Laura Tillett

Alessio Picariello notched up his fourth MRF Challenge win in the third race of the Dubai event, before Pietro Fittipaldi won the finale to extend his points lead.

Nobuharu Matsushita and Pietro Fittipaldi picked up victories on the second day of the MRF Challenge opener at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi.

The 2015-16 MRF Challenge begins at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit this week with GP2 racer Nobuharu Matsushita and Formula 3 drivers Jake Dennis and Pietro Fittipaldi among those in action.

British driver Toby Sowery became the 2014-15 MRF Challenge champion with two races to spare after winning the first two races of the final round at Chennai.

British drivers Ryan Cullen and Struan Moore shared the spoils on Friday by winning the first two races of the second round of the 2014-15 MRF Challenge season at Bahrain.

Indian driver Raj Bharath clinched pole position in the second round of the 2014 MRF Challenge season at the Bahrain International Circuit.

MRF Challenge guest driver Narain Karthikeyan powered through to victory in race four of the final round of the series at Madras, while Tio Ellinas nullified Rupert Svendsen-Cook’s championship lead.

Two victories and a podium in three MRF Challenge races on Saturday allowed Brit Rupert Svendsen-Cook to seize the championship lead from GP3 race winner Tio Ellinas coming into the final day of the season at Madras.

The youngsters hoping to follow in the footsteps of Ricciardo, Vergne and Nasr start their seasons this weekend at Oulton Park. We pick out the names to watch there, and in Formula Ford and Formula Renault BARC…