International Racing
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Fernando Alonso Karting School expanding into China
Wednesday, 11 April 2018China may be a fast-rising economic power on the international stage but the world's most populous country has yet to play much of a role in Formula 1, despite the Chinese Grand Prix being run since 2004. However, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso could play a key role in changing that in the years ahead. Ahead of this year's Chinese GP this weekend, Alonso announced that his Fernando Alons...
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Markelov wins F2 sprint race
Sunday, 08 April 2018Artem Markelov produced a measured drive to grab victory in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Sprint Race at Sakhir, Bahrain, the Russian Time driver managing his tires effectively to stand aloft on the winner's step of the podium ahead of BWT Arden's Maximilian Gunther and Sergio Sette Camara of Carlin. In sweltering conditions, the majority of the teams gravitated toward once again opening wi...
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Norris breezes to Bahrain F2 feature race win
Saturday, 07 April 2018Lando Norris secured his first FIA Formula 2 Championship victory in the Feature Race at Sakhir, Bahrain, mastering the hot and windy conditions to win with an 8.3s advantage over Carlin teammate Sergio Sette Camara, who held onto second place after a thrilling battle in the final stages of the race with Russian Time's Artem Markelov, the latter producing a spectacular recovery drive to secure th...
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Norris earns first F2 pole in Bahrain
Friday, 06 April 2018Lando Norris took pole position in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship qualifying session at Sakhir, Bahrain in an enthralling battle for the first berth on the grid, setting a 1m41.761s to go fastest. The McLaren F1 reserve driver will be joined on the front row in tomorrow's feature race by countryman George Russell of ART Grand Prix, as DAMS' Alexander Albon will start from third place. The gr...
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Monger on podium in first F3 race
Saturday, 31 March 2018The amazing story of Billy Monger took another dramatic turn Saturday at the Oulton Park circuit. The 18-year-old Briton, who lost the lower part of both legs in a British F4 accident last April, claimed a podium finish on his British F3 debut. Monger started fifth, kept his nose clean on the opening lap and then avoided a clash between Krishnaraaj Mahadik and Clement Novalak to climb to third be...
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Monger to race in British F3 opener with Carlin
Tuesday, 27 March 2018Almost one year after losing both legs in a crash at Donington Park, Billy Monger will race in the BRDC British Formula 3 opening round at Oulton Park. Excited to announce I'll be lining up on the grid for the first race of @BRDCBritishF3 this weekend. One race at a time for now but hoping to confirm for the rest of the season soon. Thanks @CarlinRacing and @Bayhar for your continued support #Bil...
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Gunther on top in final day of F2 Bahrain test
Friday, 23 March 2018Maximilian Gunther set the fastest lap of the FIA Formula 2 Championship preseason test at Sakhir, Bahrain on the final day, leading the way with a 1m42.756s set in the morning session to beat Charouz Racing System's Louis Deletraz and ART Grand Prix's George Russell. Günther's BWT Arden teammate Nirei Fukuzumi was quickest in the afternoon session. Roy Nissany of Campos Vexatec Racing jumped th...
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De Vries leads Bahrain F2 testing
Wednesday, 21 March 2018Nyck de Vries opened the second FIA Formula 2 Championship pre-season test at Sakhir, Bahrain with the fastest time, as the Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing driver set a 1m43.785s to head the first day's timing boards ahead of Charouz Racing System's Louis Delétraz and Campos Vexatec Racing driver Luca Ghiotto. The morning session began in warm conditions and the field was led onto the circuit by...
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Pulcini leads second day of GP3 testing
Thursday, 15 March 2018Leonardo Pulcini topped the second day of the GP3 Series pre-season test at Jerez, Spain, ending the session with a 1m30.255s to set the fastest time overall ahead of Trident driver Pedro Piquet and ART Grand Prix's Jake Hughes. Overnight rain had once again created difficult conditions to open the day at the circuit, culminating in plenty of wet tire running in the morning. Piquet left the pitla...
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Hubert leads Jerez GP3 testing
Wednesday, 14 March 2018Anthoine Hubert was quickest overall in the first day of the second GP3 Series pre-season test at Jerez, Spain, setting a 1m30.449s in the afternoon session to beat MP Motorsport's Dorian Boccolacci and Campos Racing's Leonardo Pulcini to the top of the timesheets. A damp, overcast morning did not deter the teams from running, queuing up their drivers outside of the pit garages ahead of the green...
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Formula 1 to promote new FIA F3 championship
Friday, 09 March 2018The Formula 1 Group has been confirmed bv the FIA as the promoter of the new FIA Formula 3 Championship, which will be introduced in 2019. The new championship is expected to replace GP3 as third tier on the main ladder to Formula 1, and will join Formula 2 as part of Formula 1's support package with a calendar that is expected to run across nine or 10 weekends, with two races per event. At the c...
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Russell leads final day of F2 testing
Thursday, 08 March 2018George Russell set the quickest lap in the final day of FIA Formula 2 pre-season testing at Le Castellet, France, clocking in a time of 1m42.396s while DAMS' Alexander Albon topped the timesheets during the afternoon session. As teams sought to make the most of the remaining time available on the last day of testing, Arjun Maini was first on the scene at the start of the day. The Trident driver w...
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Norris stays ahead as F2 testing continues
Wednesday, 07 March 2018Lando Norris ended the second day of FIA Formula 2 pre-season testing with the quickest time, as his 1m42.226s lap proved to be unbeatable during the post-break running while DAMS driver Alexander Albon headed the leaderboard in the afternoon. In the morning, Trident's Arjun Maini was the first to take to the circuit, followed in hot pursuit by Sette Camara. Seeking to get plenty of dry running e...
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Castroneves' RallyX on Ice adventure 'so much more difficult' than expected
Tuesday, 06 March 2018Helio Castroneves' RallyX on Ice weekend was "so much more fun and so much more difficult" than he thought it would be. Following in the tracks of Team Penske teammates Austin Cindric and Josef Newgarden, Castroneves traveled to Gol, Norway to drive a Penske-liveried Supercar Lites mount in the RallyX on Ice season finale. While he missed the semifinals, it was still quite an experience. "What an...
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Norris leads first day of F2 testing in France
Tuesday, 06 March 2018Lando Norris completed the first day of the FIA Formula 2 pre-season test at Le Castellet, France as the fastest driver overall, the Carlin driver setting a 1m43.095 lap during the afternoon session to head the timesheets ahead of Nyck De Vries and teammate Sergio Sette Camara. A damp, overcast Circuit Paul Ricard greeted the teams as they sought to clock in their customary installation laps at t...
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