Mitch Evans has claimed his and Jaguar’s maiden Formula E pole position in qualifying for the Zurich E-Prix, as championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne had a “nightmare”. The New Zealander, who had not been outside of the top two in either practice session, topped both normal qualifying and superpole. His first effort put him nearly three tenths clear […]
Mahindra’s Felix Rosenqvist has topped the timesheets in the second Formula E practice session ahead of the Zurich E-Prix. The Swede set a time of 1m12.207s to lead the way by 0.054s from Jaguar’s Mitch Evans. Evans complained over team radio during the 30-minute session that his left front was ‘not right’, and added that ‘something […]
Audi’s Lucas di Grassi has gone fastest in the first practice session ahead of the first Formula E race to take place in Switzerland, the Zurich E-Prix. The Brazilian was the only driver to complete a lap at the full 200kW qualifying power, setting a 1m11.995s, a full 1.1 seconds faster than anyone else. Jaguar’s Mitch Evans […]
ART Grand Prix’s Nikita Mazepin has claimed his maiden win in the GP3 series after leading every lap of the season-opening Barcelona feature race. The Russian took the lead from the start as Leonardo Pulcini fell from first to fourth behind Mazepin, Anthoine Hubert, and Callum Ilott. Mazepin was unchallenged throughout and went on to win […]
Campos’ Leonardo Pulcini has taken pole position for GP3’s Barcelona feature race to end ART’s run dating back to July 2016. Pulcini set a time of 1m32.258s at the end of the session to deny ART’s Nikita Mazepin who had led the timesheets on three occasions. This is the first non-ART pole since Jake Hughes […]
ART Grand Prix’s Anthoine Hubert has been named as a Renault affiliated driver, allowing the Frenchman to use its academy staff and fitness and simulator tools. Hubert is the first person to be put in this role by the French manufacturer as its youth focus extends. The 2018 GP3 season will be his second in […]
ART Grand Prix’s Jake Hughes has topped the timesheets in the opening session of the 2018 GP3 season, setting the category’s fastest-ever practice time at Barcelona. Hughes set a lap of 1m32.908s in the final moments, eclipsing the previous-best lap ever produced at this stage of the weekend by Patric Niederhauser in 2013 (1m35.044s) after the […]
Pedro Piquet has joined Trident for the 2018 GP3 season, completing its four-car line-up, alongside Giuliano Alesi, Alessio Lorandi and Ryan Tveter at the Italian squad. Piquet – son of Formula 1 champion Nelson Sr – switches from European F3 in which he raced for Van Amersfoort Racing for two years between 2016 and 2017. He has also finished second in the Toyota […]
Will Palmer will race for MP Motorsport in the 2018 GP3 season, joining Dorian Boccolacci and Niko Kari at the Dutch outfit. The 2015 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner makes the step up from Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in which he finished second in the drivers’ championship with three wins in 2017. He also gained experience of the Dallara GP3-16 […]
Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne has claimed pole position for the Paris ePrix, extending his Formula E drivers’ championship lead to 21 points. The Frenchman topped the timesheets with a lap of 1m01.144s with the last lap of superpole to lead by 0.277s, denying nearest title challenger Sam Bird, and giving him an additional three points. This lap […]
ART’s Anthoine Hubert has gone fastest in the final pre-season test day at Barcelona ahead of the 2018 GP3 season. The Frenchman set a time of 1m31.751s in the morning session to lead the way ahead of team-mates Callum Ilott and Jake Hughes, the only drivers to lap under 1m32s. This is the third time in six […]
Campos’ Leonardo Pulcini has gone quickest in the first day of the third and final set of 2018 GP3 pre-season tests at Barcelona. The Italian set a time of 1m32.785s to edge out ART’s Ferrari academy driver Callum Ilott and claim the top spot. Ilott led a trio of the French outfit’s Dallaras as Force India […]
