Insider64 2013 Issue6
Insider64 2013 Issue6
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NRBURG
ROUND 6
FINALLY!
Ericsson savours first win of the season while Calado bounces back
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ROUND 4
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NEWS
ROUND 6
ROUND 6
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#DoubleDelight
Jon Lancaster is making a habit of winning Sprint Races. After Silverstone, the Hilmer man bagged a second lights-to-flag victory at the Nrburgring.
#FirstSecondThird
Stphane Richelmi was all smiles after he bagged a maiden GP2 pole, the 2nd only of his career and the 3rd this season for DAMS.
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#RocknRoll
Kevin Ceccon had a big scare at the start of Race 1, but thanks to high safety standards, the Italian was unscathed.
Stefano Coletti started P13 on Saturday and fought tooth and nail until the final corner with three other rivals to take third, one tenth ahead of Fabio Leimer.
Second in the Feature Race, second again in the Sprint Race, last years best rookie scored a total of 32 points in Germany (with two bonus points for fastest lap on Sunday) and closes in on the top 3. The Brit hopes his challenging first half of the season is well behind him.
James Calado
DRIVERS STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Stefano Coletti 3M 135 Felipe Nasr 108 Sam Bird 2M 1M 90 Fabio Leimer 2M 88 James Calado 84 Jon Lancaster 2M 65 Stphane Richelmi 47 Tom Dillmann 47 Robin Frijns Rookie 1M 45 Jolyon Palmer 39 Mitch Evans Rookie 38 Marcus Ericsson 1M 36 Alexander Rossi Rookie 32 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 30 Kevin Ceccon 28 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rookie 23 Julin Leal 22 Rio Haryanto 20 Rene Binder 11 Simon Trummer 8 Daniel Abt Rookie 3 Conor Daly Rookie 2 Daniel De Jong 1 Jake Rosenzweig 0 Kevin Giovesi Rookie 0 Sergio Canamasas 0 Nathanal Berthon 0 Pl Varhaug 0 Fabrizio Crestani 0 Ma Qin Hua Rookie 0
Yes, finally! After two previous pole positions that were followed by two disappointing races, the Swede transformed a front row start in Germany into a first win of the season for reigning champions DAMS.
The Swiss had looked so strong in the first two rounds of the season scoring two consecutive feature race wins. And then bad luck plagued Leimer again, but he eventually found his way back to the podium last Sunday and keeps his title hopes alive.
Fabio Leimer
The British squad which lead the teams standings have struggled in Germany with only ten points scored just like in Silverstone a week earlier. Will Budapest see their first win of the season?
Carlin
TEAMS STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Carlin 147 Rapax 3M 143 RUSSIAN TIME 2M 1M 137 Hilmer Motorsport 1M 2M 112 Racing Engineering 2M 110 ART Grand Prix 87 DAMS 1M 83 Arden International 68 EQ8 Caterham Racing 32 Trident Racing 28 MP Motorsport 24 Barwa Addax Team 20 Venezuela GP Lazarus 11
The young Brit managed his best qualifying result in Germany, but then stalled on the grid and was collateral damage of Kevin Ceccons accident at the start. Adrian is fast. He will be looking to convert that speed into points in Budapest.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Eddy Va
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Rise and shine! Its a sunny day; looking forward to race day. 7:00 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Having a good breakfast with the team. 7:30 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
NRBURGRING 2009
A perfect weekend
Nico Hlkenberg set up his championship credentials after running a perfect weekend (pole, 2 wins, 2 fastest laps) at his home race at the Nrburgring in 2009, the first time anyone had done so since Nelson Piquet at the Hungaroring three seasons earlier. Vitaly Petrov edged the German into P2 in a cold and windy free practice session, but it was the last time all weekend that any of his rivals had an answer for his incredible pace.
