http://www.gpupdate.net/en/ news, photos and results at GPUpdate.net Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00:33 +0100 120 35 http://www.gpupdate.net/en/ http://images.gpupdate.net/if/rss/rsslogo.jpg http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/11/02/rosenzweig-tests-for-fortec/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/11/02/rosenzweig-tests-for-fortec/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:59:00 +0100 American Jake Rosenzweig drove a British Formula 3 car for the first time at Silverstone on Monday as he sampled a Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes. The 20-year-old, who competed in this year's F3 Euroseries with Carlin, was joined by a selection of new faces. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/10/26/van-der-zande-nominated-for-autosport-award/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/10/26/van-der-zande-nominated-for-autosport-award/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:45:00 +0100 The name of Renger van der Zande has been pencilled in as a nominee for a well-recognised Autosport award. The Dutchman, who finished in the top three of this year's championship, has been placed in the National Driver of the Year category for his performances for Hitech. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/10/14/calado-joins-carlin-for-2010/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/10/14/calado-joins-carlin-for-2010/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:05:00 +0200 Britain's James Calado has signed for the championship-winning Carlin team ahead of the 2010 season. The 20-year-old, runner-up in this year's Formula Renault UK series, will make his debut backed by the Racing Steps Foundation.                            http://gp2.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/25/chilton-joins-addax-for-asia-series/ http://gp2.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/25/chilton-joins-addax-for-asia-series/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:59:00 +0200 British Formula 3 star Max Chilton has been signed by the Barwa Addax team ahead of the upcoming GP2 Asia Series. The Englishman will enjoy a test session in Spain before the season-opening race weekend in Abu Dhabi. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/20/chilton-wins-season-finale/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/20/chilton-wins-season-finale/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0200 Max Chilton broke his British Formula 3 duck by registering his first race win at Brands Hatch in the final round of the 2009 championship. The 18-year-old Briton, brother of British Touring Car's Tom, led home Fortec's Riki Christodoulou with Double R's Marcus Ericsson third. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1105-3957 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1105-3957 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:23:22 +0200 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/20/ricciardo-takes-dominant-win-at-brands-hatch/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/20/ricciardo-takes-dominant-win-at-brands-hatch/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:45:00 +0200 Newly crowned Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Champion Daniel Ricciardo demonstrated exactly why he's the crown-wearer with a virtuoso display in round 19 of the championship at Brands Hatch this morning. The 20-year-old Australian led all the way from pole position, lowered the lap record twice, and claimed the biggest victory margin of the season on his way to his seventh win. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1104-3957 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1104-3957 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:00:15 +0200 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/19/ricciardo-on-pole-for-second-race-as-well/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/19/ricciardo-on-pole-for-second-race-as-well/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:38:00 +0200 With a performance befitting a newly crowned champion, Daniel Ricciardo scored a qualifying double-top at Brands Hatch today, following up his Cooper Tires British F3 round 19 pole position with another timesheet-topping performance in qualifying for round 20. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/19/ricciardo-on-pole-position-at-brands-hatch/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/19/ricciardo-on-pole-position-at-brands-hatch/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:33:00 +0200 New champion Daniel Ricciardo eased to his fifth Cooper Tires British F3 pole position of the season at Brands Hatch this morning, eclipsing the best his Carlin Motorsport team-mate Max Chilton could manage by three-tenths of a second. Ricciardo's pole time was 1m 17.207s, some eight-hundredths inside the 2008 pole mark set by his Red Bull/Carlin predecessor and last year's champion, Jaime Alguersuari. http://f3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/15/van-der-zande-returns-to-f3-euroseries/ http://f3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/15/van-der-zande-returns-to-f3-euroseries/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:39:00 +0200 Renger van der Zande will be missing the final meeting of this year's British Formula 3 season in order to concentrate on a move back to the Formula 3 Euroseries. The Dutchman, who has won three BF3 races this season, will be driving in the final three F3 Euro events of Barcelona, Dijon and Hockenheim. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/13/ricciardo-crowned-champion-in-portugal/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/13/ricciardo-crowned-champion-in-portugal/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:49:00 +0200 Jules Bianchi completed a fantastic weekend by picking up yet another race win for the ART Grand Prix team in Portugal although Australia's Daniel Ricciardo is man of the weekend; the Carlin driver struggled with a damaged front wing but could not be stopped from claiming the British Formula 3 Championship title of 2009.                   http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1105-4342 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1105-4342 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:04:00 +0200 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/13/bianchi-winst-race-1-ricciardo-takes-class-win/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/13/bianchi-winst-race-1-ricciardo-takes-class-win/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:52:00 +0200 Daniel Ricciardo edged to within a handful of points of securing the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series this morning in Portugal. The Carlin Motorsport driver didn't win outright the 17th round of the championship - that honour went to invitation class driver Jules Bianchi - but the Australian driver placed third on the road and was the leading British championship points scorer. It was Daniel's sixth championship-class race victory of the season. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1104-4342 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/gallery.php?catID=1104-4342 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:58:00 +0200 http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/12/chilton-scores-race-2-pole/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/12/chilton-scores-race-2-pole/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:40:00 +0200 Max Chilton will start tomorrow's 18th round of the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series from the pole after setting a blistering pace around the Algarve circuit in Portugal this afternoon. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/12/van-der-zande-takes-race-1-pole/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/12/van-der-zande-takes-race-1-pole/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:32:00 +0200 Holland's Renger van der Zande has clinched pole position in Saturday qualifying for Race 1 of the weekend in Portugal. The Hitech driver will share the front row of the Portimao grid with leading Briton Max Chilton as his championship-leading Carlin team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, starts fourth behind Jules Bianchi's ART. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/11/ricciardo-finishes-friday-on-top/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/11/ricciardo-finishes-friday-on-top/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:46:00 +0200 Championship leader Daniel Ricciardo set the best time to move up to the top of the final classification in second practice on Friday. The Carlin driver topped the timesheets in Portugal from Finland's Valtteri Bottas as Britain's Max Chilton achieved a top three position. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/11/van-der-zande-tops-first-algarve-session/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/11/van-der-zande-tops-first-algarve-session/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:21:00 +0200 Dutchman Renger van der Zande has finished on top of the first practice session as the penultimate race weekend of the season begins in Portugal. The Hitech driver led the way at Portimao from championship leader Daniel Ricciardo's Carlin and the ART pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Jules Bianchi. http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/04/ricciardo-not-switching-game-plan/ http://britishf3.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/04/ricciardo-not-switching-game-plan/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:45:00 +0200 Championship leader Daniel Ricciardo is not allowing the pressure to get to him ahead of the penultimate meeting of the season next weekend. The Australian heads to Portimao with a 36-point lead over Walter Grubmüller after a season-long battle which will result in the top man being granted a Formula One super licence.