Renault World Series 2009 (Off season/General thread) - Page 5

OJB · 30 Jan 2009, 10:47 (Ref:2382586)

Mofaz Fortec signs Sten Pentus to join, I'm guessing, Fairuz Fauzy.

Shame as I thought one of the Christodoulou's would get it.

**chunterer** · 30 Jan 2009, 10:49 (Ref:2382589)

Eh? Have either of those drivers got more money to offer than the Christodoulou's?

I hope one of those kids gets a decent drive?

Sev · 30 Jan 2009, 15:45 (Ref:2382714)

To be fair, whilst Fortec are a great team in FR and F3, they don't seem to have quite the same presence in WSR. My guess is the Christodoulou's are aiming for some teams with better records in the series, or possibly move to BF3 instead (although there Fortec would be a good place to be)

WSR Fan · 30 Jan 2009, 21:28 (Ref:2382879)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunterer

Eh? Have either of those drivers got more money to offer than the Christodoulou's?

To be honest, I'd say yes. Fauzy has recently invested some of his own money in Fortec, hence the 'Mofaz' title in the teams' name, and Pentus has considerable backing from the Estonian company KC Grubb.

I might be proved wrong, but after seeing his testing results, I think at this stage Pentus may have slightly more money than pace.

**chunterer** · 31 Jan 2009, 10:45 (Ref:2383109)

Right ok thanks for the head's up on that WSR fan, makes more sense now.

Fauzy's quite an experienced driver now so if he wants to keep running at this level and has plenty of money to spend on it, I guess he will be relatively 'attractive' to teams.

Maybe as Sev says, Adam or Riki will find another drive or just plump for F3 instead?

runshaw · 1 Feb 2009, 20:21 (Ref:2383783)

Quote:

Originally Posted by WSR Fan

I might be proved wrong, but after seeing his testing results, I think at this stage Pentus may have slightly more money than pace.

I'd say he has more money than pace definately. He was a midfield-backmarker in Formula Renault UK.

META4 · 1 Feb 2009, 20:45 (Ref:2383800)

sorry to be a bit out of the thread but any news about an other estonian Marco Asmer?

racecontrol · 4 Feb 2009, 17:55 (Ref:2388314)

after the performances showed last year in ES3000 and GP2.... I think it will now be hard for him to find a free seat... and what about his BMW F1 duties?

Alex K · 4 Feb 2009, 18:09 (Ref:2388321)

What BMW F1 duties? Wasn't he taken to get free few hundred extra track time? He wasn't even proper test driver! I hope he'll find a seat in Japan or somewhere in LMS cause he should not be wasting his time in junior formulae ladder... Good driver IMO, just need a proper drive and think about future.

chavez169 · 4 Feb 2009, 21:25 (Ref:2388477)

yeah he was poor in gp2 but only took part in 3 sessions in ES3000 never even got a chance to race. I was sure he was goin to sign up for formula 2 or wsr this year but hasnt tested and theres only 4 spaces left in F2. Shame really he is much better than his gp2 results suggested.

OJB · 12 Feb 2009, 11:03 (Ref:2396003)

Interwetten will continue to race in WSbR in 2009, so I am guessing they have secured their backing from Telmex.

Also, Draco will run in Force India F1 colours this season apparently... Least there will be no mistaking them from the Ultimate cars this time!

WSR Fan · 12 Feb 2009, 19:34 (Ref:2396354)

And the Portimao circuit in Portugal has been added to the 2009 schedule. It will take place over the weekend of 1/2 August, supporting the Le Mans Series (which is due to host it's first ever night race).

Here's a reminder of the full calendar:

April 18/19 - Barcelona (ESP)
May 2/3 - Spa-Francorchamps (BEL)
May 24 - Monte Carlo (MON)
June 13/14 - Hungaroring (HUN)
July 4/5 - Silverstone (GBR)
July 18/19 - Le Mans Bugatti (FRA)
August 1/2 - Portimao (POR)
September 19/20 - Nurburgring (GER)
October 24/25 - Motorland Aragon (ESP)

**gomick** · 13 Feb 2009, 23:17 (Ref:2397186)

What track is "Motorland Aragon" in Spain?

