Carlin’s Lando Norris kicked off his rookie European Formula 3 season by topping the timings in the first preseason test of the year. The rookie was one of only two drivers to set a time faster than 1m35s at the Hungaroring today. Arriving in F3 having taken the Formula Renault 2.0 title last season, Norris […]
Fortec Motorsport believes it can make a successful return to the European Formula 3 championship in 2018. The team has struggled to attract drivers for the championship in recent years, forcing it to take a two year absence from the series. Fortec aimed to make a return this season after competing in the Macau GP […]
Making your debut in Formula One is never going to be an easy task, but it could be argued Lance Stroll is set to have a more difficult rookie year than most. Not only does the teenager have to deal with a car that more experienced drivers have called more difficult to drive, but he’ll […]
Getting into Q3 will be “extremely difficult” for Toro Rosso, according to Carlos Sainz, but he still believes there’s more to come from the STR12 than what we have seen in testing. Reliability problems disturbed Toro Rosso’s running throughout the two weeks’ testing, meaning it completed less laps than any team other than McLaren. The […]
Pascal Wehrlein will finally get the chance to test the Sauber C36-Ferrari this week after being deemed fit to drive. Sauber said on Twitter “Pascal will be ready to hit the track with the C36 tomorrow”. The German missed the opening preseason test due to a back injury sustained in a crash in the Race […]
2016 runner up Maximilian Gunther will continue in the European Formula 3 championship with Prema Powerteam. Gunther made his F3 debut in 2015 with Mucke Motorsport before switching to Prema for the final round of his debut season. The German built on the lessons learned in his first season in 2016, when he took four […]
Harrison Newey will continue with Van Amersfoort for his second season in the European Formula 3 championship. The British teenager made his debut in the championship last season, where he finished 18th in the overall standings with seven points finishes. Now, with not only a year in the championship under his belt but also having […]
McLaren Honda has pulled the covers off of their 2017 challenger, the third since Honda returned to Formula One as an engine supplier. After much anticipation, the team revealed that orange will be returning to its livery when it launched the car at the team’s base in Woking. The MCL32 – the team dropping the […]
ADAC Formula 4 champion Joey Mawson will continue with Van Amersfoort Racing as he makes the step up to the European Formula 3 championship this season. The Australian dominated the F4 championship last season, taking nine wins and 16 podiums from the 24 races. After two years racing in the German championship, Mawson believes now […]
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff isn’t expecting things to be totally smooth between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. With Nico Rosberg’s departure, Wolff is looking forward to putting the strained relationship between his drivers behind him. Without the “historical animosity” Hamilton and Rosberg shared, it looks like the Mercedes boss will have a less stressful […]
Pedro Piquet is aiming to be a regular front runner in his second season in the European Formula 3 championship with Van Amersfoort. Piquet took the Brazilian Formula 3 title two seasons in a row before making his European racing debut last year. The Brazilian took five points finishes last season on his way to […]
Team Motopark has signed their second rookie for the 2017 European Formula 3 championship, with Japanese racer Marino Sato making his F3 debut with the team. Sato will make the step up from the Italian F4 after two years racing in the championship and will work alongside 2016 rookie champion Joel Eriksson and fellow rookie […]