ROUND-UP
Ferrari junior Charles Leclerc continued his good start to the GP3 season at the Red Bull Ring last weekend as he won the opening race. The ART driver lost the lead at the start but had passed Ralph Boschung and team-mate Alexander Albon by the end of the opening lap. A rain shower threatened his advantage later on, but Leclerc had built such a lead that a brief off-track moment didn’t stop him from beating Albon across the line. There was very little racing in a sodden second contest, with Boschung triumphing after poleman Jake Hughes was clipped by fellow Brit Matt Parry at the first corner. Albon was second, while Leclerc retired after colliding with Tatiana Calderon – an incident which has given a him a grid penalty for the next race… Mclaren 650S duo Rob Bell and Alvaro Parente led throughout the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup encounter at the Nurburgring last weekend. The Audi R8 LMS of Will Stevens and Rene Rast was second… Brad Keselowski claimed the win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup night race at Daytona last weekend from Kyle Busch. The race featured a massive pile-up at middistance when Jimmie Johnson and Jamie Mcmurray collided, triggering a crash that wiped out half the field… Lando Norris extended his Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 points lead after winning the opening race at Monza last weekend. The Brit could only manage seventh in race two after making a mistake, and ended his weekend with a second place in the finale despite a damaged car… Ford has extended its World Endurance Championship and IMSA Sportscar series programmes for a further two years, with the manufacturer committing to the categories until the end of 2019. Ford won the GTE Pro class at Le Mans last month on its return to the enduro…
Mclaren Autosport BRDC Award winner Will Palmer will make his debut in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship this weekend at Spa after rejoining HHC Motorsport.
Reigning BRDC Formula 4 champion Palmer will handle HHC’S third Tatuus-cosworth chassis for the triple-header event in the Belgian Ardennes. HHC will also run other cars for regular drivers Ben Hingeley and Sisa Ngebulana.
Palmer is the latest in a line of guest drivers to handle the car, following