**bella** · 13 Feb 2009, 23:37 (Ref:2397194)

use your google-fu! it's a tilke track being built in spain, they're hoping to get some f1 testing.

**gomick** · 14 Feb 2009, 02:19 (Ref:2397228)

i see world series renault is the first international series to sign up & race here... rather impressive complex for both road & offroad competitors...

**bella** · 14 Feb 2009, 02:54 (Ref:2397237)

they've had a mini exhibition at every world series round with one of those little scale model thingies. hopefully the money isn't going to dry up with the economy.

i'm not sure they needed a circuit so close to barcelona, it's only a couple of hours on the motorway and access looks a bit irritating at the moment compared to the normal barcelona circuit.

jondownunder · 14 Feb 2009, 13:53 (Ref:2397426)

Looks like it's a similar distance from Valencia too.

Mak · 14 Feb 2009, 18:47 (Ref:2397541)

All nice circuits and very well thought out schedule, should be a good series to be involved in..

WSR Fan · 24 Feb 2009, 14:45 (Ref:2403184)

As widely expected, Fairuz Fauzy remains with Fortec Motorsport for the 2009 season, partnering Sten Pentus:

http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=22230&cat=5

With two weeks to go until the first test at Jerez, only 11 of the 26 drivers have been confirmed. I guess it's a combination of the economic climate and some drivers still holding out for a possible GP2 drive.

Go_For_Pole · 24 Feb 2009, 17:27 (Ref:2403286)

How about an update on the team by team list list?

WSR Fan · 24 Feb 2009, 17:59 (Ref:2403306)

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Originally Posted by Go_For_Pole

How about an update on the team by team list list?

Here are the confirmed drivers so far:

Tech 1 Racing - Charles Pic (FRA)
P1 Motorsport - James Walker (GBR)
Prema Powerteam - Omar Leal (COL)
Carlin Motorsport - Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) & Oliver Turvey (GBR)
Draco Racing - Bertrand Baguette (BEL) & Marco Barba (ESP)
Comtec Racing - Alexandre Marsoin (FRA) & Anton Nebylitskiy (RUS)
Fortec Motorsport - Fairuz Fauzy (MAL) & Sten Pentus (EST)

And while I'm at it, here's the Pre-season testing schedule:

March 10/11 - Jerez, Spain
March 14/15 - Valencia, Spain
March 30/31 - Barcelona, Spain

WSR Fan · 26 Feb 2009, 19:41 (Ref:2404852)

And now another one to add to the list... Marcos Martinez remains with Pons Racing.

http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=22252&cat=5

Rf1 Fan · 27 Feb 2009, 18:49 (Ref:2405580)

Coverage of Eurosport:

7 Races live.
10 others races will be shown il slightly delayed.
26 minutes race highlights of FR.3.5
Reports of races from Eurocup and Megane Trophy.

Tech 1 want to compete in 2010 in GP3 Series and Formula Renault 2.0.

the sniper · 27 Feb 2009, 19:21 (Ref:2405597)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rf1 Fan

Coverage of Eurosport:

7 Races live.
10 others races will be shown il slightly delayed.
26 minutes race highlights of FR.3.5
Reports of races from Eurocup and Megane Trophy.

Thanks for the information, great news. Do you have a source by any chance?

This will be interesting in Britain if British Eurosport get the F1 support races as well, they'll be showing GP2, FIA F2 and WSbR!!!

Rf1 Fan · 27 Feb 2009, 19:35 (Ref:2405602)

Quote:

Originally Posted by the sniper

Thanks for the information, great news. Do you have a source by any chance?

This will be interesting in Britain if British Eurosport get the F1 support races as well, they'll be showing GP2, FIA F2 and WSbR!!!

A member of Tech 1 team.

A race engineer.

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