2014 Formula 3 European silly season

[Flavio Galtieri]

Well with all due respect, track records are set on race day, not on test days when the car isn't weighed.

But that's not the point.

However good Max vs2.0 is he should still prove his worth by actually racing against others before leapfrogging an entire generation to go straight to F3 just because he's got a famous Dad and lot's of backers.

I'm sure he's the next Senna, but Ayrton and just about every good driver I've ever seen have proved their credentials through junior formulae first. I don't know of a successful driver who hasn't had some sort of education in something other than a go-kart.

The people who should be really angry are the team managers who sell their Formula Ford, Formula Renault drives at considerable cost to parents and supporters who still believe that actually winning in a junior series matters.

It obviously doesn't. If I were a Formula Ford/ Renault team principal I'd want to know why the FIA rules allow a seriously rich kid to jump ahead of everyone else. It's not good for business and most of all, it's not sporting.

[FFfan]

Originally Posted by LavidaLoca

What about Jenson Button, he jumped straight from Go-Kart to Formula 3 then F1 ... nothing wrong with that . If the kid is good and mature why wasting his time in junior Formula.

Not true! Jenson did British Formula Ford in 1998 winning both the Championship & The Festival. He then did British F3 in 1999 finishing third in the championship. (Marc Hynes was Champion).

He then was picked by Williams for 2000 after a shoot-out with Bruno Janquera (I hope I've spelt his name correctly) and that was the start of his F1 career.

[cmk]

Originally Posted by EastonNeston

Michael Lewis will be driving a LMP2 car in the USCS back in the USA.

He will? Interesting. What car? There aren't exactly a lot of P2 seats to go around right now (probably somewhere between 0 and 1).

[ivanalesi]

Tatiana Calderon won the 2nd race. It's called Winter series, it's testing for them. Some want to win, some want to learn. Last season Marciello was nowhere in New Zealand, came back to Europe and dominated F3 Euro.
Verstappen won't go into F3 because there are testing limits. He can test as much as he wants in Alps or NEC.
Verstappen is fantastic, no doubt about it, but may be expectations should be managed. Remember de Vries!

Originally Posted by FFfan

He then was picked by Williams for 2000 after a shoot-out with Bruno Janquera (I hope I've spelt his name correctly) and that was the start of his F1 career.

Junqueira!

[edenrace]

Testing is free in British F3

[ivanalesi]

Yeah, but only during the winter or they have changed it now?

[edenrace]

Repeat ,testing is free in British F3.
If you have the budget or backers you could run in FIA F3 and then selected British events and test test test

[Juntos]

Originally Posted by edenrace

Testing is free in British F3

Free but not for free.

[Felipe]

Originally Posted by ivanalesi

Tatiana Calderon won the 2nd race. It's called Winter series, it's testing for them. Some want to win, some want to learn. Last season Marciello was nowhere in New Zealand, came back to Europe and dominated F3 Euro.

Marciello raced in New Zealand in 2012, not 2013

[ivanalesi]

True, 2012 and now FDA created their answer to Formula Toyota NZ.

[jondownunder]

Seems Eddie Cheever III has moved on from single seaters in pursuit of a NASCAR future. He's signed for CAAL Racing for the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series:

http://www.nascarwheleneuroseries.co...n-euro-series/

[JD Media]

I don´t know if anyone posted this yet but...

- Goddard will be joined by Alex Torill at T-Sport.
- Hong Wei Cao will race for Fortec in British and European F3.
- Felix Serralles will race with West-Tec.

What about Latifi, Mardenborough and King? Looks like Carlin has already 5 drivers..

[JD Media]

I don´t know if it is posted already...

- Alex Torill joins T-Sport
- Serralles races for West-Tec

Rosenqvist is set to do another year in FIA F3...

[Juntos]

Rosenqvist will aim for second again.

[Formulahistory]

I wonder why there will no team use the engines from Japanese F3, as they has experience from last year...

[Formulahistory]

Tunjo confirmed at Signature.

And Renault wants a second team. I hope we will see Tech-1.

[steve nielsen]

Max Verstappen will race for Van Amersfoort Racing in the FIA F3 championship

http://www.verstappen.nl/news/1707.html

[formula_fan]

Massive but not completely surprising step for Verstappen then.

Very interested to see how he gets on.

[steve nielsen]

Tatiana Calderon will race for Signature Renault this year

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/en/news/C...nature-F3.html

[steve nielsen]

Max Verstappen woný be the youngest driver in the championship, EuroInternational have contracted Santino Ferrucci, an only 15 year old American.

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/en/news/E...with-trio.html

[Formulahistory]

but he can only drive in June onwards after he become 16 years old...

[NaBUru38]

Full drivers list:

o- Prema: Nicholas Latifi, Esteban Ocon, Antonio Fuoco, Dennis van der Laar
o- Mücke: Lucas Auer, Felix Rosenqvist, Roy Nissany
o- Carlin: Jordan King, Ed Jones, Jake Dennis.
o- Carlin 2: Antonio Giovanazzi, Sean Gelaaef, Tom Blomqvist
o- Van Amsterfoort: Jules Szymkowiak, Gustavo Menezes, Max Verstappen
o- EuroInternational: Riccardo Agostini, Michele Beretta, Santino Ferrucci
o- West-Tec: Féliz Serrallés, 2nd TBC
o- Fortec: Mitch Gilbert, John Bryant-Meisner
o- T-Sport: Richard Goddard, Alex Toril
o- Double R: Felipe Guimarães
o- Jo Zeller: Sandro Zeller.
o- Signature: Óscar Tunjo, Tatiana Calderón.

[steve nielsen]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Full drivers list:


o- Van Amsterfoort: Jules Szymkowiak, Gustavo Menezes, Max Verstappen

it's Van Amersfoort

http://www.vanamersfoortracing.nl/

[Flavio Galtieri]

Originally Posted by steve nielsen

Max Verstappen woný be the youngest driver in the championship, EuroInternational have contracted Santino Ferrucci, an only 15 year old American.

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/en/news/E...with-trio.html

Absolutely ridiculous imho.

Effectively, everything under International F3 is now redundant if you want to reach F1 as a driver,

The FIA are letting rich kids kill the sport. There is club and national racing for normal people, skip all that and go from a go-kart to International F3 if Daddy can pay.

The future of our sport is at stake here and in 5 years or so we'll regret the lack of any proper licensing system, involving a ladder where only the most talented progress.

[bella]

a valid point as it is, the licensing system isn't what's going to kill single seater racing though, let's be entirely real here.