Galatasaray at Superleague Formula

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http://www.fosagold.org/F1SA/images/stories/Various/logo_superleague.jpg

Superleague Formula's first Turkish football club was officially launched today with one time UEFA Cup champions Galatasaray SK.

All detail and photo's at official site of Galatasaray SK about this announcement is here ;
http://www.galatasaray.org/detay.asp?PID=1094&HID=1&haberID=303775

http://www.galatasaray.org/images/haber7/2838.jpg

Congrats to the Galatasaray .:star::star::star:

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Superleague Formula 2008 ,race calendar;

1. Yarış: Donington, İngiltere, Ağustos 30/31, 2008
2. Yarış: Nürburgring, Almanya Eylül 20/21, 2008
3. Yarış: Zolder, Belçika, Ekim 4/5, 2008
4. Yarış: Italya (Lokasyon: TBA) Ekim 18/19, 2008
5. Yarış: Estoril, Portekiz, Kasım 1/2, 2008
6. Yarış: İspanya (Lokasyon: TBA) Kasım 22/23, 2008

[Cihangir]

Nice.

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Nice.



I cant wait to see race on TV live by NTV (?) speakers...
just wow.:star:

[aslanlar]

OK, im confused, what happened?

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OK, im confused, what happened?

You can read every detail about it, at official site link at above message.;)

[aslanlar]

How bout English :D:D:D?

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How bout English :D:D:D?


Soon.

Tomorrow should be an english version will be update at official site.
(official site, add everynews in english version too, but it just one or two day later add).

Be patient.:)

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Update about Superleague Formula;

http://www.fosagold.org/F1SA/images/stories/Various/logo_superleague.jpg

Superleague : Galatasaray SK select race team

Galatasaray ready to play in Superleague Formula with its new team : -

Superleague Formula's Turkish club Galatasaray SK, has joined forces with leading Italian motorsport team Scuderia Playteam Sarafree for its 2008 championship assault.

Fresh from factory-backed campaigns in the FIA GT Championship and International GT Open in 2007, the Italian squad will represent Galatasaray SK in the 750 horsepower V12-powered single seater championship that will debut to debut in August this year.

"After long discussions and several working meetings in Istanbul, my dream has progressed. Scuderia Playteam is now ready to join this unique Superleague championship with a great partner: Galatasaray SK,” said Giambattista Giannoccaro, owner and founder of Scuderia Playteam.

Scuderia Playteam invited a number of leading drivers from various racing series to test Formula 3000 single seater cars at Vallelunga, near Rome (Italy), from February 4-6 in preparation for the team's new upcoming Superleague Formula challenge.

Amongst them was the young F3000 Euroseries champion Davide Rigon; Marco Bonanomi, who currently competes in the GP2 Asia Series with Piquet Racing; Giacomo Ricci, 2006 European F3000 champion and Alessandro Pier Guidi who a Maserati MC12 for Playteam in the FIA GT Championship.

Portuguese Filipe Albuquerque, Frenchman Bruce Jouanny plus Galatasaray fan and Turkish local hero Jason Tahinci also joined them - recording plenty of mileage aboard Formula 3000 machinery while logging competitive lap times to prepare for this innovative formula.

“We are finalizing contracts with drivers and are convinced of being able to be ready to produce a high level great race weekend entertainment package for spectators around Europe," Giannoccaro said.

"I’m sure the Galatasaray SK fans will closely follow the launch of our Superleague Formula, and cheer for us in the competition. I love excellent football. Galatasaray SK is one of the best football clubs to come to the race track, and at Scuderia Playteam we are putting together the best racing resources.

"The entire grid of this new Formula is filling up and I can foresee it will be a tough and high level competition. We will be ready for the first race scheduled to kick off at Donington Park in England in August 2008.”

Galatasaray's entry into the Superleague Formula championship will be unveiled in Istanbul in early March. The Turkish club joins European rivals AC Milan, Olympiacos, FC Porto, PSV Eindhoven, Borussia Dortmund, RSC Anderlecht, FC Basel and Sevilla FC plus Brazilian clubs Flamengo and Corinthians.



News link;
http://www.fosagold.org/F1SA/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5649&Itemid=2

[RedLioN]

that's just great : )

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that's just great : )


Yeah.
Lets hope, GS Team Driver get championship :star: :rockon:

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Otomobilimize "Turkish Delight", "Orient Express" falan gibi isimler veriliyor dış basın tarafından.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=281693&FS=
SF: Turkish delight for Italian team in Istanbul
Racing series OPENWHEEL
Date 2008-03-08

Galatasaray SK's race team for the new Superleague Formula championship has taken the opportunity to become acquainted with their new fans in Istanbul this week after Thursday's official launch.

