How did WRC champion Kalle Rovanpera’s single-seater debut go?
As two-time world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera tackles a new career in single-seaters, moving to Super Formula for 2026, he’s getting crucial experience in the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy.Formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series, the FROT is typically used by young drivers to compete in the winter break, as it takes place in New Zealand’s s
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Will a new three-cylinder engine revive traditional F3 in Europe?
Three-cylinder engines are on their way to European single-seaters for 2025, and it looks as though there is every chance that they will revitalise a much-loved category.Since the demise of the FIA’s old Formula 3 European Championship at the end of 2018, when the ‘F3’ title was given by the governing body to the GP3 Series, the old philosophy of F
Three FIA F3 race winners set to tackle the Macau GP
Three FIA Formula 3 race winners are among numerous drivers from the series to step down a level of the single-seater ladder to enter next month’s Macau Grand Prix.F3 cars have traditionally contested the Macau World Cup event, but organisers revealed earlier this year that they would swap to Formula Regional machinery for the 2024 edition on 17 No
F3 rookie Dunne: ‘Nobody will remember’ speed before Macau crash
GB3 runner-up Dunne was the star of Saturday’s opening race, belying his lack of experience in F3 machinery by fighting his way up from sixth on the grid to an eventual second behind Hitech team-mate Luke Browning.That put Dunne alongside Browning on the front row of the grid for Sunday’s main event, but a poor launch saw the Irishman slip behind G
Studying Macau GP start history helped Browning deliver winning tactic
The Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year produced a dominant performance to win the blue-riband Macau F3 race on Sunday, but it required two perfect getaways from the front of the pack. At both the original start, and the late safety car restart following the red flag interruption for Paul Aron's fiery crash, Browning committed to t
Aron thought he was on fire in scary Macau F3 crash
Aron was running in fifth place on the eighth lap of the F3 showpiece event when he suffered a major impact with the barriers at Paiol, the left-hander that follows the Solitude Esses.The Estonian’s car was torn into two pieces, with the rear axle ripped away in the shunt, while the remainder burst into flames upon the impact. Aron was able to esca
Macau GP: Browning wins after race stopped by fiery crash
Browning proved supreme at both the original start and the late safety car restart, following a red flag for Aron’s incident, to stamp his authority on a race in which the Hitech driver never really looked properly threatened. With the race ending under a safety car, Browning came home ahead of Dennis Hauger and Gabriele Mini to secure the biggest
Ticktum after Macau accident: Rivals' mistake “shouldn’t happen at this level”
The Rodin Carlin driver, making his return to F3 at Macau this weekend in a bid to claim an historic third win, was shunted into the wall at Lisboa on lap two of the qualification race on Saturday after his Trident rival made an overoptimistic dive down the inside.The incident pitched Ticktum into the tyre barrier, and means that he will start on t
Macau GP: Williams junior Browning wins qualifying race
Browning, who is a member of the Williams Driver Academy, overcame the best efforts of front-row starter Gabriele Mini twice on the run down to Lisboa to set up his dominant run to the chequered flag. Off the original start, Browning got away well but Mini seized the opportunity of the slipstream to draft alongside his rival on the run to Mandarin
F3 to return to Macau after three-year absence
The FIA Formula 3 and GT World Cups will headline the 70th anniversary running of the Macau Grand Prix meeting on the weekend of 18/19 November following three years during which travel restrictions into China resulting from the COVID pandemic precluded an international presence. The F3 fixture, which also carries the Macau GP title and is celebrat
Team reports Formula Regional car stolen
Evans GP is run by expat Australian Josh Evans and fields a number of cars in the Formula Regional Asian Championship.According to the squad one of its Tatuus open-wheelers has recently been stolen and is believed to be in Germany.Motorsport.com understands the car was shipped back to Europe from the UAE following the latest Formula Regional Asian
FIA F3 race in Macau called off again, no return for WTCR
The traditional end-of-year jamboree for junior single-seater racers at Macau’s Guia Circuit was slated to be staged on 18–20 November, with hopes that it would be held as normal this year as global travel restrictions loosen.The event has formed part of the Chinese Formula 4 championship since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, with Hon Chio Leong
Daruvala set to race in F3 Asia ahead of F2 season
