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Force India Formula 1 tester Nikita Mazepin has claimed the final-ever GP3 pole at Abu Dhabi to cut rival Anthoine Hubert’s points lead. Mazepin set a time of 1m54.885s with his final effort of the 30-minute session to deny Campos’ Leonardo Pulcini, who had set a fastest last sector to take provisional pole. Hubert was unable to […]
Ferrari academy driver Giuliano Alesi has gone fastest in GP3 practice at Abu Dhabi, leading Trident team-mate David Beckmann by 0.892s. Alesi set a lap time of 1m55.676s in the final two minutes by setting the best times in each sector and could not be denied by the German’s later effort. Beckmann improved in the first […]
The car that will be used in the first three seasons of the new FIA Formula 3 championship from 2019 to 2021 has been revealed in Abu Dhabi ahead of GP3’s final race weekend. Formula 3, that replaces GP3 after nine seasons of the series, brings the majority of the junior motorsport ladder under one […]
Formula 3 European Championship race-winner Jehan Daruvala will compete in the final GP3 weekend at Abu Dhabi, joining MP Motorsport. The Force India F1 academy driver will pilot its third car, joining Devlin DeFrancesco and Richard Verschoor there as the 2018 campaign ends. Daruvala has spent the year in his second season on the F3 grid at Carlin, finishing […]
Trident’s David Beckmann has taken his third GP3 win in as many rounds at the Russian sprint race after a last-lap overtake on polesitter Joey Mawson. Beckmann hassled Mawson throughout the last lap of 15 as the Australian defended through the first half of the track, but could not deny the German at the right of Turn […]
Campos Racing’s Leonardo Pulcini has taken his first victory in GP3 in the Russian feature race, as ART claimed its eighth and final teams’ title. Pulcini led all 20 laps on his way to winning by 3.9 seconds above Nikita Mazepin, the man he had inherited pole position from after a post-qualifying penalty. The Italian defended by going […]
Campos’ Leonardo Pulcini has inherited pole position for GP3’s Russian feature race after Nikita Mazepin’s fastest qualifying time was erased due to a track limits infringement. Mazepin left the Sochi Autodrom track on two occasions during his fastest time, a 1m52.569s, at Turn 4 and as he crossed the finish line, and was found to […]
Force India Formula 1 tester Nikita Mazepin claimed his first GP3 pole in qualifying for the Russian feature race, cutting Anthoine Hubert’s drivers’ championship lead to 25 points. Mazepin set the fastest time on multiple occasions throughout the 30-minute session, but secured the position with a time of 1m52.569s as the chequered flag was flown. […]
GP3 points leader Anthoine Hubert and drivers’ championship rival Callum Ilott have been disqualified from the Monza sprint race results after having lower tyre pressures than allowed. Each racer’s left-rear Pirelli tyre was found to be under this amount when analysed after the contest. Ilott denied Hubert to claim a third-straight third place on track, as […]
Pedro Piquet denied Giuliano Alesi in a tense battle during GP3’s Monza sprint race to claim his second victory of the 2018 season. Piquet claimed the lead from polesitter Richard Verschoor at the start before Alesi found his way to second, sparking a battle which would dominate the race. The son of Formula 1 champion Nelson […]
Trident’s David Beckmann has taken his second pole position in as many events in GP3, topping qualifying at Monza with a late effort in a frenetic session. The German rose to the front of the order with a lap time of 1m37.959s with two minutes remaining in the 30-minute session to deny drivers’ championship leader […]
Force India Formula 1 tester Nikita Mazepin has won GP3’s sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps, leading an ART 1-2-3-4. Mazepin passed team-mate Jake Hughes after finding time at the Kemmel Straight on lap four and was left unopposed for the remainder of the contest. The Russian went on to win by 1.8 seconds ahead of Anthoine Hubert, who […]