The Narain Karthikeyan Auto GP Thread

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 21 Mar 2013, 10:10

I have been meaning to create a thread about Auto GP for a while, now I have a valid excuse to do so.

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 21 Mar 2013, 10:49

I'm hoping that his team-mate, Luciano Bacheta, will have a good season in Auto GP. He was all set to drive in GP2, but a sponsor pulled out pretty much last second, leaving him scrambling.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 07 May 2013, 08:28

Current championship standings in Auto GP 2013:
1. Kimiya Sato(finished 3rd last year in German F3)
2. Sergio Campana(2011 Italian F3 champion)
3. Vittorio Ghirelli
4. Riccardo Agostini(Last year's Italian F3 champion)
5. Luciano Bacheta(last year's F2 champion)
6. Narain Karthikeyan(YOU KNOW WHO :lol:

)
7. Robert Visoiu
8. Daniel de Jong
9. Antonio Spavone
10. Tamas Pal Kiss
11. Meindert van Buuren
12. Max Snegirev
13. Andrea Roda(name sounds too similar to a legendary F1 team)
14. Yoshitaka Kuroda(very famous, has a Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuroda_Yoshitaka :mrgreen:

15. Michele La Rosa
16. Giuseppe Cipriani(Auto GP veteran)
17. Francesco Dracone
18. Giacomo Ricci(GP2 race winner, how bad can he be?)

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 May 2013, 14:12

wsrgo wrote:Current championship standings in Auto GP 2013:
1. Kimiya Sato(finished 3rd last year in German F3)

This guy is in Auto GP now? Poor sod. I thought he was reasonably talented. Maybe not F1-tier level good but still...

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 07 May 2013, 16:02

Shouldn't this go in the Eric van de Poele forum?

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 07 May 2013, 16:23

darkapprentice77 wrote:Shouldn't this go in the Eric van de Poele forum?

That's what I thought, but eurobrun has put it here, probably because it is a Reject in itself... :lol:

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 07 May 2013, 16:31

wsrgo wrote:
darkapprentice77 wrote:Shouldn't this go in the Eric van de Poele forum?

That's what I thought, but eurobrun has put it here, probably because it is a Reject in itself...

Except none of the drivers are F1 rejects.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 07 May 2013, 16:57

darkapprentice77 wrote:Shouldn't this go in the Eric van de Poele forum?

Topic moved. Also fixed the typo in the topic title.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 08 May 2013, 02:16

redbulljack14 wrote:
wsrgo wrote:
darkapprentice77 wrote:Shouldn't this go in the Eric van de Poele forum?

That's what I thought, but eurobrun has put it here, probably because it is a Reject in itself...

Except none of the drivers are F1 rejects.

Not F1 rejects, but motorsport rejects in general.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 08 May 2013, 09:53

Narain Karthikeyan, 6th. I knew he wasn't that bad!

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 08 May 2013, 15:28

Narain does well in one-make series, just look at his A1GP and Superleague Formula results...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 May 2013, 19:20

So at the current moment in time, there is a Sato leading Auto GP, and another Sato leading IndyCar? Don't know where to go with that comment, just putting it out there...

girry · Post by **girry** » 08 May 2013, 19:48

dr-baker wrote:So at the current moment in time, there is a Sato leading Auto GP, and another Sato leading IndyCar? Don't know where to go with that comment, just putting it out there...

Not only that - in every ongoing Open Wheel series that is F3 or faster and where there's a born Japanese participating, there's a Japanese leading the championship! (that means IndyCar, AutoGP, F3 Japan and Super Formula) :geek:

Shame for Kamui losing his F1 seat lol

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 08 May 2013, 19:53

giraurd wrote:
dr-baker wrote:So at the current moment in time, there is a Sato leading Auto GP, and another Sato leading IndyCar? Don't know where to go with that comment, just putting it out there...

Not only that - in every ongoing Open Wheel series that is F3 or faster and where there's a born Japanese participating, there's a Japanese leading the championship! (that means IndyCar, AutoGP, F3 Japan and Super Formula)

2013: Year of the Japanese.

