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#601 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 12:05

Afternoon session is go go go!



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#602 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 13:05

Not much going on except for a red flag caused by Marciello deciding to kamikaze (or as they put it - "making small contact") into another car (they haven't said who).


Edited by TyreSmokeDownshift, 11 March 2016 - 13:10.


#603 muramasa

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 13:37

kamikaze means wind that brings fertility to the region of Japan called Ise, which broadly includes Suzuka. also turned to refer to whatever happenstance like storm or whatever that work to benefit you. Hence adopted as name for one of dozens of special attack force fleets in wwii, usually names of military fleet, plane, ship etc come from location name or whatever already existing terms so it's just that "kamikaze" was no exception. Now, do kamikaze? what?

banzai as well merely means hooray. these things are all banzai exactly http://worldartsme.c...y-clipart-1.jpg https://www.emojibase.com/resources/img/emojis/hangouts/1f64c.png

so whenever anyone say banzai lap it's "hooray lap".

 

karaoke emoji tsunami are all correct and appropriate but banzai kamikaze not.



#604 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 13:39

This is the kamikaze I was referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

 

Elsewhere, Markelov leads the field.



#605 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 14:47

Still absolutely bugger all is going on at the moment, save for a red flag for van Buuren. 



#606 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 15:04

Testing draws to a close with Gustav Malja topping the times ahead of Markelov and Eriksson.

 

Here are my revised predictions for the season ahead:

 

ART to retain the Team's Champion title with Sirotkin taking the Driver's Championship.

DAMS, Trident, Campos, Russian Time, MP and maybe Carlin and Arden to be cases of teams with one driver bringing in the points while the other lags behind.

Prema could have a shot at the podium or win.



#607 Araqiel

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 16:05

Not much going on except for a red flag caused by Marciello deciding to kamikaze (or as they put it - "making small contact") into another car (they haven't said who).


Binder, apparently.

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 17:27

Yeah it's funny how Kamikaze has come to mean a  move of desperation rather than something closer to 'act of god' that helps you. 

 

Though if you called a move that didn't come off a Hail Mary, it'd nicely overlap all of them. 



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Posted 11 March 2016 - 19:17

Not much going on except for a red flag caused by Marciello deciding to kamikaze (or as they put it - "making small contact") into another car (they haven't said who).

What actually happened then?



#610 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 19:30

Full report right here:

 

http://www.gp2series...n-top-on-Day-3/



#611 Brandz07

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 19:49

It says small contact. I just wondered why you think he went full 'kamikaze' & thought you might know more.



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Posted 11 March 2016 - 19:51

Testing draws to a close with Gustav Malja topping the times ahead of Markelov and Eriksson.

 

Here are my revised predictions for the season ahead:

 

ART to retain the Team's Champion title with Sirotkin taking the Driver's Championship.

DAMS, Trident, Campos, Russian Time, MP and maybe Carlin and Arden to be cases of teams with one driver bringing in the points while the other lags behind.

Prema could have a shot at the podium or win.

 

Prema is one of the most experienced team out there.

 

They poached Guillaume Capietto who is historical ARt GP technical director + Jonathan Moury who was one of the Top man at RBM BMW for a bit of  time.....

 

The only setback i can see for them is pit stop.

 

But in terms of engineering they are as good as ART or Dams right now.

 

To me Sirotkin is not a safe bet as it looks.


Edited by Viryfan, 11 March 2016 - 19:55.


#613 Kev00

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 20:13

Prema is one of the most experienced team out there.

They poached Guillaume Capietto who is historical ARt GP technical director + Jonathan Moury who was one of the Top man at RBM BMW for a bit of time.....

The only setback i can see for them is pit stop.

But in terms of engineering they are as good as ART or Dams right now.

To me Sirotkin is not a safe bet as it looks.


I don't think you can put them at the same level as DAMS and ART. They will be instantly competative, and challenge for poles and wins, but I don't think they will do it as consistently.

#614 Araqiel

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 20:33

It'll be interesting to see if Lynn's racecraft has improved any - it'll have to if he's to make any real assault on the championship. His sprint races in GP3 were far from convincing, and crashing into Sirotkin at Monza, never mind crashing out of the lead in Russia while under zero pressure, show there is still work to be done there.

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 20:35

I don't think you can put them at the same level as DAMS and ART. They will be instantly competative, and challenge for poles and wins, but I don't think they will do it as consistently.

 

This is why i mentionned pit stop.

 

But i think they have enough data and know how.



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Posted 14 March 2016 - 12:40

Latifi joins the ever-growing list of Renault test drivers, and will get to take part in at least one FP1 session this year: http://beta.autospor...ting-for-latifi

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Posted 14 March 2016 - 13:24

Latifi joins the ever-growing list of Renault test drivers, and will get to take part in at least one FP1 session this year: http://beta.autospor...ting-for-latifi

 

"We need to recoup some of the money we're spending here on F1 and the junior program. Get a rich guy's son in the car" :p



#618 Araqiel

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Posted 14 March 2016 - 13:26

"We need to recoup some of the money we're spending here on F1 and the junior program. Get a rich guy's son in the car" :p


At least he's more suited to the role than Carmen 'eye-candy' Jorda.

