Forthcoming UK Events
| Date | Event | Location |
| 06-08.07.2012 | Formula 1 British Grand Prix | Silverstone (Arena GP) |
| 01-03.06.2012 | British Drift Championship | Norfolk Arena |
| 23-24.06.2012 | MG Live 2012 | Silverstone |
| 25-26.08.2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Silverstone |
The 2012 Season Starts Here
The last week has seen a flurry of activity as championships big and small held their annual media days and opening tests, with some already even getting down to racing proper. The British Touring Car Championship heads strongly into a new all-turbo generation and this year boasts 10 models from nine different marques on its 24-car grid, including the technicolour liveried return of the MG name.
The BTCC season opener hits Brands Hatch on 1st April, followed a week later by the first rounds of the British GT Championship and the British F3 International Series at Oulton Park. While some single-seater formulae have struggled in recent times - Formula Renault postponing its UK series due to poor entries - British F3 continues to attract young talent. With recent champions including the Scuderia Toro Rosso pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, its status as a stepping-stone to Formula 1 is hard to dispute.
Read more...Lap of Honour for F3 Champion Ricciardo
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- Category: British F3
- Sunday, 06 December 2009
The 20-year-old Carlin driver received the champion's trophy at the annual SRO Motorsports Group awards, held in West Sussex.
On Thursday Ricciardo blitzed the field on the third and final day of F1's official young driver test session, the Australian's Red Bull Racing machine lapping Jerez with a time 1.3s clear of his nearest rival. Said Daniel: "It was a great day and it puts a big, proud smile on my face. I think the team were quite satisfied - I think they got some good data for next year."
Ricciardo is bidding to follow 2008 British F3 Champion Jaime Alguersuari into a regular Formula 1 seat, further reinforcing British F3's international reputation as the leading motorsport academy for the Grand Prix star of the future.
Walter Grubmuller and Renger van der Zande - second and third overall in the British F3 international class - collected their trophies on Friday also, and there were awards for National Class Champion Daniel McKenzie, top rookie Riki Christodoulou and Mirror.co.uk Challenge Cup victor Max Chilton.
British F3 is sponsored by US tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire and is further supported by insurance specialist AON, by Sunoco Racing Fuels and by Anglo American Oil Company.
