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Ricciardo fastest in Mexico free practice two
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Ricciardo fastest in Mexico free practice two

Daniel Ricciardo beat Lewis Hamilton in the second free practice session in Mexico. The Red Bull driver was 0.131s faster than Hamilton, and 0.023s faster than Bottas’ FP1 time. Free practice two was stopped five minutes after the green flag to clear debris from Romain Grosjean’s Haas. The Frenchman had spun at the final corner, […]

Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2 in disrupted free practice
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Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2 in disrupted free practice

Valtteri Bottas led team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a disrupted first free practice ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton to top the times in the first free practice session ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes duo, Max Verstappen, and Sebastian Vettel swapped times at the top of the […]

Formula 1 focus led to Renault’s FE exit
Formula 1

Formula 1 focus led to Renault’s FE exit

Renault’s focus on its Formula 1 campaign prompted the manufacturer to leave Formula E next season. With other manufacturers ending their World Endurance Championship or DTM operations to focus on FE, Renault’s attention is on F1. It’s return as a manufacturer team in 2016 sparked aggressive recruitment and managing director Cyril Abiteboul told Autosport that […]

Gunther claims victory in F3 season finale
F3

Gunther claims victory in F3 season finale

Prema Powerteam’s Maximilian Gunther rounded out his 2017 European Formula 3 season with a lights to flag victory at Hockenheim. But a win wasn’t enough to put him second in the championship standings, with a second place in the final race for Joel Eriksson securing the position. A strong start allowed Gunther to build up […]

Prema locks out front row for Hockenheim races two and three
F3

Prema locks out front row for Hockenheim races two and three

Prema Powerteam locks out the front row of the grid for the second and third European Formula 3 races at Hockenheim, with Callum Ilott and Maximilian Gunther sharing pole positions. Ilott was fastest overall in the second qualifying, two tenths of a second quicker than championship contender Gunther. The pair swapped positions back and forth […]

Ilott claims pole for Hockenheim race one – Norris P2
F3

Ilott claims pole for Hockenheim race one – Norris P2

Callum Ilott claimed pole positon for the first European Formula 3 race at of the Hockenheim weekend whilst Lando Norris outqualified title rival Maximilian Gunther. Gunther was quickest early on, but dropped backwards as the session progressed. A wide moment on a late fast lap stopped Gunther improving, putting him 11th on the grid for […]

Ilott fastest in practice ahead of F3 season finale
F3

Ilott fastest in practice ahead of F3 season finale

Prema Powerteam’s Callum Ilott set the fastest lap in the final European Formula 3 practice session of the season, whilst championship leader Lando Norris beat rival Maximilian Gunther. Ilott was one of only two drivers to set a lap time faster than 1m32s around the Hockenheim circuit. His 1m31.891s lap was set late in the […]

ADAC F4 champion Vips to make F3 debut
F3

ADAC F4 champion Vips to make F3 debut

Less than a month after securing the German Formula 4 championship, Juri Vips will make his European Formula 3 debut with Motopark this weekend. Vips will return to Hockenheim, the site of his F4 victory, for the final round of the F3 championship, replacing Romanian racer Petru Florescu. Florescu joined the F3 grid two rounds […]

Van Amersfoort to run F4 star in F3 season finale
F3

Van Amersfoort to run F4 star in F3 season finale

Van Amersfoort will field four cars for the final round of the 2017 European Formula 3 championship. The team spent middle part of the season as a three-car squad after David Beckmann switched to Motopark. Max Defourney joined the team for a one-off appearance at the Nurburgring. ADAC Formula 4 driver Felipe Drugovich will now […]

First blood Vettel in Suzuka FP1
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First blood Vettel in Suzuka FP1

Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton in the first free practice ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver improved his lap time to 1m29.166s around the Suzuka track as it began to drizzle. The rain quickly grew heavier, making it impossible for Hamilton to reply. Hamilton was fastest early in the session but it […]

Turvey tops final FE preseason test
Formula E

Turvey tops final FE preseason test

Oliver Turvey set a new course record around the adapted Valencia circuit, topping the times in the final Formula E pre-season test ahead of the first race of the year. The NIO Formula E Team driver set his 1m21.822s lap in the morning session, a tenth of a second quicker than Daniel Abt in second. […]

US GP promoter calls for Mexican race date change
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US GP promoter calls for Mexican race date change

United States Grand Prix promoter Bobby Epstein has called for a calendar change to separate his race from the Mexican GP. The Mexican race has followed the US GP since it returned to the calendar in 2015. The back to back rounds take place at the end of October this year and are set to […]