Formula 3 - Silly Season (merged)

[racingdick]

i think bell would opt to stick with firstair when they decide where going to be running
this may have already been said but Carlin Kolles is a non starter due to carlins mugen contract and kolles and the merc.

[Mathias]

Originally posted by ABHIJIT ABRAHAM
i was just wondering if anyone had news on Karun Chandok
he'd never raced in england before and by the end of the season he was consistantly faster that clivio if i am not wrong .
one has to be really careful about what one says here cause people are extreamly touchy - well clicio fans i didnt dispute that he was fast just interesed ins ome news

I heard a rumour that Carlin had signed him (!) but that obviously turned out to be nonsense (for shame). But bearing in mind T-Sport are supposed to be "Carlin Junior" I wonder why they got most of their drivers from Manor!

Haven't heard anything since, though his web-site (www.racingforindia.com) says he expects to be racing a Champ Class car for T-Sport if he doesn't get any other offers.

[racingdick]

ive heard a canadian Formula ford driver is in talks with T sport

[bella]

i know it's somewhere around here but i can't be arsed to find it. has anyone got the euro f3 calendar?

[Fiorentina 1]

Originally posted by Shunt the Hunt
SYR : Mohammed Fairuz (MYS), Mohammed Farriz (MYS), Rizal Ramli (MYS)

What the heck is this? Who are these w*nkers? If I marry a hot Malaysian chick, do I become Malaysian? Therefore, I can race F3 with this team?

BTW, are one of the two Farriz brothers going to race under one of there middle names so we can identify who's running last and who's running second to last?

[racingdick]

Fairuz sounds like a fruit....

[Daisy]

Originally posted by bella
i know it's somewhere around here but i can't be arsed to find it. has anyone got the euro f3 calendar?

I found it on the official Euro F3 website:
http://www.f3euroseries.com

25/04/2003 27/04/2003 Hockenheim
09/05/2003 11/05/2003 Adria
06/06/2003 08/06/2003 Pau
20/06/2003 22/06/2003 Norisring
11/07/2003 13/07/2003 Le Mans
15/08/2003 17/08/2003 Nürburgring
05/09/2003 07/09/2003 A1 Ring
19/09/2003 21/09/2003 Zandvoort
03/10/2003 05/10/2003 Hockenheim
24/10/2003 26/10/2003 Magny-Cours

[Muppet]

Fairuz raced with Fred Goddard Racing last year. At best it was a "learning year". ;-)

Farriz is his brother!

[El_Gibleto]

It seems that most malaysians have Mohamed as the first name, but are commonly known by the next to names, ie Faruiz Fauzi and Fariz Fauzi.

[mac]

Looks like Briscoe and Prema are done. This from F1-Live.com:

Ryan confirmed he was still under the Toyota driver management program and was asked to concentrate on his racing, instead of testing this season….

“So I have been contracted back to my old team from the latter part of 2002 to race in the new Euro F3 series," he explained.

[Lisboa]

Briscoe will be the 2003 surprise of F.3 Euro Series. Is anyone ready to put money??

[bella]

no. my money's elsewhere for the euroseries

[Kimi]

Originally posted by bella
no. my money's elsewhere for the euroseries

Really??? and where would you put your money if it's not an indescrete question?

I think it's gonna be an interesting championship...With a few surprises but i think there are some good drivers in there and Briscoe is surely one of them! I'm saying he'll be in the top 3 for sure!

[Shunt the Hunt]

Originally posted by Kimi
Really??? and where would you put your money if it's not an indescrete question?

I think it's gonna be an interesting championship...With a few surprises but i think there are some good drivers in there and Briscoe is surely one of them! I'm saying he'll be in the top 3 for sure!

It's far from being sure... don't forget Timo Glock, Olivier Pla and Robert Doornbos

Some rookies can also do a good job... guys like Nico Rosberg, Jan Heylen or Alexandre Premat.

[Lisboa]

The best F.3 Euro Series young driver has not signed yet.....but he's arriving! Another good one is Fabio Carbone: he will drive for Signature. The news is in italian Sport auto moto magazine.

[Shunt the Hunt]

With Carbone, Pla, Heylen, Rosberg and Glock... it still looks very good... a highly competitive level for sure.

[bella]

Originally posted by Kimi
Really??? and where would you put your money if it's not an indescrete question?

uh, if i say he won't win...
(you know the rule, the more you talk about something, the less likely it is to happen?)

[ABHIJIT ABRAHAM]

Bella's just playing it smart- her moneys not on brisco but its apprently everywhere else that kinda tilts the odds in her favor.

[Daisy]

Carbone in the Euro F3 championship, that's very good news, another candidate for top 3 places.

[windup1]

But with the Bertram Schaffer German F3 championship taking shape this will fragment both Euro and German F3.

[bella]

really? so the german one's still going ahead? that seems a bit wierd.

[flor]

well its not sure yet, and if it will be a low cost championship, with a 250.000€ budget

there seem to be 20 cars possible

and it would be a cup and no chamionship

[bella]

i'm a bit of a f3 novice but could someone explain which cars are being used? don't they keep the current ones for a few years or something?

[flor]

and don´t know but with a look on the budget i think they will use 02 spec cars

the difference between the 02 and 03 car should be only a dallara update kit since they don´t bring a completely new car every year

[Albert1]

the FIA regulations for F3 cars will be the same for three years since 2002. So, the car will be the same (chassis, wings, nose). Obviously, it's allowed for the next year to introduce an update kit to change particulars that are not restricted in the regulations. To race next year u can use a 302, a 302 with update kit, or simply buy a 303, that's completely similar of a 302 with the kit.