Single-Seaters

Mann confirmed for Pocono with Dale Coyne

Pippa Mann has been confirmed to return to the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda for the final oval race of the Verizon IndyCar season, the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono, PA. The event...

Buemi sets track record on Day 2 of Formula E Test

A time of 1:31.050 saw the eDAMS driver post the fastest time of the day and beat Donnington’s lap record.  Buemi, who finished runner-up in the inaugural season, set his time in the afternoon...

Formula E Testing – Day 1

Race Number Driver Team 1 Nelson Piquet Jr NEXTEV TCR 2 Sam Bird DS Virgin 6 Loïc Duval Dragon 7 Jérôme D’Ambrosio Dragon 8 Sébastien Buemi Renault eDAMS 9 Nicolas Prost Renault eDAMS 10 Jarno Trulli Trulli 11 Lucas Di Grassi ABT Shaeffler AS 12 Jacques Villeneuve Venturi 21 Bruno Senna Mahindra 23 Nick Heidfeld Mahindra 25 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Virgin 27 Simona De Silvestro Amlin Andretti 30 Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 55 Tom Dillmann Team Aguri 77 Salvador Duran Sanchez Team Aguri 88 Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR Sébastien...

Alguersuari won’t run with Virgin in 2016

Jaime Alguersuari announced not to participate in the second season of Formula E. Last June, the Spanish rider is absent from the last two dates of the season because of health problems for which the...

IndyCar Series returns to Road America in 2016

Road America, which was acclaimed by drivers and revered by fans when it hosted Indy car racing from 1982-2007, is on the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. The event is set for June 24-26 on...

Jean-Eric Vergne moves to DS Virgin Racing

Jean-Eric Vergne will race for the DS Virgin Racing team for the 2015/2016 Formula E season. The Frenchman, who competed for Andretti last season finishing seventh overall with two podiums, will race alongside Sam Bird...

Villeneuve signs for Venturi alongside Sarrazin

Former Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will race for Venturi during the second season of Formula E, alongside Stephane Sarrazin. The 1997 champion will replace Nick Heidfeld at the Monaco-based team who enter the...

Lorandi enters Zandvoort F.3 Masters

Alessio Lorandi will be entering the 2015 Zandvoort Formula 3 Masters scheduled for the next 20th of September at the renowned Dutch venue. The 16-year-old driver will line-up for the world-famous event aboard the Volkswagen-powered Dallara prepared by Van...

FIA Homologates manufactures for second Formula E Season

The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile has today approved the homologation of the eight manufacturers that will provide powertrains to the 10 teams competing in the second season of the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship. From...

Aleshin to test with SPM in advance of series return

Mikhail Aleshin, who sustained injuries in a post-qualifying practice crash for the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season finale, will get behind the wheel of a Schmidt Peterson Motorsports car again Aug. 13 at Sonoma...

Rain on the FIA F3 Parade

Race 3 of the Formula 3 weekend at Spielberg was unable to truly get under way thanks to heavy rain and standing water making track conditions whereby it was impossible to race safely. The race...

Rosenqvist wins, Stroll takes first podium

In the first race of the weekend, Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam) was still beaten by his team-mate Jake Dennis (Prema Powerteam), but he came out on top in the second race at the 4.326...

Dries Vanthoor Soars to Maiden Victory

Belgian rookie Dries Vanthoor took his first win in the Formula Renault Northern European Cup this morning. Championship leader Louis Delétraz finished an unspectacular 5th, his gap to rival Kevin Jörg being narrowed slightly...

First pole position for RC Enerson in Indy Lights

The surprise jumped at Mid-Ohio, where for the first time this year we have seen a pole position of RC Enerson, which in the later rounds is becoming very regular and approaches the leadership...

Prema Steal The Show At Spielberg

Jake Dennis received his fifth win of the season in Race 1 of the weekend, holding off his teammate Felix Rosenqvist and championship leader Antonio Giovinazzi for victory in a race where driving standards...

Bourdais on top at Free Practice 1 in Mid-Ohio

The French driver was the fastest in the first practice session in Mid-Ohio. Power and Newgarden followed him in the order. The session was red-flagged 2 times after spins by Kanaan and Pagenaud.   All cars...

Jörg leads practice 2 at Assen

Kevin Jörg dominates the practice 2 of Formula Renault 2.0 NEC in Assen. The Josef Kaufmann driver dominated the first practice session besides not been the fastest. The AVF of Harrisson Scott and Josef...

Eastwood the fastest on Practice 1

Charlie Eastwood set the fastest lap time in the first free practice session of Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at Assen, Netherlands. Ukyo Sasahara finished on second place follow by the driver who dominated the...

Bahrain added to 2015 GP2 & GP3 calendar

GP2 Series and GP3 Series organisers confirm that an extra round will be added to the current 2015 calendar. The event will take place at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on November 19-20-21 alongside...

#BianchiMemories Debut on single-seaters in France Formula Renault 2.0

FormulaRapida.net starts  its particular review of Jules Bianchi's life in the first article of #BianchiMemories, where we're going to remember the best moments in his career. Today's article talks about his debut in an open-wheel car. A...

Budapest Post Race 2 Penalties

Following the result of GP3 Race 2 in Budapest, three drivers have been penalised. Firstly, Koiranen GP's Jimmy Eriksson who finished in third place has been issued with a five second time penalty for leaving...

Nobuharu Matsushita claims first GP2 victory

Honda’s junior driver Matsushita outshines his dominant teammate to win the Hungarian sprint race from pole. Vandoorne completed the ART 1-2 after holding off Rapax’s Sirotkin, whose form has been stellar since Monaco. Yesterday’s...

Second Sprint Race Masterclass from Ceccon

From the first corner to the last, Arden’s Kevin Ceccon controlled this morning’s race, his second consecutive sprint race victory following his maiden win at Silverstone 3 weeks ago. Esteban Ocon achieved his second...

Ghiotto blazes to victory in Budapest

Series leader Luca Ghiotto pocketed the maximum 31 points on offer with a sterling drive in Budapest. The Trident star controlled his start perfectly, blocking off the attack from Arden International’s Emil Bernstorff. The...

One-two for DAMS at the Hungaroring

After 38 laps, Alex Lynn won the first race of the weekend ahead of his teammate Pierre Gasly, bringing home a one-two for DAMS. Sirotkin completed the podium on 3rd. When the lights went off,...

Delétraz wins under terrible wet conditions at Spa

The second race of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup at Spa-Francorchamps started behind the Safety Car. The rain, which began about an hour before the start, was just too much. After more...

New pole position for Ghiotto

For the third time this season, Luca Ghiotto got the pole position for Race 1. Bernstorff was left in 2nd place but ahead of Ocon, who was fastest in free practice. The heat was hitting...

Ocon leads the way in Budapest GP3 Practice

In a sweltering forty-five minute free practice session, Mercedes backed and ART Grand Prix rookie Esteban Ocon topped the timings by a mere 0.038s. Series leader and Trident star Luca Ghiotto gave it his...

Lynn Hungary for the win with maiden pole

Alex Lynn secured his first GP2 pole position in the Hungarian heat; Stoffel Vandoorne unable to continue his show of dominance in qualifying. Arthur Pic and Raffaele Marciello both looked to be in with...

Defourny wins for the first time at his home race

Max Defourny took his maiden NEC victory on home soil by a country mile, leaving his rivals in to fight it out between themselves. Kevin Jörg held on for his fifth consecutive podium, keeping...