2019 (F3) Asian Winter Series

While I agree with this whole heartedly, in the case of Dan his career results do not taly with the size of his ego and the amount of hot air he produces...

Oh yeah, he's kinda rubbish on track ever since Schumacher started beating him, just cool to see villians or whatever you people like to call it in racing.

I absolutely adore the extreme polarities people jump to without any sense or thought. It's either you're a robot or are Ticktum. Just goes to show how most people haven't grown up since kindergarten. Fresh air my ass.

 

He can say all sorts of nasty swear words but his presence is frail and a mockery of what it means to be a Racing driver and a conscious human being.

Wouldn't your post be the extreme polarity in itself, then? I never said it's either robot or Ticktum, I just said that I enjoy his character as it is not something we see normally these days and yet you seem to be quite upset about my opinion... In this case I guess I could agree with your sentence: "Just goes to show how most people haven't grown up since kindergarten".

Oh boy, it looks like they hired some PR company to write her wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia...vien_Keszthelyi

This is awful.

^ I like Wikipedia's warnings about the item, but they should have added: "A major contributor to this article appears to be its Mum."

 1 Alessandro Ghiretti  Hitech Grand Prix
 2 Pavan Ravishankar    Hitech Grand Prix
17 Max Fewtrell         Hitech Grand Prix
21 Rinus Veekay         Hitech Grand Prix
27 Dan Ticktum          Hitech Grand Prix
 7 Vivien Keszthelyi    BlackArts Racing
15 Eshan Pieris         Absolute Racing
16 Ye Yifei             Absolute Racing
28 Tairoku Yamaguchi    B-Max Racing Team
30 DRAGON               B-Max Racing Team
29 Akash Nandy          Pinnacle Motorsport
65 David Schumacher     Pinnacle Motorsport
88 Amaury Cordeel       Pinnacle Motorsport
81 Tomoki Takahashi     Super Licence

Edited by ANF, 18 January 2019 - 23:39.

Looks like they set the wrong time for the stream...

Well done Rinus, another win after winning pole. Ticktum really is mediocre. Indycar talent beats F1 talent.

Well, Ticktum didn't even make the start.

Did he make qualifications?

He was supposed to start 3rd but after some car problems he didn't appear on the grid. 

So... what happened to Ticktum in race 2? This is becoming a familiar question, I realise...

Edit: Here in race 3, Ticktum gets a 10 second penalty for overtaking under the safety car. Oh dear.

Edited by Muppetmad, 20 January 2019 - 07:13.

So... what happened to Ticktum in race 2? This is becoming a familiar question, I realise...

 

Edit: Here in race 3, Ticktum gets a 10 second penalty for overtaking under the safety car. Oh dear.

Oh dear indeed, it's almost as if Dan Ticktum hasn't learnt his lesson at all.

Dan's adventure in this series is becoming more and more hilarious. 

Edited by Anja, 20 January 2019 - 10:38.

He should really save face and just quietly abandon the series now. It's hard to imagine how this could have been more disastrous for him, given how disdainful he was towards the opposition before the season started.

From what I've seen of him, Ye Yifei has been very impressive indeed. I think he might be one to watch going forward.

So... what happened to Ticktum in race 2? This is becoming a familiar question, I realise...

 

The grid for race 2 was set from the fastest race laps in race one, which Ticktum missed, so he started from the back.

He's clearly just trying to make his inevitable series win more exciting. After all, there's no real competition for him here...

He's clearly just trying to make his inevitable series win more exciting. After all, there's no real competition for him here...

Well, with Jack Doohan joining the last weekend, the series at least reaches the 16 drivers over a season needed to give 100% points, which means he'll only have to gain 35 points on 3rd place overall to get that 3rd and 5 points. Well, if you ignore the other non-met requirements that is.

Why no promoter for a winter series based in the middle east?

A series with cars like A1, super formula or super league would be wonderful

A stand alone series and not a feeder system that is restricted to young drivers

Tracks such as;

Yas Marina

Shakir International

Dubai Autodrome

Qatar Losail

Kuwait Motor Town

Saudi Ar Reem

Istanbul Park

Why no promoter for a winter series based in the middle east?

 

A series with cars like A1, super formula or super league would be wonderful

 

A stand alone series and not a feeder system that is restricted to young drivers

 

Tracks such as;

Yas Marina

Shakir International

Dubai Autodrome

Qatar Losail

Kuwait Motor Town

Saudi Ar Reem

Istanbul Park

Because it would be a contrived moneygrab?

At least we'd have more Racing.

Although I am coming to the conclusion that a Winter Break is a good thing. Too much of something can become tiresome, monotonous and damaging.

The current Formula E driver line up is decent, will be fun to watch (rather than them in a under powered e-machine) them race in December, January and February before F1 testing kicks off.

What better place than in the land of black gold.

https://www.motorspo...ce-bid/4327378/

Whoops. Not enough venues (2 instead of at least 3) and not enough weekends (3 instead of 5). So zero SL-points it is.

Finally! This should've been clarified ages ago though, it was mentioned the very moment it was found out by people online. Though it's basically been ignored by the "journalists". "Autosport has learned". If Autosport had done 15 minutes of work, they could've pursued this story before the championship even started...

Ticktum must be very salty about this whole affair right now 

Ticktum must be very salty about this whole affair right now 

Maybe we have seen the last of him in the F3 Asian Winter Series?

This is poetry.

Edited by Beri, 23 January 2019 - 06:04.

This is poetry.

