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Races
1 16 May Hockenheim
2 17 May Hockenheim
3 30 May Lausitzring
4 31 May Lausitzring
5 27 Jun Norisring
6 28 Jun Norisring
7 18 Jul Zandvoort
8 19 Jul Zandvoort
9 1 Aug Oschersleben
10 2 Aug Oschersleben
11 15 Aug Nurburgring
12 16 Aug Nurburgring
13 5 Sep Brands Hatch
14 6 Sep Brands Hatch
15 19 Sep Catalunya
16 20 Sep Catalunya
17 10 Oct Dijon
18 11 Oct Dijon
19 24 Oct Hockenheim
20 25 Oct Hockenheim

Confirmed Drivers

ART (Merc)
Esteban Gutierrez (R)
Jules Bianchi
Adrien Tambay (R)
Valtteri Bottas (R)

Prema Powerteam (Merc)
Stefano Coletti
Basil Shaaban

Mucke (Merc)
Alexander Sims (R)
Sam Bird
Marco Wittman (R)

Carlin (VW)
Brendon Hartley

Signature-Plus (VW)
Mika Maki

Manor (Merc)
Cesar Ramos (R)

Other teams
SG (Merc)
Jo Zeller (Merc)
RC (Merc)
HBR (Merc)
Motopark (Merc)
Kolles & Heinz (VW)

Roll of Honour
2003 - Ryan Briscoe
2004 - Jamie Green
2005 - Lewis Hamilton
2006 - Paul di Resta
2007 - Romain Grosjean
2008 - Nico Hulkenberg

Mika Maki is staying? That's interesting. Another likely championship contender then.

Yeah, he dropped out of GP2 Asia to concentrate on winning F3. According to his Wiki page, he'll be joining Signature, although the 2009 F3E page hasn't confirmed it

Shaaban to Prema? $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Not really Euroseries news but F3 news in general. The Masters of Formula 3 will return back to Zandvoort on 13-14 June (Because of Zandvoort A1GP race will move on to begin 2010).

http://www.autosport.nl/actueel/news.ph ... ubriek=nat

http://www.bottasvaltteri.com/en/news/?a=viewItem&itemid=89
Interesting piece of news on Bottas' homepage on how testing's gone for him so far. Blimey, if he's able to show that kinda pace during the season, then he might well be within a chance of clinching the title in his first year of F3.
He used to be my teammate in LFS, although he hasn't shown up for more than a year now. Probably too busy I'd imagine.

Jake Rosenzweig joins Carlin



tbh, I've never heard of him, so I cannot really judge him.

He drove Formula Renault Eurocup last year but wasnt very impressive (20th). But i also saw him driving at Spa with an other Formula Renault series (Italy, Swiss or so) and i believe he was with the first 3

He also was very fast during testing with F3 last year.

I read that, too. Carlin said about him "He has the raw pace and talent to be an asset to the team this year and we look forward to working with him and developing him into a front-running driver".

HBR confirmed Kevin Mirocha and Jonny Cecotto jr. So, two rookies for the Austrian team and Shaaban will drive for Prema.

both drivers come from the ATS F3 German championship

a bit sad that the 2 drivers who overpaced them (Vervisch and Vanthoor) will propably NOT driver euroseries
Vanthoor has anounced he will stay in the ATS F3, Vervisch has still to anounce his future plans

it's all about money..
never the less, I rate Cecetto as a quite good drive

Am I up to date with my list?

ART Grand Prix (Villeneuve la Guyard, FRA): 4
Valtteri Bottas, Adrien Tambay, Jules Bianchi, Esteban Gutierrez

Manor Motorsport (Sheffield, UK): 4
Pedro Nunes, César Ramos, (3), (4)

Signature (Bourges, FRA): 3
Mika Mäki, (2), (3)

Mücke Motorsport (Berlin, GER): 3
Sam Bird, Marco Wittmann, Alexander Sims

Prema Powerteam (Grisignano di Zocco, ITA): 3
Stefano Coletti, Basil Shaaban, (3)

SG Formula (La Rochelle, FRA): 3
John Lancaster, Henkie Waldschmidt, Andrea Caldarelli

RC Motorsport (Lacchiarella, ITA): 3
(1), (2), (3)

Carlin Motorsport (Hampshire, UK): 2
Brendon Hartley, Jake Rosenzweig

HBR Motorsport (Brixlegg, AUT): 2
Kevin Mirocha, Jonny Cecotto jr.

