ART Grand Prix’s championship challenger Alex Albon has gone fastest in the final practice session of the 2016 GP3 Series season in Abu Dhabi. The British/Thai driver set a time of 1m56.885s, the only driver to reach a time in the 1m56s, to get his weekend off in the best possible way as he looks […]
Venturi’s Maro Engel and Stephane Sarrazin were left disappointed after a tough Marrakesh ePrix. After both scored points in the opening round in Hong Kong, the two finished well outside the points in 12th and 19th respectively after car issues from both sides of their garages as Sarrazin suffered energy issues while Engel had electronics […]
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport’s Daniel Abt says that he was more pleased by his performance in qualifying rather than his race at the Marrakesh ePrix. The German driver qualified in sixth, missing out on Super Pole by just 0.074s behind NextEV’s Nelson Piquet, before finishing sixth in the race. In doing so, Abt out qualified his teammate Lucas di Grassi […]
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport’s Lucas di Grassi says that a fifth-place finish at the inaugural Marrakesh ePrix was the best result he could have claimed at the track. After a difficult qualifying which saw him start 12th on the grid, he made a series of interesting overtakes to move into the points and into the top […]
Nico Rosberg says that he is content with second place from the Brazilian Grand Prix given the tough wet weather conditions the drivers faced. The grid had a hard 71-lap fight to keep their cars on track in a race disrupted by multiple safety car periods and two red flags. Rosberg brought his Mercedes home in second […]
Lewis Hamilton has taken the battle for the 2016 Drivers’ Championship title down to the wire after taking a vital first Brazilian Grand Prix victory in a massively chaotic race at Interlagos.The British driver won the dramatic race in extremely wet conditions that saw pretty much everything – five Safety Car periods and two red flag stoppages, and […]
Renault e.dams driver Sebastien Buemi has said that he is delighted with his ‘positive’ start to the new Formula E season after continuing his 100% race win record to season three of the Formula E Championship. The Swiss driver followed up his opening race win in Hong Kong with another victory in the Marrakesh ePrix, finishing ahead of DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird and Mahindra Racing’s […]
Mahindra Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist is a history-maker after becoming the first Formula E driver to take a pole position in the continent of Africa at the Marrakesh ePrix. The Swedish driver beat Renault e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi, DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird and NextEV’s Nelson Piquet to lead the session with just one driver to set […]
Williams’ Felipe Massa is aiming for a podium finish at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix to end his record at the track on a high. The race is his 13th and final race in his home country before he retires at the end of the season and is expected to be an emotional one reflecting on his achievement’s in […]
Haas will test new brake material on their VF-16 car during Friday practice in Brazil in their ongoing quest to eliminate brake problems. The team have been besotted with a number of retirements in recent rounds, although both cars managed to finish the Mexican Grand Prix. Esteban Gutierrez suffered brake cooling issues in the last race which caused […]
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has said that their development driver Charles Leclerc is set to race in GP2. The Monegasque driver has been racing with ART Grand Prix in GP3 in 2016 and is comfortably leading the Drivers’ Championship with one round to go in Abu Dhabi with a good chance of becoming the seventh GP3 champion. Leclerc will spend […]
Audi Sport technical director Jorg Zander will join Sauber for the 2017 Formula One season, the team have announced. Zander returns to the sport having formerly worked for Toyota, BAR, Sauber, Williams, Honda and Brawn GP during the 2000s. He moves to the team following Audi’s decision to leave the World Endurance Championship at the end of 2016, having been in his […]