Fantin tops disrupted opening Silverstone test
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Two red flags disrupted the opening free practice session at Silverstone on Friday, with Pietro Fantin ending the fifty-minute session on top.
Wild card entry Jehan Daruvala topped the opening collective test session of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 weekend at Silverstone on Friday.
Nick Yelloly will race for Lotus in this weekend’s Formula Renault 3.5 Series round at Silverstone after leaving behind his drive with Hilmer Motorsport in GP2.
Will Bratt returns to racing this weekend as he replaces Roberto Merhi at Pons Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series event at Silverstone.
Briton Will Palmer will make his Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Series debut at Silverstone with the ART Junior Team next weekend.
Rising star Louis Deletraz spoke to The Checkered Flag about his Formula Renault 3.5 Series debut in Austria last month where he raced for Comtec Racing.
Strakka Racing Team Principal Dan Walmsley has thanked Renault Sport for their support of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship.
Renault Sport will end its eleven-year backing of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the end of the 2015 season.
Matthieu Vaxiviere took his third victory of the season at the Red Bull Ring, and thinks it will be fantastic battling Oliver Rowland for this years championship.
Oliver Rowland extended his Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship lead to 26 points following a win and a second place at the Red Bull Ring.
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.
