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4 Feb 2009, 09:19
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I'm guessing you know what I know!!
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Let's cut to the chase, what do u want to say?
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4 Feb 2009, 10:15
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#167
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They'll have at least a couple of cars out. I think one, Carlos Huertas (sp?) has already been announced. The other is Japanese.
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Does the japanese driver would be either Tsukakoshi or Oshima?
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4 Feb 2009, 10:37
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Agreed MAK! Aussie F3 is certainly attractive, very competitive championship running the same spec cars as the british national class for less than 150k pounds including testing!
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4 Feb 2009, 11:26
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Getting back to Double R's second driver, if you go way back to page 8 of this thread you'll find this:
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Daisuke Nakajima,son of Satoru and younger brother of Kazuki, also set promising time with Double R car.
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I reckon he's the one.
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4 Feb 2009, 11:48
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Originally Posted by HarvestMotorspt
Agreed MAK! Aussie F3 is certainly attractive, very competitive championship running the same spec cars as the british national class for less than 150k pounds including testing!
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Yes, but you can win it totally convincingly, like Ben Clucas, or at the last round, like James Winslow, and it still doesn't open any doors.
Sometimes it's not so much what you drive as the team for which you drive and how much they can teach you.
If you want a list of drivers who have graduated from the National Class of BF3, how about :
Takuma Sato, Gary Paffett, Robbie Kerr, Robert Doornbos, Adam Carroll, Karun Chandhok, Ernesto Viso, Steven Kane, Rodolfo Gonzalez and Sergio Perez.
That's just a quick list off the top of my head, so if I've left anyone out I apologize.
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4 Feb 2009, 12:12
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Last edited by Go_For_Pole; 4 Feb 2009 at 12:15.
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4 Feb 2009, 12:40
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Originally Posted by Go_For_Pole
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I wouldn't be surprised to see another new team join in...
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Guess I must have got that one right.  It's really good news. Now all we need to know is who the drivers will be, which I honestly don't at the moment.
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4 Feb 2009, 14:00
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Now all we need to know is who the drivers will be, which I honestly don't at the moment.
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Any chance do you think of them bringing Christian Ebbesvik over from Spanish F3?
This Norwegian article seems to suggest that he doesn't have the funds to do either GP2 or World Series, so if he stays in F3 he could be a possible driver for them.
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4 Feb 2009, 14:33
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What are Promatecme International up to these days? They seemed to have run depleted campaigns over the last few years.
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Steve McQueen- "Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting."
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4 Feb 2009, 15:59
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Guess I must have got that one right. It's really good news. Now all we need to know is who the drivers will be, which I honestly don't at the moment. |
Jay Bridger for one ... will do some reseach on the other
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4 Feb 2009, 16:02
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I thought Bridger was signed for Fluid?!
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4 Feb 2009, 16:59
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The rumour I have heard is that a certain Mr Boyd has signed for T Sport this year, just waiting for official conformation!.....
Are fluid planning on running cars in the international class this year?
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4 Feb 2009, 17:12
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Originally Posted by 08u05
The rumour I have heard is that a certain Mr Boyd has signed for T Sport this year, just waiting for official conformation!.....
Are fluid planning on running cars in the international class this year?
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I heard this too, the deal is all but done. Buzaid and Boyd have to be among the pre-season favourites. T-Sport certainly have got the best of the available drivers.
Carlin certainly don't look as strong (IMHO), Ricciardo hasn't shone (yet) in testing, Arundel, Chilton and Oakes will have to step-up a level (speed and consistency) if they are to match what Carlin achieved last year.
Looks like it will be a very strong year for BF3, with a strong set of drivers and some intersting combination of chassis and engines.
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4 Feb 2009, 18:36
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Don't forget that amidst all the fuss over new drivers, Nick Tandy should still be around and, if he carries over his form from the end of last season, will be a formidable contender.
Carlin had a definite chassis advantage in the latter part of last season, too, so the others are playing catch up there, but I agree their drivers don't sound as strong as last year, except perhaps for Ricciardo.
Buzaid may be OK, but Surtees totally outshone him when they both made their débuts in sister cars at Donington last season.
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4 Feb 2009, 18:54
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What happened to Mr Boyd and Double R? I thought that deal was done a long time ago.
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