formula renault 3.5 @ barcelona (merged x2)

**bella** · 1 Oct 2010, 14:14 (Ref:2767762)

first news for the big finale is that dean stoneman will be driving in place of daniil move at junior lotus racing for the barcelona rounds according to the french version of the renaultsport press release. should be interesting to see how he gets on

Sitting Bull · 1 Oct 2010, 17:04 (Ref:2767834)

He had a run today (Oct 1) at Pembrey. Very impressive considerihg first time in car and awful conditions, heavy rain and strong winds. Hope he does well at Barcelona.

skells22 · 2 Oct 2010, 14:10 (Ref:2768146)

We get to see race 1 at 1.45pm BST (2.45pm CET) of this 3 way shoot out. just now need to find out if i using HD again for Sunday 10th Oct (As long as it does not clash with a F1 repeat or a BTCC race)

**bella** · 4 Oct 2010, 11:40 (Ref:2769032)

just thought i'd add the weather forecast for the weekend. this could be interesting, isn't aleshin a bit of a rain god...

http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Barcelona-SPXX0015

WSR Fan · 5 Oct 2010, 12:42 (Ref:2769749)

Unless they can find a late replacement, it looks like FHV Interwetten.com will be down to a single car this weekend as Bruno Mendez will be in China for the Superleague Formula round in Beijing.

With the appearence of Dean Stoneman in Barcelona, there will have been 27 drivers in FR3.5 this season. When you look through the history of FR3.5, I never thought we'd have a season where less than 30 drivers were used!

kobefly · 5 Oct 2010, 12:35 (Ref:2769740)

Last two rounds of the season coming at Barcelona, Spain next weekend.

Saturday 9th
Qualy 1: 9:45 (30')
Race 1: 15:00

Sunday 10th
Qualy 2: 9:15 (30')
Race 2: 13:00

* Local time. Barcelona, Spain.

Three title contenders:

**bella** · 5 Oct 2010, 13:14 (Ref:2769757)

yeah, i think that's a fine demonstration of how strong a series it actually is. to be fair, the only real change motivated by money was bringing rossi in for monaco? and charouz bent himself in training, plus it's not really fair to say hartley's removal was motivated by money. so it's definitely been an interesting year.

give it 2 years and most if not all of this lot will have moved on and we might struggle for drivers with enough money, but renaultsport/rpm are already counteracting that by offering tests to just about anyone who wins anything in europe and some other places at the moment. wise move.

**bella** · 8 Oct 2010, 08:06 (Ref:2771298)

fhv interwetten have salvador duran in their second car. this should be interesting!

kobefly · 8 Oct 2010, 12:01 (Ref:2771388)

Guerrieri tops time sheet on first practice! Aleshin 8th, Ricciardo 19th.

kobefly · 8 Oct 2010, 14:55 (Ref:2771473)

Second Practice Results - Here

Guerrieri fastest of the day, Ricciardo very close 0"051, Aleshin 5th 0"505.

**bella** · 8 Oct 2010, 16:14 (Ref:2771515)

combined times here:
http://intranetwsr.alkamelsystems.co...IVE%20TEST.PDF

forecast is for it to chuck it down on sunday...

Belatti · 8 Oct 2010, 17:21 (Ref:2771537)

Does they do the ridiculous chicane before the last turn that F1 does now?

skells22 · 8 Oct 2010, 18:46 (Ref:2771574)

the answer yes to the chicane question. its on the map that kobefly posted therefore it is the right map this time around

**bella** · 8 Oct 2010, 19:35 (Ref:2771605)

have to say i was impressed with stoneman today. apart from the minor oops in the afternoon he was really good on the new tyres in the second session. interesting to see aleshin's back on it too, though i honestly don't think anyone's going to get the option to beat guerrieri on track.

N.A-D.R · 9 Oct 2010, 03:38 (Ref:2771765)

Ricciardo will be very strong today, he did a lot of work on the setup and went quick straight away with a new set of tyres. It's going to be Ricciardo vs Esteban.

**bella** · 9 Oct 2010, 07:07 (Ref:2771812)

what use is being quick on new tyres? even if it puts him on pole and ahead of guerrieri you can bet your shoes it won't last long!

i think there's definitely a couple of drivers outside of the championship battle who could produce something decent for qualifying. that could be where esteban or ricciardo fall over - trying to get past coletti on low downforce is awkward to say the least.

N.A-D.R · 9 Oct 2010, 08:43 (Ref:2771852)

did u not see practice results? ricciardo spent all of fp1 on very old tyres working on setup. and in fp2 he put on new tyres for the first time and went p1 straight away.

qualifying on at the moment, currently ricciardo p1, aleshin p2 and esteban 3rd.

**bella** · 9 Oct 2010, 19:09 (Ref:2772118)

Quote:

Originally Posted by N.A-D.R

did u not see practice results? ricciardo spent all of fp1 on very old tyres working on setup. and in fp2 he put on new tyres for the first time and went p1 straight away.

thanks, but i actually *saw* practice

i also must have clearly misread his quote from fr2 on autosport.com as well. "working on setup"... he actually says he was worried he wasn't learning anything. so sure, working on setup, that's a good catch-all statement

in qualifying it was a bit shady that he went off, screwed everybody's last fast lap or two and still stayed on top but that just shows what an excellent job he did with those few laps. incredible pace. and aleshin pulled his earlier season form out of the bag which has to make you wonder what he's been doing for the middle part when ricciardo and guerrieri were catching up really...

it'll be interesting to see what happens in qualifying. worth getting up really early to get to the circuit for specially again, that's for sure

motofan · 9 Oct 2010, 08:51 (Ref:2771858)

will dan have his fastest time stripped for causing the red?

MonteCristo · 9 Oct 2010, 09:44 (Ref:2771884)

Quote:

Originally Posted by motofan

will dan have his fastest time stripped for causing the red?

Looks like he has, as per: http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/e...FYING_1-35.CSV

His fastest was .170 ahead of Aleshin. Now it's 0.090. But still on pole

C'mon Dan!

**chunterer** · 9 Oct 2010, 13:00 (Ref:2771956)

Hmmm, this has a pretty good chance of carnage at the first corner!!

Let's hope Costa doesn't ruin any of the top 3's chances.

**chunterer** · 9 Oct 2010, 13:05 (Ref:2771961)

Phew, he didn't!

Ricciardo off like a rocket, Aleshin ok also, Guerrieri struggled on lap one, with Vergne all oveer him, have to see if Esteban comes back into this as the race goes on?

Fernando_S · 9 Oct 2010, 13:21 (Ref:2771965)

Looks like Ricciardo is driving a Red Bull F1, is ridicully faster than anybody else

JamesRamone · 9 Oct 2010, 17:13 (Ref:2772066)

Today's result sets up an excellent finale. I'm going for Ricciardo, Aleshin seems to be losing his bottle.

WSR Fan · 9 Oct 2010, 19:17 (Ref:2772120)

Wow, it's not often you see two drivers level on points going into the last race of the year in any given championship!

Before the weekend my money was on Aleshin, but Ricciardo seems to have all the momentum at the moment. It's such a shame that Guerrieri is out of the hunt now. Still, to finish third after missing four races and getting a DQ in another is a huge achievement.

Whoever wins the title now, it's been a great year of racing

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