The boss of one of Britain’s most successful junior formula motorsports teams has given the new GP3 series the thumbs-up after its first two days of testing at the Paul Ricard circuit in France.
The ten teams participating in this year’s GP3 championship took to the track at Paul Ricard yesterday for their first day of testing.
Racing Steps Foundation driver James Calado topped the timesheets on the first day of British F3 testing yesterday as a field of 22 got to grips with the first sessions of 2010.
The British teams set to take part in 2010’s inaugural GP3 season have got their hands on the first of the three cars they will be racing when the series kicks off in May.
Carlin Motorsport, one of Britain’s most succcessful F3 squads, has been restructured following a major investment by Capsicum Motorsport – a company established by the father of racers Tom and Max Chilton.
Ten teams will form the grid when the new GP3 feeder series kicks off next year, with the competitors forming a who’s who of the junior formulas that make up the path to F1.
Carlin’s Daniel Ricciardo has extended his British F3 championship lead by what may prove to be an unassailable margin during a subdued weekend for most of the British drivers at Silverstone.
Daniel Ricciardo saw off the challenge of title hopeful Walter Grubmuller to extend his lead in the British F3 International Championship at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend to 37 points – the biggest gap he has enjoyed all season.
Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo has extended his lead at the top of the British F3 International drivers’ points table this weekend – but he has no less than three Brits hot on his tail.
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