Race Incident

The marshalls at Thruxton this weekend made a big mess in the third race of the British Formula 3 series. Under waved yellow flags at the Club chicane the marshalls penalised Japanese driver Daisuke Nakajima for passing Jay Bridger. The problem was Daisuke Nakajima wasn’t passing Bridger at the time as he was already well [...]

British Formula 3 team Litespeed has confirmed that it will lodge its entry for the 2010 Formula 1 season with FIA today. The team will work with the company MGI which is run by F1 designer Mike Gascoyne. Engines for the team will be supplied by Cosworth. Team principal Nino Judge: “I can confirm that [...]

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 [...]

Seventeen year old Max Chilton has signed for British F3 champions Carlin Motorsport for the 2009 season. This will be the young driver’s third season in the championship in which he made his debut as the youngest driver ever in the series 2007 when he raced at Donington Park on his 16th birthday. During 2008 [...]

Swedish racer Marcus Ericsson has signed to race for the Toyota factory team TOM’s for the 2009 Japanese Formula 3 season. Marcus Ericsson stormed into the racing world in 2007 by winning the UK Formula BMW championship in his first year out of karts. He then went on to the British Formula 3 championship with [...]