Christchurch-born race driver Marcus Armstrong, 16, has achieved all his goals in his single-seater debut at the daunting Nurburgring in Germany. Competing in the penultimate round of the 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Championship on Saturday and Sunday with respected team R-ace GP, Armstrong was quickly on the pace and served notice of his […]
Read moreNew Zealander Marcus Armstrong is preparing for his first Formula Renault race in Europe, taking on the long fast straights and sweeping turns of the Nurburgring Formula One circuit in Germany. Armstrong is currently based in Oxford, England, as he pursues his motor racing career. He has been racing karts in Europe this year with […]
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Carlos Sainz Jr. clinched the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 championship at the very first corner of the final round in Jerez when his sole title rival Roberto Merhi crashed out. Merhi needed to win to keep his hopes alive but he was eliminated in a Turn 1 crash with William Buller. Merhi had made a […]
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Roberto Merhi claimed his first Formula Renault 3.5 Series victory after leading from start to finish in the second race at the Moscow Raceway.Merhi started from pole position and pulled away from his rivals to claim a comfortable win for Zeta Corse and the Spaniard’s first in single seaters since 2011.Red Bull young driver Pierre […]
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Sauber youngster Sergey Sirotkin claimed his maiden Formula Renault 3.5 Series win at his home round in Moscow on a disastrous day for the three main title protagonists. Pole sitter Sirotkin led from start to finish to take top honours while Carlos Sainz Jr, Pierre Gasly and Oliver Rowland all failed to score points after […]
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Richie Stanaway’s lost podium finish on his Formula Renault 3.5 return at Spa last weekend was down to an error by his Lotus team. The GP3 and Aston Martin racer, who returned to the series at the same circuit where he suffered career-threatening back injuries two years earlier, finished third on the road in race […]
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Carlos Sainz Jr completed a Formula Renault 3.5 double at Spa, cruising to victory after his main rival Oliver Rowland hit trouble in the pits. Rowland had chased Sainz throughout the first stint, with the gap fluctuating as they traded fastest laps and left everyone else behind. By the time they came in together for […]
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Carlos Sainz Jr took a dominant victory in the first Formula Renault 3.5 race of the weekend at Spa. The Spaniard made a clean getaway to nullify any first lap threat from Red Bull stablemate Pierre Gasly at the start, but behind the lead two things got very messy at Les Combes on the opening […]
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Carlos Sainz Jr led a Red Bull juniors lock-out of the front row for the opening Formula Renault 3.5 race of t he weekend at Spa ahead of Pierre Gasly. Championship leader Sainz, who led the way after the first runs of the session, removed Gasly from top spot with around a minute to go, […]
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Formula Renault 3.5 championship leader Carlos Sainz Jr set the pace during free practice at Spa on Friday. The Spaniard, who leads the standings by 15 points from rookie Oliver Rowland following last weekend’s Monaco round, took control of the faster afternoon session early on, and controlled the timing screens on both long run pace […]
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