Weekend Preview
Welcome to your Weekend Preview for 14-15 September. Here’s your look at the Aussies and Kiwis who are competing around the world this weekend. Australian Joshua Car has had a stellar season in the F4 United States Championship, taking his fifth season victory last time out and becoming the
FIA Formula 3
Organisers of the Suncity Group 66th Macau Grand Prix have announced a raft of upgrades to the circuit to prepare it for the debut of FIA Formula 3 later this year. The announcement, made at a press conference on Thursday, included the news that the circuit will be homolgated as
FIA Formula 3
Australian Alex Peroni is on his way back to Australia after his airborne crash in FIA F3 at Monza, reports Motorsport.com The 19 year-old was hospitalised with broken vertebrae and concussion after his enormous crash, but was released mid-week. His manager told Motorsport.com "while Alex is in
S5000
Experienced open-wheel driver Barton Mawer has joined the S5000 series for its debut season, to drive for Milldun Motorsport Mawer began in Formula Ford before moving to Australian Formula 3, where he was a consistent front-runner, finishing second in the 2003 championship. He also holds the sedan lap record at
S5000
Former Australian F3 champion Tim Macrow will join the field for the S5000 debut at Sandown, driving for MTEC Motorsport. Macrow will line up next to Australia international Matt Brabham, while the MTEC Motorsport team is owned and operated by experienced single-seater engineer Bruin Beasley. Macros said, “having done a
WSeries
New Zealander Chelsea Herbet is among the 14 drivers announced this week to take part in a W Series driver selection test for the 2020 season. The drivers, from 12 different countries, will take part in a driver selection test on September 16-18 in Almeria, Spain. Abbie Eaton, Abbie Munro,
S5000
New Zealander Tom Alexander has been confirmed as AGI Sport’s second entry for the S5000 series debut at Sandown on September 20-22. Alexander was one of the first drivers to get behind the wheel of the S5000, driving at the official launch event at Sydney Motorsport Park in November
Formula Renault Eurocup
Australian Oscar Piastri has maintained his command of the Formula Renault Eurocup championship, winning Race 2 at the Hungaroring after not making the start for Race 1. Piastri lost control of his car in standing water on the way to the Race 1 grid. Fortunately, the race never left the
FIA Formula 3
Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda has taken victory in the FIA F3 Sprint Race at Monza, his and his team’s first ever win the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Fabio Scherer started on pole but it was Jake Hughes who charged off the line and had taken the lead by the
Chinese Formula 4
New Zealander Conrad Clark has won the 2019 Chinese Formula 4 Championship with four races left to run in the season. The young Kiwi, from Taupō Nui-a-Tia College, won 13 out of 14 races on his way to the title, taking the championship this weekend in Shanghai with four races
F3 Asia
Japanese driver Ukyo Sasahara has swept the Shanghai round of the F3 Asian Championship, winning all three races and extending his championship lead over Australian Jack Doohan. Sasahara lined up in pole for the third time this weekend, but this time was joined on the front row by teammate and
F3 Asia
Ukyo Sasahara has won the second race of the F3 Asian Championship weekend in Shanghai, followed by Daniel Cao and Australian Jack Doohan. Sasahara led from the front for a perfect lights-to-flag victory, while the real battle of the race was for fourth place. Kiwi Brendon Leitch dropped two positions