FIA F3 Intercontinental Cup - 56th Macau GP

[Monkey Head]

As all of main F3 championships about to finish ,it should be a time for discussing the grand final of the F3 calander now.
double year winner TOM'S trying to get their har-trick with Ericsson for no doubt but his teamate in Macau depend on final championship standing in JF3,higher ranking Japanese(Iguchi or Kunimoto) will be elected.Not sure on other Japanese teams' willing may be TODA will go as they have a Macau experience driver Cozzolino and new team director(Hiroki Katoh).

for what I heard Carlin is going to bring one less car than preivous year's 4 cars.Ricciardo and Hartley should be lined on there and remaining seat possibly belong to Vanthoor,as we have seen in Zandoovrt.However can we see full RBJ line with Wickens join,if VW put Vanthoor to other teams?(that's crazy)For Hitech except their requlars ,Max Chiliton would filling the third car.Double R may be a full asian package with Nakajima,or Kevin Chen(well) or Micheal Ho.Not sure other UK teams.

ART has dominated all the F3 trophies except Macau in recent year,and Bianchi should be the man to break the spell(may be depend how today's crash affect his form,despite he has not to sideline in forcoming weekends I can see).No idea how many cars they will bring,may be 3?if so Bottas and Gutierrez should be his teamates.Prema is a requlars too and Coletti and Chinoshi should be their answer(unless Shaaban has more $$ then either one of them).Maki would be the first driver of Singature ,however Vernay hasn't made Macau visit with 2 years in the team.
In manor except Merhi British driver like Sims and Bird would be a choice as Mucke won't go to Macau and the Brazilians doesn't looing good at all.

Any other information are welcome to be share here.

[brucelok2003]

Well, I think the line-up of this race would be:

Tom's : Ericsson/Kunimoto
ART GP: Bianchi/Tambay/Bottas
Manor: Merhi/Sims/Bird/Ramos
PTRS: Imperatori
Singature-Plus: Maki/Frankie Cheng
Hitech : Van der Zande/Grubmuller/Michael Ho
Raikkonen: Nakajima/Kevin Chen/Mustonen
Carlin: Chilton/Arundel/Ricciardo/Vanthoor
Prema: Shaaban/Coletti
Barazi Eplison: Richelmi
Toda: Cozzolino
Fortec: Garcia/Christodoulou

and some possible entries:

Adderly Fong
Ma Qing Hua
Christian Vietoris
Stef Dussendorp (ATS F3 Championship)
Brendon Hartley

Some of them have told me they will race in Macau. (like Roberto Merhi)

[Lam Pak]

shrek comment brucy. redeeming things about being an athlete is when to stop. cheng congfu not in f3 racing anymore. michael ho dont drive for hitech other team yes. ma qing hua wont get a entry he is no good enough for macau.

[Monkey Head]

Originally Posted by brucejouanny

Well, I think the line-up of this race would be:

Tom's : Ericsson/Kunimoto
ART GP: Bianchi/Tambay/Bottas
Manor: Merhi/Sims/Bird/
PTRS: Imperatori
Singature-Plus: Maki/
Hitech : Van der Zande/Grubmuller
Raikkonen: Nakajima/Kevin Chen
Carlin:Ricciardo/Vanthoor
Prema: Coletti
Toda: Cozzolino
Fortec: Garcia/Christodoulou

and some possible entries:

Adderly Fong

Christian Vietoris
Brendon Hartley

Some of them have told me they will race in Macau. (like Roberto Merhi)

the name I have removed you can rule out them,impossible
for Fortec they hasn't visited Macau last year ,I have no idea no them

[JamesRamone]

Why no Chilton Monkey Head?

[Monkey Head]

Originally Posted by JamesRamone

Why no Chilton Monkey Head?

you may watch my first post.....he will be in HiTech what I heard

[Peat]

Because he can't keep his head on the British circuits, let alone Macau!

