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[highdownforce]

Business as usual.

[turssi]

Looks like on Thursday at 22:30 we got FP1 broadcasted by SporTV3!

[bernardoBR]

Let´s hope SPORTV don´t do this much times.  If I am not mistaken SPORTV3 it´s the only one without HD capabilities.  

Other than that, great to still have a Brazilian racer in the field.   Massa may prove all his critics that he still have his mojo.   It´s not easy to compare yourself with the likes of Alonso or Schumi.   I think he will prevail against Bo77as and Kimi´s performance against ALO will also make him look quite better.

 

The Tifosi could find themselves crying they were wrong about Massa.  

Edited by bernardoBR, 14 March 2014 - 17:17.

[saudoso]

[turssi]

@bernardoBR: that's what my colleagues in the office think! Being an imigrant from Bo77as land I of course betted against Felipe and it paid of so far! Valtteri got me a free lunch in Australia. Hoping for a second one from Malaysia!

[August]

Did I understand this right, it's getting sure that Brasilia will have an IndyCar race next year?

 

www.pezzolo.tv/2014/09/band-confirma-indy-em-brasilia-veja-video.html

[Tiakumosan]

Did I understand this right, it's getting sure that Brasilia will have an IndyCar race next year?

 

www.pezzolo.tv/2014/09/band-confirma-indy-em-brasilia-veja-video.html

 

They say the video should stop speculation about the city that will host the race, but they do not confirm it.

[August]

The Brasília IndyCar race confirmed today but will the track get modifications? I saw this:

 

http://www.racingcir...ml#.VBsxK_l_u9U

 

I hope it will remain like it has been. Seems like a track with a nice flow, the 2014 modification would lengthen a straight but slow down corners.

[noikeee]

How's it in terms of up-and-coming Brazilian drivers at the moment? Can't think of anyone other than Nasr...

[August]

Is there any information about any work at the Brasilia track for the IndyCar race? I understood the track was meant to be renovated for MotoGP as in the link I posted above. I just wonder if IndyCar goes to a track with this kind of runoffs:

 

[highdownforce]

 

 

 

 

 

So...

 

StockCar Brasil starts this saturday, March 10th a.k.a.tomorrow, its 2018 season with the now tradidional "Corrida de Duplas" (two-driver race).

This event is part of the season with points for the championship but also works as party and season opener.

 

I must say it gathered a pretty interesting lineup with lots of international drivers for this year, as seen below:

 

Team | ## Full-Season Driver | Invited Driver

Eurofarma RC | #29 Daniel Serra |  João Paulo de Oliveira (Super GT)
Eurofarma RC | #65 Max Wilson |  Felipe Giaffone (Copa Truck)
Cimed Racing | #0 Cacá Bueno |  Felipe Massa (ex-F1)
Cimed Racing | #80 Marcos Gomes |  Pipo Derani (IMSA)
Cimed Racing Team | #12 Lucas Foresti |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Fórmula E)
Cimed Racing Team | #88 Felipe Fraga |  Nick Catsburg (WTCR)
Prati-Donaduzzi | #1 Antônio Pizzonia |  Oliver Jarvis (WEC)
Prati-Donaduzzi | #4 Júlio Campos |  Jamie Green (DTM)
Ipiranga Racing | #3 Bia Figueiredo |  Beto Monteiro (Copa Truck)
Ipiranga Racing | #21 Thiago Camilo |  Nico Müller (DTM)
Cavaleiro Racing | #5 Denis Navarro |  Franco Girolami (Top Race)
Cavaleiro Racing | #28 Galid Osman |  Damian Fineschi (Super TC 2000)
Cavaleiro Racing | #110 Felipe Lapenna |  Gabriel Robe (Stock Light)
Bardahl Hot Car | #8 Rafael Suzuki |  Jean-Karl Vernay (TCR)
Bardahl Hot Car | #117 Guilherme Salas |  Mariano Altuna (Turismo Carretera/ Top Race V6)
Squadra G-Force | #9 Gustavo Lima |  Gustavo Myasava (Stock Light)
Squadra G-Force | #55 Sergio Jimenez |  Gustavo Frigotto (Stock Light)
Blau Motorsport | #11 César Ramos |  Kelvin Van Der Linde (IMSA)
Blau Motorsport | #18 Allam Khodair |  Alan Hellmeister (GT)
Vogel Motorsport | #25 Tuka Rocha |  Raphael Matos (ex-Indy/Stock)
Vogel Motorsport | #83 Gabriel Casagrande |  Chris van der Drift (Porsche Cup Asia)
Eisenbahn Racing Team | #46 Vitor Genz |  David Muffato (Copa Truck)
Eisenbahn Racing Team | #77 Valdeno Brito |  Jeroen Bleekemolen (WEC)
Full Time | #90 Ricardo Maurício |  Felipe Nasr (IMSA)
Full Time | #111 Rubens Barrichello |  Filipe Albuquerque (IMSA)
Full Time Sports | #33 Nelsinho Piquet |  Robin Frijns (Fórmula E)
Full Time Sports | #70 Diego Nunes |  Luciano Burti (ex-F1/Stock)
HERO Motorsport | #11 Lucas di Grassi |  Augusto Farfus (DTM)
HERO Motorsport | #44 Bruno Baptista |  Nonô Figueiredo (Brasileiro de Marcas)
TMG-Shell Racing | #10 Ricardo Zonta |  Laurens Vanthoor (IMSA)
TMG-Shell Racing | #51 Átila Abreu |  Mark Winterbottom (Supercars)
Mico's Racing | #43 Vitor Meira |  Vicente Orige (Brasileiro de Marcas)
Mico's Racing | #84 Tarso Marques |  Fernando Croce (Stock Light)

