Johnny Cecotto and Nyck de Vries have been revealed as Rapax’s driver line-up for the upcoming FIA Formula 2 Championship season. Both drivers tested for the Italian team in the post-season Abu Dhabi test last year, and Cecotto scored a podium for the team in the final race of 2016. McLaren junior de Vries will graduate from […]
Ex-Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi will test with Campos Racing in FIA Formula 2 Championship’s first collective test of 2017 at Barcelona next week. The Spaniard is aiming to ” relaunch his career” after his future with Manor in LMP2 is severely in doubt, after a disappointing rookie season which yielded just one podium. Merhi will test […]
Campos Racing have revealed Ralph Boschung will contest the inaugural season of the renamed FIA Formula 2 Championship for the Spanish outfit. Boschung, 19, made his GP3 debut in 2015 with Jenzer Motorsport, beating his more experienced team-mates and narrowly missing out on a place in the top ten in the drivers’ championship. He switched to Koiranen GP for his […]
The 2017 IndyCar series season gets underway this weekend in St Petersburg, nearly six months after Simon Pagenaud won his maiden IndyCar championship. The biggest news over the winter has been the news that Josef Newgarden will replace Juan Pablo Montoya at Team Penske. The Colombian will race at the Indianapolis 500 but will sit out the rest of the season. 2016 Indy Lights […]
The 2017 Brussels ePrix has officially been cancelled, after months of uncertainty surrounding Belgium’s inaugural ePrix. The event will be replaced by an extra race at the Berlin ePrix on Sunday, making it the third double header on the current calendar. Final confirmation of Brussels been cancelled had been expected, and was finally confirmed following Thursday’s World […]
The GP2 Series, Formula 1’s main feeder series, has officially been rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship with immediate effect. The decision was taken at Thursday’s FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva. For a long time, it’s been the aim of the FIA to rebrand Formula 1’s support categorises. It’s in line with FIA […]
Fernando Alonso has publicly blamed Honda for McLaren’s miserable pre-season, stating its 2017 engine has no power and no reliability. McLaren has completed fewer laps than any other team after six days of testing, and Alonso didn’t hold back from pointing the finger at the team’s engine supplier. “We have only one problem: that is the […]
Lewis Hamilton has voiced his support for a change in the structure of the current Formula 1 weekend, following Ross Brawn’s suggestion of trialling changes in a non-championship round. The triple world champion has been a big supporter of changing the format of race weekends in the past and has grown tired of the grand prix structure. “Thursday […]
2017 marks the start of a brand new era for Formula 1, as the technical regulations have been completely overhauled and thus created the potential for the sport to become faster and more unpredictable than ever before. Wider Pirelli tyres, lower rear wings and wider front wings has made this year’s cars much more ‘aggressive’ in look and out […]
Two rounds into Jaguar’s first Formula E season and the British manufacturer had failed to score a single point in the all-electric series. The media quickly turned sour and serious questions were been raised about Jaguar’s capacity to succeed in Formula E. Many believed they had underestimated the challenge of entering the sport. Others criticised their […]
Faraday Future Dragon Racing’s Loic Duval and Jerome d’Ambrosio’s late race battle ignited tension within the team immediately after the race. D’Ambrosio started the race in ninth position and Duval started five places further back, however, the two converged in the closing stages of the race to battle it out for sixth place. The Frenchman pulled a brave […]
Abt Audi Sport’s Lucas di Grassi has taken his maiden Formula E pole position in Buenos Aries, narrowly beating Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne. Di Grassi topped superpole with a 1m09.404 just under two-tenths ahead of the Frenchman. Championship leader Sebastien Buemi was forced to settle for third place after a scruffy superpole lap. GROUP ONE As qualifying […]