The FIA winter series have begun and with it, the newly renamed Formula Regional Asian Championship (FRAC) enters a new era of competition. The first round of FRAC saw some intense racing and great action taking place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. With that in mind, here are five points of interest to take away from the results of Round 1. By … Continue reading 5 takeaways from a frantic 2022 FRAC season opener
FRAC (Formula Regional Asian Championship) is one of the two winter series, the other being F4 UAE, that take place in the Middle East as a precursor to the main season in the feeder series calendar. It starts today (January 21st) and will last for five weeks until the end of February. By Tyler Foster This is the fifth season for the championship which has … Continue reading Your guide to the 2022 Formula Regional Asia Championship
While the European single-seater season doesn’t restart until March, some drivers will be preparing to return to racing later this month in the Formula Regional Asian Championship (FRAC). One of the drivers competing in this Winter Series is R-ace GP’s Brazilian 17-year-old Gabriel Bortoleto. We caught up with him and chatted about his rookie season in FRECA and what’s to come from him in 2022. … Continue reading Whatsapping with Gabriel Bortoleto: ‘My goal is to fight for the title’
After a two-month break, Formula 2 returns this weekend for the penultimate round in the championship at the newly constructed high-speed Jeddah Corniche Street Circuit in Saudi Arabia. While the battle for the Championship is still ongoing, there have been some driver line-up changes between the last round in Sochi and now, with four new drivers that have graduated from this year’s F3 campaign. By … Continue reading F2 rookies expect ‘big learning curve’ ahead of Jeddah debut
For the first and last time probably, as the 24-year-old is quitting motorsport to focus on his career as a web developer Continue reading One-on-one with Danish F4 cult hero Mads Hoe: ‘I wasn’t faster, they were just slower’
After securing his third consecutive Pole Position on Friday, Prema’s Oscar Piastri won his second Feature Race of the season at the Sochi Autodrom on Sunday morning to extend his Formula 2 Championship lead over fellow Alpine Academy driver Guanyu Zhou to 36 points. By Tyler Foster “Another Feature Race win – two in a row! I am very happy with that, it was a … Continue reading Year on the sidelines no problem for Piastri ‘If it leads to a race seat’ in F1
After delays in the morning of Saturday and the postponement of the first race of the weekend, Formula 2 action finally resumed in the afternoon at a drying but still wet Sochi Autodrom. Carlin’s Dan Ticktum achieved his second victory of the season with a strong lights to flag win that has kept him in the running for the title. By Tyler Foster Ticktum held … Continue reading Ticktum opens up on future: ‘Anyone with half a brain will know it’s IndyCar, DTM or F2’
In a special press conference at Sochi on Friday afternoon, Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali announced a number of revisions to the schedule of both the Formula 2 and Formula 3 calendars for next year. By Tyler Foster “What we want to announce is that we have decided for the next year to go back, whenever it is possible, to have both championships: Formula 2 … Continue reading F2 and F3 revert back to old format in 2022: ‘We were losing a bit of the excitement’
Coming into round six of eight in the 2021 FIA Formula Two Championship, Russian driver Robert Shwartzman is 36 points away from Championship leader and Prema teammate Oscar Piastri. He is 3rd in the standings and will be looking to dominate on the weekend that sees both Formula 2 and 3 travel to 22-year-old’s native Russia and to the Sochi Autodrom. By Tyler Foster “It’s … Continue reading Shwartzman very clear on future: ‘Formula 1, even if I have to wait a year’
The journey to the promised land of F1 is certainly a long one for Japanese-born Dougie Bolger. The 16-year-old Carlin star is currently racing in his first season in open-wheelers in the 2021 F4 British Championship. At the halfway break in the 10-round season, Dougie sat down with us for an exclusive interview. By Tyler Foster Dougie was born in Karuizawa, Japan in 2004 but … Continue reading British F4 rookie Dougie Bolger wants to be Japan’s first ever F1 world champion
It hasn’t exactly been the ideal year so far for Carlin’s Dan Ticktum. The 22-year-old Brit is currently sitting in P4 in the F2 Championship after five rounds with three remaining, however he was released by Williams and their Driver Academy at the start of August and is currently looking for employment for next season. By Tyler Foster After being dropped by the Red Bull … Continue reading Dejected Ticktum rules out F1: ‘I’ve probably blown my chances now’
After some epic racing in Formula 2 over the course of the weekend at Monza, championship leader Oscar Piastri managed to convert his pole position and win his first Formula 2 Feature Race of his career. By Tyler Foster Starting from pole for the second consecutive weekend after being fastest at Silverstone, Piastri managed to deal with four safety cars and a short battle with … Continue reading Piastri ‘running out of things to do on track’ to impress F1 teams with
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