Laurens Vanthoor took his first pole position in the Formula 3 Euro Series at Brands Hatch on Friday, leading a 1-2-3 for the Signature-Volkswagen team. The Belgian snatched the top spot from his team-mate Marco Wittmann with three minutes remaining.
Tech 1 Racing's Daniel Ricciardo topped the second Formula Renault 3.5 free practice session at Hockenheim on Friday, and in doing so claimed the fastest time of the day.
Championship outsider Esteban Guerrieri set the pace in Friday's opening free practice on the Formula Renault 3.5 Series' maiden visit to Hockenheim.
Alvaro Parente will stay on at Coloni for the GP2 races at Monza next weekend. The 25-year-old Portuguese took Alberto Valerio's seat at the team for the round at Spa last weekend and finished on the podium in both races. Following the strong showing, where he was the highest-scoring driver across both races, the team has decided to keep him in the car in Italy
Sergei Afanasiev set the fastest time in the opening practice session of this weekend's Formula 2 round at Oschersleben. The 22-year-old Russian finished second and fourth in the two Formula Master races at the German circuit last season, and used his track knowledge to set the quickest time this morning.
The German championship is set to become the first Formula 3 series to introduce a push-to-pass system, reports this week's AUTOSPORT magazine. Series boss Bertram Schafer wants the system in place for 2012
Adriano Buzaid claimed his second British Formula 3 win of the season by dominating the 40-minute 'feature' race at Snetterton this afternoon. The Brazilian started from pole and led from lights to flag to add to his success in the reversed grid race during the previous round at Silverstone
Gabriel Dias claimed his second outright victory of the British Formula 3 season in this morning's reversed grid 'sprint' race at Snetterton. Rain shortly before the start made the track wet, but a number of drivers gambled on running slick tyres. Wets were the tyres to have in the early stages though, and poleman Dias (Hitech) used his to good effect to draw away at the front, with fellow front row starter Daisuke Nakajima (Raikkonen Robertson), Carlin's Adriano Buzaid (up from row three) and Felipe Nasr (Raikkonen Robertson) in tow.