World Series silly season

[joseramon]

the 2004 Definitive calendar:


28 MARCH JARAMA (SPAIN)
24 APRIL DUBAI (ARAB EMIRATES)
23 MAY MAGNY COURS (FRANCE)
27 JUNE ZOLDER (BELGIUM)
18 JULY BILBAO (SPAIN - STREET TRACK)
08 AUGUST EUROSPEEDWAY LAUSITZ (GERMANY)
03 OCTOBER CATALUNYA (SPAIN)
17 OCTOBER VALENCIA (SPAIN)
07 NOVEMBER SHANGHAI (CHINA)

[joseramon]

TEAMS/DRIVERS

GABORD COMPETICION
Juan Cruz Alvarez / Keikki Kovalainen / Jose Maria Lopez

RACING ENGINEERING
Stephane Sarrazin / Ricardo Mauricio / Bas Leinders / Pedro Lamy

EPSILON EUSKADI
Ander Vilariño / Jean Christope Ravier

SAULNIER
Bruno Besson / Marko Asmer

RC MOTORSPORT
Polo Villaamil / Enrico Toccacelo / Tomas Kostka / Ronnie Bremer

VERGANI
Milka Duno / Angel Burgueño

BELMONDO
??

PROFESA
Roldan Rodriguez / Felix Porteiro

ADRIAN CAMPOS
Jose Maria Perez-Aicart

KTR
Didier Andre / Marc Goosens

CARLIN
Alan Van der Merwe / Bruce Jouanny / Narain Karthikeyan / Pedro Lamy

GD RACING
Enrique Bernoldi / Pablo Donoso


Other drivers whitout team link yet: Dani Martin, Borja Garcia, Neel Jani, Sathoshi Motoyama, Richard Lyons, Julien Vidot, Matteo Pellegrino, Mathias Lauda, Anada Mikola, Antonio Pizzonia.

[Marcel ten Caat]

Milka Duno ???

God no

[alonso11]

What makes you think that Angel Burgueño will remain in the category? Repsol can't be that blind

It's rumoured that Racing Engineering will quit the category because Vodafone will not support them unless the Nissan V6 series secure some proper TV deal.

The calendar certainly looks good but I wonder if they will manage that two trips to the middle and far east respectively when they couldn't even leave Europe for that Brazilian two-off this year (and South-American market is more sponsor friendly than Asian if we think about the group of sponsors that Nissan V6 have) Superfund btw also quited but allegedly Nissan will increase its sponsorship towards to category so it won't be a problem and Nissan will be the they will be the one and only title sponsor.

[joseramon]

respect milka, of course, god no, i hope

respect angel burgueño... i'm agree repsol open the eyes... but it was also the same for 2003, and finally they suppoert angel, so... fot the moment i think is too much dangerous affirm that respol quit burgueño.

respect two races in the far asia, again agree, but the case is that shangai and dubai pay for it, and to fly to brazil... is the organizator (RPM) who pay the count...
is simple, china and arab emirates want get experience for their formula 1 grand prix, so they think is good pay to bring top series to get that experience... and money is not a problem for they, not for brazil or agentina, for example

respect racing engineering rumours... yes, the same of last year, and finally they were in the grid. this time is the right? maybe, for the moment they have two dallara nissan chasis, the day alfonso d'orleans anounced the sale of the cars...

[cos]

Originally posted by alonso11
It's rumoured that Racing Engineering will quit the category because Vodafone will not support them unless the Nissan V6 series secure some proper TV deal.

I was under the impression that they had already decided to leave...

[alonso11]

yea that's a good point about Chinese and Arabian organizers, I hope they will make it there but I hope even more that i will be able to see it on Eurosport or Sport1 or on any channel that I have because recently the only Nissan coverage we have is a couple of minutes in Eurosport's friday magazine the 'Series' and some end of the season reviews on TVE that I've seen last year by chance (I never know their schedule)

[The B.A.R.]

Milka duno, she is a babe, and at the end of the day she drives a race car, o.k not that fast, but she still drives a race car.

[Mackmot]

I was over in Spain last week and the rumours I was hearing was that RPM have been told by Renault to give up the championship and they will get full control of the Renault V6 championship.
Also Repsol are in the process of becoming the title sponsor for F3.
Racing Engineering have left and concentrating on F3 (with Vodafone and a good driver that I know well)
Adrian Campos have left and trying to get into F3 but there are only 22 car available so they have to buy someone out.
I heard that someone, Ive forgotten who, have told RPM they will only compete if they are paid 1mEuro.

[The B.A.R.]

Racing Eng say the same every year.
Which championship is Campos trying to get into spainsh?

I cant see RPM paying out to someone's ransom, any idea which country
that team comes from?
Rpm may be mad but cant be that mad!

[alonso11]

Like I pointed out the TV deal is the main issue,if I can't see the full-length races I can't be a fan of it...simple like that.Zele also left for that very reason.

Team principal Michael Zele: "It was quite difficult for me. From a sporting point of view I think, that the World Series is a very good and high quality championship. But all in all it was something like a bottomless pit. The Series is nearly unknown in our area. It is not shown on TV neither in Austria nor in Germany and this made it almost impossible to attract sponsors. Fact is, that the promised TV and media-package from the organizers never happened."

Now,if Renault indeed cancel the series then Belmondo made a good deal buying a team just now ey

[Suze]

Call me dumb, but is "world series" F3, or what?

[SFonseca]

Pedro Lamy isn't going to Carlin. he's near to sign for Zakspeed.
Racing Engineering quited the category, no way this time.

[Go_For_Pole]

What is Zakspeed's program?

[*formula3*]

Originally posted by Go_For_Pole
What is Zakspeed's program?

they are doing DTM

[SFonseca]

They aren't going to DTM.

[alonso11]

It seems Bruce Jouanny won't continue in Nissan V6 and is looking for opportunities in Japan

[topgirl]

Carlin are rumoured to be leaving the world series as well and going to F3000.

[Zandbak]

Originally posted by joseramon
the 2004 Definitive calendar:

24 APRIL DUBAI (ARAB EMIRATES)

27 JUNE ZOLDER (BELGIUM)

I saw today a provisional calendar 2004 of Circuit Zolder. They have 24/25 April as World Series Weekend on their calender........

Is Dubai cancelled ?

[joseramon]

more news. mexican cart driver luis diaz is talking to KTR for a drive in 2004
and chilenian cristian mackena will be in the grid next year with GD, probably

and finally, it appears that will be sito pons team (world motogp team) who is going to buy the two adrian campos cars. adrian campos will be in spanish formula 3 next season with four cars.

[bleiben]

Originally posted by Suze
Call me dumb, but is "world series" F3, or what?

450 hp, ground effect aerodinamics, 3000 cc V6....that's it...

[joseramon]

well finally raing engineering will be in the world series. neel jani is just confirmed, and the second car is between ricardo mauricio and bas leinders.
by the way, where i wrote in the other message christian mackena, i wanted say pablo donoso.

[bleiben]

Sito Pons, manager of MotoGP team Honda Pons, has bought Adrian Campos' Team cars. It seems he has support from Renault and has signed Kovalainen and argentinian Juan Cruz (winnner of WS Light).

[Alex K]

Where to go now for Lopez ?? I thought Lopez and Kovalainen were going to Gabord (Renault Junior Team) :/

[cds_uk]

Does anyone know what Jonathan Cochet is up to this year, if Belmondo can get the backing he could do a lot worse than give the lead car to Cochet, poor old JC was well shafted by GD Racing last year.