Lando Norris sets new record at Circuit Paul Ricard Lando Norris (Josef Kaufmann Racing) set the new Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 record for Circuit Paul Ricard this Saturday. The British driver lowered the old mark of Nyck de Vries set in 2014, with a lap of 2:02.616. 2015 rookie of the year Harrison Scott (AVF…
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Travel 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Zaltbommel, Day 3
Sunday, March 5th 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Zaltbommel After another excellent (but egg-avoiding) breakfast, we headed out again, discovering the local market was in full swing. A stop to buy bread was essential although I was impressed that we managed to avoid caving in to our taste-buds and didn’t buy vast amounts of cheese to go…
2016 FIA F3 European Championship – Testing, Eriksson Completes Promising Test
Joel Eriksson Completes Promising Vallelunga est Joel Eriksson continued to run strongly as the first official FIA F3 European Championship pre-season test came to a close at Vallelunga (Italy) on Friday. After surprisingly topping the timesheets on his very first day of official F3 duty on Thursday, the Swedish rookie put in another solid day’s…
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 – Paul Ricard, Testing, Day 1
Double for Josef Kaufmann Racing at Circuit Paul Ricard With defending Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion and Renault Sport Academy driver Jack Aitken looking on, Jehan Daruvala (Josef Kaufmann Racing) turned in the fastest lap on day one of collective testing at Circuit Paul Ricard. With a time of 2:03.641, the Sahara Force India Academy…
Travel 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Vught, Day 2
Friday, March 4th 2016 – Day 2Â (S’Hertogenbosch, Vught) A good night’s sleep and we woke to decidedly inclement weather, unfortunately. However, breakfast was in the dry of the hotel undercroft. It was a fairly impressive buffet, though it did come with the semi-compulsory egg that is a feature of everywhere I’ve ever stayed in…
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC – Hutchison Joins Mark Burdett
Mark Burdett Motorsports Adds Hutchison to Their Ranks Scottish car racing rookie Finlay Hutchison will make the leap straight onto the European stage for his maiden season in single-seaters this year after today, Thursday, 3rd March, completing a deal with Mark Burdett Motorsport to contest the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC). Partnering experienced…
2016 FIA F3 European Championship – First Day of Testing for Eriksson
Joel Eriksson Tops First Day of Testing Joel Eriksson got life as an FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver off to the best possible start by topping the first day of official pre-season testing in Italy on Thursday. 17-year-old Eriksson clocked a 1m28.488s best around the Vallelunga circuit, located on the outskirts of Rome, to…
2016 SMP F4 NEZ Championship – Opmeer is the Latest Dutch Driver to Join the Series
Dutchman Jarno Opmeer SMP F4 NEZ Championship The KNAF Talent First program from Netherlands has placed another of their top drivers in the SMP F4 NEZ Championship for the coming season. After years of topping the charts in the karting world, Dutch driver Jarno Opmeer will be fighting for the SMP F4 NEZ Championship in…
2016 EuroFormula Open – Winter Series Preview
Winter Series Event at Paul Ricard Promises New Thrills An impressive 23-car field will enter the Euroformula Open´s Winter Series event (test and two races) at Paul Ricard. Several novelties including new names added to the impressive list of drivers: Gulhuseyn Abdullayev (Campos Racing), Cazzaniga brothers (DAV Racing) and Nicholas Silva (Drivex). Team West-Tec F3…
Travel 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Day 1
Thursday, March 3rd 2016 – Den Bosch We’d been planning on catching the Hieronymus Bosch exhibition in his home town of S’Hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch as it’s more commonly -and pronounceably – known) since we’d first got wind of it back in 2015, and the looming new job start focussed our minds on getting it…
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