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FRECA champion Antonelli to skip F3 and join Prema's F2 team in 2024

A two-time European karting champion, the Italian has made a strong impression on the junior categories to date by winning the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 titles with Prema in his first season of single-seater racing in 2022.

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Friday favourite: How a knack for Thruxton opened doors to an F3 stalwart

Of the four British Formula 3 races at Thruxton he entered across the 1994 and 1995 seasons, Warren Hughes started every one of them from pole position. Not a bad accolade considering his opposition included Jan Magnussen, Dario Franchitti, Oliver Gavin, Ralph Firman and Helio Castroneves.

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The Alpine F1 junior who considers top F2 rookie status “average”

Most Formula 2 rookies would be happy to sit fifth in the standings with one round remaining, with one win and nine podiums to their name. But not Victor Martins. The self-effacing, ever-critical Frenchman claims his 2023 has been “average”, despite sitting as the best-performing first-year driver.

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Wolff: Mercedes will wait until after FRECA to decide Antonelli F2 move

Discussions are ongoing surrounding the Italian 17-year-old’s future, including the suggestion that he might progress directly to Formula 2, bypassing F3.

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The five key stages in Bortoleto's 2023 Formula 3 title charge

Gabriel Bortoleto has been crowned the 2023 Formula 3 champion, sealing the championship on Friday at Monza. The Trident driver dominated throughout, leading from the first race in Bahrain.

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F3 Monza: Bortoleto wraps up 2023 title in qualifying

The 18-year-old Brazilian, who is part of Fernando Alonso’s A14 Management stable, secured the championship on Friday at Monza after his title rivals failed to secure pole.

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Bortoleto wraps up 2023 F3 title in Monza qualifying

The 18-year-old Brazilian, who is part of Fernando Alonso’s A14 Management stable, secured the championship on Friday at Monza after his title rivals failed to secure pole.

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How F1's best and worst traits have shaped the new ground-effect F2 car

But it has not been entirely smooth sailing in the 18 months since the new ground-effect cars emerged, with grand prix racing having endured its share of ups and downs.

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Who is Liam Lawson? Ricciardo F1 Dutch GP replacement

The 21-year-old took part in three F1 practice sessions last season, two for AlphaTauri and one for Red Bull, but will step up to make his racing debut at Zandvoort with the Italian squad.

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Who is Liam Lawson? Ricciardo F1 Dutch GP injury replacement

The 21-year-old took part in three F1 practice sessions last season, two for AlphaTauri and one for Red Bull, but will step up to make his racing debut at Zandvoort with the Italian squad.

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Final 10 contenders revealed for 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award

The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. The prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000 and a Formula 1 test drive with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team.

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F1 Manager 2023 review: Let's go round again

It's lights out go go go on F1 Manager 2023, but what's changed from last year and how good is it?

Promoted: Preen denies Lay a hat-trick on Silverstone Radical Cup UK fightback

“I got as far as Stowe and the drive unit failed,” he explained. DW Racing’s Ben Caisley therefore secured pole, closely followed by ex-Formula 2 and F3 racer Hector Hurst on his debut with Scorpio Motorsport, and Valour’s Chris Preen.

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No points to be awarded for crash-strewn Spa F3 sprint race

An incident-strewn race on a damp track, which was shortened by three laps due to continuing concerns over tyres, saw the safety car run for much of its 12 tours and finished under caution.

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F3 Spa: No points for Collet's sprint win amid safety car disruption

An incident-strewn race on a damp track, which as in Hungary was shortened by three laps due to concerns over tyres, saw the safety car run for much of its 12 tours and finished under caution.

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Alpine F1 driver Gasly admits to "contradictory" emotions over racing at Spa

The Frenchman has invited all F1, F2 and F3 personnel to take part in a special 'Run for Anthoine' around Spa on Thursday night in honour of the late Hubert, who was killed in an F2 crash over the 2019 GP weekend.

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F1 vs F2: Top speed, car sizes, race weekends and more compared

Formula 1 has always relied on junior categories to feed it with the next generation of drivers, and its teams are eager to snap up the brightest talents within them.

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F1 young driver programmes: Which drivers are signed to which teams?

There are 20 drivers on the current Formula 1 grid, and some of them have been at the top of the sport for a very long time.

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F1 vs F2: Top speed, car sizes, race weekends and more compared

Formula 1 has always relied on junior categories to feed it with the next generation of drivers, and its teams are eager to snap up the brightest talents within them.

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F3 Hungary: O’Sullivan dominates in Prema 1-2

The Williams junior put in a masterclass to seal a fourth win of the season and jump up to second in the championship standings.

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Hungary F3 feature race shortened due to tyre "safety reasons"

Sunday's race was set to be 24 laps but will now run for 19 after a report from Pirelli recommended that the distance was shortened due to the level of tyre wear experienced in Saturday's sprint race.

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F3 Hungary feature race shortened due to tyre "safety reasons"

Sunday’s race was set to be 24 laps but will now run for 19 after a report from Pirelli recommended that the distance was shortened due to the level of tyre wear experienced in Saturday’s sprint race.

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F1 young driver programmes: Which drivers are signed to which teams?

F1 young driver programmes take drivers in lower tiers and trains them to be F1 drivers, but which drivers are in them and which teams do they belong to?

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Martins: F2 engineer initially gave cryptic message about Silverstone penalty

The ART rookie took his maiden victory on Sunday despite a five-second penalty after running wide while fighting DAMS driver Ayumu Iwasa for the lead on lap one.

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