Leaving the hotel and driving the team van to the circuit, what a great countryside here in the Eiffel area! 8:00 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Arrived on track and start to organise the truck and awning. 8:30 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... First a check on the tyre pressures. 9:00 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Preparing all equipment for the daily pitstop practice. 9:30 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... T ime for pitstop practices! Im on the right front wheel. 10:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... After the pit stop practice its time to refill all air bottles and check all wheel guns and other equipment. 10:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... A quick check if all radios are charged and working. 12:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Lunchtime. 12:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Starting to prepare all grid trolleys for the race. Need to organise all pit stop equipment, collect tyres and tools. 13:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Last preparations before driving the pit trolleys to the pre-grid area. 14:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Heading to the grid with Adrians tyre trolley. 15:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Race is about to start now, preparing for the pitstops! 15:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Race finished; heading back to the paddock with all the trolleys now. 16:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Starting to off-load off the trolleys. 17:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Already having dinner with the rest of the team, the cars are still in Parc Ferm, so like this we dont lose time. 18:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Cars released from Parc Ferm. First wash all tyres and return them to Pirelli. 19:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Now another check on all equipment as preparation for tomorrow mornings race. 20:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Leaving the circuit after a long day! 21:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Back in the hotel, time to relax a bit and grab a drink with the team. 21:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Zzzzzzz 22:30 ......................................................................................................................................................................................
MARCUS ERICSSON
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Hlkenberg led the way in qualifying, claiming the top spot with five minutes remaining in the session: the German was slightly lucky when Luca Filippi spun at the final chicane immediately after the time was set, but the Super Nova car was removed with two minutes left and no one else was able to string a lap together to steal pole.
The German was utterly dominant in the feature race, controlling the pace throughout and setting a string of fastest laps to claim victory by 14 seconds over Roldn Rodrguez and Andreas Zuber to put himself within a point of Romain Grosjeans championship haul. The sprint race saw an even more dominant display from Hlkenberg: the German made short work of blasting past his rivals when the lights went out, moving up from P8 to second behind the equally fast starting Petrov, who was a couple of seconds ahead by the time the German moved up to P2, a gap that started to shrink rapidly. Petrovs advantage was quickly removed entirely: the Russian hit Lucas di Grassi at the start, and a drive through for the incident meant Hlkenberg didnt have a chance to overtake for the lead. As if to make up for this slight the German set a string of qualifying laps to highlight his natural advantage over his rivals, crossed the finish line a whopping 26seconds ahead of lvaro Parente and Kamui Kobayashi and picking up a four point lead over Grosjean in the title race as he did so.
@gazleton
Ive just watched the @GP2_Official race. What a great scrap for 3rd. #LordsOfTheRing
Had great battles! Specially with Coletti for P3. Lost it in the second to last corner. Was really hard racing but fair!
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And a big congrats to @Ericsson_Marcus on his dominant #GP2 win today. Nice to see everything finally going as planned
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The final laps of @GP2_Official races are always entertaining - today was no different #loveit #edgeofmyseat
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Wow exciting racing in @GP2_Official this weekend, great fightback from @mitchevans_ to get in the points today :D
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Have a watch GP2 and GP3 today, that was the real pure racing, i will keep an eye on them from now on them.@GP2_Official @GP3_Official
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Fantastic @GP3_Official race two with an all British podium! Great race by all the top three #LordsOfTheRing
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Id never watched a @GP3_Official race before, but what a refreshing and inspiring half an hour Ive just spent watching. #TeamGB
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@conordaly22
When Sunday July, 07 _ 11:31 Where Nrburgring, Nrburg, Germany Who Jon Lancaster . Hilmer Motorsport Fabio Leimer . Racing Engineering
Whom Andrew Ferraro With Canon EOS-1D X EF600mm f/4L IS USM 100 ISO 600mm 1/640 @ F4 .0
When Saturday July, 06 _ 17:56 Where Nrburgring, Nrburg, Germany Who Facu Regalia . ART Grand Prix
Whom Alastair Staley With Canon EOS-1D X EF600mm f/4L IS USM 640 ISO 600mm 1/800 @ F4.0
ROUND 4
ROUND 4
WEEK
#Brit-Power
The top four drivers in Race 2 were British, with six in the top 10 showing the future of British motorsport is in safe hands.
The Cypriot returned to the rostrum after a strong qualifying and continued his impressive feat of scoring in each race of the 2013 season. The Marussia Manor Racing driver extends his Series lead to 19 points.
GOOD
Tio Ellinas
2013 CLASSIFICATIONS
AFTER ROUND 4/8
#Driver 8
rent Eight races down and eight diffe ten or nine see we will , GP3 in winners in Budapest?
