Kvyat will drive a fifth Volkswagen powered Dallara
Daniil Kvyat will contest the remaining rounds of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Carlin following a successful debut in the series in Hockenheim.
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Tag Archive: Hockenheim
May 14
Red Bull Junior joins Carlin for FIA F3 European Championship
Jan 27
Ecclestone calls off Nurburgring talks – report
Bernie Ecclestone has called off negotiations with the Nurburgring, according to Germany’s Der Spiegel.
The famous circuit’s financial problems are well known, but F1 chief executive Ecclestone had been in talks with Nurburgring officials about pressing ahead with plans for a scheduled July race date.
Jan 25
Portugal in running for 2013 race – Ecclestone
Portugal has emerged as a candidate to stage the vacant twentieth race date on the 2013 calendar, and France is also in the running.
That’s what Bernie Ecclestone said in an interview with Austria’s Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper. Asked about the mid-season and so far unnamed 20th race set aside for a European venue, and also the uncertainty surrounding the venue for the German grand prix, the F1 chief executive admitted: “Frankly, I don’t know.”
Jan 25
Glock signs BMW deal, Kubica happy after DTM debut
Former Marussia driver Timo Glock has agreed a three-year contract to race in Germany’s DTM touring car series with BMW.
That is the claim of Sport Bild, reporting that the deal will be announced officially on Friday. Shortly after Marussia announced it is replacing the 30-year-old with an as-yet undecided pay-driver, Glock headed to Valencia where he tested BMW’s M3 DTM car.
Jan 23
Ecclestone doing his ‘best’ to save German GP
Bernie Ecclestone has not given up on F1′s scheduled return to the Nurburgring in 2013.
The financially-embattled venue is scheduled to host the July race, but it is also possible Hockenheim could step in at the last minute. “I am doing my best to make sure we do not lose formula one in Germany,” Ecclestone, 82, is quoted by the Allgemeine Zeitung.
Dec 19
FIA Formula 3 European Championship publishes the 2013 race calendar
In the 2013 season, the race calendar of the planet’s most competitive young-gun series will comprise 10 race weekends in six European countries.
The season will be kicked off as early as on 23 and 24 March in Italy, with the season finale (26-27 October) being held in France. The hopeful Formula 3 talents will race in the support programme of WTCC, WEC and DTM races at tradition-rich motor-racing venues that always are attended by big crowds.
Dec 13
Nurburgring and Hockenheim in running for 2013 race
Germany’s recent formula one hosts, the Nurburgring and Hockenheim, are still both in the running to stage next year’s July race.
As per the venues’ alternating agreement, the financially-embattled Nurburgring was originally scheduled to organise the 2013 event. But Malu Dreyer, the incoming minister-president for the ruling government of the Rhineland-Palatinate state, said the Nurburgring is still in the running.
Nov 24
‘Whining’ Alonso has had ‘very good’ Ferrari in 2012 – Marko
“The Ferrari is not as bad as everyone says it is.”
Dr Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s outspoken driver manager, has scoffed at the paddock’s depiction of Fernando Alonso as the great title underdog. The Austrian admitted to Auto Bild Motorsport that he has taken exception to Spaniard Alonso’s repeated depiction of a David versus Goliath-style struggle against championship favourite Sebastian Vettel’s vastly superior Red Bull.
Nov 18
Wurz helped Tilke design Austin layout
Alex Wurz had a hand in the layout of the new Circuit of the Americas, which has lauded by formula one drivers this weekend.
Wurz, now 38 and a sports car driver, contested 69 grands prix between 1997 and 2007, finishing on the podium three times. The Austrian now works as a ‘driver coach’ at Williams, serving alongside his friend and countryman Toto Wolff, the British team’s new shareholder and director.
Nov 14
Circuit says ‘no more F1′ at the Nurburgring
The Nurburgring’s chances of staging the German grand prix as scheduled next year have receded yet further.
Bernie Ecclestone was already in talks with Hockenheim about replacing the mid-July event next year, while the crisis-struck Nurburgring is grappling with an insolvency process. Still, there was a chance the Nurburging would pull through.
Oct 25
2013 German GP location decision due
A decision about where next year’s German grand prix will take place is imminent, according to the SID news agency.
The Nurburgring is provisionally scheduled to host the country’s 2013 race, but amid the venue’s well-documented financial problems, it is possible Hockenheim will be asked to step in as a replacement.