Former Campos GP3 driver Alex Palou has moved to the Japanese Formula 3 championship for the 2017 season. The Spaniard will race with the Threebond with Drago Corse team after two seasons in the Formula 1 feeder series in 2015 and 2016. Twitter: Excited to join Threebond – Drago Corse for 2017 in Japanese Formula […]
GP3 became the last series racing in the Formula 1 paddock to begin testing ahead of its 2017 season with two days of action at Estoril on March 22-23. The tests allowed some drivers to get back in a groove with their machines, get to know more of their new teams or new series and examine […]
ART Grand Prix’s Jack Aitken ended the second and final day of the first GP3 test at Circuito do Estoril fastest on an another damp day at the Portuguese track. The Renault academy driver set a time of 1m28.125s late in the day as the track dried to lead the way from team-mates Nirei Fukuzumi […]
ART Grand Prix’s George Russell has topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of the first GP3 test of 2017 at Circuito do Estoril. The British driver set a lap time of 1m27.606s to go fastest ahead of team-mate Nirei Fukuzumi and Campos driver Raoul Hyman on an ever-improving track after a […]
Koiranen GP will miss the first GP3 test of 2017 at Circuito do Estoril this week, the series has confirmed. Rumours over its stay in the series have circulated since Autosport revealed that it was unsure over its future in the series after four years of racing. The team finished 2016 with its worst-ever finish […]
Raoul Hyman and Marcos Siebert will test with Campos Racing during the first GP3 pre-season test at Circuito do Estoril this week. The two drivers will join previously signed race driver Julien Falchero as part of its three-driver team for the first two days of testing at the Portuguese track on March 22-23. Hyman returns […]
Testing will be an important fixture on the slim list of GP3 events in 2017, beginning with the opening pre-season test at the Circuito do Estoril on March 22-23. This is the first of four tests between March and June alongside the eight rounds of the 2017 season which begins in Barcelona in May and concludes in […]
Ferrari academy driver Giuliano Alesi is returning to Trident for the 2017 GP3 Series season to partner Kevin Joerg. The news means that Scuderia becomes the seventh Formula 1 organisation to have connections with a driver on the GP3 grid, joining Haas, Honda, Mercedes, Red Bull, Renault and Sauber in having young talent racing. Alesi […]
Alessio Lorandi is staying at the Jenzer Motorsport for the 2017 GP3 Series season, his first full season in the category, the team has announced. Lorandi will continue to race alongside team-mate Arjun Maini, who also embarks on a full rookie campaign in the series during the year. The Italian racer made his series debut […]
Following the news of the GP2 Series being rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 championship for the 2017 season, question marks have been left over the future of GP3. The first pre-season test in Estoril next week will see the series begin to prepare for its eighth season in operation, but this slight change sees it become a further isolated […]
GP3 race-winner Matt Parry has signed a deal to race with the Nissan RJN Motorsport team in the Blancpain GT Endurance Cup series. The 23-year-old Welshman raced 36 times over two seasons in the series with Koiranen GP, winning last year’s Hungarian sprint race. He also claimed four other podiums along with finishing in the […]
DAMS has released its line-up for the 2017 GP3 season, with Bruno Baptista and Tatiana Calderon joining returning driver Santino Ferrucci at the team. Baptista will make his debut in the series, graduating from the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Eurocup championships. Calderon moves over to the team after racing for Arden in 2016, finishing […]