Formula 3.5 V8

Races 16 and 17: Jerez

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  • 16th October 2014, 18:32 at 6:32 pm #279344
    Keith Collantine
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    The Formula Renault 3.5 season comes to an end this weekend and for the first time the cars are racing at Jerez.

    The championship is virtually a foregone conclusion, however. The only way Roberto Merhi can stop Carlos Sainz Jnr from becoming champion is if he wins both races and Sainz scores no more than five points.

    For Sainz a seventh place finish in either race will be enough to ensure he becomes the first Red Bull Junior Team member to win the Formula Renault 3.5. But will give Red Bull the confidence to promote him to an F1 seat alongside Max Verstappen?

    I’ll be commentating on this weekend’s races for BT Sport and as last time I’ll be in the lead role, this time alongside James Walker. We’ll be live for both races.

    17th October 2014, 9:17 at 9:17 am #279368
    Keith Collantine
    Keymaster

    OK race times are as follows:

    Saturday
    11:30 ESPN Formula Renault 2.0 race one live
    13:00 ESPN Formula Renault 3.5 race one live

    Sunday
    11:30 ESPN Formula Renault 2.0 race two live
    12:45 BT Sport 2 Formula Renault 3.5 race two live

    18th October 2014, 13:40 at 1:40 pm #279455
    hunocsi
    Participant

    The title was decided pretty quickly… Shame for Buller’s mistake there because Merhi’s start was really great, I’m just wondering if he could have done some overtakes, as not many other drivers succeeded at that.

    18th October 2014, 13:58 at 1:58 pm #279456
    George
    Participant

    Nice race by Rowland there, really put the pressure on at the end. Pity the race was a bit of a procession, Merhi looked like he was well fired up for it.

    18th October 2014, 14:30 at 2:30 pm #279457
    Bullfrog
    Participant

    Almost a Senna-Mansell finish! Not sure Jerez is right for these cars, it seemed to require a howler from the driver in front to create an opportunity. With more shove out of the corners and comedy tyres, F1 cars might race better round there.

    18th October 2014, 14:34 at 2:34 pm #279458
    SP
    Participant

    Nice run by Beitske Visser, outshining the usual suspects like Sainz and Gasly.

    18th October 2014, 20:11 at 8:11 pm #279472
    Keith Collantine
    Keymaster

    Disappointing to see the title decided the way it was. Sainz definitely deserved to win it, but that was definitely an anticlimax.

    What a surprise result for Visser, though!

    19th October 2014, 4:17 at 4:17 am #279481
    sato113
    Participant

    so what happened?

    19th October 2014, 12:39 at 12:39 pm #279504
    SP
    Participant

    Merhi was on the outside of a three-wide situation and come off worst.

    19th October 2014, 14:42 at 2:42 pm #279507
    Iestyn Davies
    Participant

    Buller must have thought he was only two wide, as taking the middle line into T1 when three wide makes no sense, as we found out. He probably couldn’t see Merhi had gone to the outside, as after his bad start, he would have been concentrating on holding back Stockinger.

    19th October 2014, 16:39 at 4:39 pm #279513
    George
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    Yeah, Sainz didn’t exactly cover himself in glory on the first lap either. Was there ever any action taken by the stewards for that?

    26th October 2014, 18:05 at 6:05 pm #280388
    Keith Collantine
    Keymaster

    @George He had a 25 second penalty which dropped him out of the points.

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