20/05/2017 – Smtfhw's Travels

2017 FIA F3 European Championship – Eriksson Takes Race 1 at Pau

Joel Eriksson Triumphs in Pau to Claim First Street-Track Win Joel Eriksson scored the first street-track victory of his career as he mastered difficult conditions to claim his third FIA Formula 3 European Championship win of the season at Pau this weekend. Eriksson arrived at the French city-centre circuit holding a slight lead in the…

2017 British F4 Championship – Caroline Sure-Footed at Wet Oulton Park

Victory for Caroline at a Wet Oulton Park Jamie Caroline proved wet weather is no issue in his pursuit of race wins, racking up his eighth victory of the season this afternoon in the first F4 British Championship race of the weekend at Oulton Park. Caroline led the wet race from lights to flag, looking…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Sochi Day 2 Dominated by Lundgaard

Lundgaard Dominates Day 2 in Sochi The second and final day of SMP F4 NEZ season first round started the way the first ended. After Day 1 which saw Xavier Lloveras taking pole position and race win, the whole field was waiting for Qualifying 2 to fight again. The rain was even harder than yesterday…

2017 ADAC F4 Championship – Race 2 to Hanses

Maiden Win for Hanses in Race 2 at Lausitzring Richard Wagner from Bavaria is Best Rookie in 16th. Sophia Flörsch finishes in the Top Ten. Race number two at the Lausitzring and victory number two for US Racing – following the win for Kim-Luis Schramm (19, Germany) in the fourth round of the season, Julian…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Lundgaard Does it Again!

Sochi, Round 1 Race 3 1st – No. 5, Christian Lundgaard, DEN, 12 laps, 29:41.288 2nd – Bent Viscaal, NED, Gap: 21.062 3rd – No. 7, Nikita Volegov. RUS, Gap: 22.037 4th – No. 21, Xavier Lloveras, ESP, Gap: 22.315 5th – No. 32, Tuomas Haapalainen, FIN, Gap: 23.190 6th – No. 76, Elias Niskanen,…

2017 FIA F3 European Championship – Eriksson Wins at Pau

Points Leader Joel Eriksson Wins at Pau Joel Eriksson (Motopark), the current FIA Formula 3 European Championship points’ leader, managed to score a race win on each of the three FIA Formula 3 European Championship race weekends held so far this season. This range of success continued at the 2.76 kilometres long street circuit of…

2017 ADAC F4 Championship – Schramm Wins at the Lausitzring

Kim-Luis Schramm Wins Race 1 at the Lausitzring Belgium’s Charles Weerts in P11 is Best Rookie. Tenth-placed Gachot secures pole for the third race on Sunday. Kim-Luis Schramm (19, Germany, US Racing) delivered a consummate lights-to-flag victory in the first of three ADAC Formula 4 races in the context of the Motorsport Festival at the…

2017 FIA F3 European Championship – Eriksson Wins Race 1 at Pau

Pau, Round 7 Race 1st – No. 1, Joel Eriksson, SWE, Motopark, Dallara F317 Volkswagen, 23 laps, 34:59.570 2nd – No. 31, Lando Norris*, GBR, Carlin, Dallara F317 Volkswagen, Gap: 0.243 3rd – No. 3, Maximilian Günther, DEU, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F317 Mercedes-Benz, Gap: 2.636 4th – No. 99, Nikita Mazepin, RUS, Hitech Grand Prix,…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Lundgaard Wins in the Wet at Sochi

Sochi, Round 1 Race 2 1st – No. 5, Christian Lundgard, DEN, 7 laps, 21:11.286 2nd – No. 21, Xavier Lloveras, ESP, Gap: 5.823 3rd – No. 10, Alexander Smolyar, RUS, Gap: 9.755 4th – No. 6, Vladimir Tziortzis, RUS, Gap: 10.212 5th – No. 32, Tuomas Haapalainen, FIN, Gap: 11.617 6th – No. 14,…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Smolyar Splashes to Race 2 Pole

Sochi, Round 1 Race 2, Qualifying 1st – No. 10, Alexander Smolyar, RUS, 2:38.864 2nd – No. 5, Christian Lundgard, DEN, 2:38.924 3rd – No. 21, Xavier Lloveras, ESP, 2:38.948 4th – Bent Viscaal, NED, 2:39.652 5th – No. 76, Elias Niskanen, FIN, 2:40.464 6th – No. 2, John Peters, NED, 2:40.714 7th – No….