WSR Silly Season

[cos]

I'm not up to speed on driver movements for the 2007 World Series but the organisers have selected the first 10 teams out of the 15 who'll be competing:

• Carlin
• Comtec
• Draco
• Epsilon Euskadi
• Eurointernational
• Interwetten.com
• KTR
• Prema
• RC Motorsport
• Tech 1

The remaining eight will have to wait and see if they'll make the last five spaces:

• Cram
• Jenzer
• GD Racing
• Pons
• Victory
• Fortec
• EuroNova
• Signature

[Alex K]

They should get rid of EuroInternational, and possibly Tech 1, or at least upper the cap.

[chunterer]

After the strtong rumours a year or so ago, I had hoped we might get some more positive news about Dick Bennetts/West Surrey making a full time single seat return in this series?

EuroInt'l isn't a bad set up surely. Is it still anything to do with Antonio Ferrari's? He's an enthusiast and likes to give good drivers a go in his cars whether it's FR 3.5 or Champcar.

I'd certainly like to see either Fortec or Signature get accepted as they are top rung teams, period.

[cds_uk]

I'd certainly like to see either Fortec or Signature get accepted as they are top rung teams, period.[/QUOTE]

I couldn`t agree more.

[Kidzer]

Indeed, them + Jenzer, Victory and Cram would be my picks - but then, I would get rid of Tech 1 and let Pons in also!

[strider]

Does the silly season include who goes where? I guess so, in which case it's interesting that confirmation has come today from BMW, no less, that Sebastian Vettel will be racing for Carlin Motorsport in WSR. It fits better than GP2 with his duties as BMW's third driver.

Do we have a title favourite already?

[bella]

*checks calendar* chicken counting in november? good grief, that must be some kind of record

[P3ndula]

Originally Posted by Alex K

They should get rid of EuroInternational, and possibly Tech 1, or at least upper the cap.

Eurointernational reached an agreement with Milos Pavlovic to run the first of the two Vallelunga test days. The Serbian driver will test both team's Dallaras. In the second day, Pavlovic will switch from Antonio Ferrari's team to Prema.

Comtec: Bonanomi - D'Ambrosio
RC Motorsport: Van der Drift - Clos - Monfardini
Draco: A.Barba - Baguette - Clos - Miguez
Pons: Crestani - Mann - Ju.Theobald - Jo.Theobald
KTR: Bonetti - Llobell - Gonzalez - Franchi
Prema: Bonetti - Molina - Pavlovic
Epsilon: Albuquerque - Valsecchi
Jenzer: Elkmann - Morgado - Frey
Interwetten: Iaconelli - Petrov
Cram: Ciompi - Piscopo - Move
Carlin: Vettel - Nunez
Victory: Kimball - Van der Garde
GD Racing: Di Sabatino - Montanari - V.Sebastiani - N.Sebastiani
Tech 1: Groppi - TBA
Eurointernational: Pavlovic - TBA

I recall Eurointernational doing quite well for a couple of races with Milos at the wheel.

[cds_uk]

Eurointernational, Toccacelo was a top ten runner in one of their cars as i recall.

[bradrive]

Originally Posted by cds_uk

Eurointernational, Toccacelo was a top ten runner in one of their cars as i recall.

He was expecting to fight for victory really...

[Go_For_Pole]

A bit off topic, there is a WSR test in Valencia, right? Anybody know when?

[hotwheels]

Originally Posted by Go_For_Pole

A bit off topic, there is a WSR test in Valencia, right? Anybody know when?

Nov. 29th and 30th, AFAIK.

