wsbr - zolder

[Kebab]

Anyone know how qualifying has gone this morning?

[chunterer]

Just checked the series website and nowt on there yet?

By god Aleshin set a time yesterday didn't he?!!

nearly a half second up on the rest?

[Mr.Dallara]

Hello everybody,

a sellection of my pictures of yesterday:

[Mr.Dallara]

Mégane's:










one houre a go have take Netherlander Jaap van Lagen the pole for the 1e race of the Méganes this afternoon!






enjoy :gas:


In the afternoon LIVE updates on http://www.BTSpictures.be

[Kebab]

This is crazy - over an hour since qualifying today and there's NOTHING anywhere on the internet with the results/times/etc.! How frustrating

[jondownunder]

I'm pretty frustrated too... checked the official site and loads of others, including italiaracing.net which is usually fast with results, and nothing... I really want to know the grid before watching the delayed coverage on TV tonight, but I don't want to see the race results first.

Come on, Renault!

[winny]

Christian Montanari on pole position!
From what is said on renault-sport Montanari is on pole, 2nd: Andy Soucek and 3rd Borja Garcia.
Salignon was 3rd but his best time was cancelled because it was performed under yellow flag. Were also cancelled the best times from Pilet and Hanley.
Other drivers were penalized for doing more laps than authorized and they will start from the back of the grid. These drivers are: James Rossiter, Steven Kane, Bruce Jouanny and Celso Miguez.
For the moment the only positions known are:

1. Montanari
2. Soucek
3. Garcia
4. Toccacelo

[Kebab]

From Autosport, however some of these people may move as per Winny's post:

Qualifying times

Pos Driver Make Time
1. Christian Montanari Prema Powerteam 1:17.122
2. Andy Soucek Interwetten.Com 1:17.238
3. Eric Salignon Interwetten.Com 1:17.992
4. James Rossiter Pons Racing 1:18.178
5. Borja Garcia RC Motorsport 1:18.274
6. Enrico Toccacelo Eurointernational 1:18.410
7. Alx Danielsson Comtec 1:18.571
8. Jerome d'Ambrosio Tech 1 Racing 1:18.851
9. Robbie Kerr KTR 1:18.920
10. Hayanari Shimoda Victory Engineering 1:18.967
11. Steven Kane Epsilon Euskadi 1:18.992
12. Colin Fleming Carlin Motorsport 1:19.042
13. Alvaro Barba Jenzer Motorsport 1:19.051
14. Alessandro Bonetti Jenzer Motorsport 1:19.125
15. Gregory Franchi Prema Powerteam 1:19.201
16. Tomas Kostka Draco Multiracing USA 1:19.403
17. Sean McIntosh KTR 1:19.438
18. Celso Miguez Pons Racing 1:19.440
19. Ryo Fukuda Tech 1 Racing 1:19.511
20. Ben Hanley Cram Competition 1:19.513
21. Michael Aleshin Carlin Motorsport 1:19.683
22. Pastor Maldonado Draco Multiracing USA 1:19.923
23. Patrick Pilet GD Racing 1:19.937
24. Pascal Kochem Eurointernational 1:20.079
25. Milos Pavlovic Cram Competition 1:20.447
26. Matteo Meneghello GD Racing 1:20.562
27. Bruce Jouanny RC Motorsport 1:20.807
28. Edwin Jowsey Comtec 1:21.242

[Mr.Dallara]

Result of race 1:

1 Salignon
2 Montanari
3 Garcia
4 Danielson
5 Rossiter

7 Kerr

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Because of the rain, the last 5 laps were very spectacular, it looked like a lotery. Pictures will follow...

[Mr.Dallara]

New update (of 30pics) @ http://www.btspictures.be.

http://www.renaudkuppens.be/albums/album31/DSC_0076.jpg

http://www.renaudkuppens.be/albums/a...C_0073_001.jpg

http://www.renaudkuppens.be/albums/album31/DSC_0040.jpg

Enjoy

bella's note : i've taken the pictures out of these posts and left just the links. thanks for the picture links, but any more promotion of a website would mean using that nasty warn system. thanks.

[cds_uk]

Bit of a panic when he ran wide on the last lap but that is a fine start, COME ON.

[Kebab]

Gold star to the psychic person that predicted Rossiter would go off on the first lap - he did well to recover to 5th (although Autosport say he's under investigation after an incident between him and his team mate!).

Looking forward to tomorrow, I think the race &result will be quite different!

[winny]

Originally Posted by cds_uk

Bit of a panic when he ran wide on the last lap but that is a fine start, COME ON.

Fine start but let's admit he was a little bit helped by Rossiter and Soucek touching Montanari...

[play mate]

Can someone please clarify the Rossiter Situation..?? Where did he start? I heard he was to start at the back of the grid for a penalty, but all the grid line ups seem to put him in 4th-even the TV coverage put him in 4th!!

[bella]

the renaultsport press releases say there's a protest by eurointernational or whatever they're called, and that it doesn't affect the top 4, but...

autosport's report makes it sound like rossiter started from 4th. the renaultsport results would indicate that too. but their qualifying results are up the creek without a paddle.

does it *really* matter anyway? it's only the finishing bit that does...

and besides, what are the regs for qualifying?

