The Narain Karthikeyan Auto GP Thread

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 28 Oct 2013, 04:32

Post-season test lineup (Jerez)

Super Nova: Michela Cerruti, Meindert van Buuren, Zdenek Groman
Virtuosi: Tatiana Calderon, Tamas Pal Kiss, Liam Venter, Onfrio Triarsi
Euronova: Kimiya Sato, Pietro Fantin
Zele: Artem Markelov, Richard Gonda, Cameron Twynham
Ibiza: Sergio Campana, Alessio Rovera, Ricardo Vera, Fernando Croce, Valeria Carballo
Ghinzani: Jordan Oon, Michele Beretta

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Oct 2013, 12:30

wsrgo wrote:Post-season test lineup (Jerez)

Ghinzani: Michele Beretta

Is this any relation to Olivier Beretta?

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 28 Oct 2013, 16:00

dr-baker wrote:
wsrgo wrote:Post-season test lineup (Jerez)

Ghinzani: Michele Beretta

Is this any relation to Olivier Beretta?

The Larrousse driver? I don't think so..he's Italian, Olivier was from Monaco. Also, Olivier needed to become a dad at age 23, though that's not completely out of the question...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Oct 2013, 16:09

wsrgo wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
wsrgo wrote:Post-season test lineup (Jerez)

Ghinzani: Michele Beretta

Is this any relation to Olivier Beretta?

The Larrousse driver? I don't think so..he's Italian, Olivier was from Monaco. Also, Olivier needed to become a dad at age 23, though that's not completely out of the question...

Yes, the Larrousse and Chevvy Corvette driver. Italy isn't so far from Monaco (30 minutes) and 23 is a possible age to become a father...

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 28 Oct 2013, 16:13

dr-baker wrote:Yes, the Larrousse and Chevvy Corvette driver. Italy isn't so far from Monaco (30 minutes) and 23 is a possible age to become a father...

Antonio Pizzonia's daughter was born when he was 24, for example.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 28 Oct 2013, 16:17

good_Ralf wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Yes, the Larrousse and Chevvy Corvette driver. Italy isn't so far from Monaco (30 minutes) and 23 is a possible age to become a father...

Antonio Pizzonia's daughter was born when he was 24, for example.

And Jan Magnussen became a father at the age of 19.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 28 Oct 2013, 16:44

Hmm..while I admit it's possible (Nuppiz's post had me in :shock:

), there's no reference to them being relatives on the Internet.

Also, Meindert van Buuren topped the test times today, with Michela Cerrutti (heads up, doc Baker) in 5th.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Oct 2013, 21:00

wsrgo wrote:Also, Meindert van Buuren topped the test times today, with Michela Cerrutti (heads up, doc Baker) in 5th.

First time I heard of her. When I saw her name earlier in the above list, I must have misread her name as being some European version of Michael rather than Michelle. :oops:

MrMasaTasa · Post by **MrMasaTasa** » 22 Feb 2014, 13:16

Andrea Moda... Oh, wait, Roda has signed with Virtuosi UL for the 2014 season.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 23 Feb 2014, 06:11

Michele Le Rosa has signed to race (I use that word loosely) for Euronova, after being craptastic in his own car for the last two years

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 12 Apr 2014, 12:22

Aww man

Tamás Pál Kiss had the fastest lap, started from fourth, took the lead, and then Giovesi punts him off the track. :evil:

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 12 Apr 2014, 12:46

This weekend will go down in history as the most rejectful display of racing.
How many drivers actually finished? Four? :lol:

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 12 Apr 2014, 13:08

Well, this is the first weekend, so... it was kinda expected :lol:

W12 · Post by **W12** » 12 Apr 2014, 18:06

ROTR: Kevin Giovesi you bathplugging *censored*.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 13 Apr 2014, 13:29

When did Michele La Rosa suddenly become competitive? Okay his 2nd was a lucky fluke but he's now running 4th on merit in the Sunday race and keeping up with the other front-runners. :shock:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 13 Apr 2014, 13:50

Samster wrote:When did Michele La Rosa suddenly become competitive? Okay his 2nd was a lucky fluke but he's now running 4th on merit in the Sunday race and keeping up with the other front-runners.

When nearly everyone else with a modicum of talent left Auto GP. As was evidenced by the fact that La Rosa kept going wide and ended the race by taking off Dejonghe.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 13 Apr 2014, 17:37

Salamander wrote:
Samster wrote:When did Michele La Rosa suddenly become competitive? Okay his 2nd was a lucky fluke but he's now running 4th on merit in the Sunday race and keeping up with the other front-runners.

When nearly everyone else with a modicum of talent left Auto GP. As was evidenced by the fact that La Rosa kept going wide and ended the race by taking off Dejonghe.

Well Sato, Campana and Giovesi are still there and they were front runners last year, he was no where near anyone else before this season.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 13 Apr 2014, 19:23

I hope Kiss can keep his form up - sure, might sound like favoring the driver from my country, but at the moment, he and Michelisz in WTCC are our only active drivers out there known to the public. :oops:

(Because HWNSNBM isn't doing anything for some reason...)

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 Apr 2014, 12:18

Anybody wanna take a guess which driver I took an interest in following when watching the race yesterday?!?!?

