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Merhi to see out Formula E season with Mahindra
Roberto Merhi will see out the 2023/24 FIA Formula E Championship season with Mahindra Racing, as Jehan Daruvala returns for rookie test. Mahindra Racing today announces that Roberto Merhi will remain with the team for the final four rounds of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Rome and London. After a positive performance…
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Merhi continues with Mahindra for Portland round in Formula E
Roberto Merhi gets another Formula E round with Mahindra in Portland alongside Lucas di Grassi after making his debut in Jakarta. Mahindra Racing today announces that Roberto Merhi will return to the team for the Southwire Portland E-Prix on 24th June. The race marks Roberto’s second event in Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula…
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Rowland leaves Mahindra Formula E team, Merhi in for Jakarta
Oliver Rowland has left the Mahindra Formula E team for the rest of the season, as Roberto Merhi has been roped in for Jakarta weekend. Mahindra Racing today announces that Roberto Merhi will join its Formula E team as race driver for next weekend’s ABB FIA Formula E World Championship races in Jakarta. Roberto will…
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Ricciardo names five underrated F1 rivals he competed against
Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo has penned his first ‘Dan’s Diary’ page amid the COVID-19 pandemic, where he names five underrated F1 rivals he raced. With plenty of time to kill, Ricciardo – from his farmhouse – penned a ‘Dan’s Diary’ with the first chapter being ‘My Five Most Underrated Opponents’. While writing the piece, the Australian…
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Barcelona F2 2019 Test: De Vries continues on top one week later
ART Grand Prix’s Nyck de Vries was quickest on Day 1 of second FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship pre-season test in Barcelona. Dutch driver Nyck de Vries continues his dominance in the F2 pre-season test with the ART GP driver quickest all day at Barcelona-Catalunya track, following on from Jerez where he was the fastest…
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F2: Fuoco dominates from start to finish in Abu Dhabi
Antonio Fuoco has dominated the sprint race in Abu Dhabi from start to finish. Roberto Merhi couldn’t hold on to P2, as Lando Norris overtook him in the last lap. The first start was aborted because Gelael was out of position on the grid, which caused Sette-Câmara to stall. Poleman Merhi had a slow start,…
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Merhi returns to F2 for remainder of 2018 with Campos
Ex-Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi will make his FIA Formula 2 Championship return with Campos Racing for the rest of the 2018 season. The Spaniard started his season with MP Motorsport alongside Ralph Boschung but was replaced by Dorian Boccolacci from Spa-Francorchamps onward. However, he now makes a return to the junior formulae with Campos…
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F2: Russell wins frantic mixed-weather feature race
A chaotic rain-interrupted FIA Formula 2 Championship feature race at Paul Ricard saw ART’s George Russell win from Carlin’s Sergio Sette Camara and MP Motorsport’s Roberto Merhi. It was mayhem at the start of the race with the rain starting to fall on the formation lap. Russell got off the line fine from pole with…
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Markelov and Fuoco reign in Monaco
Feature race The start of the race meant an early retirement for Ghiotto, who was pushed against the wall by Fuoco. The Italian driver would get a drive through penalty for this incident. Ferrucci stalled his car and lost a lot of time trying to get his engine restarted. After the Safety Car caused by…
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Russell comes back after an astonishing victory in the second race.
George Russell consolidates himself at the second race of the FIA Formula 2 at the Baku urban circuit (Azerbaijan) starting from the 12th place. Sergio Sette Camara have finished in second place after leading part of the race and Nick De Vries has been third. Several drivers had problems at the start. One of the…
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Drivers change in Racing Engineering and Rapax
Three drivers changes are to note before the week-end at Spa-Francorchamps. Some arrangements between Racing Engineering and Rapax are being revealed ahead of the week-end in Belgium. Nyck De Vries will end the season with Racing Engineering and Louis Delétraz with Rapax. The Dutchman commented: “We have been in touch since 2015 and it is…
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Merhi to make Formula 2 test debut with Campos Racing
Roberto Merhi will join Campos Racing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the traditional venue of collective preseason testing, next week. The Castellon-born driver will team up with Ralph Boschung to complete a three-day two-car test with both Dallara-built cars entered by Campos Racing. Castellón stalwart Merhi is a motorsport all-rounder. Roberto racked up 13 F1…
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Porsche dominates the first free season in Silverstone
On a damp Silverstone track and under grey skies the first practice session of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship got underway. Porsche finished the first and second free seasons on the top of the timing sheets. The 919 Porsche Hybrid was the quickest car on track with Timo Bernhard setting a 1m42.182, 0.814 ahead…
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Roberto Merhi wants to continue his career in single-seaters
After finishing his first season in Formula One with Manor-Marussia while continuing in Formula Renault 3.5, Roberto Merhi wishes to keep going in Formula One. The Spanish driver offered his services to Manor-Marussia without getting paid but his disappointing performances at the back of the grid led the team to replace him by Alexander Rossi,…
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Alexander Rossi to drive for Manor Marussia
The GP2 driver will compete in 5 out of the 7 remaining races for Manor, with Roberto Mehri returning for Sochi and Abu Dhabi. Mehri will be reserve driver alongside Fabio Leimer for the races in which Rossi is competing. Rossi, currently 2nd in the GP2 standings after winning at Spa and Monza, will be…