I am okay with this.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 24 May 2013, 19:40

This is a horrible news. :cry:

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 24 May 2013, 19:43

FMecha wrote:This is a horrible news.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 24 May 2013, 19:48

When your team is too much of a shambles to even keep Karthikeyan you know you are in trouble.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 01 Jun 2013, 13:09

OK, so not only is Narain Karthikeyan racing in Auto GP this weekend (for the famous Super Nova team), he has got pole for Race 1!!!!

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 01 Jun 2013, 19:15

Do you all see what I just saw on Autosport...

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 01 Jun 2013, 19:19

, you win

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 05 Jun 2013, 14:52

Luciano Bacheta has left Zele Racing. He follows in the heels of Narain Karthikeyan.

This looks better and better than Kimiya Sato and Sergio Campana.

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 05 Jun 2013, 18:34

Zele Racing for ROTY.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 14 Jul 2013, 20:36

Yep, NK's won again...this time a sprint race, and again requiring the race winner Kevin Giovesi to be penalised. He also finished 3rd in the feature..

Oh, BTW, Zele's found an Austrian. And it's Christian Klien!! The latter struggled with lack of power steering, though, but says he wants to continue..W e wish him all the best!!!

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 15 Jul 2013, 09:22

wsrgo wrote:Oh, BTW, Zele's found an Austrian. And it's Christian Klien!! The latter struggled with lack of power steering, though, but says he wants to continue..W e wish him all the best!!!

No power steering to have trouble with? Earth calling Jarno Trulli, we've found your perfect car!

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 15 Jul 2013, 14:48

Current championship standings:
1. Sergio Campana
2. Kimiya Sato
3. Vittorio Ghirelli
4. He Who Must Not Be Named
5. Tamas Pal Kiss
6. Riccardo Agostini
7. Daniel de Jong
8. Luciano Bacheta
9. Kevin Giovesi
10. Meindert van Buuren
11. Robert Visoiu
12. Andrea Roda
13. Antonio Spavone
14. Max Snegirev
15. Yoshiyaka Kuroda
16. Fabrizio Crestani
17. Christian Klien
18. Michele La Rosa
19. Giuseppe Cipriani
20. Francesco Dracone
21. Giacomo Ricci

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 15 Jul 2013, 14:51

wsrgo wrote:Current championship standings:
1. Sergio Campana
2. Kimiya Sato
3. Vittorio Ghirelli
4. He Who Must Not Be Named
5. Tamas Pal Kiss
6. Riccardo Agostini
7. Daniel de Jong
8. Luciano Bacheta
9. Kevin Giovesi
10. Meindert van Buuren
11. Robert Visoiu
12. Andrea Roda
13. Antonio Spavone
14. Max Snegirev
15. Yoshiyaka Kuroda
16. Fabrizio Crestani
17. Christian Klien
18. Michele La Rosa
19. Giuseppe Cipriani
20. Francesco Dracone
21. Giacomo Ricci

Klien already 17th? Now he can score some wins, please.

watka · Post by **watka** » 15 Jul 2013, 23:25

Lol, Andrea Roda.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 16 Aug 2013, 14:28

Narain Karthikeyan on pole again, this time at the Nurburgring...

To be fair, he's probably in the outright best team at the moment, with his teammate Vittorio Ghirelli completing a Super Nova 1-2..

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 17 Aug 2013, 15:07

Aaaaaand...he WINS!! For the first time this season he did not require Kevin Giovesi to retire...

Giovesi and Ghirelli completed the podium..

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 27 Sep 2013, 14:46

Amidst news that Red Bull-affiliated Italian squad EuroInternational (headed by Antonio Ferrari, no relation of Enzo and the team principal of the AF Corse squad in LMGTE) might join the series next year, Puma 3 M-Sport joins the grid too. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/110167

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 28 Sep 2013, 00:56

wsrgo wrote:Amidst news that Red Bull-affiliated Italian squad EuroInternational (headed by Antonio Ferrari, no relation of Enzo and the team principal of the AF Corse squad in LMGTE) might join the series next year, Puma 3 M-Sport joins the grid too. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/110167

For a second I thought Malcom Wilson was involved in that team.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Sep 2013, 11:43

eurobrun wrote:
wsrgo wrote:Amidst news that Red Bull-affiliated Italian squad EuroInternational (headed by Antonio Ferrari, no relation of Enzo and the team principal of the AF Corse squad in LMGTE) might join the series next year, Puma 3 M-Sport joins the grid too. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/110167

For a second I thought Malcom Wilson was involved in that team. Would have thought that he wouldn't be ok with someone else using the M-Sport name.

