All the attention at the British Grand Prix this weekend will be on home heroes Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. But also on track at Silverstone will be the three Englishmen who’ve been fighting it out in the GP2 Series this season as they try to impress the people that matter in Formula 1.
Chevrolet have announced they will leave the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the 2012 season.
Trident Racing are set to field their third GP3 car in the remaining rounds of the 2012 season after signing Giovanni Venturini ahead of the Silverstone round.
Facu Regalia will race in his third single-seater category of 2012 this weekend when he makes his GP3 Series debut at Silverstone.
Christian Klien made it a double victory for former Formula 1 drivers in the International Superstars Series round at the Hungaroring – even though he went into the final lap in fourth place.
Vitantonio Liuzzi scored his second victory in the International Superstars Series in Race 1 at the Hungaroring, and although he led from start to finish he had to hold off the advances of Thomas Biagi throughout.
Jamie Green recorded a memorable fourth DTM win around the Norisring after stealing victory from Martin Tomczyk at what turned out to be the very last corner of the race.
Raffaele Marciello won the third and final F3 race of the weekend at the Norisring, much of which was run under the safety car before being stopped early in stormy conditions.
Vitantonio Liuzzi has claimed his first pole position in the International Superstars Series after defeating local hero and one-off entrant Norbert Michelisz in qualifying at the Hungaroring.
There was a 1-2 finish for British Formula 3 runners in the reverse-grid second race at the Norisring in Germany, as Harry Tincknell led Felix Serralles to victory.
British DTM aces Gary Paffett and Jamie Green have locked out the front row for Mercedes in qualifying at the Norisring.
William Buller could have picked up his second win of the season after Daniel Juncadella was disqualified following a chaotic end to the first of the Formula 3 races at the Norisring, expect nobody inherited first place.
Jamie Green took top spot in second practice for the DTM at Norisring, 0.009 seconds ahead of Martin Tomczyk.
Pascal Wehrlein claimed his maiden F3 pole position in qualifying for the joint European-British championship round at the Norisring, while Raffaele Marciello recorded the best second-fastest laptime to start the weekend’s first race from first on the grid.
Mattias Ekstrom and Ralf Schumacher traded fastest times during Friday’s practice session for the DTM round at the Norisring, with the Swede coming out on top.
Daniel Juncadella was the fastest driver in the 28 car field for the Formula 3 races at the Norisring in Germany during the early running on Friday.
BMW’s return to the DTM continues at the Norisring this weekend, with Bruno Spengler chasing a fourth win around the Nuremberg street circuit.
