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Carter Williams To Race Entire Schedule of 2017 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear Championships

March 5, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

It was announced today that Carter Williams of Clovis, California will drive for World Speed Motorsports for the second straight season in the Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear Championships.

FORMULA 1

2017 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 4

March 4, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Silver Arrows brush off early setback to smash 500 total lap barrier for the week ...

Formula 3

Wahome returns to Chris Dittmann Racing for second British F3 campaign

March 3, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Kenyan driver Jeremy Wahome will return to Chris Dittmann Racing for the 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 season, it has been confirmed today (3 March).

Formula 3

Manuel Maldonado completes Fortec Motorsports British F3 line-up

March 3, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Fortec Motorsports has today (3 March) completed its 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 line-up by signing Venezuelan Manuel Maldonado, cousin of F1 race-winner Pastor.

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Stats: Barcelona F1 testing week one by the numbers

March 3, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Best laps in detail: Driver Team Day 1 Day ... Keep reading ...

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2017 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 3

March 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton rack up the mileage as W08 hits the 170 lap mark ...

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2017 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 2

March 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The W08 stretches its legs, completing its first on-track race simulation of 2017 ...

FORMULA 1

FIA forces Renault to tweak rear wing concept

March 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The team's new RS17 was launched in London last week and almost immediately rival outfits queried the design of its support pillar.

GP3

DAMS reveal 2017 line up

March 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

DAMS have selected a strong line-up for the 2017 GP3 Series, with Santino Ferrucci, Tatiana Calderon and rookie Bruno Baptista chosen to build on the French team’s impressive debut season and challenge for regular race wins.

FORMULA 1

First look: Changes to Australian GP circuit for F1 2017 cars

March 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

As exclusively revealed by Motorsport.com, the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne is currently undergoing a number of safety-related revisions in order to deal with the increased speeds expected in 2017.

FORMULA 1

McLaren yet to do “a single proper run” – Vandoorne

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Honda’s third year back in F1 got off to a torrid start on Monday, with Fernando Alonso essentially missing the morning due to an oil leak, and only completing 29 laps for the day after an engine change. Vandoorne fared slightly better on Tuesday when he took over McLaren’s MCL32, completing 40 laps, but his day also included an engine change.

FORMULA 1

Verstappen: Following F1 2017 cars feels “same as last year”

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Verstappen has developed a reputation for his overtaking prowess during his two years in F1 so far, pulling off several memorable moves in various race conditions. Ahead of F1's move to new-for-2017 regulations, which have increased the cars' speed and downforce, many suggested the new ruleset would make overtaking more sparse.

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Barcelona F1 test: Raikkonen puts Ferrari on top on day two

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Using soft compound tyres, Raikkonen set a best time of 1m20.960s just over an hour into Tuesday afternoon's running – narrowly bettering Hamilton's session-topping morning effort of 1m20.983s, which was set using supersofts. Hamilton's effort was still good enough to finish the day second overall, with Valtteri Bottas taking over driving duties for Mercedes for the afternoon.

FORMULA 1

F1 marketing boss vows to “detonate the fan experience”

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Bratches, a sports marketing veteran, said the opportunities to promote and grow Formula 1 were "simply huge" and that a focus on digital products were the key to greater fan engagement. "The basis of this, if you peel everything back, is that every single thing that we're doing has to pivot around the fan,"

FORMULA 1

FIA warns F1 teams over suspension designs

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Debate between teams about clever hydraulic suspension devices has been ongoing since Ferrari wrote to the FIA at the end of last year to query their legality. Although Ferrari's initial clarification was not aimed at any specific team, it is believed the issue revolves around technology concepts Mercedes and Red Bull have previously used

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Lastochkin lands Pelfrey’s final Pro Mazda ride

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Lastochkin, who will test the #80 car at the Homestead Miami Speedway road course, finished sixth in the 2014 F1600 series for Pelfrey, graduated with the squad to USF2000 with the team in ’15 but spent last year with Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, for whom his best results were two fifth places.

Formula 3

Prema retains Mercedes DTM reserve Gunther for 2017 F3 season

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Gunther, 19, was runner-up to Williams F1 newcomer and Prema teammate Lance Stroll in F3 last year, and was signed by Mercedes' DTM branch as a test and reserve driver. He'd joined Prema from Mucke, having raced for the Berlin-based outfit in German entry-level series ADAC Formel Masters, where he was runner-up in two successive campaigns, and the 2015 edition European F3.

FORMULA 1

Mercedes seeks cooling through shark fin chimney

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

No one expected that the tests would come so thick and fast though, with the team resorting to various solutions as it ran through it planned schedule on day one, putting in 79 laps with Bottas and 73 with Hamilton. Here is the Mercedes running a relatively short shark fin configuration in combination with the T-Wing.

FORMULA 1

Mercedes F1 team tests double T-wing at Barcelona

February 28, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The issue of bodywork behind the engine cover has been a major talking point since the launch of the 2017 cars, with teams experimenting with both shark fins and the high T-wings. While Mercedes, Williams, Haas and Ferrari have so far run the T-wings, which help condition airflow over the rear of the car, the concept was taken to the next level on Tuesday.

FORMULA 1

Drivers heed first warning signs of F1 2017 overtaking fears

February 27, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Higher overall downforce levels make it harder for a following car to keep up in fast corners, because it loses front grip in the wake of the car ahead. After the first full group F1 test today, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa admitted that it will be an ongoing issue this year.

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