Ferrari academy driver Giuliano Alesi has been demoted one place in the final classification after an incident with Alessio Lorandi in GP3’s feature race at Jerez. Alesi finished eighth on track after passing Lorandi around the inside approaching the right-handed Turn 6 corner on the 23rd and final lap of the event, with his front […]
Honda junior driver Nirei Fukuzumi has claimed his second win of the 2017 GP3 season, heading an ART 1-2-3, at the Jerez feature race. Fukuzumi led all 23 laps from pole position, keeping a gap of around two seconds to Mercedes protégé George Russell for much of the race. The crucial changes for position happened […]
Honda junior driver Nirei Fukuzumi has taken pole position for the Jerez GP3 feature race after setting a last-gasp time in qualifying in a potential championship-deciding weekend, creating an ART 1-2-3. Fukuzumi set a time of 1m30.678s as the session ended to displace Renault academy racer Jack Aitken from the top after he had moved […]
Mercedes Formula 1 protégé George Russell has beaten Jack Aitken to the fastest time at practice at Jerez as the run-in for the GP3 drivers’ championship begins with the penultimate round. He set a lap time of 1m30.214s to top the timesheets, 0.073s clear of the Renault academy driver. Russell starts the weekend 43 points […]
The FIA will debut an International Formula 3 series from the 2019 season onwards to complete its redesign of the junior ladder from F4 to F1. It has been long rumoured by publications such as Autosport that a series may develop to merge the existing GP3 Series and the F3 European Championship before today’s announcement at […]
Renault academy driver Jack Aitken is receiving his first test with the manufacturer following the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. Aitken will join Robert Kubica and Sergey Sirotkin in having laps with the 2012 E20 chassis in 2017 at Jerez. Kubica took part in a session with the same car at the Paul Ricard circuit earlier […]
Mercedes Formula 1 junior George Russell has claimed his fourth win of the 2017 GP3 season at Monza. Russell became the effective polesitter on the grid as team-mate Nirei Fukuzumi did not start the race due to electrical issues. He was involved in a battle for position with fellow ART racers Jack Aitken and Anthoine […]
GP3 will only hold one race at the Monza circuit in 2017 after another had to be cancelled due to repercussions from a delayed Formula 1 qualifying session. Its feature race will now take place on Sunday, while the sprint has been removed from the schedule altogether. The event will get underway at 7.50am. F1 […]
Honda protege Nirei Fukuzumi has inherited pole position for the GP3 Monza feature race after qualifying was cancelled due to severe rain conditions. The series could not get underway in the hour period between its start and Formula 1’s third practice session, meaning that practice order creates the grid. This means that the Japanese starts […]
Honda junior Nirei Fukuzumi has gone fastest in the practice session ahead of the Monza GP3 round, heading an ART 1-2-3-4. Fukuzumi set a lap time of 1m38.594s to top the timesheets by 0.099s ahead of championship leader and Mercedes Formula 1 protege George Russell. Anthoine Hubert and Renault academy driver Jack Aitken lapped within […]
Arden GP3 driver Niko Kari is set to leave the Red Bull junior team following the end of the year, according to Autosport. Kari has been a part of their programme since late 2015 and later progressed into the Formula 3 European Championship and into the Formula 1 feeder series. He has claimed one race victory […]
Red Bull junior driver Dan Ticktum will compete in the final three rounds of the 2017 GP3 season with DAMS, making the step up from Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. Ticktum is promoted to the series after racing in the 2.0 championship with Arden for eight rounds of this year’s campaign, winning the first race of […]