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Team NZL - who should drive?
Following the success of the GBR thread I thought I'd start another one!
With Jonny Reid qualifying on the front row on two successive occasions he really seems to be on form. Matt Halliday by comparison seems to often be a midfield runner. In my opinion Reid should be first choice, it seems to be the case this weekend with Halliday back in NZ competing in a domestic Porsche series. Not sure if this is due to Halliday choosing the Porsche's (he might get paid to drive them vs pay to drive A1?) or if the team has chosen Reid. For now Reid seems eligible for the rookie sessions (cannot remember how that works!), I hope Wade Cunningham gets a second chance following his single lap in Beijing, as a World karting and Indy Pro Series champion he deserves it. |
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Not hard,Jonny's had 2 drives for 2 front rows.Matt needs a holiday.
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Hi fellas
This is my first post and thought i would get in on the action after watching the race this morning. I thought that Reid was very average in the Feature race, considering that they share data with Germany, who dominated. I was hoping for a better result from Jonny as he has raced alot in the wet this year in Japan F3. |
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One name: Greg Murphy.
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Murph's getting a bit long in the tooth,been awhile since he pedalled an open wheeler.
Would be good to see Scott Dixon have a drive but that appears never to be likely. |
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As I tried to explain in the GBR thread, it's very difficult to introduce a completely fresh driver at this point in the season. There are no extra opportunities to test, so I'd suggest sticking with Jonny Reid. He may have been disappointing in the feature race today, but overall he's been more impressive than Matt Halliday.
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Alex Yoong reported that he went backwards in the first half of the race due to tyre pressures not being what was needed. I wonder if NZ had a similar problem? Seems odd that Reid faded that badly after such a good qualifying.
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They set the Kiwi car up gambling on a dry track,as it rained the car was very skitish,Jonny did well to keep it on the track.
The first race he drove with bent suspension.Hopefully they stick with him,he appears to be a great talent. |
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jonny reid has the momentum ive heard through the grape vine the he is in the car for the rest of the season.
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get Cunningham in the car!
he nearly won the Indy Pro Series this season despite missing some races! looks like a real good prospect |
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It is good news if Reid is in the car for the rest of the season.
Cunningham did win the Indy Pro series last year, I think he was a fair way off the points total of the champion this year. |
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Whats Chris Amon doing these days?? probably the best ever NZ open wheel racer...
In all seriousness, id love to see Scott Dixon do it, but i wonder if his IRL contracts forbid him ?? |
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Dixon did one practice session in Dubai last year so seemed keen, from reading media reports it seemed Chip Ganassi was keen to see him concentrate on IRL pre season testing however. It was mentioned at the beginning of this season that Dixon might still get involved, I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
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Thought I read something about Chris Van Der Drift saying during FR3.5 testing yesterday that he's going out to Sentul to drive A1 in some capacity?
Anyone know any more about this as it'll be interesting to see how he goes. |
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Didnt Vander Drift test well at the official A1gp Silverstone test. I think he would go well. What do you think his plans will be for next season, surely not another season in FRenault 2.0
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Reid is doing a bloody good job this year. Despite his run-ins with his German teammate.
lt will be this yeare interesting to see who gets the gig for the Taupo event in January. Reid is the form man, but Halliady enjoys a larger identity on the local scene... Another name id throw in th mix at some stage would be Brendon Hartley, he would be quick but his commitments with the red bull team would make it difficult to get a drive... |
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Red Bull are allowing Neel Jani and Adrian Zaugg to drive, so no reason why they should prevent Hartley. He might be too young and inexperienced still though?
Hopefully the team will go with the form driver rather than who is the bigger name for the Taupo round. If they wanted the biggest name that would be Dixon anyway. |
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Jonny did great last weekend! He's a talented driver, a great guy, and although I believe his father did have some financial link with the team - so it may be academic about getting another driver now - I don't think he's that well-funded that he couldn't use the kudos.
By the same token, Wade Cunningham is also a talented driver and NZ could do worse than give him a few shots at it. He was world karting champion (the title that eluded Senna) so he has pedigree as well! And he's quick on the road courses in Indy Pro, so he's proved he can drive. I doubt he'd disappoint. |
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I also hope Wade Cunningham gets a chance. He deserves a lot more than half a lap in Beijing!
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Time to give Wade a real chance
he looks class over the in states and before anyone starts, they don't just race on ovals all the time *yawn* |
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Hard to see them replacing Jonny anytime soon,can't get much better than 1st place.
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Judging by the report in Sundays paper Matt Halliday has seen the writing on the wall and is heading for the job centre.Jonny is certianally the entrenched No1 with Wade Cunningham the favoured No2 apparent.
TV last night quoted Colin Giltrap as saying as long as Jonny's on the podium he's driving. |
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