50th Macau GP F3 Times

[Matt M.]

Probably the biggest F3 race there is!
American Richard Antinucci will start on the 3rd row in 6th. Hopefully will make it through the first turn.... And earn himself a podium!!! Have not found a live timing link yet!

1. Fabio Carbone BRA Signature Plus Dallara F302 Renault-Sodemo 2m 13.016s
2. Ryan Briscoe AUS Prema Powerteam Dallara F303 Opel-Spiess 2m 13.223s
3. James Courtney AUS TOM's Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM's 2m 13.232s*
4. Nicolas Lapierre FRA Signature Plus Dallara F302 Renault-Sodemo 2m 13.270s
5. Pierre Kaffer GER Superfund TME Racing Dallara F303 Toyota-TOM's 2m 13.506s
6. Richard Antinucci USA Hitech Racing Dallara F302/3 Renault-Sodemo 2m 13.514s
7. Nico Rosberg FIN Carlin Motorsport Dallara F302/3 Honda-Mugen 2m 13.906s
8. Tatsuya Kataoka JPN TOM's Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM's 2m 13.910s
9. Paulo Montin ITA Three Bond Dallara F303 Nissan-Tomei 2m 13.958s
10. Robert Doornbos NED Menu Motorsport Dallara F302/3 Opel–Spiess 2m 14.146s
11. Alvaro Parente POR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F302/3 Honda-Mugen 2m 14.593s
12. Fairuz Fauzy MAL Promatecme Dallara F302 Honda-Mugen 2m 14.728s
13. Nelson Piquet Jr BRA Hitech Racing Dallara F302/3 Renault-Sodemo 2m 14.949s
14. Robert Kubica POL Target Dallara F302 Opel-Spiess 2m 14.965s
15. César Campanico POR Signature Plus Dallara F302 Renault-Sodemo 2m 15.001s
16. Danny Watts GBR Alan Docking Racing Dallara F302 Honda-Mugen 2m 15.050s
17. Narain Karthikeyan IND Carlin Motorsport Dallara F302/3 Honda-Mugen 2m 15.135s*
18. Lewis Hamilton GBR Manor Motorsport Dallara F302 Honda-Mugen 2m 15.160s
19. Hiroki Yoshimoto JPN Swiss Racing Team Dallara F302 Opel-Spiess 2m 15.189s
20. Ronnie Quintarelli ITA JB Motorsport/Inging Dallara F302 Opel-Spiess 2m 15.478s
21. Andrew Thompson GBR Hitech Racing Dallara F302/3 Renault-Sodemo 2m 15.515s
22. Pedro Barral ESP Swiss Racing Team Dallara F302 Opel-Spiess 2m 15.782s
23. Katsuyuki Hiranaka JPN Prema Powerteam Dallara F303 Opel-Spiess 2m 15.854s*
24. Ernesto Viso VEN Promatecme Dallara F302 Honda-Mugen 2m 16.006s
25. Rob Austin GBR Menu Motorsport Dallara F302/3 Opel-Spiess 2m 16.368s
26. Michael Ho MAC Superfund TME Racing Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM's 2m 16.877s
27. Naoki Yokomizo JPN JB Motorsport/Inging Dallara F302 Opel-Spiess 2m 18.183s*
28. Marco Bonanomi ITA Target Dallara F302 Opel-Spiess 2m 18.247s*
29. Lei Kit Meng MAC Manor Motorsport Dallara F302 Honda-Mugen 2m 20.537s
30. Joesph Merszei MAC Alan Docking Racing Dallara F302 Honda-Mugen 2m 24.503s


[* denotes time set in first qualifying session]

[Dave Hopple]

Matt, Richard Antinucci finished 4th in this years British F3 Championship season points, scored 4 podiums (2nd twice) and unless I missed it, gets Zero coverage over here in the States.


-Dave

P.S. It will be interesting watching the Rosberg, Piquet and Lauda kids progress in the next couple of years, does Alain Prost have a kid?

[BrooksHall]

I am picking Brisco to win. How much Freakn' fun would this race be to drive in. God I wish Speed would pick this series up!

[Matt M.]

Last year the talk was Karthikeyan could be the first Indian in F1... This year he's 17th on the grid... Amazing what a year can do...

I think Antinucci was actually Italian at the start of the year. He is Eddie Cheevers nephew or something... I have to think its a political move to "make" him an American in the hopes of getting an F1 ride.

The race should be on Motorsport Mundial in a month or two (Is that on Speed anymore??)

I think all of Prosts kids were sold to keep the F1 team going a few years ago....

[Dave Hopple]

I think Antinucci was actually Italian at the start of the year. He is Eddie Cheevers nephew or something... I have to think its a political move to "make" him an American in the hopes of getting an F1 ride.

Oh, he went from "Ricardo" to "Richard"....

Thanks for the info Matt and yeah F-3 would be really cool on Nascar er... I mean Speed Channel
-Dave

[D.T. Benner]

Gee,the last two starters sure didn't benifit from "local track knowledge" or maybe their the promoters options for local color?

[BrooksHall]

Richard Antinucci finished 3rd and Lewis Hamilton, who has been under contract with McLaren since he was 11, finished 5th!