#619 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 28 March 2016 - 17:29

Second round of testing begins at Jerez tomorrow. Here's the entry list:

 

http://www.gp2series...re-season-test/ 

 

Looks like Eriksson and Jeffri will be racing for Arden.



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Posted 28 March 2016 - 17:59

Status are in trouble after all then, and only 1 car for Carlin.



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Posted 28 March 2016 - 18:00

Awful seeing that...just 21 cars instead of 26



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Posted 28 March 2016 - 18:17

Awful seeing that...just 21 cars instead of 26

 

Well you pay a ton of money to race up to and through GP2, then get outbid by an oil company for the F1 seats that are left by then. :stoned:

 

With that kind of model, no wonder the fields in European feeder series are thinning out.


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#623 Jonnycraig37

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Posted 28 March 2016 - 19:27

Awful seeing that...just 21 cars instead of 26


Why would anyone be surprised?

£2m to drive an old car, when if you wait 12 months you can drive a brand new car, with brand new hybrid engines for half the price...

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Posted 28 March 2016 - 19:46

And even if you dominate the series, you won't reach F1. You would have to be mad.



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Posted 28 March 2016 - 19:56

Disheartening seeing just one Carlin out there. Also, I hope Prema will do a good job this year. And I'll keeping a close eye on Lynn this year.

 

Hey, Evans, psssst, come to WEC kid...



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Posted 28 March 2016 - 20:46

Evans is only mucking around in GP2 this year because he's being paid to mentor Sean Gelael.



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Posted 29 March 2016 - 07:10

Session is underway. Not many cars present and Kirchhofer has a new helmet.

 

 

https://twitter.com/...709392923430912



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Posted 29 March 2016 - 07:36

Session red flagged due to fog.



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Posted 29 March 2016 - 10:02

Morning session complete with Nato topping the times with Gasly sandwiched between the two Racing Engineering machines.



#630 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 29 March 2016 - 12:41

Second session underway. No idea whose where in the timesheets.

 

In the meantime, enjoy this vid of Prema introducing Gasly and Giovinazzi:

 

https://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be 



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Posted 29 March 2016 - 12:45

Sirotkin and Matsushita show off ART's new GP2 overalls:

 

https://twitter.com/GP2_Official



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Posted 30 March 2016 - 15:15

Day 2 testing over with King and Malja topping the sessions.

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Posted 30 March 2016 - 15:19

have you forgot that there is a gp going on therefore people nees to be on stand by plus other motorsport



#634 Araqiel

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Posted 30 March 2016 - 18:15

Giovinazzi looks to be adapting well. Gasly is quite the behchmark.

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Posted 30 March 2016 - 20:34

It'll be interesting to see if Lynn's racecraft has improved any - it'll have to if he's to make any real assault on the championship. His sprint races in GP3 were far from convincing, and crashing into Sirotkin at Monza, never mind crashing out of the lead in Russia while under zero pressure, show there is still work to be done there.


However well Lynn has done on paper in the last couple of years I've always found him ever so slightly.....unimpressive. Clumsy wheel-to-wheel and lacking the spark that Gasly showed last season. Very capable, don't get me wrong, but somehow nothing he's done has convinced me he's an F1 star in the making. Gasly, despite his team change, is looking pretty good.

Artem Markelov has improved every year so far, proper slow burner but still only very young and with a good team behind him. I'd like to see him get a win. He reminds me of Jean-Eric Vergne for some reason.

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Posted 31 March 2016 - 09:08

Day 3 is going on and at the moment it's an all French top 2 with Nato leading Pic.



#637 Araqiel

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Posted 31 March 2016 - 10:00

Could this be the year Nato actually does something? I've never seen much worth shouting about but I've heard he has potential so maybe there's hope yet.

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Posted 29 April 2016 - 09:48

Second round of testing begins at Jerez tomorrow. Here's the entry list:

 

http://www.gp2series...re-season-test/

 

Looks like Eriksson and Jeffri will be racing for Arden.

Arden has now confirmed Eriksson and Jeffri



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Posted 29 April 2016 - 10:05

and with just 2 weeks to go before we get racing Carlin will have to get someone very fast



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Posted 29 April 2016 - 10:45

and with just 2 weeks to go before we get racing Carlin will have to get someone very fast

They have Marvin Kirchhofer so that's a start. Status have also yet to confirm their line-up.

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Posted 29 April 2016 - 11:08

and with just 2 weeks to go before we get racing Carlin will have to get someone very fast


Or they could save some money and not race..

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Posted 29 April 2016 - 11:10

Status went under in early april.



#643 TyreSmokeDownshift

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Posted 30 April 2016 - 06:53

Regarding the identity of Carlin's second driver, there are many names I think could fit the bill:

 

Tio Ellinas (if he has the funding and no previous engagements) - since he isn't racing in Formula 3.5

Countless names from last year's FR2.0 line-ups that aren't taking part this year (if they have the funding and don't have other commitments)



#644 HistoryFan

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Posted 01 May 2016 - 11:20

I don't think there'll be a second Carlin driver...



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Posted 05 May 2016 - 05:46

i think there a rule that state teams must have 2 drivers so thus could be a last minute deal type thing, 9 days to go