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2013, MAY 23-25 MONTE CARLO ROUND 4
I HAD ADREAM!
Colei wins a home
and eends his lead
DOWNLOAD E-ZINE
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FOLLOwi Ng YOuNg dRi vERs ON ThEi R wAY TO ThE pi NNACLE OF MOTORspORT
Annually during the week of the MonacoGrand Prix, some of the world’s most famousdrivers challenged the Star Team MC led by
Prince Albert II for a charity football matchat Stade Louis II. Stefano Coletti, Sam Bird,Johnny Cecotto, Kevin Ceccon, StéphaneRichelmi, Tom Dillmann and NathanaëlBerthon were invited to join forces with
Fernando Alonso, Sergio Pérez, GiancarloFisichella, Felipe Massa and Jules Bianchi(to name a few)… In front of 4,000 lucky
spectators, the Nazionale Piloti lost 2-3,
Pérez scoring one of his team’s goals. Coletti played for the longest time andproudly tackled Novak Djokovic while Bird
played the shortest time ever: only thirtyseconds, but he did get the ball just twoseconds after stepping on the eld. Theevent was broadcast live on Sky Italia withtwo very funny and lively commentators
that we know quite well in GP2: LucaFilippi and Davide Valsecchi. Now, ifanyone has a record of that, we would bevery interested!
pax 3M 128rlin 127SSIAN TIME 1M 1M 80
cing Engineering 2M 64
den International 59
mer Motorsport 1M 56
T Grand Prix 43
dent Racing 28
8 Caterham Racing 27
P Motorsport 24
AMS 19
nezuela GP Lazarus 11
rwa Addax Team 2
CLASSIFICATIONS
EAMS’ STANDINGS
Have you ever wondered what was saidbetween the drivers and their team duringa race? We sure have! Our imagination has
been running wild for years so we couldnot be happier to announce that startingfrom the next round in Silverstone, all GP2team radios will be made available to FOMbroadcasts. Just like in Formula 1™, the
communications between the teams and thedrivers will be aired on the live feed - albeit
slightly delayed of course as they will beencrypted.
You will hear the teams and drivers discussvital strategy calls as they manage theirtyres and mandatory pit-stops. And now youcan be on-board with the drivers when theyare whooping with joy for victory as they
celebrate success or anger when it all goeswrong… Prepare yourself to get an ear full!
RADIO ChECk 1, 2!
NAzIONALE PILOTI vS STAR TEAM MC
BEST BITS
Meet Caterina, Claire, Deborah, Ines, Rosana,Ruth, Sabina, Sandrine, Stephanie, Victoria
and Alexa. They are in charge of logistics,communications, relationships with sponsorsand guests, administration, and more. “It’s so varied that’s why I enjoy it so much” said Arden’s
Deborah Lyall. “I do the logistics, look after the drivers, sponsors, guests. I take care of the team kits, the website, the press releases, the
photographs and some admin work back at the workshop like invoicing, all the insurance for the company. The list is kind of endless…”
Fathers are mainly to blame in their daughters’career choice: “My father was organising
motorsport events and participating in Rally. It’s in my genes” revealed Racing Engineering’smanaging director Ines Koschutnig. EQ8
Caterham Racing’s marketing manager VictoriaLloyd’s father was a racing driver “and so is my boyfriend” , but it was not the case for everyone:“It was a bit of a surprise for me,” said Trident’s
Sabina Rosa. “I was organising events when I met
the former team manager who was looking for a PA. Now it’s become a drug: whenever I go home,I just want to go back to the track!” In the end,
it’s all about passionfor motorsport: “You have to love it to
work in it,” conrmedART’s Sandrine Foix.“And you denitely need to have a
strong personality.But once you’ve proven yourself and
gained the respect of others, it’s not that difcult to work in this environment.”
Sabina agreed: “The
boys take care of me, they protect me.”
It is a feeling shared by Addax’ Caterina Sarrion:“They treat me like a princess! I sometimes
have to be quite rm when I speak to them in order to be taken seriously, but they’re sweet.” Victoria added: “Working with men is a lot less complicated. It’s very straightforward.”
And to be fair, men always need women: “I’m denitely the mum!” laughed Deborah. “I forgot my belt! Can you bring me another one? I’m hungry.When are we going for lunch…? I’m the mother
hen, that’s what Gary Horner calls me!” GP2’sRosana Sorci explained another advantage formen to have women around: “We’re easier to talk to and deal with for some situations. Let’s just say
that they send us because they know we will get our own way!” she laughed.