Macau GP: first round goes to Courtney
Nicolas Lapierre takes second place [16/11/03 - 14:54]


Second place for Nicolas Lapierre


Australian driver James Courtney, who is the Japanese F3 champion, won the first round of the F3 race at Macau, which will give him the opportunity to start from pole position in the second race.

Frenchman Nicolas Lapierre finished in second position, followed by Richard Antinucci and Fabio Carbone.

Ryan Briscoe had the best start but he was passed early on by Carbone and Lapierre after making a mistake at the Lisboa corner.

The race was interrupted a few minutes later because of an accident involving Pierre Kaffer, Paolo Montin, Danny Watts, Nico Rosberg and Alvaro Parente.

Lapierre and Courtney took the advantage over Carbone at the second start, while Courtney was able to pass Lapierre on lap 6 (on a total of 10 laps) to win the first race, around 4 seconds in front of Lapierre.

Macau GP - Race 1
1. James Courtney - Dallara 302-Toyota - Tom's - 10 laps in 25'43"202
2. Nicolas Lapierre - Dallara 303-Renault - Signature - at 4"607
3. Richard Antinucci - Dallara 303-Renault - Hitech - at 9"056
4. Fabio Carbone - Dallara 303-Renault - Signature - at 11"151
5. Lewis Hamilton - Dallara 303-Mugen - Manor - at 13"312
6. Robert Kubica - Dallara 303-Opel - Target - at 14"192
7. Fairuz Fauzy - Dallara 302-Mugen - Promatecme - at 15"140
8. Andrew Thompson - Dallara 303-Renault - Hitech - at 24"069
9. Ronnie Quintarelli - Dallara 302-Opel - JB Motorsport - at 24"955
10. Katsuyuki Hiranaka - Dallara 303-Opel - Prema - at 25"164
11. Robert Austin - Dallara 303-Opel - Menu - at 26"673
12. Ernesto Viso - Dallara 302-Mugen - Promatecme - at 28"140
13. Hiroki Yoshimoto - Dallara 303-Opel - SRT - at 28"354
14. Robert Doornbos - Dallara 303-Opel - Menu - at 29"485
15. Ryan Briscoe - Dallara 303-Opel - Prema - at 29"655
16. Michael Ho - Dallara 303-Toyota - TME - at 47"397
17. Marco Bonanomi - Dallara 303-Opel - Target - at 53"825
18. Lei Kit Meng - Dallara 303-Mugen - Manor - at 1'38"897
19. Joseph Merszei - Dallara 303-Mugen - ADR - at 2'21"830
20. Pedro Barral - Dallara 303-Opel - SRT - at 1 tour

[BrooksHall]

Macau GP: Lapierre wins the final race
After a mistake from James Courtney [16/11/03 - 15:50]


Important win for Lapierre


James Courtney won the first race and was in a good position to win the second one, leading the event until making a mistake, hitting the guardrails four laps from the finish.

This situation handed over the lead to Nicolas Lapierre, who took the victory in the 50th edition of the Macau GP.

Lapierre's name will be added to a list of famous winners in Macau: Ayrton Senna (1983), Michael Schumacher (1990), David Coulthard (1991), Ralf Schumacher (1995), Ralph Firman (1996) and Takuma Sato (2001).

Macau GP - cumulative results, rounds 1 & 2
1. Nicolas Lapierre - Dallara 303-Renault - Signature - 25 laps
2. Fabio Carbone - Dallara 303-Renault - Signature - at 5"416
3. Katsuyuki Hiranaka - Dallara 303-Opel - Prema - at 15"382
4. Ronnie Quintarelli - Dallara 302-Opel - JB Motorsport - at 16"611
5. Ryan Briscoe - Dallara 303-Opel - Prema - at 27"649
6. Hiroki Yoshimoto - Dallara 303-Opel - SRT - at 51"813
7. Michael Ho - Dallara 303-Toyota - TME - at 1'49"249
8. Robert Austin - Dallara 303-Opel - Menu - at 2'05"596
9. Fairuz Fauzy - Dallara 302-Mugen - Promatecme - at 2'11"751
10. Pedro Barral - Dallara 303-Opel - SRT - 1 lap
11. Lei Kit Meng - Dallara 303-Mugen - Manor - 1 lap
12. Joseph Merszei - Dallara 303-Mugen - ADR - 1 lap
13. Marco Bonanomi - Dallara 303-Opel - Target - 2 laps
14. Nelson Piquet Jr - Dallara-Renault - Hitech Racing - 3 laps
15. Tatsuya Kataoka - Dallara-Toyota - TOM's - 3 laps
16. Robert Doornbos - Dallara 303-Opel - Menu - 3 laps

Fastest lap: James Courtney in 2'12"937

[Al Craighead]

Glad to see Jams [Courtney] win in race one. I met him at the ford festival when he raced FF in UK and again the following year when he was in F3. He impressed me with outright speed and was a great kid. Typical of the other Aussie drivers, he also knew how to have fun the pub. We had few fun nights at the Kentagon at Brands

Cheers,

Al.