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Merhi leaves WSR as Binder replaces him
Roberto Merhi has announced his retirement from Formula Renault 3.5 Series for this final 3 rounds of the season with Pons Racing. His commitments with Manor Formula 1 Team, don’t allow him to keep the dual program that he was doing during the season. The Spaniard initial plan was to only miss the Monaco round,…
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Vaxivière is made with a crazy pole in Austria
Matthiew Vaxiviere has finished taking the pole position in a hotly contested qualifying at the Red Bull Ring under mixed weather conditions, which have completely altered the session. Finally the Top 3 have completed Roberto Merhi and Olivier Rowland, a few tenths of French. The second qualifying day in the Formula Renault 3.5 has seen…
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Orudzhev breaks the Arden’s drought
Egor Orudzhev takes his first victory in World Series by Renault. In a physically race, the Russian defended very well from the attacks of Rowland who finished third. Merhi achieves his first podium of the season on second place. Rowland did a bad start and had to comeback from third place. And he did but,…
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Rowland takes away Van Buuren first race victory
The British driver take advantage of Van Buuren 20 seconds penalty for jumping the start and win the race in front of Jaafar (Fortec Motorsports) and Stoneman (Dams). The first World Series by Renault race of the season was amazing. Before the start, Beitske Visser (AVF) had technical problems and she couldn’t took part in…
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F1 Australian GP Preview: Mercedes on top again
Mercedes Lewis Hamilton “At this point in the year you don’t really know what to feel as a driver. You’re impatient to get back to racing but, at the same time, you never know what a new season will bring. Testing gives you a basic idea of whether the car feels good or not but,…
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Merhi to race for Marussia in Australian season-opener
Roberto Merhi will make his F1 race debut this weekend in Australia after being confirmed as Marussia’s second driver for the ‘opening rounds’ of the 2015 season. Merhi has previous experience in Formula One racing, having driven for Caterham in three FP1 sessions during the 2014 season. Still only 23-years-old, he has enjoyed success in…
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Ellinas quickest in return to action
The 2015 World Series by Renault season kicked off with the opening day of collective testing for the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. 22 drivers and 11 teams were present at the Circuito de Jerez this Thursday. Tio Ellinas (Strakka Racing) led the way with a best time of 1:27.430 in the afternoon ahead of Oliver…
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Merhi joins Pons Racing for FR3.5 season
Roberto Merhi will drive for Pons Racing in the 2015 World Series Renault 3.5 in an all-Spanish combination Pons Racing is delighted to announce the agreement reached with Roberto Merhi for the 2015 World Series by Renault 3.5. The relationship between the 23-year-old driver from Castellòn (Valencia) and the Spanish squad will begin with the…
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F3 MacauGP entry list publicated, the battle between Ocon & Verstappen remains
A sensational entry of the world’s best Formula 1-bound young talent has been attracted for the 61st running of the Macau Grand Prix, taking place from November 13th-16th 2014. The leading contestants from the FIA Formula 3 European Championship will fight it out against the champions from the British and German F3 series, as well as…
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Kobayashi and Ericsson to race in Japan; Merhi to drive in FP1
Roberto Merhi will take part in his second official Formula 1 session with the team during Friday morning practice in Japan. Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson will race for Caterham F1 Team at the Japanese Grand Prix. Team Quotes Kamui Kobayashi, car #10: “I’m very excited to be back in front of all my Japanese…
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NATO WINS, MERHI CLOSES IN ON SAINZ
Winner at Monaco, Norman Nato (DAMS) did it again at the Hungaroring. Sunday, the French driver put in a perfect start to get the better of pole man Roberto Merhi (Zeta Corse) and went on to take his second victory in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Red Bull Junior Team driver, Pierre Gasly (Arden Motorsport)…
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Merhi in a class of his own at Hungaroring
Roberto Merhi scored his third win in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series this season. The Zeta Corse driver cut the distance in the drivers’ standings after made an incredible comeback from seventh place of the grid. Pierre Gasly (Arden Motorsport) and pole sitter, Oliver Rowland (Fortec Motorsport) completed the podium after a battle in the…
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Merhi came to stay
Roberto Merhi has impeccably won the second race at Nürburgring whilst Carlos Sainz and Oliver Rowland has abandoned in a first corner incident. With the eighth Pierre Gasly placed second in the championship and is positioned as main rival Carlos Sainz Jr. and Marlon Stockinger Matthieu Vaxivière completed the podium. In a rough start,…
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Merhi the water king, on pole again
Roberto Merhi made a new pole position this Formula Renault 3.5 Series season in Nürburgring, Germany, where the driver from Castelló demonstrated having a complete dominane over his rivals over adverse conditions. Tunjo completes the first row of the rid while Sainz Jr will start third. Track was humid but there was a dry lane…
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Sainz win the first race in Nürburgring
Carlos Sainz Jr has turned it’s pole position in another victory while his main rival, Pierre Gasly, was last out the rest. The podium is completed by Roberto Merhi and Sergey Sirotkin after an off Oliver Rowland in the penultimate corner after gearbox problems. As usual, Carlos Sainz has become one pole to another…