Archive for the ‘Formula 3 Euro Series’ Category
The 2007 German Formula 3 champion and the 2008 Japanese Formula 3 champion Carlo van Dam surprised most people when he yesterday announced that he would join the Kolles & Heinz Union Volkswagen team in this year’s F3 Euro Series. Van Dam, who totally dominated the Japanese championship last year, was by many believed to [...]
The successful Formula Renault 2.0 team Motopark Academy will move up the ranks this year and race in Formula 3 for the first time. The team has won the Eurocup three times with Scott Speed, Filipe Albuquerque and Valtteri Bottas. The new Formula 3 challenge will be headed by Atte Mustonen, who also will be [...]
Earlier today I wrote about the signing of Esteban Gutierrez for the ART Grand Prix Formula 3 Euro Series team. The team’s fourth driver has now been confirmed and it is no other than Finnish mega-talent Valtteri Bottas. This means the ART line-up for 2009 is filled to the brim with insane amounts of talent. [...]
Autosport are reporting that Mexican driver Esteban Gutierrez has been confirmed for top F3 Euro Series team ART Grand Prix for the 2009 season. Gutierrez won the European Formula BMW championship last year in dominant fashion and tested for ART at the end of the year. “I feel very happy to have come to an [...]
Last year Carlin Motorsport’s Red Bull drivers made their mark on the British Formula 3 championship. Jaime Alguersuari came out on top and won the championship while team mate Brendon Hartley ended up third. Brendon Hartley will stay with Carlin Motorsport in 2009 but will move to the Formula 3 Euro Series, where he already [...]
French Formula 3 racer Franck Mailleux leaves the open wheel world and moves to the Le Mans Series with Signature. Mailleux raced this year in F3 Euro Series for Signature but will during 2009 drive Signature’s LMP1 Oreca Judd in both the Le Mans Series and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This will [...]
Adrien Tambay, this year third in the European Formula BMW championship, has will join ART Grand Prix for the Formula 3 Euro Series. Tambay, who is the son of Grand Prix winner Patrick Tambay, will have one of the title favourites Jules Bianchi as team mate for the 2009 season. Adrien Tambay‘s first season out [...]
Manor Motorsport has signed Brazilian Cesar Ramos for the 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series championship. Cesar Ramos was the 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series champion and raced this year in both the Eurocup and the Italian championship for BMW Minardi Team and was a consistent runner at the top with no wins but [...]
Last night Alexander Sims was crowned the winner of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award with a cheque of £50,000, a McLaren F1 test and an Aston Martin GT1 test. Today Autosport is reporting that he has signed for Mücke Motorsport for the 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series. “After the Formula Renault season finished, Mücke offered [...]
