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  • A1GP: Second victory evades Irish at Taupo

    Britain’s Dan Clarke span out of the points while a rogue anti-stall system cost Adam Carroll the chance of a clean sweep of victories in New Zealand.

    A1GP, Archive
    A1 Team GBR, A1 Team Ireland, A1 Team Switzerland, A1GP, Adam Carroll, Dan Clarke, Katie Clements, Neel Jani

  • Take on your racing heroes at charity karting event

    How would you fancy the chance to test your driving skills against the likes of Andy Priaulx, Adam Carroll, Tom Kristensen or Louise Goodman? The opportunity is yours for £300 if you sign up for a charity karting event taking place at this year’s Autosport International show.

    Archive, Events
    Adam Carroll, Andy Priaulx, Autosport International, BP Ultimate Celebrity Karting Challenge, David Brabham, Duncan Tappy, James Jakes, Jon Lancaster, Katherine Legge, Louise Goodman, Sam Bird, Tom Kristensen

  • A1GP: Irish on top of the tree for Christmas

    Team Ireland will spend Christmas as A1GP championship leaders after Adam Carroll converted his Sepang feature race pole position into victory.

    A1GP, Archive
    A1GP, Adam Carroll, Danny Watts, Fairuz Fauzy, Katie Clements, videos

  • A1GP: Brits and Irish on pole in China

    The British and Irish teams staked out the front row for A1GP’s two races in China tomorrow, Ireland’s Adam Carroll taking pole in the sprint race, then Team GBR’s Danny Watts qualifying top for the feature race with Carroll beside him.

    A1GP, Archive
    A1GP, Adam Carroll, Danny Watts, Marco Andretti, Robert Doornbos, videos

  • GP2: Grosjean wins race dogged by incident

    Adam Carroll’s hopes of winning the GP2 Turkish sprint race from pole ended with an early gearbox failure – but the prize for unlucky exits went to Bruna Senna, eliminated from the race after he hit a stray dog on the track.

    Archive, GP2

  • GP2: Pantano unchallenged for Turkey win

    Adam Carroll will start on pole in tomorrow’s GP2 sprint race after his return to the series saw him squander an impressive qualification performance in the feature race to finish eighth.

    Archive, GP2

  • A1GP: Irish and Brits storm podium in Mexico

    Adam Carroll scored Ireland’s maiden win when A1GP visited Mexico City last weekend, while Oliver Jarvis grabbed a pair of second places to move Team GBR up to fourth in the overall standings.

    A1GP, Archive

  • Tappy thrives in switch to GT3 racing despite Silverstone disappointment

    On Sunday Brits on Pole was at a rainy Silverstone for the Blancpain Endurance Series, where a number of drivers we’ve regularly covered in single-seaters were in action. They included ex-Superleague Formula race-winner Duncan Tappy who qualified his McLaren MP4-12C third. We caught up with Duncan before and after the race in the ART Grand…

    Archive, Endurance racing
    Blancpain Endurance Series, Duncan Tappy, Silverstone

  • Status GP signs Alice Powell to race in GP3 this season

    BWRDC gold star winner and 2010 Formula Renault BARC champion Alice Powell will race in this year’s GP3 series for front-running team Status GP.

    Archive, GP3
    Alex Brundle, Alice Powell, Status Grand Prix Ltd, William Buller

  • GP2 and GP3: The next generation

    They’re the rising stars of British single-seater racing, each ambitious to take their place on the F1 grid, and in the run-up to the British Grand Prix weekend they put aside their rivalries to pose for this Pirelli publicity photo.

    Archive, GP2, GP3
    Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Alexander Sims, Dean Smith, James Calado, Lewis Williamson, Luciano Bacheta, Max Chilton, Nick Yelloly, Pirelli, Sam Bird

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