Status GP squad shows improved form in second Barcelona GP3 Series race
Status Grand Prix made headway with all-important tyre management in the second race of the GP3 Series season opener at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. At this, the first GP3 race weekend with the brand-new, 400bhp, second-generation cars, all the teams found it a big challenge to maintain tyre performance throughout the races thanks to the... [Read more...]
Indian Aerospace company Ravilla backs Daly
Emphasizing that motor sports is a true global platform, it was announced today that Indian specialty complex engineering company, Ravilla Aerospace Industries will support Conor Daly’s GP3 program for the upcoming season. Ravilla and Daly became a successful combination during the winter when they teamed up to win the Indian MRF Challenge Championship... [Read more...]
Daly back testing for Sahara Force India
About one week before he climbs into a GP3 car for the opening rounds of the season in Barcelona, May 10-12th, American Conor Daly will spend Wednesday, May 1st doing aero testing in Sahara Force India’s 2013 F1 car. The test will take place at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, England. Formula One testing has resumed at the Imperial War Museum... [Read more...]
Status GP all set for first test of GP3′s new-generation racer at Estoril
February 21, 2013 by Status Grand Prix
Status GP all set for first test of GP3's new-generation racer at Estoril
Status Grand Prix is all set for the first test of the second-generation GP3 Series car, which takes place over three days at Estoril in Portugal on Wednesday to Friday, February 20th to 22nd. The team will run Swede Jimmy Eriksson, already confirmed as a Status GP driver for 2013, and Briton Josh Webster on all three days. The team’s other car will... [Read more...]
Status Grand Prix joins forces with Swedish ace Eriksson for GP3 Series
January 28, 2013 by Status Grand Prix
Eriksson joins Silverstone based Irish Motorsport Team Status Grand Prix after winning the German Formula 3 title in 2012.
Status Grand Prix has recruited highly-rated Swedish racer Jimmy Eriksson for the 2013 GP3 Series season. Eriksson, who will be 22 years old in March, joins the Silverstone-based team after an extremely successful 2012 season, during which he won the German Formula 3 Cup, taking eight victories and six pole positions on his way to the title with the... [Read more...]
60 seconds with Conor Daly
January 14, 2013 by Leo
Conor behind the wheel of the No.14 ABC Supply Honda IndyCar at a test at Sebring International Raceway late last year
Name: Conor Daly Age: 21 Occupation: Driver Road Car: Subaru STI Dream Road Car: Nissan Skyline R34 GTR Race Car: GP3 Dream Race Car: F1 Race of My Life: Barcelona Race 2 GP3 2012 Biggest Supporter: My Family Favourite Food: Pizza Favourite Restaurant: Fogo de Chao Tell us something interesting about yourself? I want to race/drive with Ken Block someday Read More →
Conor Daly to test for AJ Foyt Racing at Sebring
December 12, 2012 by Tony Gregory
Conor Daly will test the No.14 ABC Supply Honda IndyCar at Sebring International Raceway
Conor Daly will test the No.14 ABC Supply Honda IndyCar at Sebring International Raceway December 13th just two days before his 21st birthday. Daly who will be testing an Indy car for the first time, is the son of the ex Formula One and CART IndyCar driver Irishman Derek Daly. Daly commented on the announcement “I am honoured to have the opportunity... [Read more...]
Venturini joins Cullen and Weckstrom in Status GP Estoril GP3 test line-up
November 6, 2012 by Status Grand Prix
Ryan Cullen is looking to increase his mileage with StatusGP
Italian Giovanni Venturini will join Miki Weckstrom and Ryan Cullen in Status Grand Prix’s line-up for this week’s two days of GP3 Series post-season testing at the Estoril circuit. The two days of running at the Portuguese circuit will represent the first time that Venturini, who twice finished on the podium this season with Trident Racing, has... [Read more...]
Cassidy among the leading runners for Status GP in two-day GP3 Jerez test
October 26, 2012 by Status Grand Prix
Ryan Cullen was amongst the drivers to also test with Status GP in Jerez
Status Grand Prix enjoyed a good GP3 Series post-season test at Jerez, with category debutant Nick Cassidy featuring among the fastest eight drivers in three of the four sessions. New Zealander Cassidy, a Formula Renault 2.0 graduate, was seventh fastest on the opening morning of the two-day test, which was the only fully dry session. He was second... [Read more...]
Status GP to test Cullen in Spain and Portugal
October 23, 2012 by Status Grand Prix
Irish Team Status Grand Prix will test Somerset driver Ryan Cullen ahead of a planned GP3 move in 2013
Status Grand Prix is to test Formula Ford graduate Ryan Cullen as he prepares for a planned move into the GP3 Series next season. The 21-year-old from Somerset, who is sixth in the British Formula Ford Championship, will drive at the four days of official post-season GP3 tests with Status GP – at Jerez in Spain on the 24th and 25th October and Estoril... [Read more...]