Victoria noted: “There needs to be more female mechanics and engineers around. Women should
be encouraged to get into this sport. It’s great, it’s nothing to be scared about.” Ines concluded: “I do not believe in the cliché of women having to work harder to be respected because at the end of
the day everyone has a job to do, no matter your gender. We had female engineers in the past. I hope there will be more in the future.”
ThIS IS A MAN’S wORLD!
STEFANO COLETTIThe Rapax ace is the rst
Monegasque driver to win athome since Louis Chiron in
1931. Coletti has the strength,
the consistency, the speed…and the bit of luck it takes to be
comfortably leading the Series by24 points over Felipe Nasr.
SAM BIRDThe Brit dominated his rivalsin the Principality of Monaco
and offered RUSSIAN TIME acrushing victory, the second one
this season. Bird is now thirdin the drivers’ standings and
looking mightily strong ahead ofhis home round in Silverstone.
kEvIN CECCONThe talented Italian scored his
rst GP2 podium on Friday in thefeature race – the best result forTrident Racing this season. Headded another two points to his
record with a seventh place inthe sprint race.
JOhNNY CECOTTOThe race weekend started like it
did last year: with a pole positionfor the Venezuelan, but a slowstart led to Cecotto crashing
at Ste Devote, taking FabioLeimer with him as cars piled upbehind. The Arden man was thensuspended from the sprint race.
Barwaaddax Team
Two points. That’s all so far thisseason for the Spanish squadwhich is very unusual for the
team that have been champions
twice in GP2. Will Silverstonebring more points to Rio
Monaco is arguably the most famous motorracing event in the world, and in the GP2paddock one name is synonymous with thefabled Principality: Pastor Maldonado. TheVenezuelan is known as Mr Monaco for his
string of results at the famous circuit, butperhaps his greatest race was in his debutseason of 2007 when the planets alignedand, for one weekend, Maldonado was simplyuntouchable.
His weekend was set up in rst free practice,where he easily set the pace after a start to theseason which had been challenging, turning
heads up and down the pitlane in the process.Second free practice saw Maldonado set thefastest rst sector before nding trafc, havingto make do with P4 behind the ART cars andtitle leader Timo Glock, but the Venezuelanwas untouchable in qualifying, taking pole by
0.3 from Giorgio Pantano.
In 2007 GP2 was restricted to just one raceon the busy weekend timetable, leavingMaldonado just one shot at glory. And it wasall he needed: the Venezuelan tore away fromthe line when the lights went out, and easilygapped the rest of the eld before controlling
the pace of the race.
The safety car was probably a bigger rival than
the other cars on track: Javier Villa’s crashat the swimming pool saw an 8 second leaderased, with a similar gap wiped out by thesafety car for Jason Tahinci’s shunt at Tabac.Both times the Venezuelan simply shrugged
off his rivals when they were released again,and went about setting up yet another gap,seemingly effortlessly.
When the chequered ag dropped Maldonadowas more than 8 seconds clear of Pantanoand Glock, the fth winner in the fth race ofthe season, with the president of Venezuela just one of the many callers offering hiscongratulations when he returned to the
paddock to a heroes welcome in the Tridentpits.
The 2007 season did not prove to be a highpointin his career - he only stood on a podium oncemore over the season, in Silverstone - but fora few glorious hours in the Monaco sunshinePastor Maldonado lived up to the reputationhe brought to GP2, which would ultimately
be proven by his championship win andsubsequent promotion to F1.
MALDONADO MASTERS MONACO
24FRIDAY (05) MAY
S a m B i , d r i v e c a n . 1 1 ( R U S S I A N T I M E )
At Monaco, Pirelli once more broughtthe P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Redsupersoft tyres to the fourth round ofthe GP2 Series™ – which is always ahighlight of the season. But it’s also the
slowest and tightest track of the year. Sohow is the decision made about whichcompounds to bring to which races?
Pirelli takes into account four key factors
that determine the amount of stress andconsequently wear that is placed on thetyres. This information is what Pirelli’sengineers use to make their assessmentabout which tyres are best suited to
which circuits. Then, in consultation withthe GP2 Series™ organisers, a nal
nomination is made and the teams areinformed in advance, so that they canprepare for the race and start thinking ofthe best strategies.
The four key factors that governtyre selection are as follows:
absivnss of th sphlt.
Monaco is the least abrasive track of theyear. If you add in the fact that Monacoalso has the lowest average speed of theyear (including the slowest corner of theseason, the Loews hairpin) it’s easy tosee how tyre wear is minimal.