Motorsport Academy (Oschersleben, GER): 2
Atte Mustonen, (2)

Kolles & Heinz Union (Trier, GER): 2
Carlo van Dam, (2)

Jo Zeller Racing (Oetwil am See, CH): 1
(1)

I can see Frederic Vervisch ending up at Jo Zeller Racing, he won the German championship with that team, an unbeatable combination in that series

Michele Faccin is also trying to get the Jo Zeller seat. I think it will be between Vervisch,Vietoris and Faccin.

I realy hope it will be Vervisch, afther winning the German and Asian F3 championship he realy needs to get higher up the ladder
if he doesn't get at the level of F2, F3 ES, GP2 or WSBR his career could take a sereous hit
F3 ES would be best choise as F2 and GP2 doesn't seem to be a possibility and he has allready driven WSBR

I also could see him driving for RC tbh. I dont remember why but i have him as a possibility for RC on my list xD

And the second Motopark car... who is it going to be? Not Faccin or Godinez who had a test with the team...

he has driven the Hockenheim season final with them last year, that's propably why

RC is a posibility yes, too bad their cars don't have a good pace

Edit: for the people who speak Dutch and might be interested in Vervisch, I've written a little blog about his future: http://racinggeneration.be/blog/?p=39

Thanks for that. Just read a little bit on his biography, before that, I only knew him as that German/Asian F3 winner who is Belgian.

3 young and talented finns, not bad...


Valtteri Bottas is said to be greatest thing since Kimi Räikkönen, who knows how much of that is true but what I've heard sounds promising, he is only real contender to F1 seat unless Mäki hits the jackpot this year since he is getting a bit old... Atte Mustonen, now there's a name I haven't heard anything of in a long time. I hope he'll deliver too. I wish there would be a stream, so I could follow since I doubt any finnish channel will show the coverage as per usual

testing at Estoril:

PM:
[spoiler]1 - Jules Bianchi (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'31"912 - 23
2 - Atte Mustonen (Dallara-Mercedes) - Motopark - 1'32"368 - 30
3 - Henki Waldschmidt (Dallara-Mercedes) - SG - 1'32"410 - 23
4 - Roberto Merhi (Dallara-Mercedes) - Manor - 1'32"513 - 27
5 - Valtteri Bottas (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'32"623 - 24
6 - Alexander Sims (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'32"905 - 20
7 - Sam Bird (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'32"930 - 23
8 - Jon Lancaster (Dallara-Mercedes) - SG - 1'32"936 - 27
9 - Christian Vietoris (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'33"125 - 27
10 - Marco Wittmann (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'33"131 - 23
11 - Andrea Caldarelli (Dallara-Mercedes) - SG - 1'33"255 - 27
12 - Cesar Ramos (Dallara-Mercedes) - Manor - 1'33"337 - 33
13 - Brendon Hartley (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Carlin - 1'33"353 - 15
14 - Esteban Gutierrez (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'33"558 - 25
15 - Adrien Tambay (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'33"792 - 19
16 - Kevin Mirocha (Dallara-Mercedes) - HBR - 1'33"841 - 14
17 - Johnny Cecotto (Dallara-Mercedes) - HBR - 1'33"890 - 28
18 - Basil Shaaban (Dallara-Mercedes) - Prema - 1'34"000 - 31
19 - Matteo Chinosi (Dallara-Mercedes) - Prema - 1'34"047 - 20
20 - Jake Rosenzweig (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Carlin - 1'34"051 - 31
21 - Carlo Van Dam (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Kolles&Heinz - 1'34"115 - 23
22 - Stefano Coletti (Dallara-Mercedes) - Prema - 1'34"130 - 23
23 - Pedro Ferreira (Dallara-Mercedes) - Manor - 1'34"174 - 25
24 - Mika Maki (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Signature - 1'34"208 - 27
25 - Jean Karl Vernay (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Signature - 1'34"253 - 22
26 - Edoardo Mortara (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Kolles&Heinz - 1'34"355 - 24
27 - Christopher Zanella (Dallara-Mercedes) - Motopark - 1'34"572 - 18
28 - Tiago Geronimi (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Signature - 1'34"799 - 35[/spoiler]

