Official: GP2 Series becomes FIA F2
After months debating the possibility, GP2 Series is finally going to change its name from this season. Formula 1's previous series is now going to be known as FIA Formula 2 Championship.
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Prema shows his new livery for FIA F2
Before the pre-season test days, the GP2 Series champion team has shown his new livery for the series that changed the name today.
The main feeder series of Formula 1 today changed the name from...
IndyLights Preview: Who will succeed Ed Jones?
The 2017 Indy Lights Series will start this weekend at St. Petersburg, and many questions must be answered, after see that almost every team have a top driver who can fight for races victories...
Preview IndyCar 2017: The end of an era
After almost six months since last season ended, Verizon IndyCar Series is back this weekend with the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, season-starter since 2009. This season, that has lots of changes on its...
Jeffri joins Trident for 2017 Season
Malaysian driver moves to italian Team for second year.
Team Trident is proud to announce one of the key elements in their 2017 GP2 Series assault. The Italian squad will be joining forces with 23-year-old...
Leclerc: “Prema & ART GP are similar to a F1 team”
In the second week of testing in Barcelona, FormulaRapida.net met Charles Leclerc, member of the Ferrari driver Academy and involved in F1 with Ferrari and Haas F1 Team. Here is the exclusive Q&A realised...
Razak joins Fortec Motorsports for 2017 Eurocup FR2.0
Malaysian racing ace Najiy Ayyad Bin Abd Razak joins the Fortec Motorsports team to compete in the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship. The 21-year-old from Kuala Lumpur came third in the 2016 Asian Formula Renault series -...
Jay Howard to drive for SPM in Indy
Today it's been announced that Jay Howard will drive SPM's Honda #77, sponsored by Tony Stewart, in this year's 101st edition of the...
Aaron Telitz joins Belardi Auto Racing for 2017
Aaron Telitz will compete in the 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series with the Belardi Auto Racing team, driving the No. 9 car in Mazda’s iconic Soul Red livery.
Telitz, 25, of...
Max Defourny remains with R-Ace GP in Eurocup
Belgian driver Max Defourny announced today that he will continue with R-Ace GP in Formula Renault 2.0 for a third season.
Max Defourny arrived in single-seaters in 2014 in French F4 where he only collected...
Newey continues with VAR in FIA F3
Harrison Newey continues his campaign in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR). In preparation for his second season in the Formula 3 the 18 years old Briton was crowned...
Gunther remains with Prema in FIA F3
German racer Maximilian Günther will return to the Prema roster for the upcoming FIA Formula 3 European Championship. The 19-year-old driver experienced a positive season in 2016 by securing four wins and 13 podium...
Ferrucci, Calderón & Baptista sign with Dams GP3
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...
Arjun returns with Jenzer Motorsport
We are pleased to announce that Arjun Maini will be back in the 2017 GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport after his strong 10th place finish in the driver’s championship in 2016.
Arjun Maini had a...
Tatiana Calderón becomes Sauber Development Driver
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce Tatiana Calderón as a Development Driver for 2017. The 23-year-old started her racing career in karting back in her home country Colombia when she was nine...
Hinchcliffe, Wickens plan ride swap of IndyCar, DTM race cars
Two of Canada’s most successful active racing drivers will travel from Florida to Italy for a first-hand experience of how the other half lives. After years of discussing the possibility, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver...
Alex Peroni confirms Eurocup FR2.0 campaign with Fortec
Australian teenager Alex Peroni has signed with leading UK team Fortec Motorsport for this year’s Formula Renault Eurocup series.
Peroni, 17, graduates to Eurocup following his victory in last year’s French Formula Renault Monoplace Championship,...
Gilles Magnus joins R-ace GP in FR2.0 NEC
The Belgian driver Gilles Magnus will continue his progression in single-seaters racing in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with R-ace GP. This announcement was officially confirmed a few days ago.
The 2016 RACB Rookie, Gilles Magnus, joins...
Anthoine Hubert completes ART GP line-up
Frenchman Anthoine Hubert completes ART Grand Prix’s line up in GP3 Series for the 2017 campaign.
Yet overshadowed by Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, Anthoine Hubert has known a rather successful career. In 2013, he...
2 years of success of the SMP F4 NEZ
The FZ NEZ (Northern European Zone) in its short two years of life has managed to have no fewer than three graduates in the orbit of F1 teams.
Niko Kari and Richard Verschoor, champions in...
Norris joins and leads McLaren Junior Program
McLaren-Honda is pleased to announce the recruitment of another exciting talent to its Young Driver Programme, following Stoffel Vandoorne’s successful graduation to a Formula 1 race seat for the 2017 season alongside Fernando Alonso.
Lando...
Aitken, Fewtrell, Opmeer and Yue Yang the juniors of Renault
The Renault Sport Academy was launched by Renault Sport Racing and Renault Sport Formula One Team in February 2016, tasked with continuing Renault’s rich heritage of developing young driver talent, with the aspiration of...
Alexander Albon steps up to GP2
GP3 Series runner-up Alexander Albon has been promoted to upper series in GP2 with ART Grand Prix.
Despite an already dense single-seater career, Alexander Albon was the revelation of 2016 in GP3 Series by winning...
Juncos Racing Announces Entry in 101st Running of the Indy 500
Juncos Racing announced today its intention to enter the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Juncos Racing, founded by Argentinean Ricardo Juncos, is a highly...
VAR signs Joey Mawson for FIA F3
Following his dominant title win in the 2016 German ADAC Formula 4 series, Australian racing driver Joey Mawson will continue his co-operation with Van Amersfoort Racing in the upcoming 2017 FIA Formula 3 European...
Laliberté stays with VAR in ADAC F4
Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR) announces today that young Canadian Kami Laliberté will return as a member of its team in the ADAC Formula 4 championship for the 2017 season.
It will be the second year...
Marcus Armstrong joins Prema for 2017 in ADAC F4
Prema is delighted to announce another exciting new addition to the team’s 2017 Formula 4 line-up. New Zealander Marcus Armstrong, who was recently selected by the Ferrari Driver Academy, will join the Prema roster...
Aitken moves to ART GP in GP3 for 2017
ART Grand Prix is pleased to confirm that Jack Aitken has joined their GP3 Series driver line up for the upcoming 2017 Championship season. Jack will race for a second consecutive season in the...
Third win for Buemi
Sebastien Buemi claimed his third win of the season in Buenos Aires ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and Lucas Di Grassi although he crossed the line under investigation.
Lucas Di Grassi started on pole position ahead...
KV Racing leaves IndyCar Series
Team led by Jimmy Vasser have anounced, through an official press release, that they are not going to compete in the upcoming IndyCar Series season. Kevin...