 

 

Unfortunately, watching this race will not be so easy for non Brazilian viewers, but hey, here is the info anyway:

 

 

WHAT: Stockcar Brasil 20018 Season - Corrida de Duplas

WHERE: Interlagos - São Paulo

WHEN: Saturday, March 10th. Race = 13h30 (GMT+3) / 16h30 (GMT)

HOW: 60 minutes + 1 lap

TV?: Brazilian Payed TV Channel SPORTV2

 

NEWS: Qualifying has just finished, I'll post the results soon. 

Edited by highdownforce, 09 March 2018 - 21:40.

[Tiakumosan]

Nice. Will watch

[berto]

Let's call it a good start!

 

[August]

WHAT: Stockcar Brasil 20018 Season - Corrida de Duplas

WHERE: Interlagos - São Paulo

WHEN: Saturday, March 10th. Qualify = 12h (GMT+3) / 15h (GMT)

HOW: 60 minutes + 1 lap

TV?: Brazilian Payed TV Channel SPORTV2

 

That should finish quite perfectly before IndyCar starts. Hoping for a Nigerian broadcast.

[noikeee]

Piquet Jr/Frijns stands out to me as the strongest duo there (on general talent, neither are exactly Stockcar experts!). Di Grassi/Farfus ain't half bad neither.

[ezequiel]

Barrichello-Albuquerque and Serra-de Oliveira are very good pairings too

[highdownforce]

 

NEWS: Qualifying has just finished, I'll post the results soon. 

 

Qualifying Results:

 

1- D.Serra/J.P.Oliveira, 1:37.032
2- L.Di Grassi/A.Farfus, 1:37.174 
3- R.Barrichello/F.Albuquerque, 1:37.179
4- F.Fraga/N.Catsburg, 1:37.283
5- R.Zonta/L.Vanthoor, 1:37.375
6- C.Ramos/K.V.D.Linde, No time in Q3
7- T.Camilo/N.Muller, 1:37.009 
8- M.Gomes/P.Derani, 1:37.107
9- D.Nunes/L.Burti, 1:37.209
10- N.Piquet Jr/R.Frijns, 1:37.213
11- C.Bueno/F.Massa, 1:37.293
12- A.Khodair/A.Hellmeister, 1:37.475
13- B. Baptista/N.Figueiredo, 1:37.515
14- M.Wilson/F.Giaffone, 1:37.523 
15- F.Lapenna/G.Robe, 1:37.702
16- V.Genz/D.Muffato, 1:37.265
17- B.Figueiredo/B.Monteiro, 1:37.279 
18- R.Maurício/F.Nasr, 1:37.332
19- A.Pizzonia/O.Jarvis, 1:37.364
20- G.Salas/M.Altuna, 1:37.369
21- G.Casagrande/C.V.D.Drift, 1:37.387
22- S.Jimenez/F.Carbone, 1:37.402
23- V.Brito/J.Bleekemolen, 1:37.437
24- J.Campos/J.Green, 1:37.477
25- G.Osman/D.Fineschi, 1:37.487
26- L.Foresti/J.D'ambrosio, 1:37.509
27- D.Navarro/F.Girolami, 1:37.564
28- T.Rocha/R.Matos, 1:37.697
29- R.Suzuki/J.K.Vernay, 1:37.827
30- V.Meira/V.Orige, 1:38.067
31- G.Lima/G.Myasava, 1:38.206
32- A.Abreu/M.Winterbottom, No Time
33- T.Marques/F.Croce, No Time

Edited by highdownforce, 09 March 2018 - 21:36.

[berto]

Hey guys, it is in portuguese, but it is the most complete interview on Matheus Leist

 

www.correiodopovo.com.br/blogs/pitlane/2018/03/32820/matheus-leist-conta-bastidores-da-carreira-as-vesperas-de-ser-primeiro-gaucho-na-formula-indy/

[Tiakumosan]

About to start. Edit: or not. Red flag due to the rain (drivers will change tyres)

Edited by Tiakumosan, 10 March 2018 - 16:34.

[sopa]

About Brazilians I have a question and don't find a better thread to ask it.

 

Brazilians have dried out in F1 and also in IndyCar there are barely any of them left, while I remember they used to flood American open-wheel racing 15-20 years ago.

 

So, what has happened? Why the decline?

[Tiakumosan]

Sorry, guess I am one month late on this one. Basically, there's no junior series in Brazil and to go to Europe/USA to race there, you have to be very rich.