Thread: Macau F3 Grand Prix 2007

It's soon time for the unofficial world cup of Formula 3 at the Macau street track on the 18th of November.

Previous Top threes (with F1 drivers in bold):

2006
1. Mike Conway, Great Britain
2. Richard Antinucci, USA
3. Adrian Sutil, Germany

2005
1. Lucas Di Grassi, Brazil
2. Robert Kubica, Poland
3. Sebastian Vettel, Germany

2004
1. Alexandre Premat, France
2. Robert Kubica, Poland
3. Lucas Di Grassi, Brazil

2003
1. Nicolas Lapierre, France
2. Fabio Carbone, Brazil
3. Katsuyuki Hiranaka, Japan

2002
1. Tristan Gommendy, France
2. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland
3. Takashi Kogure, Japan

2001
1. Takuma Sato, Japan
2. Benoit Treluyer, France
3. Bj?rn Wirdheim, Sweden

2000
1. Andre Couto, Portugal
2. Paolo Montin, Italy
3. Ryo Fukuda, Japan

1999
1. Darren Manning, Great Britain
2. Jenson Button, Great Britain
3. Daisuke Ito, Japan

1998
1. Peter Dumbreck, Great Britain
2. Ricardo Mauricio, Brazil
3. Enrique Bernoldi, Brazil

1997
1. Soheil Ayari, France
2. Patrice Gay, France
3. Enrique Bernoldi, Brazil

1996
1. Ralph Firman, Ireland
2. Max Angelelli, Italy
3. Jarno Trulli, Italy

1995
1. Ralf Schumacher, Germany
2. Jarno Trulli, Italy
3. Pedro de la Rosa, Spain

1994
1. Sacha Maassen, Germany
2. Kelvin Burt, Great Britain
3. Jan Magnussen, Denmark

1993
1. J?rg M?ller, Germany
2. Tom Kristensen, Denmark
3. Kelvin Burt, Great Britain

1992
1. Rickard Rydell, Sweden
2. Pedro Lamy, Portugal
3. Jacques Villeneuve, Canada

1991
1. David Coulthard, Great Britain
2. Jordi Gene, Spain
3. Christian Fittipaldi, Brazil

1990
1. Michael Schumacher, Germany
2. Mika Salo, Finland
3. Eddie Irvine, Great Britain

1989
1. David Brabham, Australia
2. Julian Bailey, Great Britain
3. Christophe Bouchut, France

1988
1. Enrico Bertaggia, Italy
2. Damon Hill, Great Britain
3. Otto Rensing, Germany

1987
1. Martin Donnelly, Great Britain
2. Jan Lammers, Netherlands
3. Bernd Schneider, Germany

1986
1. Andy Wallace, Great Britain
2. Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazil
3. Jan Lammers, Netherlands

1985
1. Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazil
2. Mike Thackwell, New Zealand
3. Jan Lammers, Netherlands

1984
1. John Nielsen, Denmark
2. Stefan Johansson, Sweden
3. Mike Thackwell, New Zealand

1983
1. Ayrton Senna, Brazil
2. Roberto Guerrero, Colombia
3. Gerhard Berger, Austria

And here's the classic 1990 clip of the H?kkinen Schumacher crash.
http://www.worldracingforum.com/show...0607#post10607
H?kkinen not a happy camper.

Onboard action from Rodolfo Avila:

Provisional Entry list:

Stehpen Jelley, GBR, R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing
Sebastien Buemi, SUI, R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing
Bruno Senna, BRA, R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing
Jonathan Kennard, GBR, R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing
Oliver Jarvis, GBR, Tom's
Kazuya Oshima, JAP, Tom's
Romain Grosjean, FRA, ASM F3
Nico H?lkenberg, GER, ASM F3
Kamui Kobayashi, JAP, ASM F3
Marko Asmer, EST, Hitech Racing
Walter Grubm?ller, AUT, Hiech Racing
Michael Ho, MAC, Hitech Racing
Brendon Hartley, NZL, Carlin Motorsport
Sam Bird, GBR, Carlin Motorsport
Niall Breen, IRL, Carlin Motorsport
Lei Kit Meng, MAC, Carlin Motorsport
James Jakes, GBR, Manor Motorsport
Frank Mailleux, FRA, Manor Motorsport
Yelmer Buurman, NED, Manor Motorsport
Kodai Tsukakoshi, JAP, Manor Motorsport
Roberto Streit, BRA, Prema Powerteam
Renger van der Zande, NED, Prema Powerteam
Edorardo Mortara, ITA, Signature Plus
Esteban Guerrieri, ARG, Signature Plus
Atte Mustonen, FIN, Signature Plus
Carlo van Dam, NED, HBR Motorsport
Rodolfo Avila, MAC, HBR Motorsport
Cheong Lou Meng, MAC, Swiss Racing Team
Jo Merzei, MAC, Swiss Racing Team
Sebastian Hohenthal, SWE, Fortec Motorsport


Macau is a tricky place so it's always difficult to guess the winners. The boys from the Euroseries most likely have the edge though.