W12 · Post by **W12** » 14 Apr 2014, 12:34

dr-baker wrote:Anybody wanna take a guess which driver I took an interest in following when watching the race yesterday?!?!?

Dejonghe? Pal Kiss?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 Apr 2014, 12:39

W12 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Anybody wanna take a guess which driver I took an interest in following when watching the race yesterday?!?!?
Dejonghe? Pal Kiss?

You're quite new round here, so I'll give you a clue. There is a thing called Baker's Law. The first quotation in my signature gives a clue what that Law is all about. Now go back and look at the entry list...

W12 · Post by **W12** » 14 Apr 2014, 15:36

dr-baker wrote:
W12 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Anybody wanna take a guess which driver I took an interest in following when watching the race yesterday?!?!?
Dejonghe? Pal Kiss?

You're quite new round here, so I'll give you a clue. There is a thing called Baker's Law. The first quotation in my signature gives a clue what that Law is all about. Now go back and look at the entry list...

Hmm... Michela Cerruti :mrgreen:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 Apr 2014, 15:42

W12 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Anybody wanna take a guess which driver I took an interest in following when watching the race yesterday?!?!?
You're quite new round here, so I'll give you a clue. There is a thing called Baker's Law. The first quotation in my signature gives a clue what that Law is all about. Now go back and look at the entry list...
Hmm... Michela Cerruti

Bingo! Give that dude a beer! And she sure is not ugly...

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 20 Apr 2014, 02:45

Race one at Le Castellet yesterday saw Zele Racing's Tamas Pal Kiss win his first Auto GP race ahead of Super Nova's Markus Pommer and Euronova's Kimiya Sato.

It's worth mentioning that Sato qualified 2nd, but stalled in the formation lap. He was up to fourth by the first corner, and then jumped Kevin Giovesi in the pits for 3rd.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 20 Apr 2014, 22:35

Yay! Cerruti's results are improving!

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 20 Apr 2014, 22:39

dr-baker wrote:Yay! Cerruti's results are improving!

Only because she got a good getaway from the front row, while Kuroda held up everybody except her and Giovesi. And she was only on the front row because of the reverse grid. Don't get your hopes up.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 20 Apr 2014, 22:46

Salamander wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Yay! Cerruti's results are improving!

Only because she got a good getaway from the front row, while Kuroda held up everybody except her and Giovesi. And she was only on the front row because of the reverse grid. Don't get your hopes up.

I've just read the Autosport report - I'll be watching it when I return to uni later in the week...

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 01 Jun 2014, 05:59

Shout out to doc Baker..

Moreover, this was at Monza, one of the few F1 tracks on the calendar.

Also, look out for Markus Pommer's main sponsor :shock:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 01 Jun 2014, 15:04

wsrgo wrote:Shout out to doc Baker..

Moreover, this was at Monza, one of the few F1 tracks on the calendar.

Also, look out for Markus Pommer's main sponsor

Only two positions from seeing Michela on top...

And let's hope I avoid seeing Markus strip live...

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 02 Jun 2014, 07:25

At least TPK had a good race

He might have a shot at winning the title.
Also, Pommer's sponsor is... well, let's say, interesting :lol:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Jun 2014, 13:15

Just read that Cerruti has recently just completed a psychology degree!

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 29 Jun 2014, 10:32

More good news for dr Baker....CERRUTI WINS!!!!!! :shock:

W12 · Post by **W12** » 29 Jun 2014, 10:40

wsrgo wrote:More good news for dr Baker....CERRUTI WINS!!!!!!

AWESOME

By the way, shouldn't this thread be renamed? Karthikeyan isn't driving at this series anymore.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 29 Jun 2014, 14:32

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Jun 2014, 22:11

This is cool. May it be the first of many more! And not just in this series...

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 17 Aug 2014, 16:56

Kimiya Sato has won the championship with one round to go. This despite missing the Monza round.

Post by **Miguel98** » 16 Oct 2014, 19:00

Meanwhile, in the "stogeness" that is Auto GP...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116375

This is going to be fun. Watch as, looking at the quality of the Auto GP field, he can with at least a race. :lol:

watka · Post by **watka** » 17 Oct 2014, 00:03

Miguel98 wrote:Meanwhile, in the "stogeness" that is Auto GP...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116375

This is going to be fun. Watch as, looking at the quality of the Auto GP field, he can with at least a race.

Watch out for Luis Sa Silva too, the fastest Angolan since Ricardo Teixeira!

Post by **Miguel98** » 19 Oct 2014, 10:58

This is probably one of the most rejetcfull moments ever. :lol:

Race 1 in Estoril just got red flagged because.. get ready... the engine of the medical car died completelly. :lol:

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 19 Oct 2014, 19:42

wsrgo wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
wsrgo wrote:Post-season test lineup (Jerez)

Ghinzani: Michele Beretta

Is this any relation to Olivier Beretta?

The Larrousse driver? I don't think so..he's Italian, Olivier was from Monaco. Also, Olivier needed to become a dad at age 23, though that's not completely out of the question...

He is an Italian? Well, maybe he is one of my distant relatives. :lol: