Marcus Ericsson

After David Vidales took two Formula Renault Eurocup wins in his first car races, Formula Scout looks at some more of the best debut weekends by single-seater newcomers

Hampus Ericsson, the younger brother of Formula 1 driver Marcus, will continue driving in British Formula 4 for a second season this year with Fortec Motorsports.

Marcus Ericsson may have had a lacklustre four years in GP2, but he had previously shown his raw talent earlier in his career and could surprise in F1.

Marcus Ericsson will step up from GP2 to a Formula 1 race seat this year, having concluded a deal with the Caterham team.

We conclude the year with a look back at GP2’s class of 2013.

Part two of our Top 50 looks at the drivers filling positions 40 to 31.

We roundup all the action from the GP2 and GP3 season finales at the Yas Marina circuit, with both titles being settled with a race to spare…

James Calado used a rocket start to claim victory in what will probably be his final GP2 Series race in race two in Abu Dhabi.

Alexander Rossi beat Jolyon Palmer to claim his first win in the GP2 Series, while Fabio Leimer did enough to secure the title with a fourth-placed finish after Sam Bird stalled at the start.

Caterham Racing’s Alexander Rossi has been promoted for to pole for the Yas Marina feature race after session leader Marcus Ericsson had his best laptime deleted due to track limit violations.

DAMS driver Marcus Ericsson has briefly overshadowed the title fight by taking his third pole position of the GP2 season in the Yas Marina finale.

Sam Bird recovered from a difficult start to the weekend at Marina Bay to win the sprint race and keep the gap to Fabio Leimer at seven points heading to Abu Dhabi…

Sam Bird will go to the GP2 Series finale in Abu Dhabi seven points behind championship leader Fabio Leimer after claiming a controlled lights-to-flag win in the Singapore sprint race.

Jolyon Palmer fought back from a poor start to beat Carlin team-mate Felipe Nasr to the feature race victory in Singapore.

Jolyon Palmer transferred his free practice pace into qualifying in Singapore to secure a maiden GP2 pole position ahead of Carlin team-mate Felipe Nasr.

Jolyon Palmer posted the fastest time as the Singapore weekend got underway with free practice on the Marina Bay street circuit.

British driver Sam Bird has taken his second consecutive pole position in the GP2 series, topping the qualifying session at Monza.

Carlin’s Jolyon Palmer was quickest in the Friday practice session for the GP2 round at Monza, beating out Swiss driver Fabio Leimer by 0.003s.

Bird and Calado win races and Leimer scores well as Coletti and Nasr stumble at Spa-Francorchamps, meaning the top five are now separated by just 24 points with three weekends remaining…

Sam Bird took a commanding victory in the GP2 feature race at Spa-Francorchamps, going largely unchallenged after starting on pole.