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4 Feb 2003, 12:30 (Ref:495959)
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Ralph Firman confirmed at Jordan!
Just reading itv's site which has confirmation that Ralph Firman has signed for 3 years at Jordan Grand Prix. It doesn't mention what sponsorship he has brought with the team but the B&H stickers seemed a bit larger than last year. It will be very interesting to see how he goes. So the driver jigsaw is now complete so lets bring on Melbourne.
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4 Feb 2003, 13:00 (Ref:495992)
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4 Feb 2003, 13:01 (Ref:495993)
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be interesting to see how he performs.......3 years is a long contract for a new driver.
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4 Feb 2003, 13:11 (Ref:496007)
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Good for Ralph, though I would have preffered to have seen Massa in the car, I think he's got a lot nmore to offer the sport and I hope he gets back into a race seat next season.
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4 Feb 2003, 13:20 (Ref:496020)
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Contracts seem to mean very little these days, Massa, De La Rosa and Salo have all had them dishonoured for next season, and I'm sure that if Ralph struggles he will be out the door.
Quite often in recent F1 history, British driver shave been underfunded, and either fallen short of F1, or lost out to sponsored drivers. Ralph represents a reversal of this, a paydriver who shouldn't be expected to be competitive, starting a career next season with little track testing is a big disadvantage, and so is having Fisichella as team-mate. We're gonna have to be careful not to confuse Ralph and Ralf. |
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4 Feb 2003, 13:29 (Ref:496031)
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Is he any good?
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4 Feb 2003, 13:39 (Ref:496045)
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Well, never heard of him - but this doesn't mean anything - but he's known as former F3 driver. But I think he's around 30s, anybody has a full profile ?
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4 Feb 2003, 13:49 (Ref:496063)
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won the formula nippon championship last year!
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4 Feb 2003, 13:55 (Ref:496078)
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I thought his time had come and gone , he seemed to slip into obscurity when he went to japan , but he was quick in F3 and quick in Formula Nippon and does posses a good deal of talent , so i think he will do Ok at Jordan , as for possibly winning races , well we all know the Jordan probably wont do that this year and I dont know if ralph is capable but at least he has finally made it to F1 and I hope he grabs it with both hands.
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4 Feb 2003, 13:59 (Ref:496088)
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is he not an ex brdc young driver of the year award winner too?!
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4 Feb 2003, 15:02 (Ref:496165)
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Great having a driver with an Irish passport driving for the Irish team.
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4 Feb 2003, 15:12 (Ref:496171)
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This is the same Ralph from the JGTC correct? If so, then he was very good in that series. As a matter of fact it was pure bad luck that prevented him from running away with the title last year. I know that its GT cars vs openwheel but since he also has accolades in FNippon his skills speak for themselves.
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4 Feb 2003, 15:15 (Ref:496175)
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I was thinking that 3 years is a long time to contract a rookie driver. But then again, you can ask Frentzen about EJ's habits when it comes to following contracts. I'm sure there is a performance clause in there as well.
I've haven't heard much of Firman before, but I wish him luck... |
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4 Feb 2003, 15:19 (Ref:496176)
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short profile from ralphfirman.net:
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4 Feb 2003, 15:47 (Ref:496204)
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Noticed no new sponsors on the Jordan backdrop, though B&H were more prominent, so I guess they will have more presence on the car this year.
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4 Feb 2003, 16:17 (Ref:496232)
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all i remember of ralph is in pembrey "F3 96" going off in practice and me somehow walking out of the place with his front nose cone, signed.
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4 Feb 2003, 17:11 (Ref:496300)
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Good for you Bosch! A lot more healthy !
 I think Firman, can do well in F1. Having a experienced driver as Fisi, he can only improve. BTW, and the test driver role ? Who would be ? |
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4 Feb 2003, 17:41 (Ref:496319)
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Yeah, and he's good at breaking contracts too.
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4 Feb 2003, 17:43 (Ref:496321)
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It is clear the EJ's biggest consideration for ANY driver this year was money, not his talent scouting. (I'm not trying to talk down Firman, by the way...)
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4 Feb 2003, 18:21 (Ref:496355)
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This is nice news, a little surprising, but nice.
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4 Feb 2003, 20:30 (Ref:496509)
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Really for me is so good heard about Firman at Jordan.
I remember him well for his F.Nippon campaign: For 1998-2000 years he had the "handicap" to run in team Nova with G-Force chassises, which weren't so good as the Reynards. Despite that he was the only driver who managed to win that car in FN (Short Suzuka, last race of 1999). In 2001 he got the chance to enter in a title-contender team, Nakajima: on the start he delayed to fit in the team but he finished the season with two wins. In 2002 he was capable to fight with the reigning champion Satoshi Motoyama, and then he contended and finally won his FN title, the first since 1996. I'm waiting for his debut at Melbourne!!! |
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4 Feb 2003, 20:32 (Ref:496514)
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/story.jsp?story=375570 Looks like EJ may not be the majority shareholder anymore. Hope he sold out to firman sr not the property developer.
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4 Feb 2003, 20:51 (Ref:496553)
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Congratulations to Ralph Firman for securing the drive with Jordan Grand Prix!
I don't know much about him, apart from the Formula Nippon reports I've read in the newsletter. So it will be interesting to see how he will perform. All the best to him! |
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