F3 News

This year running in the British Formula Three Scholarship class with the T-Sport team, Ryan Lewis answers the questions. Q: Who has inspired you most in racing?

Australian international motor racing star Will Davison has signed to drive with Menu Motorsport in the 2004 British Formula 3 Championship.

Australian Formula Three outfit Team BRM has confirm that 2003 rookie of the year Karl Reindler will be staying put for 2004 in an effort to win the championship prior to embarking on a career overseas.

Rising British star Stephen Jelley has inked a deal with Performance Racing to graduate from Formula Ford to the British F3 Championship for 2004.

Australian driver Will Power believes he has taken another significant step towards his goal of racing in Formula One, having signed to follow in the footsteps of role model Mark Webber by signing with Alan Docking Racing for the 2004 British Formula Three Championship.

South American F3 champion, Danilo Dirani has announced that he will take part in the British F3 championship in 2004.

Adam Carroll's call-up to the Carlin team in place of the poorly Narain Karthikeyan adds another significant name to the list of potential winners of the second part of Formula Three's Asian double-header, in Changwon, this weekend.

The annual Macau F3 Grand prix looked set to bring some end-of-season cheer for Robert Doornbos, until two unexpected mechanical failures ended the Dutchman's hopes of a podium finish.

James Courtney secured victory in an exciting opening leg to the 50th Macau Grand Prix, but many of his main rivals fell foul of incidents and accidents in a race punctuated by crashes and safety car periods.

Two-time French karting champion and 2002 Fran-Am North American title winner Bruno Spengler last month completed his maiden season of Formula Three racing in the new-for-2003 Euroseries, and admitted that he was pleased with progress despite a slow start to the year.

British youngster Adam Langley-Kahn has joined Performance Racing for an extensive winter testing programme that might lead to a shot at next year's British Formula Three Scholarship class title.

Nelson Piquet Jr and Nico Rosberg may be the biggest draws in the Macau Formula Three Grand Prix field, but there are 28 other drivers all seeking to put the famous sons in their place when the event gets under way on 16 November.

The countdown to the 2003 Cagliari Grand Prix has started, with an invitational Formula Three event added to the headlining Euro F3000 series finale.

Having recently dipped his toe in the waters of the British Formula Three Championship, talented teenager Ryan Lewis has confirmed that he is to test with former champion Manor Motorsport ahead of the 2004 season.

British Formula Three Scholarship Class runner-up Steven Kane saw the final piece of his prize for winning the McLaren Autosport Award in 2001 fall into place this week, as he was invited to join the McLaren-Mercedes F1 team for a day of testing at Silverstone.

Formula Three debutant Lewis Hamilton has returned home after a second race accident at Brands Hatch on Sunday left him in hospital with bruising and concussion.

A superb podium finish was the perfect way to end the 2003 British Formula 3 Championship season for 21-year-old Australian Will Davison.

Last year's British Formula Three champion Robbie Kerr will make a surprise return to the series at next weekend's Brands Hatch finale, renewing his successful relationship with the Alan Docking Racing squad to continue the development of the Lola-Dome F106/03 chassis.

Rob Austin scored his first British F3 win in round 22 of the British F3 Championship gripped by Avon Tyres at Donington Park this afternoon [Sunday].

Alan van der Merwe won the British F3 Championship at Donington Park this afternoon [Saturday]. Even though he failed to finish a stunning round 21 of the British F3 Championship gripped by Avon Tyres, the South African racer cannot be beaten to the crown in the three remaining races.

The Lola-Dome F106/03 will return to British Formula Three race action at Donington Park this weekend, marking its first competitive appearance in the series since May.

Carlin's lead driver, Alan van der Merwe, can afford to relax this weekend at Donington Park - after all, he needs only one podium position from the two races with team-mate Jamie Green behind him to confirm himself as British Formula 3 Champion, 2003.

Ryan Lewis made his Formula Three debut with Team SYR at Donington Park yesterday [Wednesday], but later declined the opportunity to race the squad's Dallara-Mugen.

The race action delivered by the British F3 and British GT Championships at Spa-Francorchamps over the weekend [30/31 August] was of the highest order as the British-based teams and drivers tackled one of the most challenging race circuits in the world.