Grand Prix Rejects

wsrgo wrote:It's confirmed, Russian Time will not be doing GP3 this year, Hilmer are taking their place.

Darn.

wsrgo wrote:Girl power to the fore

Look at 4th and 5th places!

Ataxia wrote:

wsrgo wrote:Girl power to the fore

Look at 4th and 5th places!

JDD and "King for a day at Monaco" must be proud of their sons..

Ataxia wrote:

wsrgo wrote:Girl power to the fore

Look at 4th and 5th places!

And 26th... "And what is Gounon doing?"

Wonder if Red Bull will have reason to regret dropping Visser from their young driver programme for this year?

dr-baker wrote:

Ataxia wrote:

wsrgo wrote:Girl power to the fore

Look at 4th and 5th places!

And 26th... "And what is Gounon doing?"

Wonder if Red Bull will have reason to regret dropping Visser from their young driver programme for this year?

Even if they'll regret it, I sure don't! But I hope, either Claire Williams or Monisha Kaltenborn stumble across Beitske's results sooner or later. Or someone has to give Sam Schmidt, Bobby Rahal or Michael Andretti a call. Since Simona has left Indycars recently, there is at least one neat cockpit available.

golic_2004 wrote:https://twitter.com/insidefda/status/443312612743606272 oh I am going to love Takuya Izawa

I have a feeling Takuya Izawa might become the new Dave Walker.

I just realized that Simon Trummer doesn't have a neck.

Jocke1 wrote:I just realized that Simon Trummer doesn't have a neck.

Possibly an advantage over the other drivers, whose necks have to withstand G-Forces. Clearly he represents the evolutionary future of open-wheel motorsport.

Backmarker wrote:

Jocke1 wrote:I just realized that Simon Trummer doesn't have a neck.

Possibly an advantage over the other drivers, whose necks have to withstand G-Forces. Clearly he represents the evolutionary future of open-wheel motorsport.

So he would not need a HANS device then? Just a HS then?!

See also: Gladstone Small, Caribbean-born England cricketer of the 80s and early 90s, whose distinct lack of a visible neck was caused by Klippel-Feil syndrome.



Simon Trummer doesn't look like anywhere near as much of an extreme case.

Beitske Visser will drive in the Formula Renault 3.5 series with AVF. I, for one, am not too excited because this is a huge jump for her, secondly, she's been out of depth in pre-season testing. She was blindingly quick in the 2.0 tests with AVF, but it seems her backers say it's going to be 3.5 or bust.

Axcil Jefferies is confirmed at Trident, although knowing them they'll dip into Auto GP later on in the season on the hunt for more cash.

You'd expect Lancaster to get the MP seat, and if Conor Daly can find the funds he'd more than likely be in the Lazarus car.

EDIT: So, uh, I guess I called that.

wsrgo wrote:Beitske Visser will drive in the Formula Renault 3.5 series with AVF. I, for one, am not too excited because this is a huge jump for her, secondly, she's been out of depth in pre-season testing. She was blindingly quick in the 2.0 tests with AVF, but it seems her backers say it's going to be 3.5 or bust.

How to not groom talent. Sure she may still rise to the challenge, but if that happens it will be despite her backers ideas.

2014 GP2 Series Round 1 (Bahrain) feature race starting order:

1. Jolyon Palmer (DAMS)
2. Stoffel Vandoorne (ART)
3. Daniel Abt (Hilmer)
4. Stephane Richelmi (DAMS)
5. Rio Haryanto (Caterham)
6. Stefano Coletti (Racing Engineering)
7. Mitch Evans (RT RUSSIAN TIME)
8. Raffaele Marciello (Racing Engineering)
9. Arthur Pic (Campos)
10. Jon Lancaster (MP)
11. Felipe Nasr (Carlin)
12. Julian Leal (Carlin)
13. Johnny Cecotto, Jr (Trident)
14. Andre Negrao (Arden)
15. Alexander Rossi (Caterham)
16. Kimiya Sato (Campos)
17. Rene Ninder (Arden)
18. Conor Daly (Lazarus)
19. Facu Regalia (Hilmer)
20. Nathanael Berthon (Lazarus)
21. Simon Trummer (Rapax)
22. Daniel de Jong (MP)
23. Takuya Izawa (ART)
24. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Rapax)
25. Axcil Jefferies (Trident)
26. Artem Markelov (RT RUSSIAN TIME)

Damn, was expecting AQH to be a bit higher than that

Feature race finishing order:

1. Stoffel Vandoorne (ART)
2. Julian Leal (Carlin)
3. Jolyon Palmer (DAMS)
4. Stefano Coletti (Racing Engneering)
5. Arthur Pic (Campos)
6. Takuya Izawa (ART)
7. Simon Trummer (Rapax)
8. Felipe Nasr (Carlin)
9. Rene Binder (Arden)
10. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Rapax)

Binder's at Arden now not Lazarus. Speaking of Lazarus does anyone think that the splash of blue on their cars make them look similar to Ocean Racing Technology's cars?

