Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; spiritual guidance by Diego Merino. What do I like about Baku? It’s a tough one to answer, in all honesty. It’s wider than Monaco, one and the most important one. The architecture around the track is downright Soviet, from the 1940s […]
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FIA Formula 2: Calm Before Imola
FIA Formula 2 peeps, its graduates fill up Formula 1 and IndyCar grids, as well as WEC, LM24-related race seats which in turn means it works. What’s behind the success of this competition, the Artist Formerly Known as GP2? It’s a question we won’t try […]

FIA F2/FIA F3: When in Sochi (FRI-SAT-SUN-UPDATED)
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez. Sochi is weird. Not as Austin perhaps but there or thereabouts. It’s a conundrum. The location is nice – but fairly removed from Moscow or St Petersburg, meaning that only locals are likely to show up and watch. The track itself […]

FIA F3: Zandvoort Driving Lessons, Keeping Sochi Weird & Laughing all the Way to the Banked Corners
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; photos by Diego Merino. So what do we think about Zandvoort’s return to the F1 – and consequently F3 – calendar? Yes, it’s a fun track which is completely and totally not suited to F1 agricultural machinery, which in turn makes […]

FIA F3: Hungary Fields Forever or the Bouncebackability is Back
Interviews and photos by Sergio Álvarez. Hungaroring was a lesson for everybody: for some drivers up and down the main F1 and supporting paddocks, it was more about learning how to dominate their cars in the wet, I have to say I surely got blown […]

FIA F3: SUNday at the HUNgaroring in Split Second
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; photos by Diego Merino. If something went right for Helmut Marko’s Angels in Budapest on Sunday, it was definitely Formula 3! There was no stopping Dennis Hauger at the front and at the expense of his less experienced F3 team-mate, Leclerc, […]

FIA F3: The Beatles’ Hairstyle is on Pole in Hungary!
Interviews and photos by Sergio Álvarez. And so we return to the Ring – the Hungaroring for the next round of the FIA Formula 3 dog-eat-dog Championship. And A-Dog is on pole this time, wow! Who knew that the Beatles’ haircut could also go that […]

When Cora Schumacher Ruled F3: Mutig in die neuen Zeiten? #AustrianGP Pressers Summarized
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; photos by Diego Merino. Qualy, Friday P1. D. Hauger | PREMA Racing P2. F. Vesti | ART Grand Prix P3. A. Smolyar | ART Grand Prix Q: Regarding traffic in qualy, guys, between you and the team, how do you choose […]

From the Land of Fire to the Land of Wine and One Step Down but not Out: FIA F3 Returns in France (Updated)
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; header image by Juan Manuel Gil / Agence Galeron. 1. Hauger 34 pts 2. Caldwell 32 pts 3. Novalak 28 pts 4. Martins 24 pts 5. Doohan 21 pts 6. Collet 20 pts 7. Vesti 20 pts 8. Smolyar 17 pts […]

F3 Hotshots, Part Trois – the Path of the F1 Junior
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; header image and photos by Diego Merino. Junior F1 drivers, they’re a bit like distant stars in another ‘modor racing’ galaxy: some shine brighter than the others to find their way into the top 1-3 in F2/F3. Then the Grandfather Clock […]

FIA F3, #SpanishGP, Sunday: Instant Classic
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; header image and photos by Diego Merino. After our absence from F3 action yesterday – correction: my absence – we’re transmitting LIVE from Iberianmph HQ at the Portuguese capital of bullfighting. Take a wild guess. It’s starts with a ‘V’. You’re […]

FIA F3, #SpanishGP, Friday: What Happened in Barcelona and How Does That Stack Up Against Our Predictions From Yesterday
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; header image and photos by Diego Merino. Yesterday I said Vesti FTW and he’s P5; I didn’t say Dennis Hauger, mea culpa. But I did get Alpine Academy right! Just don’t mention Jack Doohan, at least we spoke about brothers racing […]