Briton Adrian Quaife-Hobbs will contest the 2010 Formula 3 Euroseries in a Dallara VW with Motopark Academy, with whom he raced in Formula Renault this season. Eighteen year-old Quaife-Hobbs tested successfully with several F3 and WSR teams during the close season before making the decision to stay with Timo Rumpfkeil’s outfit for a second year.
Briton Adrian Quaife-Hobbs will contest the 2010 Formula 3 Euroseries in a Dallara VW with Motopark Academy, with whom he raced in Formula Renault this season. Eighteen year-old Quaife-Hobbs tested successfully with several F3 and WSR teams during the close season before making the decision to stay with Timo Rumpfkeil’s outfit for a second year.
Formula Renault Eurocup and NEC front-runner Adrian Quaife-Hobbs has successfully completed his first World Series by Renault test, the 18 year-old completing around 75 laps of the Motorland Aragon circuit. Last weekend the BRDC Rising Star brought his 2009 race season to a close in Spain, but stayed on to test a Comtec Racing Car in the first official WSR tests.
By finishing third in the last Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 race of the season, Epsilon Euskadi’s Albert Costa di what he had to claim the 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship. Motopark Academy’s Antonio Felix da Costa won the race ahead of BVM Minardi Team’s Dean Smith. SG Formula’s Jean-Éric Vergne, who finished in just sixth place, nevertheless finishes second in the championship, equal on points with Antonio Felix da Costa, but the total number of wins, four against three, plays in the Frenchman’s favour.
Formula Renault Eurocup front-runner Adrian Quaife-Hobbs tested a T-Sport Dallara VW Formula 3 car at Pembrey this week as the 18 year-old evaluates his options for 2010. The former double T-Cars champion and FBMW racer successfully completed 90 laps around the Welsh track and was very happy with the opportunity.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs brought his 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup campaign to a close at Spa at the weekend, taking two fourth places to finish fourth in the points standings, just three points adrift of third.
The 18 year-old was once again among the pace-setters in Friday’s damp test sessions posting the second fastest time and comfortably ahead of his rivals. For the BRDC Rising Star, the results of the races would prove crucial in his bid to take third place in the championship to secure a World Series by Renault test.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs took another podium finish in the Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup in the second of two races at the Nürburgring this weekend to jump to third in the points standings. The weekend also featured the penultimate rounds of the Eurocup in which Adrian drove a storming opening round from 12th to finish fourth to keep him in contention for fourth in the championship.
PRACTICE PACE NETS TWO FIFTHS FOR QUAIFE-HOBBS IN ASSEN
09/08/2009
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs took fifth place in both rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup race at Assen at the weekend, after a cracking pace in practice netted the second quickest time. The 18 year-old from Tonbridge, on his first time at the Dutch track, was in impressive form from the outset, and in qualifying posted the fourth fastest lap to take a second row start for race one.
Rising British racer Adrian Quaife-Hobbs finished a fighting sixth in the second Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship race at Le Mans this weekend, despite falling foul of strict marshalling in qualifying which meant he started 15th and 14th respectively for the two races.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs marked his only home appearance of the year with a superb podium finish at Silverstone’s Eurocup Formula Renault double-header this weekend. The 18 year-old made a great start from fourth on the grid to hold station and moved into third at the mid-way point to take his fifth successive podium outing.The weekend got underway with free practice on Friday in which the Tonbridge teenager shone, setting the second quickest time in both sessions.