Daruvala will pair up with last year's British F3 runner-up Kush Maini to form an all Indian line-up at Mumbai Falcons, which would be run by single-seater powerhouse Prema.The deal would reunite the 22-year-old with the outfit with which he finished third in the Formula 3 championship in 2019 scoring two wins and five other podium finishes.Daruval
Macau GP to be run for Formula 4 cars in 2020
Hopes still lingered that teams from the FIA Formula 3 Championship would be able to contest the race for a second successive season, but these have been ended at a press conference held by the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee. Neither will Dallara 320 cars from Euroformula Open and Japan’s Super Formula Lights series – conforming to the philo
Motorsport Heroes: How Kristensen went from bank clerk to F3 ace
In this clip, Kristensen recalls the struggle he had to get noticed by teams to give him a chance to display his talents – as he was working in a bank to pay the bills!Long before he’d go on to set a new record of nine Le Mans 24 Hours victories, Kristensen says beating Hakkinen’s best F3 lap time at German GP venue Hockenheim was a moment that was
Motorsport Heroes: Hakkinen on his infamous clash with Schumacher
Macau is the biggest race of the Formula 3 calendar, and Hakkinen arrived as British champion, his Team Theodore-branded West Surrey Racing Ralt going up against Schumacher’s German Championship-winning WTS Racing Reynard. Hakkinen had already won the first heat, and only had to finish within 3s of Schumacher to take victory on aggregate in the sec
Macau winner Verschoor had bent steering
Verschoor passed polesitter Juri Vips for the lead after a safety car restart at Lisboa, and while the Red Bull junior driver was able to stay close, he couldn't find a way past and ran wide during one attempt to retake the lead at the same corner.Just after, Verschoor touched the wall and it meant he had to fight to keep his car on the road.“I tri
Macau GP: Verschoor beats Vips in thrilling duel
In a dramatic start to the race, 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing and ART Grand Prix’s Christian Lundgaard went side-by-side behind Vips for second, but Ferrari junior Shwartzman was on the left-hand side into Mandarin and Lundgaard clipped the front-right of Shwartzman’s car as the former took the inside. Shwartzman ro
DRS suffers system failure on Macau F3 debut
The new F3 car is being driven at the Guia circuit for the first time this weekend, and unlike its predecessor it features the DRS overtaking aid pioneered in Formula 1.A select number of drivers were able to use the device, but when it became apparent that a sensor had failed, it was deactivated. It is not clear if the problem will be rectified in
Macau GP: Vips takes controlled qualifying win
It was a near-perfect race for Vips, the Estonian Hitech GP driver avoiding the slipstream into Lisboa on the first lap before controlling the remainder of the 10-lap affair.He managed to keep second-placed Robert Shwartzman (Prema) just out of the DRS zone, the gap to the Russian standing at 1.5s at the finish."I didn't want to take full risk at t
Carlin "amazed" by team's unlikely Ticktum repair job
Double Macau GP winner Ticktum arrived rapidly at Police corner in the second free practice session of the weekend at the Guia circuit on Friday morning, where David Beckmann had just crashed. The former was unable to slow enough to avoid a crash and a dose of oversteer meant the rear left of Ticktum's car smashed into Beckmann’s stricken machine.T
Macau GP: Vips takes pole in truncated qualifying
The lap times had tumbled throughout the weekend – thanks to the introduction of the new FIA Formula 3 car – culminating in Vips setting a 2m06.569s in free practice two on Friday morning, 3.341s quicker than last year’s pole and comfortably the fastest F3 laps around Macau.The pace was hot immediately in qualifying, and Prema Racing’s Marcus Arms
Macau GP: Vips tops crash-shortened practice
It was a rollercoaster of a session for the Estonian, who first appeared at the top of the times at the quarter-hour mark courtesy of a 2m07.892s.That time was swiftly eclipsed by Ticktum, while Vips took a trip down the Lisboa escape road that required a tricky three-point turn to recover from.As times tumbled heading into the final 10 minutes, Vi
Floersch: Macau changes “the right thing” after 2018 crash
After colliding with Jehan Daruvala’s car in 2018 Macau Grand Prix, Floersch hit the inside wall and was then fired airborne into the photographer’s bunker at high speed, resulting in a lengthy injury layoff which included a fractured vertebrae.In reaction to Floersch's crash and as part of the need to upgrade the circuit’s homologation status to m
Macau GP: Hughes takes provisional pole
Hughes set a sensational 2m06.793s lap on what is the HWA squad’s Macau debut, although Friday's second qualifying is likely to shake up the order as track conditions improve.The new FIA F3 car had already produced scintillating times before qualifying, with the top six in this morning's Free Practice 1 all quicker than last year’s pole time.Red Bu
