2011 British F3 off Season/Silly season news etc (merge) - Page 6

cleanup · 9 Dec 2010, 21:34 (Ref:2802174)

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Originally Posted by gt_torque

Shaping up to be a classic....

Carlin:
Jack Harvey (c)
Carlos Huertas (c)
Rupert Svendsen Cook(c)
Felipe Nasr (c)
Kevin Magnussen (c)
TBC

Fortec:
Will Buller (c)
Harry Tincknell?

Double-R:
Scott Pye?
Bart Hylkema?
Pipo Derani?

T-Sport:
Menasheh Idafar (c)
Yann Cunha(c)
James Cole?

Litespeed:
Tom Blomqvist?

Sino:
Kevin Zhu?

Hitech:
Pietro Fantin?
Adderly Fong?

Unless another turbo charged red bull driver appears, Nasr in, GAME OVER!

strider · 9 Dec 2010, 23:19 (Ref:2802226)

What about if Tom Blomqvist goes to Fortec? Where did this idea that he was going to be with Litespeed come from?

runshaw · 10 Dec 2010, 00:32 (Ref:2802248)

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Originally Posted by strider

What about if Tom Blomqvist goes to Fortec? Where did this idea that he was going to be with Litespeed come from?

I think the idea came from the prize test that some of the top drivers in the Formula Renault UK championship receive. Tom Blomqvist tested with Litespeed at Rockingham in their championship class ex-Jay Bridger car as his prize for being champion I think, whilst Tama’s Pa’l Kiss and Ollie Millroy tested for West-Tec in a National class car on the same day.

Bobby · 10 Dec 2010, 08:46 (Ref:2802328)

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Originally Posted by cleanup

Unless another turbo charged red bull driver appears, Nasr in, GAME OVER!

Wow! Fong & Fantin; I hope Hitech will do better than that line-up.

strider · 10 Dec 2010, 16:50 (Ref:2802507)

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Originally Posted by runshaw

I think the idea came from the prize test that some of the top drivers in the Formula Renault UK championship receive. Tom Blomqvist tested with Litespeed at Rockingham in their championship class ex-Jay Bridger car as his prize for being champion I think, whilst Tama’s Pa’l Kiss and Ollie Millroy tested for West-Tec in a National class car on the same day.

Thanks, Runshaw, that all makes sense now.

cleanup · 10 Dec 2010, 21:23 (Ref:2802697)

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Originally Posted by strider

What about if Tom Blomqvist goes to Fortec? Where did this idea that he was going to be with Litespeed come from?

Wouldnt be suprised if Tom goes Euro F3, shame if so, BF3 shaping up nicely but could do with someone to contest Nasr, clear champion favourite for me.

Deemun · 10 Dec 2010, 22:22 (Ref:2802737)

Formula Ford drivers Dan Cammish & Scott Malvern tested National Spec cars for West Tec at Rockingham. Looks like Cammish is F2 bound but think Malvern is chasing an F3 deal.

Hawkwood · 11 Dec 2010, 09:01 (Ref:2802867)

Whatever happened to Wayne Boyd? He seemed to be the next big thing at one point after a fantastic season in Formula... Renault (Ford?), but after moving up to BF3 he vanished.

formula_fan · 11 Dec 2010, 17:25 (Ref:2803002)

What about anyone in the national class? Is that still going for next year? I have to agree with most, Nasr has this one hands down. Svendson Cook and maybe Buller to round out the top 3. Huertas and Magnussen will be pacey but apart from that I can't see anyone else to be challenging for the title. Could do with a real top name international driver signing up to give the field a bit of a shakeup, like maybe Sims?

strider · 11 Dec 2010, 19:52 (Ref:2803075)

They've changed the name of the National Class to the Rookie Class, which I think is plain daft because somehow it makes it sound less important.

It looks as though T-Sport, who pretty much kept it going this year are likely to be concentrating on the International Class next year.

Meanwhile NBE, who provide the control engines for National/Rookie Class now have a primary responsibility to look after the VW engines, so it doesn't look good.

Valker · 13 Dec 2010, 16:21 (Ref:2803900)

F3 test day in Cheste today. 4th (and last?) session results visible on live timing screen: http://www.cronoline.es/crono/cronocrt2.htm

Magnussen fastest. Any idea who's driving what? There are at least some German Cup cars testing and maybe Italian F3 too...

strider · 13 Dec 2010, 23:26 (Ref:2804098)

Good link, Valker, thanks. It looks like a 1-2-3 for Carlin and I'm seeing some Fortec cars in there as well..

