Hülkenberg on pole at Zolder

Posted in August 9th, 2008

2007 winner Nico Hülkenberg took pole for tomorrow’s F3 Masters race at Zolder in the closing seconds of this afternoon’s qualifying shoot-out. The German driver beat ART teammate Jules Bianchi by less than three tenths of a second. Renger van der Zande (Prema) and Koudai Tsukakoshi (Manor) take the second row.
If Hülkenberg wins tomorrow he […]

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Hülkenberg, Mäki fastest in Zolder first qualifying

Posted in August 9th, 2008

by miranda in f3

Qualifying got underway at Zolder this morning for tomorrow’s F3 Masters race, with Nico Hülkenberg (ART) and Mika Mäki (Mücke Motorsport) setting the pace. Qualifying was split into two sessions, for odd and even-numbered cars, with the top ten from each session going into this afternoon’s Group A shoot-out for the top twenty grid positions.
Hülkenberg […]

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Grosjean takes GP2 pole at Hungaroring

Posted in August 1st, 2008

by miranda in gp2

ART driver Romain Grosjean took pole position for tomorrow’s GP2 race at the Hungaroring, ahead of Andi Zuber and series returnee Lucas di Grassi, while championship rivals Giorgio Pantano and Bruno Senna qualified seventh and eighth.

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Romain Grosjean

ART

2
Andi Zuber

Piquet Sports

3
Lucas di Grassi

Campos

4
Vitaly Petrov

Campos

5
Karun Chandhok

iSport

6
Mike Conway

Trident

7
Giorgio Pantano

Racing Engineering

8
Bruno Senna

iSport

9
Jerome D’Ambrosio

DAMS

10
Kamui Kobayashi

DAMS

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Two signings and an appeal

Posted in July 17th, 2008

by commeunbolide in f1, f3, gp2

Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Vettel has been confirmed at Red Bull for 2009, as replacement for David Coulthard. The Scot announced his retirement at the British Grand Prix.

Luca Filippi has been confirmed as Yelmer Buurman’s replacement at the Arden GP2 team and will race for the team at this weekend’s German Grand Prix. The Italian […]

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Mäki wins at Hockenheim

Posted in April 12th, 2008

by miranda in f3

Mika Mäki has won the first F3 Euroseries race of 2008, ahead of Charlie Kimbell and Edoardo Mortara. The Mücke driver inherited the lead of the race after polesitter Nico Hülkenberg retired; it was a race to forget for ART with Jules Bianchi also retiring, James Jakes finishing twelfth and Jon Lancaster suffering a huge […]

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Jani takes double pole in Shanghai

Posted in April 12th, 2008

by miranda in a1gp, f3

Neel Jani put A1GP Team Switzerland on pole for both sprint and feature races at Shanghai. Portugal’s Filipe Albuquerque lines up second for the sprint race, ahead of Robert Wickens for Team Canada, while Jonathan Summerton put Team USA in second for the feature race ahead of Albuquerque.
Nico Hülkenberg has taken pole position for today’s […]

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Hülkenberg tops Euroseries testing

Posted in April 10th, 2008

by miranda in f3

Nico Hülkenberg set the fastest time at the final pre-season test before the 2008 F3 Euroseries kicks off at Hockenheim this weekend. The ART driver was quickest ahead of Prema teammates Renger van der Zande and Charlie Kimball. Hülkenberg’s teammate James Jakes was fourth quickest.

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