AM:
[spoiler]1 - Henki Waldschmidt (Dallara-Mercedes) - SG - 1'33"037 - 42
2 - Valtteri Bottas (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'33"127 - 26
3 - Brendon Hartley (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Carlin - 1'33"278 - 25
4 - Jules Bianchi (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'33"316 - 10
5 - Mika Maki (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Signature - 1'33"514 - 26
6 - Stefano Coletti (Dallara-Mercedes) - Prema - 1'33"597 - 29
7 - Kevin Mirocha (Dallara-Mercedes) - HBR - 1'33"645 - 24
8 - Andrea Caldarelli (Dallara-Mercedes) - SG - 1'33"680 - 29
9 - Sam Bird (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'33"691 - 47
10 - Esteban Gutierrez (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'33"775 - 36
11 - Jean Karl Vernay (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Signature - 1'33"847 - 30
12 - Christian Vietoris (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'34"165 - 44
13 - Johnny Cecotto (Dallara-Mercedes) - HBR - 1'34"193 - 35
14 - Christopher Zanella (Dallara-Mercedes) - Motopark - 1'34"215 - 44
15 - Adrien Tambay (Dallara-Mercedes) - ART - 1'34"243 - 28
16 - Marco Wittmann (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke/Zeller - 1'34"245 - 23
17 - Matteo Chinosi (Dallara-Mercedes) - Prema - 1'34"301 - 33
18 - Cesar Ramos (Dallara-Mercedes) - Manor - 1'34"306 - 24
19 - Basil Shaaban (Dallara-Mercedes) - Prema - 1'34"330 - 23
20 - Jake Rosenzweig (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Carlin - 1'34"341 - 29
21 - Alexander Sims (Dallara-Mercedes) - Mucke - 1'34"416 - 21
22 - Edoardo Mortara (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Kolles&Heinz - 1'34"433 - 41
23 - Roberto Merhi (Dallara-Mercedes) - Manor - 1'34"502 - 23
24 - Jon Lancaster (Dallara-Mercedes) - SG - 1'34"620 - 23
25 - Tiago Geronimi (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Signature - 1'34"736 - 32
26 - Carlo Van Dam (Dallara-Volkswagen) - Kolles&Heinz - 1'34"988 - 27
27 - Pedro Ferreira (Dallara-Mercedes) - Manor - 1'35"198 - 23
28 - Atte Mustonen (Dallara-Mercedes) - Motopark - 2'39"053 - 2[/spoiler]

combined:
[spoiler]01. Jules Bianchi (ART Grand Prix) 1:31.912
02. Atte Mustonen (Motopark Academy) 1:32.368
03. Henkie Waldschmidt (SG Formula) 1:32.410
04. Roberto Merhi (Manor Motorsport) 1:32.513
05. Valterri Bottas (ART Grand Prix) 1:32.623
06. Alexander Sims (Mücke Motorsport) 1:32.905
07. Sam Bird (Mücke Motorsport) 1:32.930
08. Jon Lancaster (SG Formula) 1:32.936
09. Christian Vietoris (Mücke Motorsport) 1:33.125
10. Marco Wittmann (Mücke Motorsport) 1:33.131
11. Andrea Caldarelli (SG Formula) 1:33.255
12. Brendon Hartley (Carlin Motorsport) 1:33.278
13. Cesar Ramos (Manor Motorsport) 1:33.337
14. Mika Mäki (Signature Plus) 1:33.514
15. Esteban Gutierrez (ART Grand Prix) 1:33.558
16. Stefano Coletti (Prema Powerteam) 1:33.597
17. Kevin Mirocha (HBR Motorsport) 1:33.646
18. Adrien Tambay (ART Grand Prix) 1:33.792
19. Jean-Karl Vernay (Signature Plus) 1:33.847
20. Johnny Cecotto (HBR Motorsport) 1:33.890
21. Basil Shaaban (Prema Powerteam) 1:34.000
22. Matteo Chinosi (Prema Powerteam) 1:34.047
23. Jake Rosenzweig (Carlin Motorsport) 1:34.051
24. Carlo Van Dam (Kolles & Heinz Union) 1:34.115
25. Pedro Ferreira (Manor Motorsport) 1:34.174
26. Christopher Zanella (Motopark Academy) 1:34.216
27. Edoardo Mortara (Kolles & Heinz Union) 1:34.355
28. Tiago Geronimi (Signature Plus) 1:34.736[/spoiler]

I hope Bianchi can try and grab that title, testing is allready promosing