Author: Andy Darley
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GP3: Carlin swoops to save Smith’s season
Dean Smith, winner of the award for last year’s top young British driver, has been saved from a possible season on the sidelines after the Racing Steps Foundation teamed up with Carlin to secure him a seat in GP3.
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Superleague: Dolby stamps his mark on new season
Craig Dolby took a dominating victory in Superleague Formula’s €100,000 Silverstone super final to cap an impressive day during which he won the first race and charged through from the back to take fourth in the reverse-grid second race.
Tagged as: Craig Dolby, Duncan Tappy, Flamengo, James Walker, Liverpool, Superleague Formula, Tottenham Hotspur
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Superleague: Max Wissel heads Dolby and Walker in qualifying
Max Wissel took pole for the first Superleague meeting of the weekend, knocking out Sebastian Bourdais, home favourite Craig Dolby and Virgin F1 refugee Alvaro Parente on the way.
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Superleague: Dolby, Walker and Tappy ready to kick off new season
Some said it was a joke and it wouldn’t last. But Superleague Formula, the football-themed racing championship with cars branded to match leading soccer clubs, begins its biggest season yet with three races at Silverstone this weekend.
Tagged as: Craig Dolby, Duncan Tappy, Flamengo, James Walker, Liverpool FC, Superleague Formula, Tottenham Hotspur
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British F3: Talent flocking from across the globe, claim organisers
British Formula Three kicks off its new-look 10-event, 30-race calendar this weekend with a visit to Oulton Park, and series organisers are bullish about this being one of the best years yet for the championship.
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F3: Henry Surtees’ former team to hold fundraising run at Oulton Park
The mechanic who helped driver Henry Surtees to victory during his sole Formula Three outing is organising a charity run in his memory at this weekend’s British F3 season-opener at Oulton Park.
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Martin Plowman on America: “I’m going flat out or I’m going home”
Two years ago, things were looking bleak for Martin Plowman. With very limited options for the 2008 season, he feared his career was losing momentum. Not so these days, where he’s rapidly becoming a fixture on the American open-wheel circuit. He talks to BritsOnPole.
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Indy Lights: Vernay wins opener as rain takes toll
French rookie JK Vernay mastered the rain in St Petersburg, Florida, to win the opening Indy Lights race of the season, ahead of Belgian journeyman Jan Heylen and Britain’s Stefan Wilson.
Tagged as: Firestone Indy Lights, James Winslow, JK Vernay, Martin Plowman, Pippa Mann, Richard Kent, Stefan Wilson