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Oliver Rowland will test for Racing Engineering in Formula 2’s post-season Abu Dhabi test, with an option for a race seat in 2018 with the Spanish outfit. Rowland will test the car on Friday and Saturday, in order to assess one of his options for next season. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to get […]
On the panel: Josh Suttill – Editor-in-Chief at ReadMotorsport. Tim Lumb – Formula E Editor at ReadMotorsport. Elliot Wood – Formula E Contributor at ReadMotorsport. Ashley Quint – Formula E Contributor at ReadMotorsport. Here are our predictions for the 2017/18 Formula E season:
Sebastian Vettel topped the final test day of the 2017 Formula 1 season, while 2018 Williams hopeful Robert Kubica ended the day in seventh. Vettel set a 1m37.551s on Pirelli’s brand-new hypersoft tyres to end the session quickest. Valtteri Bottas was second quickest, 0.939s adrift of Vettel’s benchmark. Max Verstappen completed the top three for […]
2017 European Formula 3 championship contender Callum Ilott will headline GP3’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi. The Ferrari junior will test for ART Grand Prix on all three days of the test, with a permanent 2018 deal expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Also driving for the reigning champions will be Jake Hughes, […]
Lando Norris and George Russell are among the 20 drivers testing on the opening day of Formula 2’s final test of 2017 in Abu Dhabi. European Formula 3 champion Norris will test for Campos Racing, the team he drove for in the final round of the F2 season. He will switch to Carlin next season. […]
Alfa Romeo will return to Formula 1 as the title sponsor of the Sauber F1 team from 2018 onwards. The Italian brand will end a 33-year absence from F1, with a multi-year technical partnership with Sauber beginning next year. The team will run 2018-specification Ferrari engines with an Alfa badge. “This agreement with Sauber is […]
Sebastian Ogier will defend his World Rally Championship crown with M-Sport in 2018 alongside Elfyn Evans. Ogier was left with the choice of retirement or carrying on with M-Sport into 2018 after talks with Citroen broke down. The Frenchman sealed his fifth WRC title in October’s Rally GB. “It’s great to finally announce our plans […]
Citroen team principal Yves Matton claims the team met its 2017 targets despite finishing fourth and last in this year’s World Rally Championship. The French manufacturer began the season with title-favourite labels but ended the year with just two rally victories and one other podium. However, Matton insists the team met its pre-season expectations. “We […]
Lance Stroll admitted ‘nothing worked’ all weekend, after finishing last of the classified runners in Formula 1’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Stroll, who finished his maiden F1 campaign in 12th position in the drivers’ championship, narrowly avoided elimination from the first part of qualifying by 0.013 seconds. He started in 15th but suffered a […]
Kimi Raikkonen labelled Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as ‘boring’, after spending the majority of the race fuel saving his way to finishing in fourth place. The Finn started in fifth but gained a position when the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo retired. He came under pressure from Max Verstappen in the latter stages, but […]
Oliver Rowland and Antonio Fuoco have been disqualified from first and third place in Formula 2’s final feature race of 2017 in Abu Dhabi. Rowland took the chequered flag first, 6.6 seconds ahead of Artem Markelov. However, Rowland was stripped of the victory after he finished the race with a skid block that was deemed […]
Sergey Sirotkin will share Williams’ 2017 challenger with Robert Kubica in the post-Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tyre test, according to Autosport. Sirotkin is currently serving as Renault’s reserve driver and has participated in four Friday practice sessions this season for the team, following previous runs with Renault and Sauber. The Russian will drive in the […]