[Peat]

I can't see Kunimoto coming back to Macau. He has too much to lose.

[Monkey Head]

Originally Posted by Peat

I can't see Kunimoto coming back to Macau. He has too much to lose.

this one isn't Keisuke but his younger brother Yuji is.
However it determined to his final result on Japanese F3 ,he has to beat Iguchi

[Monkey Head]

well,Sam Bird will join Fortec in Algarve this weekend,therefore he possibly to join Dutton's squad in Macau too,with Christodoulou (or single entry with Bird)

[N.A-D.R]

Hopefully Ricciardo wins, but i think Ericsson will win, simple because hes in the best team for this race.

[Lam Pak]

erickson, riciardo and hartley are by bets. michael ho of macao hav a chance this year cause he has experience of years wining in asia. i tick a podium or a 5 best.

[Monkey Head]

Originally Posted by Lam Pak

erickson, riciardo and hartley are by bets. michael ho of macao hav a chance this year cause he has experience of years wining in asia. i tick a podium or a 5 best.

when you up side down ur result table?

[Petrol Head]

It would be great for Ericsson to win Macau and fire a reminder back to europe about his talent. He was pretty mega in Brit F3 and I would put him on a similar level to Bianchi and Ricciardo.

We shall see.........

[Asa]

Originally Posted by Lam Pak

erickson, riciardo and hartley are by bets. michael ho of macao hav a chance this year cause he has experience of years wining in asia. i tick a podium or a 5 best.

I think you are even more optimistic than the driver himself. Well, if there is a massive pile up at Lisboa and the whole field is wiped out except Mr. Ho who arrives too late to be involved, then he might actually have a chance.

I am not sure TOM's still has an advantage over the rest, but Ericsson is a good bet.

[N.A-D.R]

Originally Posted by Lam Pak

erickson, riciardo and hartley are by bets. michael ho of macao hav a chance this year cause he has experience of years wining in asia. i tick a podium or a 5 best.

Michael ho has no chance lol

[strider]

If I were a betting man I would put money on Render van der Zande.

[N.A-D.R]

Whoever races for TOM's will have the best chances of winning, so it's Ericsson's race really. But my money is on Daniel Ricciardo.

[ivanalesi]

Roberto Merhi for me :P A wild guess

[sauber11]

I really hope Ericsson wins it , but my bet is Bianchi ( so dominant this year).
Sims has fastest lap time in macau 2008 ( bmw asia) - he also have good chance of winning it.

[Ssom]

My bet would probably be Hartley. Very strong on street circuits (Bucharest last year, Monaco in WSR, Macau last year), depending obviously on how good the TOMS car is, if the TOMS car is again dominant, then I'd have my money on Erickson.

I've yet to see Ricciardo on a street circuit, but will be interesting to see how he gets on...

[Valker]

ATS F3 cup champion Laurens Vanthoor will race for Signature in Macau.

[runshaw]

Vanthoor could be a dark horse, he finished 6th last year in his first year of racing. I wouldn't count out Bird here either, he has been amongst the top 6 for the past 2 years running.

[Monkey Head]

No team switch for Max Chiltion and this race will be his final race of F3 age....
http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/s...l/article.html

[brucelok2003]

After some discussions with my friends and some news from the Net, I adjust my prediction:

Tom's : Ericsson/Kunimoto
ART GP: Bianchi/Tambay/Bottas
Manor: Merhi/Sims/Bird
KCMG: Imperatori
Singature-Plus: Maki/Vanthoor
Hitech : Van der Zande/Grubmuller
Raikkonen: Nakajima/Kevin Chen/Mustonen
Carlin: Ricciardo/Chilton
Prema: Coletti/Shaaban/Campos-Hull
Toda: Cozzolino
Fortec: Garcia/Christodoulou

and some possible entries:

Adderly Fong
James Winslow
Christian Vietoris
Brendon Hartley
Kimiya Sato
Esteban Gutierrez