Mercedes Formula 1 junior George Russell has set a new record practice lap time to go fastest in the first session of the GP3 round at the Hungaroring. Championship leader Russell set a time of 1m32.255s at the chequered flag to lead Raoul Hyman by 0.085s. This beats the previous best set by Aaro Vainio, […]
Formula Renault 3.5’s 2015 runner-up Matthieu Vaxiviere is set to make his GP3 debut at Hungary after being noted as Santino Ferrucci’s replacement at DAMS. There has been no official announcement from the team, driver or series at the time of writing, but the Frenchman is in the ‘Teams and Drivers’ section of the GP3 […]
Haas Formula 1 development driver and GP3 points scorer Santino Ferrucci will complete the rest of the 2017 F2 season with Trident, partnering Nabil Jeffri at the team. He fills the spot vacated by Sergio Canamasas’s move to Rapax after the Azerbaijan round of the championship, which was temporarily covered by Raffaele Marciello and Callum […]
Ferrari Formula 1 academy driver Giuliano Alesi has won his first GP3 race at the Silverstone sprint event after leading all 15 laps. Alesi, son of ex-F1 winner Jean, led from the front row of the grid after being left alone as polesitter and Trident team-mate Dorian Boccolacci was stuck in the pitlane and unable […]
Trident’s Dorian Boccolacci and DAMS’ Bruno Baptista have been penalised after incidents in the Silverstone GP3 feature race. Boccolacci made contact with Red Bull junior Niko Kari when both were fighting for fourth position, allowing Jack Aitken to pass both. The Frenchman finished ahead of the Finn in fifth but falls to eighth in the results […]
Mercedes Formula 1 junior George Russell has won the GP3 feature race at Silverstone after holding off ART team-mate Anthoine Hubert. Hubert snatched the lead away from the Brit at the start, but Russell made an overtake around the outside at the right-handed Stowe corner four laps later. Russell was never severely threatened after this, […]
Mercedes Formula 1 protégé George Russell has become the first driver to claim two poles in the 2017 GP3 season after setting the fastest time in qualifying at Silverstone. Russell posted a time of 1m46.608s with three minutes of the half-hour session remaiing to go top before Anthoine Hubert joined him in the top-two seconds […]
Mercedes Formula 1 junior driver George Russell has gone fastest in GP3 practice at Silverstone, leading an ART 1-2-3-4 on the timesheets. Russell set a time of 1m46.738s at the end of the session to snatch the top spot away from championship leader and Honda-backed Nirei Fukuzumi, lapping 0.361s quicker than the Japanese. Renault academy […]
GP3 returns this weekend for the third round of the 2017 season at Silverstone, completing the first of two back-to-back rounds on the calendar. A predictable Drivers’ Championship battle is already starting to emerge between ART’s drivers, with Nirei Fukuzumi leading by one point over George Russell. Anthoine Hubert and Jack Aitken are third and […]
Trident’s Dorian Boccolacci has been given a three-place grid penalty for the next feature race at the Silverstone circuit after an incident in Austria’s sprint race. The French driver’s race ended in the gravel after hitting the rear right tyre of Alessio Lorandi’s car and going airborne, flipping three times. Boccolacci was classified in 17th […]
Campos Racing’s Raoul Hyman has become the eighth different winner in the last eight GP3 races after taking victory in the sprint at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. Hyman led all 18 laps from pole position to claim his first win since triumphing at Snetterton in the BRDC Formula 4 series in 2014. He held off […]
Mercedes junior driver George Russell dominated to take his first GP3 win in the feature race at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. Russell led all 24 laps on his way to winning after holding off an attack from Jack Aitken at the start, forcing his fellow Brit to the right-hand side of the straight. Renault-backed Aitken […]