Hülkenberg tops Euroseries testing

Posted in April 10th, 2008

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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Hamilton fastest in Sepang practice

Posted in March 21st, 2008

by miranda in f1, f3

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix today, ahead of the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Jenson Button was fourth quickest for Honda. Red Bull Racing were summoned to the stewards following David Coulthard’s dramatic crash in the first practice session and did not take part in […]

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Hamilton wins dramatic race in Australia

Posted in March 16th, 2008

by miranda in a1gp, f1, f3

Lewis Hamilton converted pole into a race win at today’s Australian Grand Prix but for most of the grid life wasn’t quite so simple in what became an incident-packed race from the very first lap. Behind Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW-Sauber and Nico Rosberg third for Williams, but there were only six other […]

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New qualifying format for F1 2008

Posted in December 22nd, 2007

by miranda in f1, gp2

F1’s qualifying format will change for 2008, with the contentious Q3 cut to ten minutes to remove the ‘fuel burn’ phase.
The qualifying practice session will take place on the day before the race from 14.00 to 15.00. The session will be run as follows :
a) From 14.00 to 14.20 (Q1) all cars will be permitted […]

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2008 GP2 grid takes shape

Posted in December 20th, 2007

by miranda in f3, gp2

There has been a rash of signings for the 2008 GP2 series this week. iSport have confirmed Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok, Trident have confirmed Mike Conway, Super Nova have confirmed Christian Bakkerud for the new GP2 Asia series, which kicks off in January.
Sam Bird, who finished fourth in the 2007 British F3 series has […]

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Albers to return to DTM

Posted in December 12th, 2007

by miranda in a1gp, f1, gp2

Former Spyker F1 driver Christijan Albers is to test an Audi DTM car in Spain this week, and may return to the series in 2008 for the Audi-powered team Futurecom-TME, run by Spyker F1 boss Colin Kolles.
Newly announced Renault F1 test driver Romain Grosjean will race for ART in GP2 in 2008.
“Romain is the second […]

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Jakes to drive for ART in 2008 Euroseries

Posted in November 29th, 2007

by miranda in f1, f3

James Jakes will join Nico Hülkenberg at ART/ASM for the F3 Euroseries in 2008, along with Formula Renault graduates Jules Bianchi and Jon Lancaster.
ART boss Frederic Vasseur said he was happy with the line-up, which features two drivers who have already won races in F3.
“With Nico and James, we’ve got two drivers with Formula Three […]

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Jarvis takes Macau win

Posted in November 18th, 2007

by miranda in f3

Oliver Jarvis took a dominant win at the F3 Macau Grand Prix, finishing 1.7 seconds ahead of Manor Motorsport’s Kodai Tsukakoshi and 4 seconds ahead of Team Reckless Tom’s teammate Kazuya Oshima. Main rival Marko Asmer finished fourth.
Bruno Senna failed to start the race following his accident yesterday.

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Jarvis wins Macau qualifying race

Posted in November 17th, 2007

by miranda in f3

Oliver Jarvis took victory in the qualifying race for tomorrow’s F3 Macau Grand Prix after a thrilling duel with British F3 champion Marko Asmer. The race was eventually red-flagged following a series of accidents involving Bruno Senna, Nico Hülkenberg and Atte Mustonen.
Senna was later taken to hospital for precautionary checks.

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