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Old 11 Oct 2011, 09:28 (Ref:2969146)   #1
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GP3 2012 Silly Season

Time to get this going i guess. Not sure if it's been made yet but here it goes anyway.

GP3 has become a very respected series and has pretty much taken over from F3 in my eyes with it's calendar running with F1 and GP2 how can you not take on that, and as you've seen most of the best young guns have all made GP3 their foundation for their career stepping stone for in the future racing in GP2 or FR3.5 and then hopefully F1.

I think 2012 will possibly be just as strong if not stronger than 2011 as GP3 has really become official and with F3 Euro Series basically gone it's a choice between GP3 and BF3 and it's quite clear GP3 has the far better calendar and categories racing with them with GP2 and F1, even stronger drivers in my eyes.

I haven't heard any rumours or news just yet but i can't imagine it won't take too long until we do.

General question, is Lotus ART running with Team Lotus or Renault Lotus?
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Old 11 Oct 2011, 12:51 (Ref:2969280)   #2
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Here's one:
Italiaracing is reporting that Trident will take over the entry from Addax.
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Old 15 Oct 2011, 19:58 (Ref:2971646)   #3
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General question, is Lotus ART running with Team Lotus or Renault Lotus?
Group Lotus I think. So, Renault (Petrov/Senna) rather than Lotus (Kovalainen/Trulli)
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Old 16 Oct 2011, 11:00 (Ref:2971860)   #4
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Yep, it's the same as in GP2 where Lotus ART are backed by Group Lotus/Lotus Cars, while Team Lotus [Kovalainen/Trulli] owner Tony Fernandes runs Caterham Team AirAsia in GP2.
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Old 16 Oct 2011, 11:12 (Ref:2971864)   #5
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What's Evans up to next year? Another year of GP3 with Arden or something else?
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Old 17 Oct 2011, 09:50 (Ref:2972532)   #6
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For next year there is the possibility that some teams run 2 cars instead of the 3 from the two previous sesasons. This rule is supossed to make the teams an easier way to find drivers with the required budgets.
So probably a reduced grid for 2012.
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Old 17 Oct 2011, 22:15 (Ref:2972961)   #7
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During the BTCC coverage at the weekend Alice Powell said that GP3 was a possibility for 2012.
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Old 23 Oct 2011, 19:15 (Ref:2975675)   #8
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GP3 Winter Testing

GP3 has its first close season FIA test at Barcelona this week. There seems to be a distinct lack of news on runners & riders.

Status GP have three "new" drivers out. Marlon Stockinger (Atech GP3), Kotaro Sakuri (Hitech Racing British F3) & Scott Malvern (Jamun Racing British & Euro FF)

Expect Stockinger to be very quick.
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Old 24 Oct 2011, 18:22 (Ref:2976164)   #9
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Here's the official provisional list of those testing tomorrow, although there are still plenty of gaps. I see the emphasis is still on 3 cars per team. Another driver to be there with Carlin is Nicolas Costa. Twitter is so helpful!
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GP3 has its first close season FIA test at Barcelona this week. There seems to be a distinct lack of news on runners & riders.

Status GP have three "new" drivers out. Marlon Stockinger (Atech GP3), Kotaro Sakuri (Hitech Racing British F3) & Scott Malvern (Jamun Racing British & Euro FF)

Expect Stockinger to be very quick.
Will be interesting to see how Malvern goes.
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Old 24 Oct 2011, 21:43 (Ref:2976252)   #11
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some good and some F2 level drivers there, disappointing
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Old 25 Oct 2011, 10:36 (Ref:2976446)   #12
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After their performances this season in FR3.5, it will be a travesty if Korjus and Yelloly end up doing this series...

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Gerardo Nieto, is he the latest Telmex protege or something?
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Old 25 Oct 2011, 10:58 (Ref:2976455)   #13
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I would hope Korjus is just stepping down for the test to help out his team. Likewise with Yelloly, F.Renault 3.5 seemed to suit him better.

