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The Williams team have confirmed their testing line-up for the opening pre-season test of 2015 at Jerez. Valtteri Bottas, who finished fourth in the championship in 2014, will be in action for the first two days on Sunday and Monday, before handing over to Felipe Massa for the final two days on Tuesday and Wednesday. […]
Stoffel Vandoorne will contest his second GP2 campaign, after it was announced he would remain with the ART Grand Prix team for 2015, and has the title set firmly in his sights. Vandoorne began his racing career in 1998, when at the age of six he began karting in his native Belgium. Ten years later […]
Ferrari Academy member Raffaele Marciello has made the switch from Racing Engineering to Trident for his second season of GP2. “Lello”, 20, made the step up to GP2 in 2014 after winning the European F3 Championship in 2013. Despite showing some very impressive pace, bad luck hindered Marciello’s chances of winning the title, and it […]
Fernando Alonso will be the first driver to test the new McLaren-Honda MP4-30 at the opening pre-season test in Jerez. The team confirmed the running order via their official Twitter account, with Alonso in the car on the first and third days of the test, and team mate Jenson Button in action on the second […]
The Toro Rosso team have confirmed that they will launch their 2015 challenger on January 31, the day before pre-season testing is due to begin. The 2015 car, which will be titled the STR10, will be unveiled by all-rookie line up Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in a pitlane presentation. The team also confirmed that […]
Reigning GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer has received an incredible 24th birthday present from the Lotus F1 team, the role of third driver. Palmer, who dominated the GP2 series on his way to the title, tested with the Force India team at the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi. After setting some impressive times, the Englishman […]
McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne will once again drive for ART Grand Prix in the GP2 championship. The Belgian, who finished runner-up in the 2014 season, won his debut race in Bahrain, before notching up three more victories, along with ten podium finishes and four consecutive pole positions. Vandoorne, 22, praised the efforts of the […]
GP2 is regarded by many to be the strongest feeder series into Formula 1, and over the years has produced some great champions, but where are those 10 champions today? The expectation is that the GP2 champion should go straight into a seat with a Formula 1 team, as a natural progression from winning the title, […]
The 2015 GP2 season will feature an unchanged calendar from 2014. Once again there will be 11 rounds, each with two races over the course of the weekend; a feature race on the Saturday and a sprint race on the Sunday. [table id=38 /]
Ferrari have confirmed that their 2015 challenger, which has yet to be named, will be launched on January 30. The car, which will be piloted by Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, will be unveiled to the public via their official website, as well as the team’d digital and social media accounts. Earlier today, McLaren also […]
Jolyon Palmer has said he is focussed on landing a reserve driver role in Formula 1, with a view to securing a race seat for 2016, after missing out following his championship triumph in the GP2 series. The 23 year old tested for the Force India team at the post-season Young Driver Test in Abu […]
The parents of Jules Bianchi, Philippe and Christine, have taken to Facebook to update the world on the condition of their son Jules, who was seriously injured in a freak accident at the Japanese Grand Prix in October. The statement reads: “As we reach the conclusion of a difficult year for our family, we wanted […]