August 29, 2010 - 4:12 pm
Adrien Tambay has put in one of the drives of the season to take victory in dry/wet Race 2 at Spa-Francorchamps.
On a trickery track with most parts wet and few dry, the Manor Racing driver on slick held off acharging Alexander Rossi on wet tyres to take his maiden win in the Series. The American’s second place finish helped seal the Teams’ title for ART Grand Prix with one round remaining. Overnight penalties meant Jenzer Motorsport’s Simon Trummer started on reverse pole. The Swiss driver made a good start when the lights turned green, but before the end of the first lap more …
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August 28, 2010 - 7:20 pm
Adrien Tambay was unable to defend his position in today’s race 1 Spa Francorchamps. After a very good start, the Frenchman has been hit at the first corner. He then had to retire with a broken suspension.
Meanwhile, Robert Wickens scored perhaps the most bizarre win of his career in a rain-struck opening GP3 race at Spa-Francorchamps this afternoon. The Canadian Status driver rode his luck but arguably played the rules to perfection after a heavy storm hit the track midway through the race.
When the field reached La Source nearly everybody spun, including leader Wickens, who hit the wall hard. But Wickens managed to more …
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August 27, 2010 - 7:18 pm
Adrien Tambay claimed the number one spot in a wet and foggy practice session at Spa-Francorchamps with a time of 2:29.381. The first GP3 session of the weekend was delayed by over thirty minutes after an eventful GP2 qualifying session ran long. Torrential downpours all weekend meant that all thirty GP3 cars hit the track with wet weather tyres for just the second time this season putting their rain skills to the test.
On his first flying lap of the session Series leader Esteban Gutierrez set the pace for ART Grand Prix, closely followed by Tambay and teammate Adrian Quaife-Hobbs. Antonio Felix da more …
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