Macau GP: Armstrong tops record-breaking opening practice
The Kiwi left his run late in the 40-minute session, charging to the top of the times with a remarkable 2m08.713s with 90 seconds to go – the first ever lap under the 2m09s mark.He then went quicker at the flag, the Theodore Racing driver setting a new unofficial F3 lap record with a 2m08.023s.Armstrong's time headlined a sensationally fast debut f
Full 2019 Macau Grand Prix weekend schedule
Subject to change. All times local (CST, GMT +8).You can live stream all of the action from the 2019 Macau Grand Prix free via Motorsport.tv.For a live stream of the WTCR sessions click here. Thursday November 1407:30-08:30 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – Free Practice09:00-09:45 FIA WTCR Macau Guia Race – Free Practice 110:05-10:45 Formula 3 Macau G
Macau makes changes to Floersch crash corner
Floersch skated along the barrier after hitting the back of Jehan Daruvala's car on the long run to Lisboa, and was then launched over the apex kerb, into Sho Tsuboi's TOM'S Dallara-Toyota and through the catch fencing into a photographer's box.The car was allowed to launch because there was a gap between the inside wall and the kerb on the approac
Floersch to make Macau return with HWA
After hitting the back of Jehan Daruvala’s car at Lisboa in last year’s race, Floersch's Van Amersfoort Racing-prepared car was launched airborne and into a photographer’s bunker.Floersch had to have a seven-hour operation and suffered a spinal fracture, but made a full recovery and finished seventh in the standings of the new Formula Regional Euro
Ticktum, Ilott headline Macau GP entry list
Ticktum won the last two Macau Grand Prix with the Motopark team, but the German team missed out on a place in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship this year and therefore also on a return Macau, now in effect a non-championship FIA F3 round.The British driver was dropped by Red Bull after a disappointing first three races of the Super Formula season
Macau reveals more track changes ahead of 2019 GP
In a press conference held on Thursday, organisers confirmed that Reservoir, Mandarin Oriental Bend, Guia Hill areas and 'R' Bend will all be worked on to help the track reach the standards of an upgraded homologation.Work on the infamous Lisboa Bend had already been confirmed.The track changes are necessary as the power to weight ratio of the new
Macau GP could feature DRS for first time in 2019
The GP3 Series and European Formula 3 merged to form the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for this year, which has a new single-make formula car that has also been adopted by Macau.The previous homologation of the track expired at the end of last year, and owing to the higher power-to-weight ratio of the new F3 car, changes will be made to the Macau
Ticktum pulls out of Asian F3 Winter Series
Ticktum's campaign in the off-season AWS was intended to get him over the FIA superlicence points threshold required to enter F1.Although he took two poles in the opening Buriram round, he’s only made one podium appearance and, combined with the decision not to start a race last time out at Sepang, is eighth in the standings.His lack of results has
Ticktum F1 superlicence bid thwarted by eligibility rule
The inaugural Asian Formula 3 Winter Series (AWS) was included on the FIA’s list of series, published in December 2018, to which Formula 1 superlicence points would be assigned.Red Bull elected to place Ticktum – who has 35 of the 40 points required – into the AWS, which he has been contesting with Hitech GP.But reports emerged from last weekend’s
Formula European Masters to offer DTM race prize
The DTM-supporting series, which is the continuation of the old FIA F3 European Championship, has come up with the prize after teams suggested it in place of a cash award.One team told Motorsport.com that a prize fund of approximately €100,000 was mooted, but that this would not make much difference to a budget to move up to the next level - hence
Ticktum signs up for Asian F3 Winter Series
The Red Bull junior, whose main 2019 programme will be in Super Formula, has joined Hitech GP for the Asian F3 Winter Series, which kicks off this weekend at Buriram in Thailand.It continues the following weekend at former Malaysian F1 venue Sepang, before concluding at Sepang on February 23-24.Victory in the Winter Series offers 10 points for a su
VAR recovering stolen Floersch Macau crash parts
Team boss Frits van Amersfoort told Motorsport.com that the parts – the front wing and engine air restrictor – were removed from the scene by thieves following the 18-year-old German’s horrific crash, and discovered for sale on eBay.“We have a friend out there who told us about it,” said van Amersfoort. “I said, ‘Bloody hell – the front wing surviv
Pau F3 GP saved with new deal
