Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne has claimed his second victory of the 2017-18 Formula E season in a dramatic Punta del Este ePrix. The Frenchman inherited pole before the race due to penalties to other superpole runners, and he held off provisional polesitter Lucas di Grassi in superb style. Vergne, who had radio communication issues in his first stint, […]
Campos’ Leonardo Pulcini has gone fastest on the final day of the second GP3 pre-season test at Jerez as preparations for the 2018 season continued. The Italian set a lap time of 1m30.255s in the afternoon to top the timesheets by 0.208s, finishing ahead of Pedro Piquet, as track conditions improved throughout the day after the morning session […]
ART’s Anthoine Hubert replicated both his and the French outfit’s early pre-season form to go fastest as the second GP3 test of 2018 began at Jerez. Hubert, who was quickest overall on the second day at Paul Ricard last month, set a time of 1m30.449s in the afternoon session. The Frenchman ended above MP’s Dorian Boccolacci, who could only get within 0.022s of the pace. Leonardo […]
ART’s Anthoine Hubert has gone fastest overall on the second and final day of GP3’s first 2018 pre-season tests at Circuit Paul Ricard. The Frenchman set a time of 1m48.674s in the morning to end the day on top of the timesheets. His team-mate and Ferrari academy racer Callum Ilott was second, a tenth behind […]
ART Grand Prix driver Jake Hughes has gone fastest in the opening GP3 pre-season test of 2018 at Circuit Paul Ricard. The Midlander set a lap time of 1m49.456s to top the timesheets by 0.107s, snatching the lead with under 40 minutes of the three-hour afternoon period remaining. Hughes’ team-mate Nikita Mazepin completed a one-two for the […]
Joey Mawson has joined Arden for his GP3 debut in the 2018 season, completing its line-up alongside Gabriel Aubry and Julien Falchero. The Australian makes the step up from the Formula 3 European Championship, and becomes just the second racer from his country to compete in the category after Mitchell Gilbert, who drove for Trident […]
David Beckmann and Diego Menchaca will make their GP3 debuts in the 2018 season, racing with Jenzer and Campos respectively. Beckmann moves up to the series after racing in European Formula 3 for two seasons, claiming a couple of podiums in 2016. The German took part in post-season testing in Abu Dhabi last December for […]
Juan Manuel Correa has been given a full 2018 campaign in GP3 with Jenzer, joining Tatiana Calderon at the team. Correa competed in seven races for the Swiss outfit in the second half of the 2017 season, claiming a best result of 12th in both Abu Dhabi contests. He has previously taken race wins in […]
Alessio Lorandi has switched to Trident for the 2018 GP3 season, joining Giuliano Alesi and Ryan Tveter at the Italian outfit. The 19-year-old completed his first entire GP3 campaign with Jenzer last year, winning the Jerez sprint race, after making his debut for the Swiss at Malaysia in October 2016. He finished seventh in the […]
2017 Sauber Formula 1 development driver Tatiana Calderon is moving to Jenzer for the 2018 GP3 season, her third in the series. The 24-year-old switches to the Swiss outfit after completing Abu Dhabi’s post-season testing with it last December, having 61 laps with its Dallara machinery after one previous day with class leaders ART. Calderon has raced […]
Ryan Tveter has been named as Trident’s second GP3 driver for the 2018 campaign, rejoining 2017 team-mate Giuliano Alesi at the Italian outfit. Tveter competed in 15 races last year, collecting three sprint race podiums at Budapest, Spa and Abu Dhabi as he went on to finish eighth in the drivers’ standings. The 23-year-old’s finishes […]
Julien Falchero has moved to Arden for his second season in the GP3 series in 2018, joining Gabriel Aubry at the team. Falchero made his debut in 2017 with Campos, scoring points on five occasions on his way to a 15th-place finish in the drivers’ championship. The Frenchman tested with the British outfit in post-season […]