Just looked up Nieto, never personally heard of him. Seems he's been doing the Lat Am F2000 series (F.Renault chassis with VW engine)... no sign of Telmex sponsorship here at least (note the ex F.Renault UK CRS chassis!) -

http://www.latamchallengeseries.com/...lotos&Itemid=5

Curious to see Superstars driver Michela Cerruti on the test entry list for Addax.
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Old 25 Oct 2011, 11:07 (Ref:2976460)   #14
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So I think Richie has singed on for Lotus ART next season, and Evans will probably stay with MW Arden. I think...
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Old 25 Oct 2011, 11:24 (Ref:2976470)   #15
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Morning times today. Apparently it was foggy first thing, but a good performance from Mitch Evans.
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evans has to be a favourite for the 2012 title if he chooses to stay on, surely?
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Old 25 Oct 2011, 16:35 (Ref:2976647)   #17
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Agreed. He was fastest in the afternoon today as well, but Carlos Huertas did well for a rookie to be 3rd quickest.
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I saw the magic letters "USA" on the time sheets. Tell me everything there is to know about Ethan Ringel...

...on second thought, 7.855 seconds off the pace tells me more than I want to hear.

Impressive, though not surprising, day for Mitch Evans. Bit disappointing to see Gabby Chaves continue to show very little when he was so highly-rated while racing in the U.S.
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I saw the magic letters "USA" on the time sheets. Tell me everything there is to know about Ethan Ringel...

...on second thought, 7.855 seconds off the pace tells me more than I want to hear.


Impressive, though not surprising, day for Mitch Evans. Bit disappointing to see Gabby Chaves continue to show very little when he was so highly-rated while racing in the U.S.
He was faster than Scott Malvern and Aaro Vainio having done less laps. Raced in the F2000 CS this past year. Surely if were going apples to apples, that counts for something, right?


EDIT: Nope, it doesn't. I'll shut up now.


EDIT2:Rich kid playing with daddy's money. Nothing to see here.

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Tio 4th fastest in only his first day with the car. Wow
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evans quickest in both sessions today... presumably he'll be staying in gp3 rather than going to fr3.5 with arden on this form?

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He was faster than Scott Malvern and Aaro Vainio having done less laps. Raced in the F2000 CS this past year. Surely if were going apples to apples, that counts for something, right?


EDIT: Nope, it doesn't. I'll shut up now.


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Test results don't necassairily tell the full story. But Evans & Arden were definately on it. I would strongly tip them as the combination to beat next year with Evans having a big advantage as a 2nd year driver which is all important in a class that offers such restricted track time.

Malvern was under strict instructions to bring the car home so there in lies the tail. Remember this was his was his first real test in a winged car his previous expeience being in the F2 car for the McLaren Award last year. Several drivers had fairly big offs over the two days including Vainio who had 2 yesterday and therefore had more new sets of tyres to play with in the afternoon.

Unfortunately both of Malvern's new tyre runs were compromised by circumstances out of his control but he was pretty close in the wet on Tuesday morning and then on the worn tyre runs earlier yesterday afternoon. I spoke to him and his dad and some team personnel and they were happy that they had achieved their objectives for the test and taking into consideration his lack of knowledge of both the track and the type of car had a very solid two days.
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evans quickest in both sessions today... presumably he'll be staying in gp3 rather than going to fr3.5 with arden on this form?

http://tentenths.com/news/showentry.php?e=2642
He's a Mark Webber protégé so I think he'll want to stay within the F1 circus, although if he's that good FR3.5 would be better for him.
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Test results don't necassairily tell the full story. But Evans & Arden were definately on it. I would strongly tip them as the combination to beat next year with Evans having a big advantage as a 2nd year driver which is all important in a class that offers such restricted track time.

Malvern was under strict instructions to bring the car home so there in lies the tail. Remember this was his was his first real test in a winged car his previous expeience being in the F2 car for the McLaren Award last year. Several drivers had fairly big offs over the two days including Vainio who had 2 yesterday and therefore had more new sets of tyres to play with in the afternoon.

Unfortunately both of Malvern's new tyre runs were compromised by circumstances out of his control but he was pretty close in the wet on Tuesday morning and then on the worn tyre runs earlier yesterday afternoon. I spoke to him and his dad and some team personnel and they were happy that they had achieved their objectives for the test and taking into consideration his lack of knowledge of both the track and the type of car had a very solid two days.
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i think the problem with saying that times don't always tell the story and proceeding to tell a story is that you really have to tell all the other stories to get a fair picture of what happened....

still. great effort by malvern considering it was indeed his first go in a lawnmower, er, car with wings.
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