[P3ndula]

Vallelunga -
I tempi del 1° turno, mercoledì 22 novembre 2006

1 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Comtec - 1'31"679 - 31 giri
2 - Davide Valsecchi - Epsilon - 1'32"113 - 28
3 - Milos Pavlovic - Eurointernational - 1'32"831 - 29
4 - Sebastian Vettel - Carlin - 1'32"877 - 30
5 - Marco Bonanomi - Comtec - 1'33"444 - 29
6 - Alejandro Nunez - Carlin - 1'33"691 - 31
7 - Filipe Albuquerque - Epsilon - 1'33"857 - 36
8 - Alessandro Bonetti - Prema - 1'33"890 - 35
9 - Alessandro Ciompi - Cram - 1'33"895 - 37
10 - Julien Jousse - Tech 1 - 1'34"121 - 32
11 - Giedo Van der Garde - Victory - 1'34"191 - 23
12 - Charlie Kimball - Victory - 1'34"241 - 34
13 - Alex Frassineti - Interwetten - 1'34"311 - 5
14 - Carlos Iaconelli - Interwetten - 1'34"374 - 27
15 - Ferdinando Monfardini - RC - 1'34"541 - 37
16 - Chris Van der Drift - RC - 1'34"960 - 35
17 - Peter Elkmann - Jenzer - 1'35"098 - 31
18 - Miguel Molina - Prema - 1'35"188 - 28
19 - Christian Montanari - GD - 1'35"273 - 14
20 - Alvaro Barba - Draco - 1'35"583 - 35
21 - Cristiano Morgado - Jenzer - 1'35"852 - 21
22 - Rodolfo Gonzales - KTR - 1'36"058 - 27
23 - Mathieu Lahaye - Tech 1 - 1'36"340 - 32
24 - Dani Clos - Draco - 1'36"659 - 12
25 - Fabrizio Crestani - Pons - 1'36"738 - 24
26 - Pippa Mann - Pons - 1'36"754 - 34
27 - Valentino Sebastiani - GD - 1'36"986 - 20
28 - Arturo Llobell - KTR - 1'37"381 - 22
29 - Daniel Move - Cram - 1'39"312 - 25

[hotwheels]

I expect a bit more from Draco cars in the afternoon... BTW, is Hanley not driving?

[P3ndula]

An heavy rainfall led the second test session at Vallelunga come to a premature end today. After one hour and a half, all the drivers were forced to stay in the pits, without being able to come back on track. The best laptime was set by Alvaro Basba, at his debut with Draco. Jerome D'Ambrosio took the second spot after a good overall performance, while Valsecchi was really happy with his new chassis after clinching third. Eurointernational and Milos Pavlovic closed in a solid 4th position: the team will now leave Vallelunga as the team will be racing in the F.BMW World Finals in Valencia. Cristian Montanari was able to close 5th for GD Racing, in front of Sebastian Vettel. Marco Bonanomi, eight, was not able to use his new tires at the best. The two rookies, Fabrizio Crestani (Pons) and Alex Frassineti (Interwetten) were respectively 9th and 10th, followed by Valentino Sebastiani with his GD Dallara. The trio will not be in the game tomorrow.

I tempi del 2° turno, mercoledì 22 novembre 2006

1 - Alvaro Barba - Draco - 1'23"042
2 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Comtec - 1'23"551
3 - Davide Valsecchi - Epsilon - 1'24"038
4 - Milos Pavlovic - Eurointernational - 1'24"099
5 - Christian Montanari - GD - 1'24"374
6 - Sebastian Vettel - Carlin - 1'24"391
7 - Julien Jousse - Tech 1 - 1'24"510
8 - Marco Bonanomi - Comtec - 1'24"558
9 - Fabrizio Crestani - Pons - 1'24"583
10 - Dani Clos - Draco - 1'24"622
11 - Alex Frassineti - Interwetten - 1'24"699
12 - Chris Van der Drift - RC - 1'24"699
13 - Mathieu Lahaye - Tech 1 - 1'24"883
14 - Rodolfo Gonzales - KTR - 1'25"070
15 - Miguel Molina - Prema - 1'25"378
16 - Valentino Sebastiani - GD - 1'25"400
17 - Pippa Mann - Interwetten - 1'25"413
18 - Carlos Iaconelli - Interwetten - 1'25"423
19 - Alessandro Ciompi - Cram - 1'25"436
20 - Charlie Kimball - Victory - 1'25"567
21 - Giedo Van der Garde - Victory - 1'25"620
22 - Alessandro Bonetti - Prema - 1'25"686
23 - Peter Elkmann - Jenzer - 1'25"768
24 - Niki Sebastiani - GD - 1'24"870
25 - Alejandro Nunez - Carlin - 1'25"892
26 - Ferdinando Monfardini - RC - 1'26"016
27 - Daniel Move - Cram - 1'26"457
28 - Cristiano Morgado - Jenzer - 1'26"596
29 - Arturo Llobell - KTR - 1'27"072
30 - Filipe Albuquerque - Epsilon - 1'42"267

