2013 Protyre Formula Renault

rpm12 · 4 Feb 2013, 21:32 (Ref:3199271)

I see the grids are building nicely for this years BARC Protyre Formula Renault Championship, somebody asked about dates at the end of the last thread, so I 'd thought I would start a new thread for 2013...

Full calendar for the Protyre Formula Renault for 2013:

Test day: Test / Press Day Thursday 21st March
Rds 1/2 Donington Park, Leics - 13th/14th April
Rds 3/4/5 Snetterton 200, Norfolk - 11th/12th May
Rds 6/7/8 Thruxton - 1st/2nd June
Rds 9/10/11 Croft, North Yorks - 13th/14th July
Rds 12/13/14 Rockingham, Northants - 10th/11th August
Rds 15/16 Silverstone Nat, Northants (BTCC) - 28th/29th Sept

Details of 2013 championship from the organisers:
http://www.slideshare.net/RenaultSpo...ault-barc-2013

Can't wait!

FFfan · 4 Feb 2013, 21:54 (Ref:3199281)

It was an excellent championship last year which we very much enjoyed being part of.

Really looking forward to seeing how things pan out this year. Wishing it all the best!

Dominic Malvern

jondownunder · 5 Feb 2013, 00:44 (Ref:3199358)

Some signings that have been announced:

Fortec Motorsport -
Hongwei Cao (CHN), Sam MacLeod (GBR), Weiron Tan (MAL), Wei Fung Thong (HKG)

MGR Motorsport -
Chris Middlehurst (GBR), Tom Oliphant (GBR), Matteo Ferrer (ITA)

Kelvin Burt's Team KBS is planning to enter too, alongside their BRDC F4 team.

**chunterer** · 9 Feb 2013, 23:26 (Ref:3202136)

Great to see Kelvin taking on so many series. Like Martin Donnelly he was a driver I always admired and nice to see him involved in management.

How good is his team at the moment?

jondownunder · 10 Feb 2013, 13:51 (Ref:3202393)

It's a new team for 2013, but I see he played a major role at MGR in the last few seasons (in 2012 Josh Webster was 2nd in the points, David Wagner 4th, and Matt Mason took 3rd in the Winter Series).

I agree with you, great to see him still involved in the sport. One of a number of big talents who never got the breaks to progress in single seaters.

**chunterer** · 12 Feb 2013, 10:27 (Ref:3203398)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jondownunder

It's a new team for 2013, but I see he played a major role at MGR in the last few seasons (in 2012 Josh Webster was 2nd in the points, David Wagner 4th, and Matt Mason took 3rd in the Winter Series).

I agree with you, great to see him still involved in the sport. One of a number of big talents who never got the breaks to progress in single seaters.

Thanks Jon, apologies I could've sworn I saw his team name somewhere last year, but I suspect it was as you have kindly advised, his involvement elsehwere.

OT@ Mind you last night I thought I dreamt that our son had come into out room whilst we were asleep screaming his head off. He actually did! I must be in some weird parallel universe at the moment!

rpm12 · 27 Feb 2013, 16:24 (Ref:3211730)

So, signings so far the grid for 2013 looks like this:

Sam MacLeod - Fortec Motorsports
Hong Wei Cao - Fortec Motorsports
Weiron Tan - Fortec Motorsports
Wei Fung Thong - Fortec Motorsports
Chris Middlehurst - MGR Motorsport
Tom Oliphant - MGR Motorsport
Matteo Ferrer - MGR Motorsport
Matt Rao - Hillspeed
Jake Cook - Hillspeed

Anyone going along to the Press day on the 21st March - Silverstone?

EastonNeston · 28 Feb 2013, 17:42 (Ref:3212341)

I may be there :-)

Malcolm E Lacey · 1 Mar 2013, 15:14 (Ref:3212760)

Are the general public allowed in? Fear the answer is in the negative.

FFfan · 1 Mar 2013, 18:31 (Ref:3212833)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malcolm E Lacey

Are the general public allowed in? Fear the answer is in the negative.

