He may be a champion on two wheels, but Jorge Lorenzo has followed in the footsteps of fellow MotoGP champions Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner by testing a four-wheeled machine. Lorenzo, 24, tested a Barwa Addax GP2 car at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia. The Spaniard tweeted the news to his followers earlier in the day, before taking to the track in the V8 powered chassis. The 2010 MotoGP champion will return to two wheels for the final pre-season test in Jerez next weekend […]

Press Release, 12th March 2012 With two months still to go before the start of the season, the field for the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series is already complete. On the grid will be 13 teams and 26 drivers with an average age under 21 and representing 13 countries. And with the leading Formula One-backed driver development programmes all involved, the standard has rarely been higher. The new Formula Renault 3.5 Series season does not get under way until 5 May, with the first collective testing […]

Highly rated youngster Felipe Nasr will race in GP2 this season after joining DAMS. The 19 year old Brazilian won the Formula BMW Europe Championship in his first season in 2009 with 7 victories and 14 podium finishes. In 2011 he won the British F3 Championship by claiming 7 wins and 17 podiums. Nasr teams up with series veteran Davide Valsecchi at the squad that guided Romain Grosjean to the 2011 title. "I am very happy that we managed to get all the details worked out […]

This weekend’s Race Of Champions will be screened live on F1Zone.net's ROC 2011 page with Live Timing. The opening practice sessions for this weekend’s Race Of Champions at the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf took place today with the drivers enjoying their first experience of the unique parallel track.  The superstars of world motorsport are ready to do battle in this weekend’s Race Of Champions after today’s practice sessions. The drivers in action tried out a variety of cars, including the Audi R8 LMS, the Skoda […]

  Alexander Rossi is currently the only American with an FIA superlicense and is part of Team Lotus's driver development program. F1Zone caught up with the 20 year old from California. F1Zone: 3rd in World Series by Renault this year and top rookie, I guess it’s been a great season? Alexander Rossi: In many it has been a great season, my best in Europe in fact; however, looking back there is many things that I wished had gone down differently as every weekend we had […]

The motorsport world is mourning the loss of Dan Wheldon, who was fatally injured in the IndyCar finale at Las Vegas. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Formula 1 driver "This is an extremely sad day. Dan was a racer I'd followed throughout my career, as I often followed in his footsteps as we climbed the motorsport ladder in the UK. He was an extremely talented driver. As a British guy, who not only went over to the States but who twice won the Indy 500, he was […]

Having regularly received press releases from several Formula Renault 3.5 drivers for the past season, it suddenly struck me that there was a round at Silverstone coming up. With the tickets being free – although they’re not actually tickets, they’re ‘invitations’, immediately making you feel like an important person – it seemed like a good opportunity to see some top quality racing without eye wateringly high prices. Overhead gantries warned of ‘A43 at Silverstone. Major event today. Expect delays’. That never inspires confidence however there […]

Following Bahrain Grand Prix organisers’ statement yesterday that they will not host the opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 season, the GP2 Series organisers announce that Bahrain withdraws from the 2011 GP2 Asia Series calendar. The Sakhir track was to host rounds 2 and 3 of the fourth Asia season. The second round was cancelled last week due to force majeur. The final round was scheduled to take place during the Formula One weekend in March. GP2 Series CEO Bruno Michel said: “We are […]

Results from the weekend races from Sweden and Abu Dhabi (GP2, V8s)

Every week we'll take a look at who has had a good week and who hasn't from the world of motorsport. It may be Valentines Day tomorrow, but not everyone has had a lovely weekend.

Huge crash at the start of the opening GP2 Asia race at Abu Dhabi

Lotus Renault GP's test driver Romain Grosjean took pole position for the opening GP2 Asia Series race this afternoon, four tenths ahead of Ferrari test driver Jules Bianchi