“As expected we were very impressed with Jolyon. Apart from being extremely fast he was also very professional and his feedback allowed us to further develop the car which will help us in this year’s championship” reported Eurasia’s Mark Goddard. “Setting fastest time in GP2 practice not only confirms his talent but also the benefit of running with Eurasia Motorsport.”

Palmer commented “It went very well, I learned a lot and I really enjoyed the experience and working with Eurasia”.

After qualifying 7^th for the GP2 race at the Malaysian GP Palmer unfortunately stalled at the start of race one which put an end to his chances of a good race result.

Testing for this year’s F.Pilota championship continues in April at Zhuhai Circuit near Hong Kong. The team has one seat still vacant, drivers interested in competing should contact us now at mark@eurasiamotorsport.com

The first of two races took place on Saturday at the Sepang F1 Circuit. Yu and Chan finished second and third of the Asian GT drivers, the former having spent the entire race defending from Philip Ma in a new Audi GT3. Ma took the place on the last corner of the last lap after an entertaining race.

The second race, held before the F1 GP, saw Dilantha Malagamuwa trigger a multi-car accident on the run up to the first turn at the start. The safety car was deployed for several laps whilst the mess was cleaned up. Philip Ma took the lead from Frank Yu and Samson Chan on the first lap, unfortunately after the safety car was deployed. At the re-start Yu and Chan pushed Ma all the way to the flag although they took no risks on the assumption Ma would receive a penalty. Once the twenty second penalty was applied it left the two Craft Eurasia drivers to take a one-two finish.

New team mate, Francis Onda in his Ferrari 430 GT3, qualified a fine fifth on the grid for race one. However a couple of spins in the race left him with a lowly starting position for race two. He just managed to avoid the lap one carnage and finished 8th out of the 27 starters.

JK Racing Asia Series is a truly international series which offers tremendous value in cars that have launched the careers of many F1 drivers including the current World Champion and an ex-Eurasia race winner Daniel Ricciardo. It offers young drivers the chance to perform in front of motor sport’s most influential people at four current F1 circuits.

The Overall Champion and the best Asian driver both receive a place in the Ferrari Academy ‘run off’ giving drivers the opportunity to impress the iconic team enough to become a member of the Ferrari Driver Development Program.

The Formula Pilota Series takes place over 18 races at six events, one each at F1 circuits Sepang and Shanghai, two events at Zhuhai and one each at Ordos and Taiwan.

Duvashen Padayachee is testing in British F3 with a view to race whilst Pasin Lathouras will race in one make GT this season. Aditya Patel is also looking to graduate to GT after a successful touring car campaign in Europe last year.

“I believe its no coincidence that so many of our drivers graduate to higher levels of the sport and it’s why we insist our drivers receive the best possible coaching we can give. They leave us equipped to deal with data, engineers and cars at the highest level of the sport” reports Mark Goddard of Eurasia Motorsport.

Eurasia still has one vacancy in the Formula Pilota and two seats in JK Racing Asia Series.

Sandy Stuvik, British National Class Championship and ex-Eurasia F.BMW driver, Kotaro Sakurai plus Italian Antonio Giovinazzi all sampled the team’s Dallara 304 Toyota car. All three posted competitive lap times and found it useful for miles in an F3 car.

The F. Pilota team tested a total of eight different drivers and the current lap record was comprehensively beaten by five of those drivers. The team has one seat only vacant in our 2012 four car F. Pilota team.

A British F.Ford driver joined Hiqmar Danial in the JK team, both drivers setting competitive times in the Mygale chassis.

“The F3 once again proved to be a cost effective manner for drivers to get F3 experience in good weather at a Grand Prix track. It has to be the best F3 value on the planet right now!” reported Mark Goddard of Eurasia. “We had a mix of experienced and novice drivers in our F. Pilota cars and with the former we were able to further fine tune the cars and we are certain we will be a force in this year’s championship. We have three drivers signed up already, announcements will be made in due course. The first round of the series is at Shanghai and the cars are on the way to China now. We will have the available test dates very soon”.

“Alex Yoong helped us with set up work with our Ginetta G50Z GT3 cars in readiness for the first Malaysian Super Series Race at the F1 Grand Prix at Sepang in March. He did his usual professional job and set some impressively fast times. Frank Yu and Samson Chan will drive the cars at the F1 event.”

The Series Schedule is:
May 6 Korea F1 Circuit, Asian Festival of Speed
July 1 Paul Ricard, France, GT
July 29 Spa, Belgium, 24 Hours GT
Sept 9 Sepang, Malaysia, AFOS
Sept 23 Singapore F1
Oct 28 Delhi, India F1
(All dates subject to confirmation)

Formula JK receives Worldwide TV coverage as befits a truly international race series. The cars have featured in the early careers of the majority of the leading young F1 and GT drivers, including World Champion Sebastian Vettel and new Toro Rosso F1 signing and Eurasia Motorsport graduate, Daniel Ricciardo.

Pre-season testing is essential for a successful campaign therefore drivers need to book their place as soon as possible.

Race one saw Cammish slot into third place after a close battle with Irfan Ilyas. He had opened a good gap with a lap to go when Nabil Jeffri slowed with a mechanical problem and managed to block Cammish allowing his team mate, Ilyas, by into third robbing Cammish of a debut podium. Aaron Chang did well to finish 9th from last on the grid after qualifying problems whilst Natasha Seatter went one place better after a strong drive.

Race two ended in disaster for Aaron Chang on lap two when he ran into the back of team mate Natasha Seatter at turn nine. This put him out of the race whilst Natasha did well to finish 10th with a bent rear wing. Cammish was again in the battle for third place but was forced off the road during the battle with the Petronas duo, Jeffri and Ilyas. He eventually finished a disappointed 6th.

Aaron Chang finished race three a mere .625 of a second in front of Natasha Seatter after a race long battle whilst Cammish was fifth after another close battle with Jeffri and Ilyas. Cammish lost several places at the start of race four but was soon up to fourth place closing on the leaders, at one point almost within striking distance of newly crowned champion, Lucas Auer. However Ilyas lunged past and whilst they battled it allowed Auer to get away. Once clear of Ilyas, Cammish pulled away to finish fourth. Aaron Chang again finished in front of Natasha Seatter, this time by .694 of a second!

“Dan demonstrated the car is on the pace, he was improving every time out after only a wet test session, one dry practice and qualifying before the race. He did a good job having never driven the car or circuit before and he was racing against drivers who have had hundreds of laps around Sepang” remarked Eurasia’s Mark Goddard. “Aaron did a great job, getting quicker with each race whilst Natasha again proved she is real racer”.

The first time Cammish had sat in a F.JK car and seen the challenging F1 circuit was for a very wet official test on Saturday. He adapted quickly to the car and posted fifth fastest lap in very challenging conditions. Qualifying was dry and he was again fifth fastest just over a second off the pole time. Cammish is confident he will be on the pace for the four races which will be run on Sunday.

Natasha Seatter did a good job to step out of her Formula Pilota Car after a 12 lap race and straight into the Formula JK for qualifying. Eighth fastest time was her reward. Aaron Chan was also car jumping, having finished second in the preceding F.Pilota event but problems consigned him to 13th place.