I reckon these five could be the ones battling for the win:

Romain Grosjean
Sebastien Buemi
Roberto Streit
Oliver Jarvis
Nico H?lkenberg

I'm hoping Seb Hohenthal becomes the second Swedish winner though.


And if you for some reason don't have any idea who these kids are you should really know where to look by now. (in case you still don't know it's driverdb.com).

R?ikk?nen Robertson provides 4 cars there? Wow!

Watch out for Atte Mustonen from Finland!
Does Senna have experience from F3's?

Yeah, Senna raced two seasons in British F3. Finnished 10th in 2005 and 3rd in 2006.

This will be his second time on the Macau track as he raced there in 2004 in Formula Renault and in 2005 in F3.


He could be one to watch as well if he gets to grips with the F3 car again.

Originally Posted by Ryan

I'd like to see Senna do well here.

Unfortunately I don't think Bruno has the same talents as his uncle, nor do I think he has the same talents as Nelson Piquet Jr.

Hopefully another season in GP2 will do him well.

Considering Bruno's lack of experience (didn't start racing until 2004) I think he's matured quite well and was really set to win the British F3 title in 2006 until he had a huge crash. After that he just couldn't get up to the same form as he had in the beginning of the season.

I too don't really think he's quite there talentwise as you say, but I'd love to be proven wrong when it comes to Bruno.

It seems like Sebastian Hohenthal is not on the entry list anymore for Fortec. His place seems to have been taken by the Japanese driver Takuya Izawa.

Not many days left now. The first qualifying session has now been run.

The results are as follows:

Code:

Pos   Driver                  Team                         Time
 1.   Marko Asmer             Hitech Racing                2:13.122
 2.   Romain Grosjean         ASM F3                         +0.207
 3.   Yelmer Buurman          Manor Motorsport               +0.283
 4.   Sebastien Buemi         R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing     +0.314
 5.   Esteban Guerrieri       Signature Plus                 +0.611
 6.   Kodai Tsukakoshi        Manor Motorsport               +0.766
 7.   Kamui Kobayashi         ASM F3                         +0.803
 8.   James Jakes             Manor Motorsport               +0.984
 9.   Robert Streit           Prema Powerteam                +1.006
10.   Stephen Jelley          R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing     +1.020
11.   Oliver Jarvis           Team Reckless Tom's            +1.027
12.   Edoardo Mortara         Signature Plus                 +1.143
13.   Kazuya Oshima           Team Reckless Tom's            +1.231
14.   Nico Hulkenberg         ASM F3                         +1.448
15.   Niall Breen             Carlin Motorsport              +1.566
16.   Atte Mustonen           Signature Plus                 +1.628
17.   Jonathan Kennard        R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing     +1.721
18.   Carlo van Dam           HBR Motorsport                 +2.203
19.   Renger van der Zande    Prema Powerteam                +2.429
20.   Bruno Senna             R?ikk?nen Robertson Racing     +2.998
21.   Sam Bird                Carlin Motorsport              +3.109
22.   Frank Mailleux          Manor Motorsport               +3.170
23.   Brendon Hartley         Carlin Motorsport              +3.320
24.   Walter Grubm?ller       Hitech Racing                  +5.334
25.   Takuya Izawa            Fortec Motorsport              +5.452
26.   Rodolfo Avila           HBR Motorsport                 +6.636
27.   Michael Ho              Hitech Racing                  +6.825
28.   Lei Kit Meng            Carlin Motorsport             +11.238
29.   Cheong Lou Meng         Swiss Racing Team             +13.132
             
Outside 110%
Jo Merszei              Swiss Racing Team             +14.318

Bruno Senna crashed during qualifying and was then ran into by Takuya Izawa. Senna surely has some work cut out for him now.

Nico H?lkenberg also had a close encounter with the barriers but was able to continue.