Edited by Danyy, 23 January 2019 - 07:19.

I love a bit of mild schadenfreude as much as the next guy, but I don't like actively rooting for someone to fail. It's not nice. 

But, with Dan, it's impossible not to. 

Edited by Peat, 23 January 2019 - 07:22.

I too wouldn't actively wish Ticktum any failure, but in this case you can't help but giggle a little bit. He's had a pretty catastrophic run in a series he assumed he'd dominate and whose competitors he openly trashed - and it turns out superlicence points aren't on offer anyway.

This needn't be an entire waste for him; this can still be an opportunity for growth if he reflects on his behaviour and driving so far and recognises this for the humbling experience that it is. Showing more respect to his competitors would only do him good in the long run.

It is a bit odd RB ousted drivers for less than this. He is making a mockery of his jr. career this way.

I recall Ticktum made some comments about his competitors, but I can't seem to find them now; if nobody else has them to hand, I'm happy to remove that part of the post. In any case, walking off the podium certainly doesn't show his competitors much respect.

Danny boy will still become champion. Rinus Veekay? Who is Rinus Veekay?

He's the 2018 Star Pro Mazda champion!

I too wouldn't actively wish Ticktum any failure, but in this case you can't help but giggle a little bit. He's had a pretty catastrophic run in a series he assumed he'd dominate and whose competitors he openly trashed - and it turns out superlicence points aren't on offer anyway.

 

This needn't be an entire waste for him; this can still be an opportunity for growth if he reflects on his behaviour and driving so far and recognises this for the humbling experience that it is. Showing more respect to his competitors would only do him good in the long run.

I sense Ticktum is completely unwilling and incapable of change. It's funny that in the last race he got a time penalty for overtaking under the safety car. You know... like that thing he did.

I wish no failure for anyone, but failure is a natural part of life, growth and success. Yet I can't help but find all his misgivings hilarious and toxic people like him need less entitlement and a rude awakening. He represents all that is wrong with the Red Bull management and mindset. It's like Dr. Helmut's secret inner-child shadow side.

Marvelous.

I recall Ticktum made some comments about his competitors, but I can't seem to find them now; if nobody else has them to hand, I'm happy to remove that part of the post. In any case, walking off the podium certainly doesn't show his competitors much respect.

All I remember is him saying there was no real competition for him in this series, implying he basically just had to turn up to collect the SL points.

All I remember is him saying there was no real competition for him in this series, implying he basically just had to turn up to collect the SL points.

Well, that was then, this is now
AWS not eligible for the awarding of points, guess he will quit the series

https://www.motorspo...ce-bid/4327378/

Sorry for making you react on my reply with a pun that was intended. I know who Rinus van Kalmthout is ;)

I sense Ticktum is completely unwilling and incapable of change. It's funny that in the last race he got a time penalty for overtaking under the safety car. You know... like that thing he did.

 

I wish no failure for anyone, but failure is a natural part of life, growth and success. Yet I can't help but find all his misgivings hilarious and toxic people like him need less entitlement and a rude awakening. He represents all that is wrong with the Red Bull management and mindset. It's like Dr. Helmut's secret inner-child shadow side.

 

Marvelous.

If he was a bit more humble and accepted his situation for what it is, I'd have a lot more time and sympathy for him. Like you say, it feels like he hasn't learned anything. The narrative he and Red Bull are trying to paint that the superlicence points system is broken and that he's the victim of bureaucracy run rampant is completely and utterly false. He committed a serious offence and was punished for it. His lack of points stem from that punishment.

If he hadn't committed the offence, he'd have been in a Toro Rosso last year. That's the truth for him. He wouldn't be desperately flailing around in some tinpot local F3 series, he'd be looking forward to his second year in Formula 1. But he's not. The champion of that F4 series he was banned from is lining up in Melbourne and he's not.

Edited by krapmeister, 23 January 2019 - 20:33.

If he was a bit more humble and accepted his situation for what it is, I'd have a lot more time and sympathy for him. Like you say, it feels like he hasn't learned anything. The narrative he and Red Bull are trying to paint that the superlicence points system is broken and that he's the victim of bureaucracy run rampant is completely and utterly false. He committed a serious offence and was punished for it. His lack of points stem from that punishment.

 

If he hadn't committed the offence, he'd have been in a Toro Rosso last year. That's the truth for him. He wouldn't be desperately flailing around in some tinpot local F3 series, he'd be looking forward to his second year in Formula 1. But he's not. The champion of that F4 series he was banned from is lining up in Melbourne and he's not.

Yes, indeed. This natural trend needs to continue if he doesn't shockingly switch his attitude.

Frankly I think the FIA has done Ticktum a HUGE favour by clarifying the ineligibility of the AWS for superlicence points.

Rather than face up to his own failure he can say it didn't matter anyway as it wasn't worth anything...

He can't run from reality.

Back to the Series, I have to say that I am impressed by VeeKay and Yifei.

Yes, indeed. This natural trend needs to continue if he doesn't shockingly switch his attitude.

 

 

He can't run from reality.

 

 

Back to the Series, I have to say that I am impressed by VeeKay and Yifei.

They stand out, Veekay second an third on old tires.

Ghiretti a bit behind
Fewtrell made some good progress last weekend starting from the back

 

Joey Alders joins BlackArts Racing for Asian Formula 3 Winter Series at Sepang

http://www.blackarts...hp?press_id=340

Ticktum fleeing the scene: https://www.motorspo...d-bull/4341599/