Mario Haberfeld the Brit!!!!

Speedworx · 11 May 2002, 14:25 (Ref:282621)

Seems Mario Haberfeld has changed his nationality. He has become a British driver.

Very weird for the GB flag flown over the pdoium.

Marcel ten Caat · 11 May 2002, 14:28 (Ref:282624)

didn't you notice he was shaking his head when looking up

Speedworx · 11 May 2002, 14:31 (Ref:282626)

Yea, I did. It makes up for Brazil to watch a race LIVE with him on the podium.

DanFlag · 11 May 2002, 14:38 (Ref:282628)

They showed the wrong flag over his head ?
hahahahaha

Speedworx · 11 May 2002, 14:45 (Ref:282637)

Yea. They had the British one, instead of the Brazilian one.

sceptic · 11 May 2002, 14:48 (Ref:282641)

A lot of drivers race under different countries from their own nationalities.
Antonio Pizzonia for example was granted his international racing licence in Britain, hence the British national anthem when he won a race last year.
Rob Nguyen's racing licence was granted in Switzerland.
Perhaps Mario also has a British licence?

DanFlag · 11 May 2002, 15:00 (Ref:282649)

Good point sceptic!

Francesca · 11 May 2002, 16:57 (Ref:282720)

Then why was he shaking his head???

Sato san · 11 May 2002, 17:00 (Ref:282724)

it is mad isnt it . Because it says BR by his name , maybe they confused it with GB ??

poor old Mario , he gets on the podium and the pictures will all look stupid now.

bart_jacobs · 11 May 2002, 17:45 (Ref:282747)

His nationality is Brazilian,nodoubt about that,but he speaks english very well

I am so happy with this result !!!

Seems like team astromega is doing it again...

Speedworx · 11 May 2002, 17:59 (Ref:282757)

Its good to see Mario doing well.

I'm pleased he is beatuing Stranger's fav Ricardo Sperafico

R · 12 May 2002, 09:06 (Ref:283075)

I didn't notice the flag!

Quote:

Originally posted by sceptic
Antonio Pizzonia for example was granted his international racing licence in Britain, hence the British national anthem when he won a race last year.

Are you sure about that? He's Brazilian, i'm sure they played the Brazilian national anthem when he won...

Muzza · 14 May 2002, 23:26 (Ref:286770)

Mario races in F-3000 with a British license.

Mario got very upset for having the British flag flying on his behalf - I read several interviews in the Brazilian press when he clearly expressed his upset.

Actually he even went too far on his words - he got quite emotional when interviewed by the "O Estado de Sao Paulo" newspaper, and said that "I don't even like England, it is a cold and boring place". I am sure that was the heat of the moment only, though.

Haberfeld is a driver that puzzles me. He excelled on the British F3 Championship, then moved for F-3000 and for three years he did all sorts of silly mistakes - and had his fare of bad luck too. I had lost my expectations on him. Hopefully he is now back to his former self.

Muzza · 14 May 2002, 23:27 (Ref:286771)

Quote:

Originally posted by Muzza
Mario races in F-3000 with a British license.

Mario got very upset for having the British flag flying on his behalf - I read several interviews in the Brazilian press where he clearly expressed his upset.

Actually he even went too far on his words - he got quite emotional when interviewed by the "O Estado de Sao Paulo" newspaper, and said that "I don't even like England, it is a cold and boring place". I am sure that was the heat of the moment only, though.

Haberfeld is a driver that puzzles me. He excelled on the British F3 Championship, then moved for F-3000 and for three years he did all sorts of silly mistakes - and had his fare of bad luck too. I had lost my expectations on him. Hopefully he is now back to his former self.

Russfeld · 15 May 2002, 11:56 (Ref:287171)

Quote:

Originally posted by Muzza

Actually he even went too far on his words - he got quite emotional when interviewed by the "O Estado de Sao Paulo" newspaper, and said that "I don't even like England, it is a cold and boring place". I am sure that was the heat of the moment only, though.

Well it is true

Speedworx · 18 May 2002, 12:36 (Ref:289420)

I just managed to catch the end of the opening F3k race on ITV1 and Mario had the GB flag for him there as well. Maybe he is representing Britain afterall.

sceptic · 18 May 2002, 13:21 (Ref:289448)

As I said before, he has a British licence - it is not uncommon, especially as many drivers won't have raced anything other than karts before they move to one of the British junior series.

They could start racing in the UK with a national licence from their own country, but if their only single seater racing had come in the UK racing Formula Fords (for example) they are going to find it much easier to get their International licence in the UK than by going back to Brazil (or any other country), as they would have to complete four single seater races there to be eligible.

There are dozens of other examples.

Francesca · 18 May 2002, 15:43 (Ref:289513)

Yeah I just watched the show too - so nice to see some overtaking.

Speedworx · 18 May 2002, 21:30 (Ref:289721)

Sadly I missed most of the race

Glad we have a Brit in this years series, even if he is really Brazilian!

El_Gibleto · 18 May 2002, 21:41 (Ref:289731)

I'm happy Mario is getting some good results, he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet in racing.

Speedworx · 18 May 2002, 22:03 (Ref:289751)

He is one of the guys I like to meet and get an autograph for, but it will probably never happen.

sceptic · 18 May 2002, 22:55 (Ref:289785)

Quote:

Originally posted by hakkiman
He is one of the guys I like to meet and get an autograph for, but it will probably never happen.

Find out if the team are doing any private testing in the UK (I don't think they are allowed to use Silverstone, but teams often test at other circuits - SuperNova and Petrobras have used Snetterton a lot and European Minardi have tested at Donington) and go along.

bart_jacobs · 19 May 2002, 09:00 (Ref:289965)

Quote:

Originally posted by hakkiman
He is one of the guys I like to meet and get an autograph for, but it will probably never happen.

Well,he is the nicest guy that I have ever met in racing,i have had the pleasure to meet him twice this season as the Astromega workshop is just arround the corner...
To be honoust the whole Astromega team are great !!!

Mario Haberfeld is one of the guys that you must meet!!!

DanFlag · 19 May 2002, 15:53 (Ref:290012)

Mario is presently 5th in this year championship.
Anyone thinks he can finish in the top 3 ?
What if he does'nt, will he be back next year once more?

Speedworx · 19 May 2002, 20:40 (Ref:290038)

He could well end up top 3 in points as his only 'bad' weekend was Imola where qual was in the rain.

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