2011 FR3.5 Series Off-season Thread - Page 7

**chunterer** · 21 Jan 2011, 10:55 (Ref:2818713)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaddix

Stoneman won't be racing next season due to cancer (source: autosport.com)
that's really bad news for both the sport and him

Oh no that's terrible news to hear about Dean. Best wishes to him!!

Peat · 21 Jan 2011, 11:55 (Ref:2818747)

Dreadful news, all the best to Dean and his recovery.

Opens up a big seat though.

**bella** · 21 Jan 2011, 12:02 (Ref:2818750)

absolutely, all the best to him and his family and hope to see him out in the car before the end of the season all being well.

jondownunder · 21 Jan 2011, 12:46 (Ref:2818779)

Shocked to read that. I wish him all the best for his recovery, hopefully he will be back in a seat ASAP.

N.A-D.R · 21 Jan 2011, 14:02 (Ref:2818822)

So unlucky only 20... I hope he recovers soon

strider · 21 Jan 2011, 17:44 (Ref:2818907)

I can only echo all the other comments. If they've caught it early enough and it's only in one area he should be alright eventually, but still a big career setback just when things were looking good for him.

cmk · 21 Jan 2011, 21:18 (Ref:2819021)

Shocking news about Stoneman. Best wishes to him; I hope he is able to recover his health first and foremost. Driving a racing car is important, but not as important as that!

WSR Fan · 26 Jan 2011, 14:34 (Ref:2820861)

First of all, I'd also like to echo all the previous comments in relation to Dean Stoneman. I hope he can recover soon and get back to racing ASAP.

P1 Motorsport have just announced their drivers for 2011, and they are..

Walter Grubmuller and Daniil Move

Obviously no surprise about Grubmuller, but I am surprised about Move going back to one of his old teams - and the fact that 2011 will be his fifth year in the category. He could spring a surprise or two, but he'll do well to better his 10th place overall finish of 2009 IMO.

**chunterer** · 26 Jan 2011, 14:49 (Ref:2820870)

Where does that leave Hartley now, guess he'll still be trying to get a GP2 drive as well?

JVD · 26 Jan 2011, 15:16 (Ref:2820882)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunterer

Where does that leave Hartley now, guess he'll still be trying to get a GP2 drive as well?

Same question i have with Alexander Rossi.. i think they both trying to do GP2.. Racing Engineering??

Still i hope Rossi wil go to ISR and Hartley to drive for Carlin??? which teams have still more seats left? KMP have still 1, probably for Panciatici.. Epsilon, Gravity-Charouz, BVM Target or Fortec?

WSR Fan · 26 Jan 2011, 16:43 (Ref:2820912)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JVD

Same question i have with Alexander Rossi.. i think they both trying to do GP2.. Racing Engineering??

Still i hope Rossi wil go to ISR and Hartley to drive for Carlin??? which teams have still more seats left? KMP have still 1, probably for Panciatici.. Epsilon, Gravity-Charouz, BVM Target or Fortec?

Your right about Panciatici and KMP, that deal seems to be 99% certain from everything I've read.

I'm expecting Jan Charouz to move over to Gravity-Charouz, and as a possible team-mate, how about Marco Wittmann? He had a FR3.5 test with KMP at Motorland Aragon last October which seemed to go well, plus he is part of the Gravity Sports Management stable and a FR3.5 seat would seem a logical step-up from the F3 Euroseries.

**bella** · 26 Jan 2011, 16:45 (Ref:2820913)

how about christian vietoris? or does he have a 2 year deal with racing engineering in gp2?

Frosty11 · 26 Jan 2011, 16:58 (Ref:2820918)

I'm expecting Dan mckenzie to be at fortec as it seems that he won't be in british f3 this season and hopefully sten pentus will partner him

formula_fan · 26 Jan 2011, 18:15 (Ref:2820956)

Mckenzie seemed to struggle somewhat in the tests, but Fortec would be a natural step for him definitely. As for Hartley and Rossi, I think they must be both set for GP2 as the top seats have pretty much been filled now in 3.5.

Frosty11 · 26 Jan 2011, 18:19 (Ref:2820959)

problem with GP2 is that several good seats have gone

Frosty11 · 26 Jan 2011, 19:29 (Ref:2820990)

no idea who is going to drive for mofaz or comtec

alias99 · 26 Jan 2011, 21:23 (Ref:2821031)

Cesar Ramos hasn't signed yet and seemed set to make the step up.

JVD · 28 Jan 2011, 16:34 (Ref:2821884)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frosty11

no idea who is going to drive for mofaz or comtec

I hope Quaife-Hobbs will go to Comtec.. and maybe a Eurocup 2.0 driver next to him?

jondownunder · 28 Jan 2011, 22:29 (Ref:2822059)

Nelson Panciatici to KMP:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89134

Frosty11 · 1 Feb 2011, 14:11 (Ref:2823904)

still a few more drives to be confirmed
shame about stoneman

WSR Fan · 3 Feb 2011, 18:56 (Ref:2825292)

Italiaracing.net are reporting that Nathanael Berthon will replace Dean Stoneman at ISR Racing. Should be a good test for Ricciardo as Berthon's certainly no slouch.

N.A-D.R · 4 Feb 2011, 07:26 (Ref:2825496)

More like a good test for Berthon

WSR Fan · 4 Feb 2011, 18:38 (Ref:2825851)

Quote:

Originally Posted by N.A-D.R

More like a good test for Berthon

Very true. With two second-year drivers now confirmed and a solid first season behind them, I would definitely put ISR as one of the favourites for the Teams' title.

This is a nice little rumor that I hope becomes reality - Alexander Rossi to Fortec???

With all the major GP2 seats now filled, it might be his best option?

Daisy · 5 Feb 2011, 12:01 (Ref:2826096)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WSR Fan

This is a nice little rumor that I hope becomes reality - Alexander Rossi to Fortec???

With all the major GP2 seats now filled, it might be his best option?

No longer a rumour, deal is done (source GPUpdate). Good to have him in the series as well, WSR looks very strong this year.

p-matt · 5 Feb 2011, 14:13 (Ref:2826164)

What happened with Rossi and ISR though? I would have thought it would have been him rather than Berthon to replace Stoneman. Anyway, glad he got a seat.

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