the start,Sato overtook NK but crash to the tyre -wall at first lap.and then NK also crashed to the barrier at the hill section when he had over 4 sec lead at lap 6!
finally local hero Andre Couto won !

no aussies - or did i miss one......will have to wait til next year when jimmy courtney shows us what hes made of! :p :p :p :p

Woooohoooooooooo

finally a portuguese driver wins something!
about time!

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*ahem* i'll stop my patriotism now...

Carla