Talk:Formula Three

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Contents 1 'special races' 2 Schumachers in F3 3 Categories section 4 Curiouser & Curiouser 5 Chassis suppliers

[edit] 'special races'

Woudl the most appropriate term for these be 'non-championship' races? This has historically been the term used for these kinds of events falling outside the F1, F2 and F3 championship calendars. 'End of season' is also informally used to describe, for example, Macau. 4u1e 10:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

It could be, but in recent times, at least, a non-championship race usually is entered only by the competitors in some championship, but not for points (like V8 Supercars at the Australian Grand Prix meeting, or the Bud Shootout for Nextel Cup competitors). These "special races" are entered by drivers and teams drawn from many championships. Would you call the 24 Hours of Le Mans race a non-championship race, or a special race? --Scott Davis ^Talk 11:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Special's a matter of opinion. Non-championship is verifiable fact. Pete Fenelon 20:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Schumachers in F3

There's a statement in the article that both Schumachers competed in Japanese F3 - I think this is wrong. Both competed in Japanese F3000 (Michael for one race only, Ralf for a championship winning season), but I don't think they competed in the lower formula. 4u1e 07:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

4u1e is correct. http://forix.autosport.com/driver.php?l=0&r=1969010300&c=0 and http://www.mschumacher.com/history.html back that up, so I have amended the article accordingly. Adrian M. H. 18:18, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories section

Re: the last part of this section, about Kubica. If the criteria for "the most recent F3 driver to race in F1" is simply that they passed through an F3 series - rather than graduated directly from it - then Lewis Hamilton or possibly Heikki Kovalainen should now be mentioned in lieu of Kubica. If a stricter definition - drivers who have graduated directly from F3 - were to be applied, then this should mention Takuma Sato or Antony Davidson (albeit via testing work) instead. Kubica came to F1 via the World Series by Renault while Kovalainen and Hamilton have arrived via GP2. Actually, some sort of table showing F3 graduates in F1 would be good. Adrian M. H. 17:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Curiouser & Curiouser

"Perhaps the most curious of all was the small All-Japan Formula Three championship." How? Trekphiler 05:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chassis suppliers

No mention of Mygale? Or the Ligier-Martini collaboration? That's before you include previous chassis that have been inexplicably omitted. I will give this whole article a re-write as soon as possible. - Adrian M. H. 21:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)