Milan-based Scuderia Playteam were on hand tonight at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul as Galatasaray defeated Kayserispor 2-0.

The club's Superleague Formula car was paraded in front of the fans prior to the commencement of the match. Two of the Galatasaray's potential drivers, Italian Alessandro Pier Guidi and local Turkish star Jason Tahinci also took the opportunity to meet some of the local fans at the famous Istanbul spice market.

"I'm proud to be part of the Superleague Formula organisation and obviously I'm a fan of Galatasaray so it kind of works out for me really well," said Tahinci.

"When these kind of names like the football clubs are in the business it's difficult to reject, so when I looked at the portfolio, the possibilities and the prospect, it was definitely yes for me.

"These cars are well built and because they are so quick, they will show some great races and I'm sure having good drivers and good cars on the circuit will provide great entertainment. That's what the crowd want and what you want to see on TV."

Tahinci competed in GP2 throughout 2007 while Pier Guidi was part of Scuderia Playteam's assault on the FIA GT championship aboard a Maserati MC-12

"I am really looking forward to the chance to drive the car. Looking at the technical specifications, it is going to be very challenging," Pier Guidi said.

"The opportunity of competing in Superleague Formula with Scuderia Playteam is exciting for me because these guys are really like family for me.

"I am actually an AC Milan fan, but now I'm wearing the Galatasaray colours, I will be doing my best to beat that car and when the two clubs play each other in European football, I will have to start cheering for Galatasaray."

Like all race teams involved in Superleague Formula, Scuderia Playteam will oversee the efforts of two football clubs in the championship.

With Galatasaray already assigned to them, the Italian squad is looking closer to home for their second Superleague Formula entry.

"We're an Italian team but we're involved with two football clubs, so one will be Italian and for the second, we chose Galatasaray," Giannoccaro said.

"I love this city, I love this country, I feel Turkey is very close to Italian culture so I think that we can do the best for Galatasary as a team.

"I believe Superleague Formula is a big idea and a big opportunity, because motorsport and football together puts together two important things.

"One is brand awareness that motorsport does not always have, and the other is the fact that there are more than one billion fans all over the world supporting their football clubs."

Galatasaray became the 11th club to be launched by Superleague Formula this weekend. Three more club announcements are expected in the coming weeks and a total of 20 clubs will line up on the grid when the first race kicks off at Donington Park in the UK in August.

The 750-horsepower, V-12 powered Superleague Formula car hit the track for the first time at Donington this week. A total of six, three-day tests are scheduled during the development phase. The next outing will be at the Monteblanco circuit in Spain later this month. French driver, Bruce Jouanny is acting as the series official test driver.

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And, here is the Superleague Formula facebook forum;

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4734019581

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Turkish Delight For Italian Squad With Galatasaray SK

http://www.galatasaray.org/images/haber10/sl_formula.jpg

http://www.galatasaray.org/images/haber10/2964.jpg

Galatasaray SK's race team for the new Superleague Formula championship has taken the opportunity to become acquainted with their new fans in Istanbul this week after Thursday's official launch.

Milan-based Scuderia Playteam were on hand tonight at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul as Galatasaray defeated Kayserispor 2-0.

The club's Superleague Formula car was paraded in front of the fans prior to the commencement of the match. Two of the Galatasaray's potential drivers, Italian Alessandro Pier Guidi and local Turkish star Jason Tahinci also took the opportunity to meet some of the local fans at the famous Istanbul spice market.

"I'm proud to be part of the Superleague Formula organisation and obviously I'm a fan of Galatasaray so it kind of works out for me really well," said Tahinci.

"When these kind of names like the football clubs are in the business it's difficult to reject, so when I looked at the portfolio, the possibilities and the prospect, it was definitely yes for me.

"These cars are well built and being quick, they will show some great races and I'm sure having good drivers and good cars on the circuit will provide great entertainment. That's what the crowd want and what you want to see on TV.

"That's what will bring a lot of interest to this championship."

Tahinci competed in GP2 throughout 2007 while Pier Guidi was part of Scuderia Playteam's assault on the FIA GT championship aboard a Maserati MC-12

"I am really looking forward to the chance to drive the car. Looking at the technical specifications, it is going to be very challenging," Pier Guidi said.

"The opportunity of competing in Superleague Formula with Scuderia Playteam is exciting for me because these guys are really like family for me.

"I am actually an AC Milan fan, but now I'm wearing the Galatasaray colours, I will be doing my best to beat that car and when the two clubs play each other in European football, I will have to start cheering for Galatasaray.

