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Van der Zande leads Spa practice

July 23, 2009

Renger van der Zande warmed up for round seven of the British Formula 3 Championship by topping the combined times after two sessions of free practice at Spa Francorchamps today. The Dutchman lapped the 4.35-mile circuit in a 2m36.984s best, right at the death of the quicker second session, held on a wet but drying track. The Hitech Racing driver had earlier set the sixth fastest time in the wetter morning session, having struggled with the balance of his Dallara-Mercedes.

Tributes paid to Henry Surtees

July 20, 2009

Motorsport figures close to John and Henry Surtees have paid tribute to 18-year-old Henry, who died following an accident in Sunday's Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch

Henry Surtees dies after F2 crash

July 19, 2009

Henry Surtees, son of 1964 F1 World Champion John Surtees, has died following an accident in a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch

Kouzkin wins IFM race two at Brands

July 19, 2009

Alessandro Kouzkin scored his second victory of the International Formula Master season at Brands Hatch. Close second for America's Alexander Rossi

ART to join British F3 for two races

July 08, 2009

Top F3 Euro Series squad ART will tackle the British F3 championship at two of the remaining five rounds. The French squad, winners of the F3 Euro Series for the past six seasons, will field its four regular drivers: championship leader Jules Bianchi, F3 Master Valtteri Bottas, reigning Formula BMW Europe champion Esteban Gutierrez and Adrien Tambay at Spa later this month and again at the penultimate round of the championship in the Algarve in September. Welcoming ART Grand Prix to British F3, championship co-ordinator Fiona Pawley said: "We are delighted that a team with such a Formula 3 pedigree will be joining the series at Spa; it will be fascinating to see how they get on against the cream of the British teams.

Gutierrez leads Masters practice

June 13, 2009

Mexican rookie Esteban Gutierrez drew first blood in the Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort by setting the fastest time in free practice this morning. Reigning Formula BMW Europe champion Gutierrez leapt to the top of the timesheet in the final minute of the half-hour session for reigning Euro Series champion and recent Masters dominator ART. His Dallara-Mercedes' 1m32.354s best out-did his reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who set a similarly late best time, by just 0.055 seconds

Malcolm Wilson awarded OBE

June 13, 2009

Ford team director Malcolm Wilson has been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours and will be admitted to the Order of the British Empire for services to motorsport

Loeb crashes out of Acropolis Rally

June 13, 2009

Sebastien Loeb has crashed out of the Acropolis Rally on the first stage of leg two, without injury

Vilarinho rolls on in Formula BMW with Utah sweep

May 16, 2009

Leads Eurointernational podium sweep, ties teammate Chaves for points lead

Formula BMW Americas drivers get back to work at VIR

April 22, 2009

Gentilozzi Could Make Trans-Am History at Road America

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Ron Fellows Joins Cadillac SPEED GT Squad for Mosport

July 29, 2004

DETROIT – The General Motors' Cadillac CTS-V racing team will field a third car for Round 6 and 7 of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT at Mosport International Raceway on August 7 and 8. Ron Fellows, Corvette C5-R driver, will pilot the #12 CTS-V race car in the events, joining Max Angelelli and Andy Pilgrim on Team Cadillac. The Mosport weekend consists of two SPEED GT races; Fellows will compete in three races during the weekend as he will also continue with his role with the Corvette team.

Rossi, Gutierrez get BMW F1 test

July 31, 2001

The BMW Sauber team will test former Formula BMW drivers Alexander Rossi and Esteban Gutierrez in December, the F1 team has confirmed. Despite having announced it will leave Formula 1 at the end of the season, BMW confirmed on Friday that it will honour its commitments to the two drivers