Full Throttle

A1GP Sepang Qualifying Results:
A1GP Team Switzerland’s Neel Jani put in a sensational performance during qualifying for the A1GP Sepang, Malaysia to take pole position for Sunday’s Sprint and Feature race. The Swiss star will start the Sprint race from P1 for the third consecutive season at Sepang and he will lead the drivers off the [...]

… Auto racing with teams that normally play with funky looking round objects constructed of 32 pentagon shaped black & white panels?
You could get yet another successful open wheel racing series.
Or you could get the equivalent of a LA Galaxy/Davis Beckham crash and burn. (Can you spell medial collateral ligament?)
The reality is you get the [...]

There is an interesting battle soon the be waged on the Asian Continent over who will reign supreme in promoting motor racing.
Bernie Ecclestone has thrown down the gauntlet by signing Singapore as a venue for the 2008 F1 season. With China, Malaysia and Indonesia having been on the schedule (and dreams of India), the addition [...]

With the 2006 season having just finished and James Winslow crowned champion, there will now be a twelve month wait until next year’s Asian Formula Three Championship following confirmation that it will become a ‘winter series’.
In a bid to make the most of the optimum weather conditions, the AF3 Corporation have decided to delay the [...]

I’ve been sadly deficient in my coverage of the Asian Formula Three Series both here and the other place. After the cancellation of the Indonesian rounds last month due to “unforeseen commercial reasons” (whatever that means) the Series returns this week to Sentul Indonesia for 6 rounds of action.
Never one to shy away from highlighting [...]

Rodolfo Avila, who finished fifth in the 2005 Asian Formula Three Series, will race for Performance Racing Europe in the National Class of the British F3 Championship.
“This development in my career is indeed a golden opportunity for me. I’m very happy to have been given the chance to compete in one of the most competitive [...]

As always, the trip to Macau will provide the highlight of many a Formula Three season, even if, for the 52nd running of the FIA Intercontinental Cup will not feature either the British or Euroseries champions.
Instead, the street classic gets the World Series by Renault champion, plus a smattering of leading runners from the UK, [...]

John O

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) on Tuesday pledged to support 18-year-old Filipino formula car driver Tyson Sy, currently campaigning in the Asian Formula Three Series (AF3), as he bids to make it to the Formula One circuit. Sy has a good opportunity to take the AF3 crown due to Series points leader Ananda [...]

John O

Filipino Tyson Sy, in his TOM

This year’s Macau Grand Prix will boast the best race line-up in the event’s 52-year history, including the FIA F3 Intercontinental Cup, the final round of the all-new FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) - the touring car Guia Race - and the 39th running of the ever-popular Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix.
In addition to the [...]

Christian Jones (son of Australian F1 Champ Alan Jones) grabbed the lead at the first corner and never looked back. He was chased home by Ananda Mikola with Tyson Sy third after starting the wet race from the back of the grid. Lee Farrell won the Promotion Class from Greg Murphy and JP Tuason.
The race [...]

Ananda Mikola took a lights to flag win, in the Zhuhai Pan Delta Super Racing Festival,from Dado Pena and Christian Jones. Greg Murphy won the Promotions Class with Lee Farrell second. The race was punctuated by the safety car which was required after Avila and Marave clashed.
The drama began in qualifying with Pena losing fifth [...]

Christian Jones (son of Australian F1 Champion Alan Jones) topped the time sheets for the first days practice for this weekends race at Zhuhai Circuit

Ananda Mikola won both rounds at the opening event of the Asian Formula Three Series held at the Batangas Race Circuit in the Philippines. His brother, Moreno Soeprapto, took the top step on the podium for the Promotion Class in both races.
The first race saw Mikola lead from flag to flag, however Christian Jones [...]

Ananda Mikola dominated practice for Sunday

Lewis Hamilton took a nail-biting victory in the first-ever Bahrain F3 Superprix, beating fellow Euroseries runners Nico Rosberg and Jamie Green after coming from eleventh on the grid. The result appeared to be in no doubt with just a handful of laps left, but it was new Euroseries champion Green at the front of the [...]

… and the upper Midwest, Northeast and the Rockies are “enjoying” temps in the 30’s and 40’s. There is a lack of snowfall, but what is more important is the lack of auto racing. NASCAR has folded its tent after the roast beef/fried chicken shindig in NYC. Formula One has long since passed into the [...]

Alexandre Premat triumphed in an incident-filled 51st running of the Macau Grand Prix, with two Safety Car periods and a red flag bringing an early end to the event. The Frenchman withheld intense pressure to head home Poland’s Robert Kubica and Brazilian Lucas di Grassi to take victory in the prestigious event.
Premat had started from [...]