Interesting that Magnussen was faster than Nasr.

alias99 · 13 Dec 2010, 23:33 (Ref:2804102)

I would Magnussen is the one to beat this year. His euro experience will give him an edge over all the others in my opinion. Last 3 champions all came from euro teams.

strider · 13 Dec 2010, 23:47 (Ref:2804109)

I'm happy either way, to be honest. Magnussen will have to learn some of the circuits, but that shouldn't be a problem if he's that good.

Lam Pak · 14 Dec 2010, 13:44 (Ref:2804334)

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formula_fan · 14 Dec 2010, 15:40 (Ref:2804378)

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Originally Posted by strider

Good link, Valker, thanks. It looks like a 1-2-3 for Carlin and I'm seeing some Fortec cars in there as well..

A sign of things to come I think. Carlin have such a dominance at the moment, the rest never really stand a chance fighting for the championship. It's a bit of a shame really.

alias99 · 14 Dec 2010, 16:24 (Ref:2804389)

They were 1-2-3-4 in the last session today from the link Valker posted.

1.Magnussen
2.Nasr +0.5
3.S-cook +0.8
4.Jaafar +0.9
5. Tincknell +1.1

Interesting that Tincknell is going quicker than Buller in the same car.

Full times will be up soon on Italiaracing soon I would imagine.

formula_fan · 14 Dec 2010, 16:39 (Ref:2804394)

Magnussen has good experience of the track and did well there in Euroseries this year. Nasr should be quicker on the UK tracks. I'm surprised by Ticknells pace, but still at over a second off the pace it looks like fortec and the rest have a lot of work to do.

NaBUru38 · 14 Dec 2010, 17:05 (Ref:2804400)

alias99, what do you mean by "euro teams"?

strider · 14 Dec 2010, 17:25 (Ref:2804407)

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Originally Posted by formula_fan

A sign of things to come I think. Carlin have such a dominance at the moment, the rest never really stand a chance fighting for the championship. It's a bit of a shame really.

I know what you mean and it does make life difficult for the other teams, but when you look back it has always been the case that one team has been dominant.

For a while it was West Surrey Racing, who won, I think, six titles.

Then Paul Stewart Racing took over and won another six.

There was a brief interlude when Manor Motorsport won a couple back-to-back, but then Carlin started their run in 2001 with Takuma Sato. For a few years they seemed only to win every other year, but they've won the last three in a row and have now reached that magic figure of six.

The biggest problem for the other teams is that they run so many cars. Five so far and probably six, so if one of their drivers doesn't win another probably will.

Trevor Carlin is aware of the problem, but as he says he had to start from lowly beginnings and fight to gain the ascendancy and now it's up to another team to do the same.

alias99 · 14 Dec 2010, 18:21 (Ref:2804444)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

alias99, what do you mean by "euro teams"?

Teams based in Europe and mainly run in European championships.

I was trying to highlight the fact that working with European based teams could provide a driver with a different perspective on how the cars are run, as many drivers in the past have said there is a difference. All of the Red Bull drivers came from "Euro" Renault teams and Magnussen is coming from "Euro" Renault and F3 teams. I know Nasr did Formula BMW europe but i think the extra years that Magnussen has will give him the upper hand.

Mr Pink · 14 Dec 2010, 18:28 (Ref:2804446)

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Originally Posted by Valker

F3 test day in Cheste today. 4th (and last?) session results visible on live timing screen: http://www.cronoline.es/crono/cronocrt2.htm

Magnussen fastest. Any idea who's driving what? There are at least some German Cup cars testing and maybe Italian F3 too...

Daniel Roos is testing with Performance so that's a German F3 car.
Also Marcus Ericsson is going to drive for Double R Thursday and Friday to help them set the car up.

Valker · 14 Dec 2010, 21:08 (Ref:2804501)

Pipo Derani tweets Carlin was testing experimental tires for 2012 that were more than 1 second faster.

strider · 14 Dec 2010, 22:50 (Ref:2804547)

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Originally Posted by Mr Pink

Marcus Ericsson is going to drive for Double R Thursday and Friday to help them set the car up.

That's smart thinking.

I was amazed that that Marcus didn't win a race for Fortec in 2008 for Fortec, yet he did a handful of guest races for Double R in 2009 and immediately won a race or two for them.

NaBUru38 · 15 Dec 2010, 12:29 (Ref:2804705)

alias99, so you mean Continental Europe. I usually consider the British Isles as part of Europe.

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