Nissany revels in maiden FR3.5 podium
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Israeli driver Roy Nissany surprised many by landing his maiden Formula Renault 3.5 Series podium in race two at the Red Bull Ring.
Nyck de Vries felt the race one result in Austria will boost the morale of his DAMS team, though the Dutchman was left disappointed a mistake cost him P4 in race two to Pietro Fantin.
Dean Stoneman felt it was a good weekend for him at the Red Bull Ring despite failing to finish in race two after a collision with Nicholas Latifi.
A win and a runners-up spot for Oliver Rowland extended his championship lead after the weekend at the Red Bull Ring, and now leads Matthieu Vaxiviere by 24 points.
Matthieu Vaxiviere took his third victory of the season ahead of Oliver Rowland, with the top two again proving to be the class of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series field in 2015.
Roberto Merhi has been banned from the rest of the Red Bull Ring weekend and excluded from the race one results after being deemed responsible for the post-race crash with Nicholas Latifi in race one.
Oliver Rowland took his fourth victory of the season to extend his championship lead over Matthieu Vaxiviere in a race affected by two safety cars and ended with a spectacular crash after the chequered flag.
Matthieu Vaxiviere found the speed to take pole position for race two at the Red Bull Ring after rain had threatened to give Meindert van Buuren top spot.
Oliver Rowland continued his good form by taking his third pole in four races for race one at the Red Bull Ring.
Dean Stoneman ended the second collective test session at the Red Bull Ring in P1 in his Red Bull-backed DAMS machine.
Tio Ellinas was quickest in the first of the two collective test sessions at the Red Bull Ring ahead of Pietro Fantin and Oliver Rowland.
Meindert van Buuren has left the Lotus team ahead of this weekend’s Red Bull Ring round, switching to Pons Racing, with his place being taken by Marlon Stockinger.
Jazeman Jaafar expects any advantage he has of the Red Bull Ring in a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car will be gone after half a dozen laps this weekend.
Gustav Malja is looking to build on his maiden podium at the Hungaroring last month as the series switches to the Red Bull Ring this weekend.
Red Bull Junior driver Dean Stoneman is looking to secure his first Formula Renault 3.5 Series victory this weekend at the Red Bull Ring.
Visa problems means Indonesian star Philo Paz Patric Armand will be absent from proceedings at the Red Bull Ring this weekend.
The first blog from Cypriot racer Tio Ellinas, a star in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Strakka Racing, with his thoughts on his weekend at the Hungaroring and the state of motorsport in Cyprus.