[P3ndula]

I tempi del 3° turno, giovedì 23 novembre 2006

1 - Marco Bonanomi - Comtec - 1'23"486 - 22 giri
2 - Celso Miguez - Draco - 1'23"755 - 41
3 - Milos Pavlovic - Prema - 1'23"769 - 21
4 - Chris Van der Drift - RC - 1'23"966 - 23
5 - Bertrand Baguette - Draco - 1'23"988 - 41
6 - Davide Valsecchi - Epsilon - 1'24"159 - 11
7 - Sebastian Vettel - Carlin - 1'24"299 - 12
8 - Christian Montanari - GD - 1'24"511 - 10
9 - Alessandro Ciompi - Cram - 1'24"582 - 19
10 - Rahel Frey - Jenzer - 1'24"680 - 35
11 - Alessandro Bonetti - KTR - 1'24"701 - 28
12 - Peter Elkmann - Jenzer - 1'24"781 - 49
13 - Charlie Kimball - Victory - 1'24"800 - 26
14 - Daniel Move - Interwetten - 1'24"892 - 44
15 - Gregory Franchi - KTR - 1'24"945 - 11
16 - Alejandro Nunez - Carlin - 1'25"022 - 22
17 - Pasquale Di Sabatino - GD - 1'25"061 - 23
18 - Carlos Iaconelli - Interwetten - 1'25"104 - 23
19 - Julien Jousse - Tech 1 - 1'25"144 - 14
20 - Miguel Molina - Prema - 1'25"472 - 31
21 - Julian Theobald - Pons - 1'25"485 - 38
22 - Edoardo Piscopo - Cram - 1'25"569 - 38
23 - Mathieu Lahaye - Tech 1 - 1'25"706 - 22
24 - Pippa Mann - Pons - 1'25"884 - 18
25 - Filipe Albuquerque - Epsilon - 1'25"925 - 15
26 - Dani Clos - RC - 1'27"711 - 22
27 - Giedo Van der Garde - Victory - 1'27"711 - 7
28 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Comtec - senza tempo

[Go_For_Pole]

Clos had a big one apparently, car destroyed, driver ok

[Obizzz]

Yay go Comtec!

For what you did for Alx this season I'll probably be a Comtec supporter for years to come hehe

[Go_For_Pole]

Still anyone believing that Draco is the best team in the series?

[chunterer]

Van Der Drift steadily worked his way forwards timewise as well.

At this test he's been arguably the most impressive of the 2.0 graduates although Clos and Baguette have done well.

I think he's very much a star of the future but if he were to sign for RC, are they still a team capable of giving someone a car with which to challenge for the title?

[Go_For_Pole]

Don't ever underestimate RC or Prema

[Sev]

I'm surprised how far back Vettel is running. The FR2.0 grads are outpacing him quite badly in the two sessions so far...

Then again, I appear to be this forums resident Vettel critic, so I should probably be happy about that.

[bella]

no no sev, that's my position, although i'm gradually being converted (irritatingly)

it's testing. vettel might be the only one running honestly....

[nkfan]

Any info on Karun Chandhok !!!
i hope he gets a seat for full season this year !!

[strider]

Giedo van der Garde has been confirmed at Victory, which is Carlin's other team - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56062