Open Wheel Archive

  • Max-Cornelius---Thruxton

    Cornelius Just Misses Out On Young Guns Title

    After a season long battle, the Young Guns championship fight came down to the final race at Thruxton, with young talent Max Cornelius just missing out on the crown after contact with main title rival Patryk Szczerbinski on the final lap of the season. The...

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  • Hylkema - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Hylkema Looking Forward To Knockhill Debut

    Dutch ace Thomas Hylkema is “really looking forward” to his first ever races at Knockhill this weekend as the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship heads north of the border for Rounds 15 and 16 of the 2010 series. After a four year absence, the series...

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  • Clio Cup Leader Newsham - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Scottish Renault Aces Set To Star On Home Tarmac

    Scottish drivers Dave Newsham and Lewis Williamson are looking forward to racing in front of their home crowd this weekend as the ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin and the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship head north of the border to Knockhill for the first...

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  • Menasheh Idafar - Photo Credit: Chris Gurton Photography

    Perfect Timing: Menasheh Idafar Sweeps Snetterton Races

    Menasheh Idafar picked the perfect time to achieve his first perfect weekend in the British Formula 3 International Series National Class, dominating the running at Snetterton to take a points lead to next month’s final round. The Norfolk weekend put the 19-year-old through the entire...

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  • Will Bratt - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Will Bratt Ready For Oschersleben Challenge

    Almost 5 weeks after the previous FIA Formula 2 event at Brands Hatch, the action re-starts in Germany, at the Oschersleben circuit for the penultimate race of the season. And for fourth place man, Brit Will Bratt there is the added challenge of learning a...

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  • 13 for 31; Jean-Eric Vergne at Snetterton - Photo Credit: Chris Gurton Photography

    Jean-Eric Vergne’s Lucky 13th

    Jean-Eric Vergne underlined his status as new F3 Champion by winning his 13th race of the season at Snetterton with a mature drive in the wet for Carlin. The Frenchman claimed the title at the last round in Silverstone so there was no pressure on...

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  • Brundle T-Sport

    Brundle Looking Forward To Snetterton F3 Debut

    This weekend the Cooper Tires British F3 Series heads to Snetterton for a bank holiday blast with a famous motor sport family name making a return to the Formula 3 series. Kings Lynn’s Alex Brundle is looking to make the most of his home advantage...

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  • Victorious Tom Blomqvist - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Blomqvist Shows Title Credentials With Silverstone Double

    Tom Blomqvist blew away the opposition at Silverstone in Rounds 13 and 14 of the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship to record his first ever wins in the series, in the process firmly placing himself in the hunt for the 2010 title. After a hard...

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  • Buurman - Photo credit: Chris Gurton Photography

    Doornbos & Buurman Entertain at Zandvoort

    Superleague Formula drivers Robert Doornbos and Yelmer Buurman took to the Dutch Tarmac at Zandvoort over the weekend in a number of demonstration runs in front of race fans. Current championship leader Buurman entertained his fellow countrymen and women in his AC Milan car whilst...

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  • Dino Zamparelli  - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    60 Seconds With… Dino Zamparelli

    Welcome to the first article from a new TCF feature where we get to know some of the upcoming drivers in motor sport. First up we talk to 2008 Ginetta Junior Champion Dino Zamparelli. What are you racing at the moment? Due to sponsorship problems,...

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  • Ernie van der Walt's Van Diemen in action at Silverstone. Image by Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Fluid looking for Formula Ford Success at Snetterton

    Norfolk based Fluid Motorsport are looking for triple success on home soil as they head to home circuit Snetterton on Bank Holiday Monday for Rounds   16 and 17 of the 2010 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain. Fluid, the works Van Diemen...

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    Renault Sport Expand Formula Renault Winter Series For 2010

    Just weeks after announcing a new deal to stay on the BTCC support race package for at least another three years, Renault Sport are today announcing more good news, with its decision to increase the size of its Michelin Formula Renault UK Winter Series Usually...

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  • Max Cornelius

    Cornelius Closing In On Young Guns Crown

    Max Cornelius is closing in on the 2010 Autosport Young Guns Championship after picking up his sixth win of the season at Brands Hatch last weekend. With just the series finale at Thruxton remaining in two weeks time, the youngster is looking for nothing less...

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  • Josh Hill - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Malvern And Hill Share Silverstone Wins

    After Scott Pye’s win in Saturday’s race, it was the turn of Scott Malvern and Josh Hill to climb on to the top step of the podium on Sunday in the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain at Silverstone. In the first of...

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  • Menasheh Idafar - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Idafar’s Race Three Win Keeps F3 National Class Title Close

    A win in the final British Formula Three race at Silverstone (14-15 August) kept the title race in the National Class tantalisingly close, a dominant performance by Menasheh Idafar keeping his deficit to rival James Cole to just nine points. The pair of T-Sport drivers,...

