Brits on Pole

Curious as to what Superleague Formula’s all about but puzzled by the way its YouTube channel dried up just as its first-ever season began? Well, puzzle no longer - it’s sprung back into life.

The final round of the inaugural Superleague Formula season takes place this weekend in Jerez - with one British team still hanging on to outside hopes of championship victory.

Beijing Guoan took a major step towards wrapping up the first Superleague Formula title with a win and a fifth place at the football-themed series’ Italian race weekend.

Liverpool and AC Milan, rivals on the football field, are shaping up as close competitors on the racetrack too after the Reds’ Adrian Valles beat the Italian team’s representative Robert Doornbos to size pole in Superleague Formula’s Vallelunga race one.

Liverpool’s Adrian Valles took his second victory of the inaugural Superleague Formula season at Estorial in Portugal, but there was disappointment for the other British clubs and drivers in the football-themed championship’s fourth round.

Liverpool FC driver Adrian Valles has been hard at work promoting the latest Superleague Formula fixture - by putting his car through its paces on the streets of Estoril.

Superleague Formula’s mid-season driver shakeup has come as bad news for Tottenham Hotspur driver Duncan Tappy, who has lost out to former F1 pilot Enrique Bernoldi.

Liverpool shared the honours with Beijing Gouan in Superleague Formula’s two Belgian races today, while Duncan Tappy and Craig Dolby grabbed second places for Spurs and Anderlecht.

Craig Dolby shrugged off a broken driveshaft at the start of today’s Superleague Formula qualifying session to secure a front row start in tomorrow’s first race in Belgium.

Ryan Dalziel will be on familiar ground when he resumes his duties as Glasgow Rangers Superleague Formula driver this weekend - racing at Zolder in Belgium where he last competed in Champ Car.