2009/10 GP2 Asia Off Season & 2010 GP2 Series off season discussions - Page 5

ptclaus98 · 8 Oct 2009, 18:12 (Ref:2556841)

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Originally Posted by sauber11

Day3 , Afternoon
1 - Marcus Ericsson - ART - 1'25"970 - 34 giri
2 - Dani Clos - Racing Engineering - 1'26"105 - 33
3 - Fabio Leimer - Ocean - 1'26"193 - 24
4 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Racing Engineering - 1'26"483 - 27
5 - Luiz Razia - Barwa Addax - 1'26"546 - 27
6 - Marco Bonanomi - PartyPoker Coloni - 1'26"607 - 30
7 - Oliver Turvey - iSport - 1'26"648 - 33
8 - Davide Valsecchi - Super Nova - 1'26"651 - 32
9 - Alexander Rossi - Dams - 1'26"740 - 34
10 - Roldan Rodriguez - Arden - 1'26"846 - 31
11 - Chris Van der Drift - Piquet GP - 1'26"858 - 42
12 - James Jakes - Super Nova - 1'26"956 - 29
13 - Will Bratt - PartyPoker Coloni - 1'27"137 - 27
14 - Bruno Senna - iSport - 1'27"173 - 39
15 - Rodolfo Gonzales - Ocean - 1'27"186 - 35
16 - Edoardo Mortara - Arden - 1'27"311 - 11
17 - Michael Herck - DPR - 1'27"327 - 25
18 - Filip Salaquarda - Trident - 1'27"421 - 39
19 - Max Chilton - Barwa Addax - 1'27"438 - 30
20 - Francesco Castellacci - Durango - 1'27"615 - 33
21 - Fabio Onidi - Trident - 1'27"698 - 26
22 - Jan Charouz - ART - 1'27"845 - 25
23 - Jon Lancaster - Dams - 1'27"893 - 48
24 - Vladimir Arabadzhiev - Piquet GP - 1'28"059 - 34
25 - Sebastien Loeb - DPR - 1'28"114

Imagine Bianchi + Ericsson pair at ART. Reminds me of Senna+Prost or Alonso+Hamilton.

Unfair, IMO.

strider · 8 Oct 2009, 20:15 (Ref:2556935)

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Originally Posted by chunterer

Anyone know if he's planning on doing the Asia series?

Er, Max Chilton...

Keyfabe · 8 Oct 2009, 22:24 (Ref:2557028)

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Originally Posted by strider

Er, Max Chilton...

Money talks

nobster · 9 Oct 2009, 07:54 (Ref:2557300)

That means that van der Garde was fastes during this test, after a strong second half of 2009 he surely is one of the favourits for next year. If he can stay at I-sport or maybe move to Barwa then that would be good for him.

ivanalesi · 9 Oct 2009, 08:22 (Ref:2557310)

Btw, what changes to the car are expected for next year?

**chunterer** · 9 Oct 2009, 14:05 (Ref:2557513)

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Originally Posted by strider

Er, Max Chilton...

Er, what about him?

You're meaning he's signed for Asia or main series I take it, that still leaves the second drive though?

N.A-D.R · 11 Oct 2009, 07:37 (Ref:2558809)

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Originally Posted by nobster

That means that van der Garde was fastes during this test, after a strong second half of 2009 he surely is one of the favourits for next year. If he can stay at I-sport or maybe move to Barwa then that would be good for him.

Yeah Geido is a fast driver, i hope he has a good seat for 2010 wither at isport or barwa so he can fight for the championship, hes got what it takes.

p-matt · 11 Oct 2009, 13:03 (Ref:2558977)

Do Eurosport have the rights to GP2 Asia? They have nothing scheduled for Saturday 31st October.

**chunterer** · 11 Oct 2009, 14:09 (Ref:2559005)

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Originally Posted by p-matt

Do Eurosport have the rights to GP2 Asia? They have nothing scheduled for Saturday 31st October.

They normally show it and judging by how late the England-Ukraine BBC highlights deal was done yesterday, I would imagine Martin Haven will pop up anytime soon to confirm!

el_cat · 13 Oct 2009, 19:01 (Ref:2560747)

So I've lost track whos running in the Asia series this year! So far I can remember:

ART - Bianchi
Super Nova - Jakes (with Teixeira ominously testing for a couple of days last week?)
Addax - Chilton
Trident - The Bulgarian sportscar driver whose name escapes me - Plamev or something??

Those chaps aside I'm struggling to think of any! And they start testing in a couple of weeks!

Robbe · 13 Oct 2009, 20:38 (Ref:2560794)

Plamen Kralev. His first name even contains the word "lame" :P

Anyone knows which Asian drivers might show up? Maybe guys like Fauzy or rather guys like Nai Chia Chen? And what happened to Hamad Al Fardan?

runshaw · 13 Oct 2009, 23:22 (Ref:2560878)

Basil Shaaban is hoping to race in GP2 Asia, not sure with which team.

ivanalesi · 14 Oct 2009, 00:30 (Ref:2560897)

Btw, the press release from Kralev was coming from his PR, not from Trident and there's not a single word about him on their site.

runshaw · 14 Oct 2009, 01:09 (Ref:2560915)

Standard 10- I suggest you speak English because none of that makes sense. What are your views on this years GP2 Asia championship, by the way?

runshaw · 14 Oct 2009, 01:23 (Ref:2560931)

Grand Prix driver shootout?