The event, a round of the FIA F3 European Championship from 2014-18, disappeared from the governing body’s F3 calendar with the positioning on the Formula 1 package of the new-for-2019 FIA F3 Championship.Now Euroformula Open has stepped in, despite having already announced an eight-round calendar for next season.When contacted by Motorsport.com, s
Dallara evaluating F3 alternative to new FIA spec
Motorsport.com understands that Dallara has been approached by the organisers of at least three different championships to produce a new chassis featuring the halo for 2020, after the FIA homologation of the existing chassis runs out at the end of ’19.One of them is F3V, a subsidiary of the DTM-promoting ITR, which organised the FIA’s F3 European C
Old F3 boosted as FIA revises superlicence points allocation
The champion of the renamed Formula European Masters, which replaces the FIA F3 European Championship on the DTM support bill, will receive 25 points towards a superlicence – only five fewer than the new FIA F3 Championship.As expected, it brings the FEM series into line with the FIA's new Regional F3 championship for Europe – the Italian-promoted
Macau reluctant to adopt new F3 cars after Floersch accident
The Macau-organising AAMC is understood to be concerned that the new-for-2019 F3 cars, which will compete in the FIA F3 Championship, will carry too much momentum for the Guia circuit.While the 2012-18 generation of F3 cars produce 240bhp and can get up to 270km/h with a tow in Macau, the new machines will push out 380bhp with a projected top speed
DTM-supporting F3 series gets new name for 2019
Formel 3 Vermarktungs, which ran the F3 European Championship on behalf of the FIA from 2013-18, has opted for the name Formula European Masters.F3V was shouldered out of the F3 hierarchy by the launch of the new FIA F3 Championship, which will be promoted by long-time GP2/Formula 2 boss Bruno Michel and replaces GP3 on the Formula 1 support bill.B
Monger targets FIA F3 move after halo extraction test
Monger has driven in BRDC British F3 this year, finishing sixth in the points in his first full season of racing since rehabilitating after losing both legs in a crash at Donington Park in April 2017.Now that his system for operating his car – Monger uses his stump to brake with a raised pedal – has been developed, he feels he is ready for the next
Floersch returning home after horror Macau GP crash
The 17-year old has been recuperating following a long operation last Monday to mend a spinal fracture sustained in the shunt, in which she flew over the barriers and fence following contact on the approach to Lisboa that left her without her left-side wheels.Florsch wrote on Facebook: “Today I am flying back home. I am still overwhelmed by all the
New FIA Formula 3 car unveiled
The championship will be formed with FIA European Formula 3 and the GP3 Series merging together for 2019, with the aim of simplifying the junior single-seater ladder. As predicted by Motorsport.com earlier this year, the car – with a Dallara chassis – is based on the current GP3 car with a 3.4-litre naturally aspirated Mecachrome engine, mated to a
GPDA to discuss kerb role in Floersch crash - Grosjean
Floersch sustained a spinal injury when her car was launched over the kerb at Lisboa during a restart accident, and went through the catchfencing into an area used by marshals and photographers - clipping Sho Tsuboi's car during her flight."I believe Sophia was very lucky to escape," said GPDA director Grosjean when asked about the crash by Motorsp
Ferrari juniors tipped for Prema FIA F3 seats
Shwartzman and Armstrong were both race winners in the final year of the governing body’s F3 European Championship, with Russian Shwartzman claiming the Rookie title and third in the overall standings.While staying with Prema is logical in both cases, speculation has linked New Zealander Armstrong with a switch to Hitech GP, whose boss Oliver Oakes
Motopark not getting 2019 F3 entry is 'absurd' - Ticktum
Despite its recent success in the European F3 championship and Macau, Motopark was not one of the 10 teams picked for the new championship.So with Motopark bowing out of F3 with a 1-2 finish in the blue-riband Macau Grand Prix last weekend, Ticktum has hit out at the FIA’s decision not to give his boss Timo Rumpfkeil’s outfit a slot on the grid.“Th
Floersch accident not Macau-specific, says team boss
Floersch was launched into the air and through the catch fence at the start of the Macau GP after losing control of her car and hitting the inside kerb at the Lisboa corner, which acted as a ramp.Read Also:Analysis: The factors that saved Floersch's lifeHer car impacted an area that was occupied by marshals and photographers.Van Amersfoort, however
Floersch has successful seven-hour surgery
The German was injured in a violent accident in the F3 race on Sunday, after being launched into the air and over another car before striking a photographer's bunker.Read Also:Analysis: The factors that saved Floersch's lifeA seven-hour operation on her back was conducted on Monday, with doctors saying in a press conference afterwards that her vita
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