GP3

Raghunathan joins Koiranen GP in GP3

After having got his hands down on different high-profile championship, the Indian driver Mahaveer Raghunathan is joining the Finnish team line-up in GP3 Series. At only seventeen years old only, the young driver has already...

Haas Signs Santino Ferrucci as Development Driver

Haas F1 Team has signed 17-year-old Santino Ferrucci as its development driver. The American from Woodbury, Connecticut, will be embedded with Haas F1 Team at every opportunity, attending races and tests throughout the year...

GP2 & GP3 calendars released

  The GP2 organization has revealed today the calendars for their feeder series in F1 championship, GP2 Series and GP3 Series, which include some changes from last season.   Like last season, GP2 Series will have 11 rounds,...

The new GP3 car debuts under wet Magny-Cours

History was made today when the GP3 teams got their first experience of the brand new GP3/16 car at a non-official test in Magny-Cours circuit in France. Only one car per team will be...

Charles Leclerc completes ART Grand Prix GP3 line-up

  Charles Leclerc has been unsurprisingly confirmed as the fourth driver of ART Grand Prix GP3 Series line-up. 18-year-old Monegasque driver, Charles Leclerc, multiple go-kart champion started his racing career in 2014 in Formula Renault 2.0...

Alexander Albon joins ART in GP3 Series

Alexander Albon has been confirmed as a part of ART Grand Prix GP3 Series squad for 2016. The 19 year old Thai driver has a lot of experience in the world of motorsport and has...

Nyck De Vries to GP3 with ART GP

Dutch driver Nyck De Vries announces his surprising move from Formula Renault 3.5 to GP3 Series with reigning team ART Grand Prix. Winner of the 2014 ALPS and Eurocup championships in Formula Renault 2.0, Nyck...

Nirei Fukuzumi joins GP3 Series with ART GP

The young Japanese driver, part of the Honda young drivers program, arrives in Europe in GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix. At only 19-year-old, Fukuzumi will make his debuts in Europe after securing a 4th...

Tatiana Calderon in GP3 with Arden

The 22-year-old Columbian driver will make her debuts in GP3 Series with Arden International. Tatiana Calderon spent the last three seasons in the FIA European Formula 3 championship in three different teams. Her best season...

Renault opens its young drivers Academy

Such as Lotus before, Renault continues backing young drivers inside the new Renault Sport Academy with already four drivers involved. With Renault’s commitment into developing young drivers with the World Series by Renault, the choices...

Trident announces its GP3 drivers

The Italian team announced the drivers who will race for them in GP3 series in 2016. They are: Antonio Fuoco, Artur Janosz, Giuliano Alesi and Sandy Stuvik. Trident chose to retain three GP3 experienced driver...

Hughes, Jörg & Ferrucci join Dams new GP3 team

French team DAMS has chosen a line-up of three impressive newcomers as it embarks upon its first season in the GP3 Series in 2016 with Jake Hughes, Kevin Joerg and Santino Ferrucci. Jean-Paul Driot’s squad,...

Jack Aitken in GP3 with Arden

Jack Aitken makes the move from Formula Renault 2.0 to GP3 Series with Arden International. The Korean-British 20 year-old driver had a brilliant year in 2015 winning both Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and ALPS championships...

Palou,Tereschenko & Schothorst with Campos Racing

Campos Racing is pleased to announce new driver line up for 2016 GP3 season where the Alzira-based team will have a three-car roster. Alex Palou, Konstantin Tereschenko and Steijn Schothorst will compete in GP3...

Barcelona council to reduce his subsidy on Catalan circuit

The local Government of Barcelona will reduce from 4 to 2 million of euros the subsidy to Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, which is the most important in Spain. After the local elections, the city of Barcelona changed...

FormulaRapida’s most read of 2015 in English

It has been a very intense year full of information, where FormulaRapida.net always tried to inform you with the highest quality, objectivity and speed. And on the eve of a 2016, We show you the...

Parry & Isaakyan with Koiranen GP in 2016

Welshman Matt Parry who had an impressive rookie season in the Koiranen GP car, scoring podiums through-out the year, will renew his collaboration with the Finnish team to aim for the GP3 title in...

Jake Dennis joins Arden for 2016 GP3 season

Racing Steps Foundation-backed driver Jake Dennis will make his previously announced step up to the 2016 GP3 series with Series front-runners Arden International. The three-party deal - signed by the RSF with the Banbury-based squad...

Unstoppable Ocon takes GP3 title as Palou is victorious

With a third place finish in the GP3 sprint race, Esteban Ocon becomes the first Frenchman to take the title in the series’ 100th race, fending off Trident’s Luca Ghiotto who led the drivers’...

Kirchhöfer wins Race 1 in Abu Dhabi, the title yet to be decided

Marvin Kirchhöfer won the first GP3 race in Abu Dhabi despite crossing the finish line 2nd, as his teammate Esteban Ocon got a 5-second penalty. Bernstorff and Eriksson completed the podium. Ocon kept the lead...

Ocon on pole for GP3 season finale

ART Grand Prix’s Esteban Ocon made an important step in his fight for this season’s title: The Frenchman came into the final round of the year with a two point deficit; but following an...

Ghiotto wins ahead of Ocon in Bahrain

Luca Ghiotto won the second GP3 race of the weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit ahead of the championship leader, Esteban Ocon. Parry completed the podium on 3rd. The race started well for Celis Jr.,...

Kirchhöfer blazes to superb win in Sakhir

The German driver was hungry for success after a disappointing previous round: The ART Grand Prix ace started from P5 on the grid and made a stunning getaway to pass his title rivals into...

Ocon on pole in Bahrain

Frenchman Esteban Ocon was on a mission today in Sakhir: The ART Grand Prix ace recorded the best time in Free Practice and then went on to claim pole position by over half a...

GP3 Series increases number of cars per team

Teams allowed four cars starting from 2016 Following a request from the teams, GP3 Series organisers have decided to allow them to line up a maximum of four cars per squad instead of the three...

Maiden win for Eriksson in Russia

The super Swede was happy to be back on the top step after enduring some challenging times this season: The Koiranen GP ace started from reverse pole and saw off the advances of Antonio...

Ghiotto takes fourth win of the season

An unbelievable start and opening lap from Italian Luca Ghiotto: The Trident ace started from P6 on the grid after a poor qualifying by his exceptionally high standards, but by Turn One, the Series...

Pole for Ocon in a tight qualifying session

The Frenchman Esteban Ocon (ART Grand Prix) has reached pole position ahead of Tuscher (Jenzer Motorsport) and Ceccon (Arden International) by just one tenth of a second between the three drivers.   The day dawned sunny...

Ocon fastest in wet Practice at Sochi

ART Grand Prix’s Esteban Ocon tops opening session in Russia Frenchman Esteban Ocon posted the quickest time in a wet free practice session at the Sochi Autodrom: the ART Grand Prix and Mercedes backed driver’s...

Tereschenko to make GP3 debut with Campos

Russia´s driver, still fighting for the EFOpen title, will join Palou and Ashkanani at GP3 home round in Sochi. Tereschenko´s fantastic achievements in Formula 3 have resulted in debuting in the GP3 Series and...