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  • Lewis Williamson leads the points

    Title hopefuls Set For Tough Triple Header At Silverstone

    The stars of the 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK series are getting ready to battle for a massive 102 points this weekend as they look forward to three races over the Silverstone National Circuit. After the postponement of Round Five at Brands Hatch earlier in...

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  • Adrian Buzaid

    Adriano Buzaid Scores Maiden 2010 F3 Win

    With all the focus of the weekend elsewhere in the Carlin squad Brazilian Adriano Buzaid scored his maiden win of the British F3 season, becoming the ninth different driver to stand atop the podium in the series this year. With the second race of the...

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  • Thomas Hylkema - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Hylkema looking for strong weekend at Silverstone

    Thomas Hylkema is looking for his first trouble free meeting of the season as he heads to Silverstone this weekend for a Michelin Formula Renault UK triple header at the Northamptonshire circuit. Despite showing consistent good ace and improving race craft so far this season,...

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  • Vergne celebrates being France's first British F3 champion - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Lights-To-Flag Silverstone Win Seals Jean-Eric Vergne’s Title

    A victory in the second race of today’s (15 August) races crowned Jean-Eric Vergne as the 2010 British Formula Three International Series champion, the Frenchman taking his twelfth win of the season after leading from flag to flag. The commanding nature of the vital win...

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  • James Calado celebrates - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    James Calado Slips To Silverstone Race One Victory

    James Calado claimed his fourth win of the season at a slippery Silverstone, making the right choice as the field scattered on tyre strategy, trying to second guess the changeable conditions. The Racing Steps Foundation backed driver led another 1-2-3-4 result for the dominant Carlin...

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  • Menasheh Idafar - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Menasheh Idafar Leads National Class in Silverstone Testing

    Menasheh Idafar’s weekend at Silverstone got off to the perfect start, the T-Sport pilot topping the testing sessions in the build up to the three British Formula Three races at Silverstone this weekend (14-15 August). The two sessions saw wet and dry running around the...

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  • Will Bratt

    TCF Exclusive: Will Bratt Blog

    Welcome to my first blog here on TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk – I’m looking forward to updating you about my racing and giving a general look at what I’m up to on and off track. My season in Formula 2 so far has, in my estimation, been less...

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  • Harry Tincknell leads the field at Snetterton

    Tincknell Returns To The Top Of The Podium At Snetterton

    Harry Tincknell took a dominant victory in Round 12 of the 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship to record his second win of the season, in the process putting himself right back in the title hunt. After not winning since round four at Rockingham in...

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  • Millroy celebrating his win - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Millroy Picks Up Maiden Formula Renault Win At Snetterton

    In the Snetterton sunshine, Ollie Millroy led from lights to flag to win Round 11 of the 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship, his first ever victory in the series. The 20 year old drove a confident race, building up an early lead and never...

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  • JEV on the way to victory

    Vergne Snatches A Second Win At Thruxton In Style

    To say that Jean-Eric Vergne’s victory in this afternoon’s Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International championship feature race was straightforward would be accurate, if a little simplistic. However, such was the manner of his victory today at Thruxton. Similarly, Menasheh Idafar beat team-mate and National...

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  • Harry Tincknell - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Tincknell Leads CRS Charge At Snetterton

    Harry Tincknell took a dominant victory in the race two of the Formula Renault UK at Snetterton to lead another good weekend for CRS Racing. After finishing fifth in race one, the win moves Tincknell up to joint third in the championship standings. Team mate...

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  • JEV celebrating his win

    Vergne Moves A Step Closer To The Title

    Normal service resumed today at Thruxton in the Cooper Tires British F3 International championship, with Jean-Eric Vergne winning the morning’s sprint race in blistering form. The victory was his tenth of the season and he also notched up a new fastest lap in the process....

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  • James Calado leads Jean-Eric Vergne - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    James Calado Bounces Back To Win At Thruxton

    James Calado gave a demonstration of racing at Thruxton, fighting back from a poor start to lead home a 1-2-3-4 finish for Carlin the first of the weekend’s three races. While the 22-year-old had topped the testing at the Hampshire track earlier in the week...

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  • Felipe Nasr and Menasheh Idafar at Thruxton - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    James Calado Paces F3 Thruxton Test

    James Calado led the British Formula Three test sessions at Thruxton, in build-up to the series’ races at the Hampshire speed-drome. The Carlin driver set the fastest lap of 1:06.840 in his Dallara/Volkswagen, just a single hundredth outside of the Thruxton lap record and four...

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  • Dave Newsham leads the Clio Cup field at Rockingham

    Renault Teams Delighted By New Deal

    Team Managers from the leading teams in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship and the ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin series have spoken positively about yesterdays announcement that Renault are renewing its three year rolling deal on the TOCA/BTCC support package. The new contract...

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