Well done Vandorne. Seemingly one of those guys with a natural touch. I can see why Mclaren were considering him alongside Magnussen.

Standard start from Sato. Like father, like unrelated person.

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Binder's at Arden now not Lazarus.

Oops, my bad. I've changed it, thanks Freeze.

watka wrote:OMG, Coletti in the points!

Don't worry, he'll be back to being useless 8 races in.

If Coletti wins the title this season, will that be the definite failure of GP2 as a s championship to be taken seriously?

Waris wrote:If Coletti wins the title this season, will that be the definite failure of GP2 as a s championship to be taken seriously?

Well Palmer and Leal are both in their 4th season of GP2 and look where they were in 2011 when they joined the series. They'll probably join the Valsecchi/Leimer ranks

According to Belgian media, there's a certain driver here called Jonathan Palmer. Wel, that was denitely a jolly facepalmer!

If he keeps that up all season, McLaren might as well sack Button at the end of the year and bring in Vandoorne.

http://www.paddockscout.com/stanaway-seals-single-seater-racing-return-in-gp3-with-status/

THE RETURN OF THE KIWI!

wsrgo wrote:http://www.paddockscout.com/stanaway-seals-single-seater-racing-return-in-gp3-with-status/

THE RETURN OF THE KIWI!

Deserves a place in GP3. Dominated German F3 one year no?

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:

wsrgo wrote:http://www.paddockscout.com/stanaway-seals-single-seater-racing-return-in-gp3-with-status/

THE RETURN OF THE KIWI!

Deserves a place in GP3. Dominated German F3 one year no?

Yeah, and ADAC Formel Masters champion (also dominant) the year before. Won in a one-off GP3 showing in 2011 with Lotus ART.

Visser is completely off the pace in FR 3.5. Another female talent who could well be destroyed because of the press(ure)... and her sponsors obviously.

And GP2 is comic relief if Stoffel doesn't win the championship. If Stoffel does win, it might get back some status

GerhardTalger wrote:Visser is completely off the pace in FR 3.5. Another female talent who could well be destroyed because of the press(ure)... and her sponsors obviously.

Sadly agree. Michaela Cerruti I guess is next in line then...

dr-baker wrote:

GerhardTalger wrote:Visser is completely off the pace in FR 3.5. Another female talent who could well be destroyed because of the press(ure)... and her sponsors obviously.

Sadly agree. Michaela Cerruti I guess is next in line then...

She would be - if Auto GP was worth anything at all.

Salamander wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

GerhardTalger wrote:Visser is completely off the pace in FR 3.5. Another female talent who could well be destroyed because of the press(ure)... and her sponsors obviously.

Sadly agree. Michaela Cerruti I guess is next in line then...

She would be - if Auto GP was worth anything at all.

It's the series Massa graduated from...

And he's the only one I can think of!

dr-baker wrote:It's the series Massa graduated from...

And he's the only one I can think of!

Don´t forget RoGro, who was the champion at 2010 despite missing 2 of the 6 race weekends

DeletrazFTW wrote:

dr-baker wrote:It's the series Massa graduated from...

And he's the only one I can think of!

Don´t forget RoGro, who was the champion at 2010 despite missing 2 of the 6 race weekends

When did Romain actually land that Renault test seat? I was not that much into motor racing between 2005 and 2009, so I don't know much about test drivers in those years.

GerhardTalger wrote:Visser is completely off the pace in FR 3.5. Another female talent who could well be destroyed because of the press(ure)... and her sponsors obviously.

And GP2 is comic relief if Stoffel doesn't win the championship. If Stoffel does win, it might get back some status

Visser was rushed into FR3.5 too early. Its a shame really, especially as testing indicated she could have been epic in FR2.0

dr-baker wrote:It's the series Massa graduated from...

And he's the only one I can think of!

Gianmaria Bruni!

@GerhardTalger - RoGro got his first test in an F1 car in 2008. At the time he was driving in GP2 and was reigning F3 Euro Series champion/GP2 Asia Series champion. He won Auto GP in 2010, his first season out of F1.

Sergio Canamasas and Johnny Cecotto Jr are driving for Trident in GP2 this weekend. Canamasas and Cecotto. In the same team.

NO ONE IS SAFE. NO ONE.

East Londoner wrote:

Sergio Canamasas and Johnny Cecotto Jr are driving for Trident in GP2 this weekend. Canamasas and Cecotto. In the same team.

NO ONE IS SAFE. NO ONE.

Even the F1 teams are not safe, considering they line up their cars in the pitlane during the GP2 sprint race.