2017 FIA Formula 2 (nee GP2) silly season - Page 3

cds_uk · 28 Nov 2016, 18:40 (Ref:3691849)

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Originally Posted by LavidaLoca

Gelael @ arden for 2017

Rumour on Italiaracing that Ghiotto might be going with him.

**chunterer** · 28 Nov 2016, 22:00 (Ref:3691893)

That Potential Prema line up looks great.

Giovinazzi must surely return now?

Rowland must get a top seat or he'll be lost.

In both drivers cases it's down to money and what deals they can scrape?

cappra250 · 29 Nov 2016, 07:03 (Ref:3691969)

Giovinazzi will probably be at Ferrari next season as reserve driver.
Gelael wants to test many drivers and then choose the best one. I don't know which will be the criteria.
The only good thing with it is that at least one fast driver will be securing a seat regardless of his budget.

Formulahistory · 29 Nov 2016, 15:18 (Ref:3692104)

Prema Power: Charles Leclerc - Antonio Fuoco
Racing Engineering: Gustav Malja - Louis Delétraz
Russian Time: Artem Markelov - Norman Nato
ART: Nobuharu Matsushita - Alex Albon
DAMS: Nicholas Latifi - Oliver Rowland
MP: Jordan King - Sergio Sette Câmara
Campos: Ehor Orudzhev - Alex Palou
Trident: Raffaele Marciello - Philo Paz Armand
Rapax: Johnny Cecotto - Nyck de Vries
Carlin: Felix Serrallés - Mahaveer Raghunathan
Arden: Sean Gelael - Luca Ghiotto

Hilmer: Marvin Kirchhöfer

LavidaLoca · 29 Nov 2016, 15:54 (Ref:3692123)

is that all what carlin has to offer as line-up?

Alex K · 29 Nov 2016, 16:00 (Ref:3692125)

Giovinazzi has a dilemma. Isn't he on a short list of candidates for Audi (?) DTM team. He's not with them tomorrow at Jerez, and instead in Abu Dhabi. Curious, esp. that Ferrari link, where Fuoco just signed with PREMA.

LavidaLoca · 29 Nov 2016, 16:27 (Ref:3692136)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

Giovinazzi has a dilemma. Isn't he on a short list of candidates for Audi (?) DTM team. He's not with them tomorrow at Jerez, and instead in Abu Dhabi. Curious, esp. that Ferrari link, where Fuoco just signed with PREMA.

i think Giovinazzi - audi links vanished a while ago , anyway next year Dtm goes down to 6 cars (instead of 8) for each manufacturer i cannot not see any room for rookies

**bella** · 29 Nov 2016, 16:47 (Ref:3692144)

no, and with the wec team vanishing i think the days of drivers jumping into dtm seats are probably over. it's going to require a tedious apprenticeship in blancpain or similar to get anywhere near dtm...

peebee2 · 29 Nov 2016, 17:59 (Ref:3692164)

I think Gio end up in DTM next year but with Merc. Can't see Ferrari having a virgin reserve in F1

LavidaLoca · 29 Nov 2016, 18:52 (Ref:3692174)

Fyi mercedes already hired edo mortara and as mentionned before dtm will go from 8 to 6 , so if i follow your thinking mercedes will have to get rid of 3 drivers...

Alex K · 30 Nov 2016, 11:11 (Ref:3692327)

Ferrari seems to have an open seat, or two in their factory GT teams stateside, and possibly one in WEC, Jagonya Ayam entered prototype in IMSA, maybe it's not F1, nor DTM... maybe prot/GT for Giovinazzi?

10TENTHS · 1 Dec 2016, 11:17 (Ref:3692656)

Evans confirms he is moving on: http://www.motorsport.com/gp2/news/e...n-2017-855740/

LavidaLoca · 1 Dec 2016, 12:49 (Ref:3692682)

Cannot see Max Gunther in GP2 Series in 2017 despite him saying he is in talks with teams, he will probably be back in Euro F3 in 2017

cds_uk · 1 Dec 2016, 18:06 (Ref:3692749)

Does anyone think that Cecotto has got a budget together and is considering returning full time next year or do you think Rapax just got him in and kept him on for the tests as he is a bit of a Yas Marina specialist?

**chunterer** · 2 Dec 2016, 07:34 (Ref:3692903)

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Originally Posted by cds_uk

Does anyone think that Cecotto has got a budget together and is considering returning full time next year or do you think Rapax just got him in and kept him on for the tests as he is a bit of a Yas Marina specialist?

Anyone would think he was an ace if it wasn't for the billion races he'd already done in the category!

Made a few of the season regulars look a bit ordinary though didn't he?

Alex K · 2 Dec 2016, 08:46 (Ref:3692911)

Time to move on... Guenther tested Mercedes at Jerez, seems like there is one seat empty at HWA, so who knows?

LavidaLoca · 2 Dec 2016, 09:47 (Ref:3692928)

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Originally Posted by Alex K

Time to move on... Guenther tested Mercedes at Jerez, seems like there is one seat empty at HWA, so who knows?

Sounds very much like juncadella will not be in dtm as he is testing gp2

Alex K · 2 Dec 2016, 11:18 (Ref:3692950)

He likes to go down the ranks, testing Macaoing, etc but always comes back. Surprising is that test when Mercedes is testing in Spain at the time.

LavidaLoca · 2 Dec 2016, 11:44 (Ref:3692956)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

He likes to go down the ranks, testing Macaoing, etc but always comes back. Surprising is that test when Mercedes is testing in Spain at the time.

As i previously mentionned here, DTM will go from 8 down to 6 for each manufacturer in 2017 , and on the top of that Mercedes already hired Edo Mortara so Mercedes has to split with at least 3 of its 2016 drivers (juncadella likely to be one of them)

Racing Harz · 2 Dec 2016, 12:24 (Ref:3692965)

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Originally Posted by Alex K

He likes to go down the ranks, testing Macaoing, etc but always comes back. Surprising is that test when Mercedes is testing in Spain at the time.

At Jerez is at the Moment the DTM Young Drivers Test.

Alex K · 2 Dec 2016, 14:22 (Ref:3693034)

So what are Paffett, Ekstroem, etc doing there?

10TENTHS · 2 Dec 2016, 14:27 (Ref:3693040)

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Originally Posted by Alex K

So what are Paffett, Ekstrom, etc doing there?

It's a rookie test, not a young driver test. Also it doesn't exclude existing drivers.

Alex K · 2 Dec 2016, 14:39 (Ref:3693048)

Thought, I saw somewhere on twitter Paffett and Eksroem and few existing tested/will be testing, and only day 1 was for newbies... Although I am in a bit of a shock over what happened in F1 so can't think straight.

10TENTHS · 2 Dec 2016, 16:25 (Ref:3693097)

King fastest in the morning test session on day 3: http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/N...-morning-pace/

cds_uk · 2 Dec 2016, 19:07 (Ref:3693162)

Was Cecotto out of the top 5 at any point over the three days? Interesting to see King go faster in the MP car than Rowland went in the DAMS.

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