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16 Mar 2006, 17:39 (Ref:1550379)
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According to Autosport.com, Pizzonia and Bernoldi to Rocketsports/"Team Brazil" is looking fairly certain now. Rocketsports are responsible for 50% of the budget, and Team Brazil (representing the drivers) the other 50%.
I read last week that Ranger has a more than ample budget to land a ride this year. In all likelihood it will be with Conquest again. I'm terrible at doing these lists, but roughly, where does the series stand?
Anyways, it looks like another 18-19 car grid. There ought to be a better quality of drivers than last year if the Team Brazil thing works out, and if Coyne, HVM, or Conquest sign decent drivers. Has anyone heard what Cristiano Da Matta's plans are since he fell out of favour with PKV? Will he try to keep his openwheel career going, or will he turn to the notoriety of 'that dem furrener' in the Nascar Busch series? |
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16 Mar 2006, 19:12 (Ref:1550440)
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I think da matta was trying to line up a brasilian stock car ride which would basically put a terminal end to his single seater career. I thought I remember hearing da matta got paid $2 mil for last year which considering his performances didn't think that was value for the money.
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16 Mar 2006, 22:44 (Ref:1550628)
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I don't see how this year's grid will be better than last year's. Essentially Da Matta, Glock, RHR (?) and Marshall have been traded for Pizzonia, Bernoldi, Legge and Power. I'm pretty confident that CDM and Glock are better drivers than any of those four. I'm excited to see how Power will do, but I think we're fairly clear on what Pizzonia and Bernoldi can do. I would be happy to be proven wrong.
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16 Mar 2006, 23:14 (Ref:1550641)
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Frankly, if you want to compare your first group (Da Matta, Glock, Hunter-Reay, and Marshall) to the second group (Pizzonia, Bernoldi, Power, and Legge), I really don't think that either group is that much better than each other. Especially Da Matta, who had a very underwhelming comeback. If you want to make a distinction though, it's that the first group was in better machinery than the second group will be in. |
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21 Mar 2006, 12:15 (Ref:1555676)
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Out of those 8 drivers, the 4 I'd ideally want would be Power, Glock, Hunter-Reay and Bernoldi, as they seem to have the right balance of youth and experience. da Matta was pretty poor for most of last season, and I can't see him doing any better with a 2nd year.
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21 Mar 2006, 14:20 (Ref:1555780)
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Glock might be better, but it was his decision to go GP2...
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21 Mar 2006, 14:45 (Ref:1555789)
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21 Mar 2006, 15:07 (Ref:1555796)
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Hello everyone,
Here is what I have so far: Newman-Haas: Sebastien Bourdais (confirmed) Newman-Haas: Bruno Junqueria (confirmed) RuSport: Justin Wilson (confirmed) RuSport: AJ Allmendinger (confirmed) Forsythe: Paul Tracy (confirmed) Forsythe: Mario Dominguez (confirmed) PKV: Katherine Legge (confirmed) PKV: Oriol Servia (confirmed) PKV: Jimmy Vasser (confirmed for Long Beach, Surfer's and maybe others) Walker: Alex Tagliani (confirmed) Walker: Will Power (confirmed) CTE-HVM: Nelson Phillipe (confirmed) Rocketsports: Antonio Pizzonia (unconfirmed) Rocketsports: Enrique Bernoldi (unconfirmed) Conquest: Charles Zwolsman (uncomfirmed) Conquest: Andrew Ranger (unconfirmed) HVM: Ronnie Bremer or Jan Heylan (unconfirmed) Coyne: TBA Coyne: TBA RHR Ronnie Bremer or Jay Heylan Tonis Kasemets Alx Danielsson Ricardo Sperafico Dan Clarke Richard Lyons Personnally I believe that out of all those names RHR should get a drive. |
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21 Mar 2006, 15:13 (Ref:1555801)
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21 Mar 2006, 17:14 (Ref:1555863)
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21 Mar 2006, 17:57 (Ref:1555897)
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Couple of things..........
Wasn't Ronnie Bremer signed to drive with HVM in 2006 early last season? Why is he not even in the "unconfirmed" stage? I seem to recall that Ricardo Sperafico is already signed for DCR as well...something also announced last season..... |
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21 Mar 2006, 19:57 (Ref:1556017)
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Bremer was signed but it still depends on sponsorship.
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21 Mar 2006, 20:44 (Ref:1556059)
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As for Ricardo Sperafico there were strong rumours he would sign but it also depended on sponsorship
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21 Mar 2006, 20:49 (Ref:1556064)
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21 Mar 2006, 20:52 (Ref:1556070)
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Newly updated
Newman-Haas: Sebastien Bourdais (confirmed) Newman-Haas: Bruno Junqueria (confirmed) RuSport: Justin Wilson (confirmed) RuSport: AJ Allmendinger (confirmed) Forsythe: Paul Tracy (confirmed) Forsythe: Mario Dominguez (confirmed) PKV: Katherine Legge (confirmed) PKV: Oriol Servia (confirmed) PKV: Jimmy Vasser (confirmed for Long Beach, Surfer's and maybe others) Walker: Alex Tagliani (confirmed) Walker: Will Power (confirmed) CTE-HVM: Nelson Phillipe (confirmed) Conquest: Charles Zwolsman (confirmed) That's 13 drivers confirmed so far for Long Beach with a possibility of 6 other drivers Rocketsports: Antonio Pizzonia (unconfirmed) Rocketsports: Enrique Bernoldi (unconfirmed) Conquest: Andrew Ranger (unconfirmed) CTE-HVM: Ronnie Bremer or Jan Heylan (unconfirmed) Coyne: TBA Coyne: TBA People looking for rides include: -RHR -Ronnie Bremer or Jay Heylan -Tonis Kasemets -Ricardo Sperafico -Dan Clarke -Richard Lyons |
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21 Mar 2006, 21:39 (Ref:1556121)
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It's Jan Heylen btw
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21 Mar 2006, 21:47 (Ref:1556127)
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22 Mar 2006, 16:18 (Ref:1557548)
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26 Mar 2006, 12:45 (Ref:1561322)
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According a Dutch website Nicky Pastorelli has signed a 2-year deal with Dale Coyne.
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26 Mar 2006, 12:53 (Ref:1561327)
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He hasn't signed yet. Expectation is that he will sign a contract this week though. But then again, that news/rumour was known to "insiders" for a while, but since it's DCR (and Pastorelli
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26 Mar 2006, 20:35 (Ref:1561576)
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Autosport reports that Dan Clarke has landed the second HVM-CTE seat.
By process-of-elimination, it would seem that Ranger will end up with either his old Conquest seat or nothing at all. |
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28 Mar 2006, 19:29 (Ref:1563573)
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28 Mar 2006, 19:47 (Ref:1563584)
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Indianapolis, IN (March 28, 2006) - CTE Racing - HVM partners Keith
Wiggins and Cedric "The Entertainer" announced today that British racer Dan Clarke will complete their 2006 driver line-up and will be the pilot of the #14 CTE Racing - HVM/Ford-Cosworth/Lola throughout the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Championship. |
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29 Mar 2006, 05:14 (Ref:1563956)
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What happened to the Huge list of sponsors that Ranger and his manager announced a while ago. Okay read the article now and understand.
Hopefully the test goes well and they can create some new interest. |
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29 Mar 2006, 22:46 (Ref:1564592)
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Can anyone list the remaining open seats/partial seats & the drivers competing for them?
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