Sebastian Balthasar

Honda-backed GP2 ace Nobuharu Matsushita scored a commanding victory in the opening race of the MRF Challenge 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.

Brazilian driver Antonio Pizzonia led the second day of Auto GP’s pre-season test at Circuito de Jerez.

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.

PaddockScout analyses the leading contenders from the fifth season of the Formula 1-supporting GP3 Series, where the title was won by a Red Bull Junior for a second straight season.

Dutch driver Nigel Melker became the champion of the inaugural Formula Acceleration 1 season after winning the final race at Assen.

Formula Acceleration 1 points leader Nigel Melker edged closer to the championship title with victory in the first race of the Assen round.

Formula Acceleration 1 championship leader Nigel Melker and and series newcomer Dani Clos took poles for the two races of the final Formula Acceleration 1 round of the season at Assen.

Sebastian Balthasar has become the latest driver to join Hilmer Motorsport’s GP3 setup ahead of this weekend’s races at Silverstone.

None of the major junior categories were in action last weekend, but there was still plenty of racing to roundup, including Euroformula Open, German F3, ADAC Formel Masters and the new Italian F4.

Felix Rosenqvist picked up his second win of his Formula Acceleration guest outing at Monza, having recovered from an early mistake to comfortably finish ahead of the field.

Swedish racer Felix Rosenqvist took his first victory from pole in race one of FA1’s Monza round despite losing the lead on the opening lap.

Having narrowly missed out on pole position in Friday qualifying for race one, Sergio Campana finally secured his maiden FA1 pole in the second qualifying session at Monza.

Felix Rosenqvist marked his return to the Formula Acceleration 1 series with maiden pole as he topped qualifying for race one at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Italian racer Mirko Bortolotti took his third win of the inaugural Formula Acceleration season in race two at Nurburgring.

Formula Acceleration points leader Nigel Melker secured pole position for the second race of the third round of the season at Nurburgring.

Nigel Melker beat FA1 newcomer Alessio Picariello to claim pole for the first race of round three at the Nurburgring.

This week’s roundup focusses on a double dose of F3 action in Germany and also reviews the latest Auto GP round in Hungary and more from Britain to Brazil.

Having crossed the finish line for race two of Formula Acceleration’s round at Navarra in second, Nigel Melker was subsequently crowned winner when Mirko Bortolotti picked up a ten-second penalty.

Dutchman Nigel Melker emerged victorious in the Formula Acceleration Saturday race at Navarra, leading all 19 laps from pole position.