After 21 races over the course of three and a half months, the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 championship has come to an end. The cherry on top of this season was a thrilling finale at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. The battle was fought out by two Red Bull Juniors: Jak Crawford and Jonny Edgar. In the end it was Edgar who won the championship in … Continue reading The Battle of the Bulls: how Jonny Edgar won the 2020 ADAC F4 title
Alister Yoong is the next Malaysian driver that wants to make it in the racing world. The 17-year old’s last name, who competed in Formula 4 South East Asia last year, might ring a bell. He’s the son of former Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong. Here he talks about the pressure that comes with that and his ambitions. By Aisha Daulay 2019 was Alister Yoong’s … Continue reading Alister Yoong on being the son of an ex-F1 driver and the long road to Formula 1
On Wednesday Sauber announced their inaugural Academy lineup, before the bulk of feeder series championships get underway. It looks to have replaced the Sauber Junior Team, although in a slimmed-down guise with only four drivers signed to the team: Theo Pourchaire, Petr Ptacek, Dexter Patterson and Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. By Adam Dickinson Here we look who those drivers are, their pedigree that’s earned them a … Continue reading What the new Sauber Academy looks like
The F1 silly season merry-go-round took off in earnest last week, as Ferrari decided to replace Sebastian Vettel with Carlos Sainz. McLaren also chose to replace Sainz with a proven driver, while Renault is apparently toying with the idea of resigning the near-geriatric Fernando Alonso. As a result, several people around the interwebs asked themselves: with all these experienced drivers shuffling seats, is the F1 … Continue reading Daily Discussion: do driver academies work?
Casper Stevenson has set a big target for himself. The 15-year old British F4 debutant wants to win the championship in 2020. On the official Media Day reporters Adam Dickinson and Fred Coates sat down with the new Double R & Argenti driver and talked with him about his scholarship win and the upcoming season. By Adam Dickinson & Fred Coates How’s it going today? … Continue reading Interview: British F4 rookie Casper Stevenson aiming for championship win
As with many other things, racing too tends to run within families. From top drivers racing around the world to club legends, lineage can be found at all levels in motorsport. The Rosberg and Hill families are among the most successful. Two generations went on to win the most prestigious title in all of racing, an incredible feat yet to be repeated. By Harry Verolme … Continue reading From Alesi to Schumacher: these famous names are trying to make it to F1
Since she was just nine years old and breaking lap records there has been hype around Juju Noda. The Japanese driver and daughter of ex-F1 driver Hideki Noda is now 14 years old and she can finally show what she is made of in Danish F4. We had a brief talk with her. By Floris Visman With hardcore F1 fans the name Hideki Noda will … Continue reading Whatsapping with: Juju Noda (Danish F4)
He was the first driver to be signed for the 2020 British F4 season: Frederick Lubin will contest the season with Arden. The rookie will team up with another debutant in Roman Bilinski. We had a chance to have a little chat with him about his 2020 goals and the day he heard the good news from Arden. By Floris Visman 15-year old British junior … Continue reading Whatsapping with: Frederick Lubin (British F4)
17-year old Luke Browning experienced the full range of emotions in his debut season of Formula 4, finishing sixth and picking up two wins and nine podiums. The youngster’s star is on the rise, and he’s hoping to continue that momentum into this season, with some exciting developments on the horizon. We spoke to him at Autosport International, where he was doing sim mentoring at … Continue reading Luke Browning: ‘I might have an opportunity to do F3’
Lucca Allen’s 2019 was special. Because not only did het win his first single-seater title after bagging the F4 SEA championship, he also represented his country Ireland at the FIA Motorsport Games. We had a quick chat with him. By Floris Visman Irish driver Lucca Allen started his career in Europe in 2017, in the British F4 championship to be exact. In 2018 he continued … Continue reading Whatsapping with: Lucca Allen (F4 SEA champion)
Matteo Nannini debuted on the single-seater feeder series ladder in 2019 and took it by storm. He was crowned the F4 UAE champion and debuted in three other series in the same year. We had a little chat with him. By Floris Visman You don’t see that very often, someone who makes his debut in car racing taking pole, winning the race and scoring the … Continue reading Whatsapping with: Matteo Nannini (F4 UAE champion)
While narrowly missing out on the 2019 F4 SEA title, Elias Seppänen had a great debut season in car racing. We had a swift chat with him about last season and his plans for 2020. By Floris Visman With ten rounds and four races per round F4 SEA gives young driver a lot of track time. Finnish driver Elias Seppänen took full advantage of that … Continue reading Whatsapping with: Elias Seppänen (F4 SEA)
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