Piquet Jr Excluded from 1st Session

rlinter · 5 Apr 2003, 14:11 (Ref:559282)

Looks like Nelson Piquet Jr has been excluded after the 1st qualifying session at Doni for Technical iregularities......

Lee Janotta · 5 Apr 2003, 14:26 (Ref:559297)

Oooo!!!! *fumes* Pull this kid's liscense!!!

And his old man's too, retroactively!

DavidStHubbins · 5 Apr 2003, 14:44 (Ref:559308)

haha, this is going to be an interesting season. Did the wheels have covers again? Or is that just testing?!

keller · 5 Apr 2003, 14:50 (Ref:559312)

Just gone 2nd on grid for 2nd race ! maybe the infringement in Quali 1 actually slowed him up !

DavidStHubbins · 5 Apr 2003, 14:58 (Ref:559317)

"The wheel covers are off now" fumed Nelsinho...

Francesca · 5 Apr 2003, 15:36 (Ref:559345)

the fun starts here!

flor · 5 Apr 2003, 18:16 (Ref:559447)

errr did Keohane switch back into the the dome ?

Jonny Apex · 5 Apr 2003, 18:46 (Ref:559478)

Piquet, I hear (not ideal, I know), was excluded from first qualifying for running smaller brake ducts than those permitted. He had qualified fourth.

They say he won't be able to start the race, even from the back. Shame. Would have been fun to see how high he could have got ...

Still, a superb effort to qualify second for the later race.

Sato san · 5 Apr 2003, 20:15 (Ref:559529)

hes showed his pace sticking on the front row for race 2 .......interesting to see him excluded from Race 1 qualifing though!..

Vortex · 5 Apr 2003, 20:50 (Ref:559548)

Im told it was a very minor infringment but there we go, rules are rules

Ian Sowman · 5 Apr 2003, 21:13 (Ref:559558)

Piquet jnr can't start race 1 because he effectively becomes the 31st man on a 30-car grid. Yes, it was quite a minor infringement.

Keohane is in a Promatecme Dallara - I assume he had some problems in sesh 2, seeing as he managed only a handful of laps on his way to 20th - he was 6th first time out.

A big well done to Jamie Green for his two poles. The more you think about it the clearer it is that he is Carlin's man most likely. Antinucci perhaps not as prone to hot-headedness as he was, but it is still there; van der Merwe hardly sparkled with the team last year; and Bremer has never really set the world alight.

Viso showed well in the Scholarship class, too.

Paul Rayner · 5 Apr 2003, 22:13 (Ref:559584)

Quote:

Originally posted by Ian Sowman
A big well done to Jamie Green for his two poles. The more you think about it the clearer it is that he is Carlin's man most likely. Antinucci perhaps not as prone to hot-headedness as he was, but it is still there; van der Merwe hardly sparkled with the team last year; and Bremer has never really set the world alight.

I've got to agree. Green improved consistently last year, gradually learning and getting quicker. I think he's really someone who can keep his head down, get on with it and be damn fast.

Flavio · 6 Apr 2003, 01:10 (Ref:559699)

Can anyone tell me which chassis Nelsinho are running ? I heard "big" Piquet bought both Dallara and Ralt...

**gomick** · 6 Apr 2003, 07:13 (Ref:559787)

running the dallara, thats why he was 2nd fastest and team-mate will power 25th in the ralt.....

LP11 · 6 Apr 2003, 07:14 (Ref:559788)

piquet is running a dallara they also have a ralt as well

ensign14 · 6 Apr 2003, 08:41 (Ref:559812)

Is it just me or is this year's F3 field not one of the more vintage years? Last year's was pretty competitive, but I don't get the same feeling that there are any geniuses in this year's field. Green and Nelsinho apart, if they keep their first round form going.

fantasytoca · 6 Apr 2003, 09:00 (Ref:559819)

Antinucci was our favourite here at www.fantasytocatour.co.uk so Green is good value at 2nd favourite - not too late to register your fantasy f3 team though of course you won't get points for yesterday's qualifying now!!

DavidStHubbins · 6 Apr 2003, 09:02 (Ref:559820)

There has to be thin years every now and then. Piquet certainly seems to have stuff up his sleeve though, great qualifying! I wish i was there to see how he drives

paulzinho · 6 Apr 2003, 12:52 (Ref:559932)

Shame that Nelsinho misses out on racing in round 1, seems a little bit harsh but rules are rules I guess.

I wanna see how he does in race 2! That should be a corker!

ensign14 · 6 Apr 2003, 13:30 (Ref:559949)

Interesting re Nelsinho that the team did not put pressure (or at least did not succeed in doing so!) on one of the qualified cars to withdraw, thus letting him on the back of the grid as first reserve.

El_Gibleto · 6 Apr 2003, 19:30 (Ref:560405)

Perhaps because the driver on the back of the grid has a dad with more money than Nelson's!

racingdick · 7 Apr 2003, 15:27 (Ref:561738)

Quote:

Originally posted by gomick
running the dallara, thats why he was 2nd fastest and team-mate will power 25th in the ralt.....

he doesn't have a team mate, diamond run the ralt

racingdick · 7 Apr 2003, 19:43 (Ref:562036)

Quote:

Originally posted by El_Gibleto
Perhaps because the driver on the back of the grid has a dad with more money than Nelson's!

YEAH RIGHT!!!!

El_Gibleto · 7 Apr 2003, 21:04 (Ref:562155)

Have a look at www.mofaz.com, then you'll see what I meant!

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