I don't see why not. There is hardly high security at these type of events. It is only a test day afterall. The obvious thing is that you are an invited guest of one of the teams or drivers involved. Send me a private message with some details if you need help.

rpm12 · 9 Apr 2013, 10:52 (Ref:3231426)

Here is a full list of the entries for this weekends opening rounds of the Formula Renault.

http://www.slideshare.net/RenaultSpo...ault-rounds-12

...all eyes will be on the 16 yr old Brazilian Peitro Fittipaldi ..

Good luck to all drivers this weekend at Donington it should be a VERY interesting first race of the season.

Preview video.. (including interview with Peitro)
http://youtu.be/-JetPq9RA6o

Can't wait!

Deemun · 9 Apr 2013, 14:33 (Ref:3231526)

I wouldn't expect too much from young Fitipaldi just yet. He still has a lot to learn

though he is running in the exact same car that won the championship last season.

Menchaca, Midllehurst & Baptista as 2nd year drivers should all be strong along with Cook.

**bella** · 9 Apr 2013, 15:11 (Ref:3231543)

one thing that the list you gave shows that i think gets overlooked in all these series vs series handbag threads is the sheer number of young foreign drivers who continue to come to the uk to learn their craft.

that's something to be proud of, surely?

ivanalesi · 9 Apr 2013, 16:01 (Ref:3231563)

Sure, drivers don't necessary care if they're racing on F1 tracks

Flavio Galtieri · 10 Apr 2013, 09:44 (Ref:3231898)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bella

one thing that the list you gave shows that i think gets overlooked in all these series vs series handbag threads is the sheer number of young foreign drivers who continue to come to the uk to learn their craft.

that's something to be proud of, surely?

It is. And I think it has a lot to do with F1 being basically based here historically.

If that ever goes, if the UKIP nutters turn us into an isolated offshore island again for example, then things may change quite fast in that respect.

MikeHoyer · 15 Apr 2013, 12:27 (Ref:3234612)

It was a great opening two races at Donington yesterday, despite the slight breeze! Some really close racing at the front and down the field, as well as a couple of incidents. Seeing the leaders three wide down the start/finish straight was excellent.

Good debut wins for Chris Middlehurst and Jorge Cevallos. Felt a bit sorry for Joe Ghanem though, who led most of race 1, then was shuffled out of a podium place in race 2.

Lots of pictures, reports, results and video on the championship facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Proty...ref=ts&fref=ts

Iamkarma · 13 May 2013, 21:26 (Ref:3246951)

Lets address the issues

EastonNeston · 14 May 2013, 05:44 (Ref:3247119)

A good weekends racing, with wins for Chris Middlehurst and Sam MacLeod.
Also some good drives from Weiron Tan, Jake cook and Pietro Fittipaldi, amongst others.
It was very good to see SWB motorsport back in the series too.

Mekola · 14 May 2013, 16:13 (Ref:3247336)

Argentinian Mat�*as Galetto finally got a podium finish at Snetterton.

Iamkarma · 19 May 2013, 22:51 (Ref:3250152)

Interesting that you congratulate Middlehurst on a win when there is much talk amongst the teams about a wrong floor I believe???
Jake Cook put in a sterling effort and it should be an interesting next round

EastonNeston · 2 Jun 2013, 22:45 (Ref:3256871)

An Interesting weekend at Thruxton, where Chris Middlehurst qualified for pole for all 3 races, and then converted those pole positions to wins.
Jake Cook qualified 2nd for all 3 races and had two good podium finishes. there were also good drives by Hung Wei Cao, Weiron Tan & Jorge Cavellos, among others.
What was very disappointing was the poor driving standards from some of the drivers, one of whom was excluded for causing an accident after the finish of race 3.

Middle_BBG · 4 Jun 2013, 11:50 (Ref:3257567)

I thought Tan was outstanding for someone with so little car racing experience.

EastonNeston · 21 Jun 2013, 21:16 (Ref:3266240)

It seems that following his disqualifications at the last two race meetings, and some offensive, possibly libellous tweets, Ivan Taranov has had his license suspended & he will be missing the next round of the series at Croft. Possibly longer too.

EastonNeston · 5 Jul 2013, 04:35 (Ref:3274111)

Up to 19 cars entered for the fourth meeting of the season at Croft this weekend, with CDR returning to the series with a new driver.

Middle_BBG · 8 Jul 2013, 09:43 (Ref:3275301)

Great set of results for Tan - really believe he could be something special.

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