November 30, 2011 - 12:51 pm
Richie Stanaway has dominated the first two days of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Aragon this week.
The young New Zealander, who crushed all his opposition in this year’s German F3 championship, topped the times on both days for the Gravity-Charouz racing team.
Having gone quickest in both sessions on Monday, on Tuesday Richie was the only driver to dip below 1m 43s this week, with a best time of 1m 42.810s that put him three tenths clear of the field.
Fellow Gravity racer Kevin Korjus is also in action more …
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November 20, 2011 - 10:53 am
Marco Wittmann had to settle for the scant consolation of a podium at the Macau Grand Prix despite leading for much of the race.
The German driver started on pole position and stormed into an early lead while Roberto Merhi triggered a startline pile-up behind him after he got away slowly from P3. Marco’s early challenger Valtteri Bottas hit the wall following the first safety car restart on lap 4 and Marco took full advantage. At one point the German’s lead was 2.7 more …
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November 19, 2011 - 10:49 am
Marco Wittmann continued his magnificent weekend’s work by dominating the qualification race to set up pole position for Sunday’s Macau Grand Prix.
The German driver started from pole and fended off all his challengers en route to a lights-to-flag victory. It was a controlled performance in the ten lap preliminary event that finished behind the safety car after a crash involving Jimmy Eriksson on lap 9.
Marco’s job was helped when fellow front row starter Antonio da Costa broke its first gear at the more …
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November 18, 2011 - 10:46 am
Marco Wittmann put in a stunning late lap to secure pole position for the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix while Alexander Sims will line up on row two.
The German driver had also taken provisional pole position yesterday after a penalty was awarded to pace-setter Roberto Merhi in a dramatic wet session. This time the track was dry and it again boiled down to a straight fight between the two F3 Euro Series competitors.
Marco had gone quickest in the morning practice session but more …
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November 17, 2011 - 10:55 am
Kevin Korjus took the helm of the R31 cockpit today during the second day of testing in Abu Dhabi. The opportunity gave him his first ever taste of an F1 car.
Driver: Kevin Korjus (Estonian, 18)
Chassis: R31-04
Fastest Lap: 1:43.776
Position: P8
Total laps: 70
What we learned today:
- It was a day of firsts for Kevin: the day was based around getting Kevin comfortable in the car and giving him as much mileage as possible. He adapted to the car and the systems.
November 17, 2011 - 10:42 am
Marco Wittmann sealed provisional pole position for the Macau Grand Prix after a dramatic wet first qualifying session in the Far East.
Marco set the second fastest time of the day with a lap of 2m 30.535s, albeit one and a half seconds adrift of the leading mark set by his F3 Euro Series rival Roberto Merhi. But as the weather worsened there was drama later in the session as Merhi clattered into the back of Felix Rosenqvist at Lisboa, badly damaging both cars and sending them up more …
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