Like all race teams involved in Superleague Formula, Scuderia Playteam will oversee the efforts of two football clubs in the championship.

With Galatasaray already assigned to them, the Italian squad is looking closer to home for their second Superleague Formula entry.

"We're an Italian team but we're involved with two football clubs, so one will be Italian and for the second we chose Galatasaray," Giannoccaro said.

"I love this city, I love this country, I feel Turkey is very close to Italian culture so I think that we can do the best for Galatasary as a team.

"I believe Superleague Formula is a big idea and a big opportunity, because motorsport and football together puts together two important things.

"One is brand awareness that motorsport does not always have, and the other is the fact that there are more than one billion fans all over the world supporting their football clubs."

Galatasaray became the 11th club to be launched by Superleague Formula this weekend. Three more club announcements are expected in the coming weeks and a total of 20 clubs will line up on the grid when the first race kicks off at Donington Park in the UK in August.

The 750-horsepower, V-12 powered Superleague Formula car hit the track for the first time at Donington this week. A total of six, three-day tests are scheduled during the development phase. The next outing will be at the Monteblanco circuit in Spain later this month. French driver, Bruce Jouanny is acting as the series official test driver.

search: http://www.galatasaray.org/english/detail.asp?PID=1160&HID=1&haberID=304429

[SiN]

That looks so cool, with the galatasaray colours!

[Kanarya]

This comp. looks good, I mean money wise, if you finish 1st after each race you get $1million in prize money if im not wrong.

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Turkish Delight For Italian Squad With Galatasaray SK

http://www.galatasaray.org/images/haber10/sl_formula.jpg

http://www.galatasaray.org/images/haber10/2964.jpg

Galatasaray SK's race team for the new Superleague Formula championship has taken the opportunity to become acquainted with their new fans in Istanbul this week after Thursday's official launch.

Milan-based Scuderia Playteam were on hand tonight at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul as Galatasaray defeated Kayserispor 2-0.

The club's Superleague Formula car was paraded in front of the fans prior to the commencement of the match. Two of the Galatasaray's potential drivers, Italian Alessandro Pier Guidi and local Turkish star Jason Tahinci also took the opportunity to meet some of the local fans at the famous Istanbul spice market.

"I'm proud to be part of the Superleague Formula organisation and obviously I'm a fan of Galatasaray so it kind of works out for me really well," said Tahinci.

"When these kind of names like the football clubs are in the business it's difficult to reject, so when I looked at the portfolio, the possibilities and the prospect, it was definitely yes for me.

"These cars are well built and being quick, they will show some great races and I'm sure having good drivers and good cars on the circuit will provide great entertainment. That's what the crowd want and what you want to see on TV.

"That's what will bring a lot of interest to this championship."

Tahinci competed in GP2 throughout 2007 while Pier Guidi was part of Scuderia Playteam's assault on the FIA GT championship aboard a Maserati MC-12

"I am really looking forward to the chance to drive the car. Looking at the technical specifications, it is going to be very challenging," Pier Guidi said.

"The opportunity of competing in Superleague Formula with Scuderia Playteam is exciting for me because these guys are really like family for me.

"I am actually an AC Milan fan, but now I'm wearing the Galatasaray colours, I will be doing my best to beat that car and when the two clubs play each other in European football, I will have to start cheering for Galatasaray.

Like all race teams involved in Superleague Formula, Scuderia Playteam will oversee the efforts of two football clubs in the championship.

With Galatasaray already assigned to them, the Italian squad is looking closer to home for their second Superleague Formula entry.

"We're an Italian team but we're involved with two football clubs, so one will be Italian and for the second we chose Galatasaray," Giannoccaro said.

"I love this city, I love this country, I feel Turkey is very close to Italian culture so I think that we can do the best for Galatasary as a team.

"I believe Superleague Formula is a big idea and a big opportunity, because motorsport and football together puts together two important things.

"One is brand awareness that motorsport does not always have, and the other is the fact that there are more than one billion fans all over the world supporting their football clubs."

Galatasaray became the 11th club to be launched by Superleague Formula this weekend. Three more club announcements are expected in the coming weeks and a total of 20 clubs will line up on the grid when the first race kicks off at Donington Park in the UK in August.

The 750-horsepower, V-12 powered Superleague Formula car hit the track for the first time at Donington this week. A total of six, three-day tests are scheduled during the development phase. The next outing will be at the Monteblanco circuit in Spain later this month. French driver, Bruce Jouanny is acting as the series official test driver.

search: http://www.galatasaray.org/english/detail.asp?PID=1160&HID=1&haberID=304429


Pier Guidi said good things about it.:star: (aspecialy bold part).