#Chasing Status
After a tough start to the season, Status Grand Prix achieved their first podium of the season and some well-earned points.
swept off his feet Regalia was literally T Grand Prix after when he fell off his AR win he was fine! celebrating his maiden
DRIVERS STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Tio Ellinas 1M 91 Facu Regalia 1M 72 Kevin Korjus Rookie 59 Jack Harvey Rookie 1M 57 Conor Daly 1M 52 Nick Yelloly 52 Aaro Vainio 1M 44 Daniil Kvyat Rookie 40 Carlos Sainz Rookie 38 Patric Niederhauser 29 Melville McKee Rookie 1M 23 Lewis Williamson 22 Robert Visoiu 1M 21 Giovanni Venturini 1M 20 Alex Fontana 17 Alexander Sims 16 Dino Zamparelli Rookie 7 David Fumanelli 6 Adderly Fong Rookie 2 Eric Lichtenstein Rookie 0 Luis S Silva Rookie 0 Emanuele Zonzini Rookie 0 Patrick Kujala Rookie 0 Samin Gmez Rookie 0 Josh Webster Rookie 0 Jimmy Eriksson Rookie 0 Ryan Cullen Rookie 0 Carmen Jord 0
The Argentine had a perfect Saturday, his first pole position, dominant maiden Race 1 win and fastest lap to move into P2 in the Drivers Standings. It wasnt to be on Sunday when a technical issue on the grid meant the ART Grand Prix ace had to start from the pitlane and then retired.
Facu Regalia
New to the Series for 2013 and a debut win for the British squad along with a first win for rookie Melville McKee. Before Round4 the team had 2 points to their name, they brought home 43 in Germany
Bamboo Engineering
TEAMS STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ART Grand Prix 3M 181 Koiranen GP 1M 103 MW Arden 1M 99 Marussia Manor Racing 1M 98 Carlin 52 Jenzer Motorsport 46 Bamboo Engineering 1M 45 Trident 1M 26 Status Grand Prix 18
Another good points haul for Nick Yelloly saw the team pocket 20points, but Saturdays race saw rookie Luis Sa Silva take out his teammate Eric Lichtenstein and thus penalised with a grid penalty on Sunday.
CARLIN
The newcomers made a super start to their GP3 campaign but it wasnt to be in Nrburgring with the team scoring no points. The Finnish outfit will surely bounce back in Budapest.
Koiranen GP
Team leaders ART Grand Prix reached several landmarks over the Nrburgring weekend. Facu Regalias victory in Race 1 was the 20th for the French squad in GP3, with the Argentine driver and Jack Harvey collecting podiums to bring
the teams rostrum tally over the big 50 mark (51 to be exact)! All three ART Grand Prix drivers have now achieved a Race 1 win in 2013, with Regalia, Harvey and Daly sitting in the top five of the Drivers Standings.
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MOMENT 4 LIFE
Haryanto storms to stunning win.
NRBURGRING 2011
stop/go for not having all four wheels fitted at the three minute warning siren, a penalty which would also soon see Evans lose his tenuous lead in the race to Williamson, who had just mugged the Indonesian driver for his position. The rain finally fell with five laps remaining, with all bar the top three diving into the pits for wets: Williamson, Haryanto and Bottas had an epic battle with the conditions and each other, changing positions multiple times each lap before Haryanto finally claimed the top spot late on the last lap for the win, before showing exactly how tricky the conditions were by running off track on the way back to the pits!
MELVILLE McKEE
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
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CONOR DALY
I wanted to incorporate my Dads yellow arrow with green and blue base, but people always thought I was Brazilian with that colour scheme so I changed it to green and black which I think looks awesome. Ive got the Irish and American flag on there with a lucky lepricorn.
FACU REGALIA
JACK HARVEY
Ive always had the big The main part of the design Argentine flag on my helmet is the J which I didnt realise as Im really passionate was on there for about a about my country. Ive put year! I have the BRDC logo some strange things on on which Im now a proud full member of. As ART have my helmet like flowers and white patterns, similar to the quite a distinguished car, Ilike Rikknen design from three the helmet to match so I kept years ago as I really liked it. I the base design but added also have a lion on the back to some red to match the livery show to the rest of the drivers as I like to be colour coto watch out, Im aggressive! ordinated with the car.