Except for BMW?

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 29 Sep 2013, 10:31

dr-baker wrote:Except for BMW?

Oh crap I forgot about the BMW M range. Derp. Edited.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Sep 2013, 15:37

eurobrun wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Except for BMW?

Oh crap I forgot about the BMW M range. Derp. Edited.

Not editing MY post though... Unless you really want me to?

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 07 Oct 2013, 03:56

Super Nova's 19-year-old Italian driver Vittorio Ghirelli clinches the Auto GP World Series championship of 2013. Here are the final standings:
1. Vittorio Ghirelli (ITA), Super Nova
2. Kimiya Sato (JPN), Euronova
3. Sergio Campana (ITA), Ibiza
4. Narain Karthikeyan (IND), Zele/Super Nova
5. Tamas Pal Kiss (HUN), MLR71/Zele/Ibiza (missed the first two rounds)
6. Kevin Giovesi (ITA), Ghinzani (missed the first three rounds)
7. Daniel de Jong (NED), Manor MP (missed round one)
8. Robert Visoiu (ROU), Ghinzani
9. Meindert van Buuren (NED), Manor MP
10. Riccardo Agostini (ITA), Manor MP (missed the last four rounds)
11. Luciano Bacheta (GBR), Zele (missed the last four rounds)
12. Andrea Roda (ITA), Vituosi UK
13. Max Snegirev (RUS), Virtuosi UK
14. Antonio Spavone (ITA), Super Nova (missed the last six rounds)
15. Roberto La Rocca (VEN), Comtec (missed the first five rounds)
16. Yoshitaka Kuroda (JPN), Euronova
17. Fabrizio Crestani (ITA), Ibiza (participated in only 1 round out of 8)
18. Christian Klien (AUT), Zele (participated in only 1 round out of 8)
19. Michela Cerruti (ITA), MLR 71 (participated in only 2 rounds out of 8)
20. Michele La Rosa (ITA), MLR 71
21. Giuseppe Cipriani (ITA), Ibiza (missed the last five rounds)
22. Francesco Dracone (ITA), Super Nova/Ibiza (participated in only 4 rounds out of 8)
23. Josef Kral (CZE), Zele (missed the first seven rounds)
24. Giacomo Ricci (ITA), MLR 71 (missed the last seven rounds)

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 07 Oct 2013, 04:34

Kimiya Sato should've won the championship :cry:

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 07 Oct 2013, 10:22

AxelP800 wrote:Kimiya Sato should've won the championship

Yeah, he deserved it the most. That Super Nova was clearly the fastest car in the field, as Ghirelli and Karthikeyan both showed. On the other hand, Sato blanked compatriot and Euronova teammate Yoshitaka Kuroda.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 07 Oct 2013, 10:35

This Michele Le Rosa seems like a AutoGP reject, he was crap last year as well

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 07 Oct 2013, 10:50

Could Narain have won the championship if he had not raced for Zele but instead started the year at Super (Vauxhall) Nova?

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 08 Oct 2013, 03:57

eurobrun wrote:This Michele Le Rosa seems like a AutoGP reject, he was crap last year as well

Sounds like the king of all rejects'...

Could Narain have won the championship if he had not raced for Zele but instead started the year at Super (Vauxhall) Nova?

Certainly, he might even have dominated a la Quaife-Hobbs in 2012, who, incidentally, was also driving a Vaux..I mean, Super Nova. But then again, Narain's entry was rather last-minute, by then Antonio Spavone had got the Super Nova seat alongside Vittorio Ghirelli, and didn't do a good job too..

A shout out to Kevin Giovesi, who seemed to be the only non Super Nova driver in the latter half of the season to fight for wins (apart from the ever-impressive Kimiya Sato, that is.