[flexible-flyer]

4th or last, incident or no incident, rossiter is still ten times the driver robbie 'not nearly as good im built up to be' kerr is. looks like he has shown that this weekend....

[Marcel ten Caat]

What a day...several red flags (Davide Valsecchi hitting the wall causing the 1st red flag after just 2 mins). Big shunt at the start involving IIRC 8 cars.

The weather was ok, no heavy rain. The Belgian public transport was bad again

[Kebab]

Strong opinions Flexible-Flyer - if it wasn't for the rain Rossiter would have finished behind Kerr despite starting 5 places in front. Rossiter DID start from 4th and span on 1st lap (when it was dry).

Hopefully tomorrow will be dry and we can have less of a lottery/chaotic result!

Pastor Maldonado could be the one to watch having set the fastest lap on Sat, finishing 8th and starting 22nd! Also Sean McIntosh is likely to do a lot better having been taken out by Mr Shimoda.

Gonna be interesting watching this season mature ...

[flexible-flyer]

in an equally good car, rossiter will beat kerr easily.

i dont have anything against kerr. its just that he isnt half as good as the carrolls, hamiltons, rossiters and greens of this world. he is no longer gbs great hope.

[play mate]

If my mind serves me correctly, wasn't the GBR shoot-out in the same car for both Rossiter and Kerr?...and something gives me the impression that Robbie didnt get the seat due to his fabulous personality, but because of his ability and speed!!
What do you rate so much about Rossiter anyway? He's never even won a major championship!

[Oaksnaf]

Where was Parente??

[Kebab]

Final results (pending the Rossiter incident investigation):

Results

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Eric Salignon Interwetten.com 29:50.132
2. Christian Montanari Prema Powerteam + 2.381
3. Borja Garcia RC Motorsport + 13.335
4. Alx Danielsson Comtec + 19.504
5. James Rossiter Pons Racing + 28.583
6. Colin Fleming Carlin Motorsport + 29.376
7. Robbie Kerr KTR + 30.332
8. Pastor Maldonado Draco Multiracing USA + 30.397
9. Enrico Toccacelo Eurointernational + 31.212
10. Ben Hanley Cram Competition + 32.005
11. Ryo Fukuda Tech 1 Racing + 46.803
12. Pascal Kochem Eurointernational + 48.830
13. Michael Aleshin Carlin Motorsport + 52.107
14. Tomas Kostka Draco Multiracing USA + 52.522
15. Gregory Franchi Prema Powerteam + 56.072
16. Matteo Meneghello GD Racing + 59.089
17. Bruce Jouanny RC Motorsport +1:00.449
18. Alessandro Bonetti Jenzer Motorsport +1:19.951
19. Jerome d'Ambrosio Tech 1 Racing +1:27.823
20. Milos Pavlovic Cram Competition +1:31.099
21. Patrick Pilet GD Racing + 1 Lap
22. Steven Kane Epsilon Euskadi + 1 Lap
23. Edwin Jowsey Comtec + 1 Lap
24. Hayanari Shimoda Victory Engineering + 2 Laps
25. Sean McIntosh KTR + 2 Laps

NOT CLASSIFIED:

Driver Make Laps
Andy Soucek Interwetten.com 13
Alvaro Barba Jenzer Motorsport 9
Celso Miguez Pons Racing 3

Alvaro Parente missed the 107% cut-off after breaking down in qualifying

[Oaksnaf]

Gee harsh luck for someone who i think can the battle to the front runners given the right material, you dont get to be British F3 Champ for no reason.

Plus he travelled quite well in A1, and well his personality also impressed me at EC when I met him.

But bugga, better luck for next round Parente.

[flexible-flyer]

Originally Posted by play mate

If my mind serves me correctly, wasn't the GBR shoot-out in the same car for both Rossiter and Kerr?...and something gives me the impression that Robbie didnt get the seat due to his fabulous personality, but because of his ability and speed!!
What do you rate so much about Rossiter anyway? He's never even won a major championship!

kerr got the drive out of a sympathy vote. surtees gave kerr and lloyd the drive out of the fact that neither of them had anything on their plate. they wee both driveless. obviously they were quick, but if i saw some times im pretty sure rossiter and firman wouldhave been on top. anyway, kerr went into a1 having had more experience in the car than probably any other driver yet he did nothing all season, apart from what? one pole position? thats pretty poor considiring how untalented most of the a1 grid was.

and i rate drivers on their ability not how many championships they have lucked into. so does the big time and the fact is rossiter already has an f1 team grooming him. kerr doesnt. i dont think rossiter is the best of the young brits coming through but in the WSBR he is by far the best brit and being a patriotic british/irish person who has watched steven kane, robbie kerr and james rossiter for years im certain who i think is the best of that bunch. i just dont like seeing kerr get all the attention when in rossiter we have a younger and indeed better prospect.

[play mate]

sympathy vote? ha...

Motor racing doesn't do 'sympathy' in any context. If you're good enough you're in, if not, you're out...simple..

John Surtees knows talent when he sees it, shown by the fact he has taken Robbie and Sean on to another season of racing, he could have dropped them both quite easily..

I wait to see how the Renault season unfolds, rossiter Vs Kerr will make for an interesting series....