Cicuit lyout.Each circuit obviously has its ownindividual layout, which puts differentlevels of energy into the tyres. This
depends on factors such as the severityof braking areas and whether thereare mainly fast or slow corners – all ofwhich determine how much longitudinaland lateral force is put through the
tyres. Monaco is particularly heavyon brakes. This transmits heat to thetyres, which adds to the stress placedon the tyre structure. Entering SainteDevote, the cars brake from full speed
in just 100 metres. The tyres also haveextremely heavy demands placed onthem in the swimming pool complex,where they hit the kerbs hard andexperience signicant lateral forces.
wth conitions.
The track and air temperature affectstyre-warm up, which is the phasewhen the compounds are getting up totemperature. This also affects the rate
at which the tyres cool down once theyhave reached their ideal working range.Monaco is a hard one to predict, as awide variety of weather conditions havebeen seen there in the past.
Pst pinc.Historical data backs up Pirelli’s decisionto stick with the soft and supersoftcompounds for the tight and narrowMonaco street circuit. In the past, the
outcome of the race has often beeninuenced by tyre strategy – and we sawthis again over the weekend, thanks tosome great performances from Sam Birdand Stefano Coletti.
GP3 graduates lockout GP2 podium in MonaCOHistory was made in the tricky streetsof Monte Carlo with the GP2 SprintRace podium comprising entirelyof former GP3 drivers, the rst timesince the inception of the Series.Series leader Stefano Coletti claimed
an emotional victory at his home raceand extended his points lead, whilstAdrian Quaife-Hobbs scored hisrst GP2 podium after starting fromreverse pole.
Reigning GP3 Champion Mitch Evanshad a superb weekend, qualifying secondand taking the lead of the Feature Race.The Arden ace eventually crossed theline in third and repeated the successthe following day. Kevin Ceccon was all
smiles as he produced a fantastic resultto nish second on Saturday, claimingback-to-back podiums in Monaco afternishing third for Trident in GP3 2012.The Italian pocketed a further two points
in the Sprint. It was a weekend to forgetfor Vice-Champion Daniel Abt afterbeing a victim to the rst corner meleein the Feature, he was penalised in thesprint.
In F1, Valtteri Bottas out-qualied hisMonaco specialist teammate Pastor
Maldonado on his maiden visit to thestreet circuit to start 14th. The Finnnished just outside the points in 12th,with Esteban Gutiérrez 13th.
ROUND 1 RACES REPORTS CLICk hERE
Can you sum up the rst GP3 weekend
using the new GP3/13 car? Were youpleased overall with the performance ofthe car?We are super happy with the performance ofthe new car, no less than 4.9 seconds faster
compared to the GP3/10 machine. We’rehappy as well in terms of reliability; none ofthe 27 cars have stopped on reliability issuesduring the 3 days of the Barcelona event.
Where do you think the strongest new
points of the car are? For drivers, the car is more demanding
but very fun to drive. For spectators, thecars are faster, look more sexy and soundamazing. For engineers it’s very sensitive
and responsive to set up.
How does the new GP3 car change the
settings the drivers would have used inthe previous generation machine?To be fast last year, the drivers needed toavoid sliding the car. There is 42% extrapower with the new machine, but with the
same tyre dimensions and same level ofdownforce. Therefore the car IS slidinganyway.
wht you thoughts bout hving more powerful engine and its relationship
with more tyre degradation?It is all about our global view on race drivers
careers. We consider that GP3 is the levelwhere young drivers must discover whata powerful car is and to develop “tyre
sensitivity”. At the following step – GP2 –they will get a “degree” in pit stop and longrace strategies to be ready to step up to F1.
Mika Häkkinen
I like Mika for hisunique personalityeven more than I like
him as a great driver.He seems a reallyfun person.
U I S á S I L V A
R I C IC H T E N ST E I N
will Sith
Everyone who has
met Will Smith sayshe is such a cool,chilled guy andso natural. He’s a
stic actor and has am job.
I CK EL L O L Y
Clos Sli
Owner of Telmex.I like the fact he
started from nothingand has gone onto build up his own
re. I really respect him for
Q & A with GP3 Series™ Technical Director: Didier Perrin
# R in g- R i n gGP3 are next in action for a two day test sessionat the Hungaroring in the city of Budapest on 05-06 June.
# T r e a t M e G o o d
Valencia hos ts Round 2 o f the GP3 Series
and
fans will ha ve the lu xur y o f seeing no t one
, bu t
t wo races on the same da y on Sunda y 16 th
June
all for FREE!
# T h r e e Of A K i n d
Three former GP3 drivers graced the rostrum
toge ther in GP2 for the rs t time in histor y this
weekend in Monaco.
# Y a b b a - D h a b i - D o o oGP3 will join big sister ser ies GP2 at the Y as Mar ina Circuit f or thr ee day s of post season testing on Nov 5th, 6th and 7th.