Niko Kari followed up leading the opening GP3 post-season tests at Abu Dhabi to set the fastest overall time of the second day. Kari – who continued to drive for MP – set a time of 1m54.733s to top the timesheets in the morning session. This was over two tenths faster than his best from the first hours […]
Three drivers will gain experience of the GP3-16 chassis in the series’ second post-season test at Abu Dhabi, with three teams altering their line-ups. Formula Renault Eurocup race winner Max Defourny, who tested for ART and Arden on the same track in 2016, joins MP alongside Niko Kari and Leonard Hoogenboom, replacing Gabriel Aubry. Aubry […]
ART’s Anthoine Hubert has been demoted from eighth to 11th in the results of the GP3 Abu Dhabi feature after being given a five-second time penalty. The Frenchman finished 35 seconds adrift of winner Niko Kari for four points but was deemed to have applied the throttle prior to using the speed limiter under virtual […]
Arden’s Niko Kari has claimed his first GP3 race victory at Abu Dhabi in what is thought to be his final feature event as a Red Bull junior driver. Kari stole the lead at the opening left-hander of the race as polesitter George Russell focused on tackling Leonardo Pulcini from the start. Russell dived to […]
Jenzer’s Juan Manuel Correa is set to start the final GP3 feature race of 2017 from the pitlane after a penalty following qualifying in Abu Dhabi. Correa qualified 19th in the session, 1.846s adrift of the fastest time, but was deemed to have impeded Trident’s Kevin Joerg. He was given a three-place penalty after this, […]
Mercedes Formula 1 protégé and 2017 champion George Russell has claimed his fourth pole of the year in GP3 qualifying at Abu Dhabi. Russell dipped into the 1m54s bracket with a time of 1m54.751s to deny Arden’s Leonardo Pulcini a maiden pole position. The session started just 40 minutes after Russell’s first practice session with […]
Red Bull Formula 1 junior Niko Kari stole the fastest time late on to top the timesheets at the end of GP3 practice at Abu Dhabi. The Arden driver was poised to finish third before setting a time of 1m55.796s to dislodge Trident’s Dorian Boccolacci from first position with his final lap, beating the Frenchman’s […]
Both Formula 2 and GP3 has unveiled expanded calendars for its 2018 seasons, with the junior categories set to follow F1 for the entirety of the year. Rounds in France and Russia are added to the schedule, while the stand-alone round at Jerez held this October has been dropped. GP3 and F2 last hosted a round […]
Experienced junior category competitor MP Motorsport is entering GP3 for the 2018 season, replacing DAMS, which is focusing on its continued efforts in Formula E with Renault. The Dutch squad will make its debut in the series in this year’s post-season tests in Abu Dhabi on November 30 to December 2. MP expands its operations after spending […]
Mercedes Formula 1 protégé and ART GP3 driver George Russell has said that he is ‘most likely’ going to graduate into F2 next season after becoming the eighth champion of the third-tier series at Jerez. Russell finished fifth on track to win his first championship since the BRDC British F4 series in 2014, before being […]
Red Bull-backed Niko Kari has been given a 10-second time penalty after a collision with junior team colleague Dan Ticktum at the Jerez GP3 sprint race. Ticktum tried to get past Kari looking for his first podium in the series in his debut sprint race, but his day ended in the gravel as the only […]
Jenzer’s Alessio Lorandi has taken his maiden GP3 victory in the sprint race at Jerez, as Mercedes protégé George Russell claimed the title by the narrowest of margins. Lorandi led all 17 laps from pole position to stand on the podium for the fourth time in the series, finishing ahead of Dorian Boccolacci by 0.7s […]
