Knappin joukkue siis ensimmäistä kertaa julkisesti vahvisti halunsa olla mukana myös ensi vuonna Atlantic-sarjassa. Amerikan talouskriisistä huolimatta maan vanhimman formulasarjan tulevaisuus näyttää siis erittäin hyvältä.Genoa Racing sanoi:Genoa Racing Impressed with Karjalainen During Two-Day Atlantic Test at Sebring
December 18, 2008
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. - The staff of Genoa Racing was very impressed with the performance of 22-year-old Finnish driver Henri Karjalainen during a two-day test in one of the team's Atlantic cars last week at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla.
Karjalainen placed 17th in his rookie season in the Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda this year while running as a member of another team. His best finish was a tenth on the street course at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
Genoa Racing's management feels confident they can help Karjalainen improve on those results in 2009, and offered him specific suggestions he can work on during the off-season.
"We were impressed with Henri, both in and out of the car," said Thomas Knapp, team manager and chief engineer. "He never put a wheel wrong, and was responsive to our direction. He hadn't driven at Sebring previously, and met our performance targets over the two days. We would like to complete a deal for the season, and develop him into a consistent threat for the 2009 Atlantic Championship."
The Atlantic test was in addition to the team's recent Firestone Indy Lights test at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The team plans to field cars in both series in 2009.
Euroseriesin lähetysoikeudet on myös kaudella 2009 Canal+:lla, joten suorana kisoja ei maksutta taida suomikanavilta nähdä.Atte Mustonen siirtyy Britannian F3-sarjasta Eurosarjaan ajamaan Motopark Academyn väreissä. Mäki, Bottas, Mustonen samassa sarjassa!
Jaime ALGUERSUARI ESP - Team Carlin / World Series by Renault
Mihail ALJOŠIN RUS - Formula 2
Mirko BORTOLOTTI ITA - Formula 2
Brendon HARTLEY NZL - Team Carlin / Formula 3 Euro Serie
Daniel JUNCADELLA ESP - Euro Intern. / BMW European Series
Mika MÄKI FIN - Team Signature / Formula 3 Euro Serie
Daniel RICCIARDO AUS - Team Carlin / Formula 3 UK
Jean Eric VERGNE FRA - SG Formula / Formula Renault 2.0 (EC/WEC)
Robert WICKENS CAN - Formula 2
Motaworld Racingille Ollie Millroyn tallikaveriksi on vahvistettu Tanskan karting-mestari Mikkel Mac...Carlinilla taitaa ensi kaudella olla World Series by Renault-luokassa kaksi eri väristä autoa: Jaime Alguersuari ajaa Red Bullin tukemana, ja Oliver Turvey Racing Steps Foundationin varoilla.
Formula BMW Europessa ajopaikat ovat tähän mennessä jakautuneet näin:
Josef Kaufmann Racing Facundo Regalia, Kazeem Manzur, Robin Frijns
Eifelland Racing David Mengesdorf, Jazeman Jaafar, Giorgos Katsinis
Double R Racing Rupert Svendsen-Cook,
EuroInternational Daniel Juncadella, Alexander Rossi, Felipe Nasr
FMS International
DAMS Jim Pla, Javier Tarancon, Come Ledogar
Fortec Motorsport William Buller, Jack Harvey, Ramon Pinero (?)
Mücke Motorsport Michael Christensen, Jack te Braak, Timmy Hansen
AM-Holzer Rennsport
Motaworld Racing Ollie Millroy
Kimiläinen ajanee Formula Palmer Audia. Sarjan sivulla Emma on kuitenkin (vielä) harmaalla, mikä tarkoittanee, ettei rahat ole vielä sarjan tilillä.Tuolla jo F3 osiossa ihmettelinkin näitä juttuja, mutta missäs ajaa esimerkiksi Emma Kimiläinen?