12 Jan 2010: British F3: Expanded schedule brings race bonanza
The British F3 championship has increased the number of races on its 2010 schedule after introducing an extra event at each meeting.
The British F3 championship has increased the number of races on its 2010 schedule after introducing an extra event at each meeting.
British fans of open-wheel racing will have two chances to catch Superleague Formula when it comes to the UK in 2010 with dates confirmed at both Silverstone and Brands Hatch.
An accidentally-released provisional calendar for next year’s Superleague Formula brought good news for British fans of the football-themed series this week – but potential bad news for fans of A1GP.
The fifth season of A1GP contains no date at Brands Hatch because the circuit’s owners were concerned about dwindling crowds and the series’ precarious finances.
British and Irish race fans are going to have to do without an A1GP event next year after the series published its calendar and revealed it will not be visiting either country.
A strong weekend from Max Chilton saw him take a second place, a victory and a driver of the weekend award as well as the trophy for the season’s top British entrant – and now his next target is GP2 Asia.
Scottish F1 hopeful Paul di Resta has scored his first win of the season in his home race at Brands Hatch as the DTM touring car series visited the UK at the weekend.
Brits Alexander Sims and Sam Bird had a great outing during their home event at Brands Hatch in Formula Three Euroseries as the Mucke Motorsport team-mates both made it to the podium in race two.
Want to see Lewis Hamilton in action? Then your best bet may well be to get yourself along to Brands Hatch in September.
Formula 2 driver Henry Surtees has been killed in a chance racing accident in which he was hit in the head by a flying wheel as he took part in the second race of the weekend at Brands Hatch.