Lando Norris heads for the next FIA Formula 2 Championship event at the Red Bull Ring in Austria next weekend (29 Jun-01 Jul) with a 13-points series lead and determined to return to winning ways. The 18-year-old was an innocent victim of the car’s particularly troublesome hand-operated clutch which has now caused the majority of the drivers in the 20-car field to stall at the start of races – yesterday’s Feature race marking the first time Norris had failed to score a championship point. The McLaren Test & Reserve driver impressively battled his Carlin entered Dallara into fifth place from the back of the grid in today’s Sprint race at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Sacha Fenestraz discovered a new city circuit on arriving at the Norisring in Germany, which hosted the third round of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. On this spectacular but tricky layout, the Renault Sport Academy driver was on the pace and scored precious points in the championship chase.

NORRIS KNOWS IMPORTANCE OF SIX-RACE STINT IN TERMS OF CHAMPIONSHIP ASPIRATIONS

The second meeting of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship was held last weekend at the Hungaroring, in the suburbs of Budapest, Hungary. The Carlin team and Sacha Fenestraz searched for performance, but struggled in qualifying. Nevertheless, the Renault Sport Academy driver moved up through the field on three occasions to score valuable points in the general classification.

Croatian driver Martin Kodric took a brilliant Silver Cup victory in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Paul Ricard 1000km this weekend (1-2 June).

The FIA Formula 2 Championship reconvenes in France after a four-week break at the end of June with Lando Norris having extended his series lead after impressive races in Monaco this week (25-26 May). The 18-year-old Briton, having led the championship standings since his opening Bahrain race victory (7 Apr), took the chequered flag in sixth and second positions in Monte Carlo. However, Lando was subsequently given a 1.1sec time penalty by race officials late this evening for being in breach of the Virtual Safety Car regulations which dropped him to third in the final Sprint race classification and now leads the title race by 27-points.

Croatian driver Martin Kodric’s brilliant comeback was denied the win it deserved when mechanical problems cut his race short in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Silverstone this weekend (18-20 May).

James Pull once again proved himself as a rising star in GT racing at this weekend’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race at the world-famous Silverstone Circuit, claiming yet another podium to add to his impressive record.

Championship leader Lando aiming for Monte Carlo success

In the first round of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship Sacha Fenestraz has already put himself among the front-runners. The Carlin driver confirmed just how much at home he is on city circuits in the streets of Pau with pole position and victory in race 2. Thanks to this stunning performance in the opening weekend of the championship the rookie now leads the overall classification!