Alex K · 14 Oct 2009, 08:59 (Ref:2561094)

Chap, yr Engish is worse than mine, I guess u are from Australia... What's your point btw?

jondownunder · 14 Oct 2009, 12:30 (Ref:2561230)

STANDARD 10, why do you think people reading a thread about GP2 and GP2 Asia are the people who are going to be ripped off by this supposed scammer? Start your own thread or post in the Grand Prix Shootout thread if it's about that:

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118388

It's basic netiquette to keep posts on-topic.

If what you attempt to communicate is true, it sounds like we may have another Payton Tapp Watkins on our hands!

Robbe · 14 Oct 2009, 13:03 (Ref:2561258)

Back to topic: Basil Shabaan is an interesting name, he's surely no frontrunner but his season in F3 was not so bad in a high quality field. He's from Asia, he seems to have the money, and he seems to have the skill to beat at least Nai Chia Chen and Teixeira so I think he'd be a good addition to the field.

But the more important news, Oliver Turvey has signed with iSport for Main and Asia series!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79421
Good choice for both sides, Turvey is talented and iSport is good. Let's see who gets the second main series seat - will they sign two rookies again with Ericsson and Turvey?

ivanalesi · 14 Oct 2009, 16:21 (Ref:2561395)

Arabadzhiev will be with Piquet for Asia and then will decide for Europe.

A.Fant · 15 Oct 2009, 19:48 (Ref:2562214)

Just stumbled upon this on wikipedia: Marcus Ericsson to drive for ART in GP2 Asia 09-10

It cites Autosport as reference but I can't find anything to confirm it.

Hopefully it's true since it would be awesome seeing Ericsson and Bianchi go head to head in the same team!

Fujer · 16 Oct 2009, 08:57 (Ref:2562564)

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Originally Posted by A.Fant

Just stumbled upon this on wikipedia: Marcus Ericsson to drive for ART in GP2 Asia 09-10

It cites Autosport as reference but I can't find anything to confirm it.

Hopefully it's true since it would be awesome seeing Ericsson and Bianchi go head to head in the same team!

Yeah i heard that to. i hope its true.

Chewie-1990 · 16 Oct 2009, 10:05 (Ref:2562605)

Autosport magazine says 'Japanese Formula 3 champion Marcus Ericsson will race for the crack ART squad in the opening round of GP2 Asia in Abu Dhabi on October 31'

Also Jules Bianchi 'will compete in two GP2 Asia rounds, the second Abu Dhabi event and the Bahrain Formula 1 support race'

So rather than head to head, maybe sharing the seat?

Fujer · 16 Oct 2009, 10:08 (Ref:2562610)

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Originally Posted by Chewie-1990

Autosport magazine says 'Japanese Formula 3 champion Marcus Ericsson will race for the crack ART squad in the opening round of GP2 Asia in Abu Dhabi on October 31'

Also Jules Bianchi 'will compete in two GP2 Asia rounds, the second Abu Dhabi event and the Bahrain Formula 1 support race'

So rather than head to head, maybe sharing the seat?

yeah i guess they will share seat.

how is the rules for gp2 asia, do every team need to drive one asian driver? or can the drive who ever they want?

Spudy · 16 Oct 2009, 11:10 (Ref:2562639)

Stupid mistake by Ericsson. ART will be 100% behind Bianchi, he French, driven with them in F3 and managed by Nicolas Todt.

I don't know why everyone assumes ART have the quickest car. They have one of the best but the reason for their success is the F3 team. The F3 team is so good all the best driver's want to drive for them. Once they have done that its a natural progression to the GP2 team.

ART are fantastic at getting the best drivers racing for them and that is why they are so good. I think Ericsson would be just as good with Racing Engineering, Barwa or iSport. Plus with one of those he won't be No2 driver to Bianchi.

A.Fant · 16 Oct 2009, 14:54 (Ref:2562761)

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Originally Posted by Spudy

Stupid mistake by Ericsson. ART will be 100% behind Bianchi, he French, driven with them in F3 and managed by Nicolas Todt.

I don't know why everyone assumes ART have the quickest car. They have one of the best but the reason for their success is the F3 team. The F3 team is so good all the best driver's want to drive for them. Once they have done that its a natural progression to the GP2 team.

ART are fantastic at getting the best drivers racing for them and that is why they are so good. I think Ericsson would be just as good with Racing Engineering, Barwa or iSport. Plus with one of those he won't be No2 driver to Bianchi.

If it's indeed true, they seem to share the seat in which case Marcus will have the first crack at it and should have the team's full support for that race.

They're likely to be more keen on Jules but I don't think they'll treat Marcus as an afterthought. There might be trouble in the main series if Marcus stays with ART but that's not a certainty, he could still end up somewhere else by then.

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