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Mar92015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Merhi candidate for Manor's second seat

Roberto Merhi is mentioned as the main candidate for the second seat in the Manor team (formerly Marussia), after he recently signed a contract with Pons Racing in the Renault 3,5 series. The team has applied for a super license for the Spaniard, who competed with Caterham in his first free practice at Monza, Sochi and Suzuki last year, but so far they have only managed to obtain a license to drive on Friday. Merhi has already recorded some more visible successes in the lower series. In 2011, he won the Euro F3 Series title and then moved to the DTM. Last year, he was third in the Renault series. However, the question remains whether he will only compete in the opening races or whether he may leave the seat in the Renault 3,5, where the races do not start until the end of April. Former Formula 1 racer Mark Blundell has the XNUMX-year-old under his wing.

Nov202014 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Stevens for Caterham in Abu Dhabi

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Will Stevens, Marussia’s previous reserve racer, will be racing for the first time in a Formula One race on Sunday, as Caterham has confirmed him as the second racer at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where he will race alongside Kamui Kobayashi. The 1-year-old Briton spent the current season in Formula Renault 3,5. He finished the race in sixth place and twice stood on the top step of the podium for the winners. Before joining Marussi in October, he was part of Caterham’s program of young racers. He has also tested with the latter, in 2013 and this year in Silverstone. The last step to really be able to perform in Abu Dhabi was to get a great license, which Stevens wasn’t worried about. According to him, the more than five hundred kilometers they accumulated for the off-season this year was probably enough

Nov182014 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Sainz Jr. will drive for Red Bull at a test in Abu Dhabi

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Champion of the Renault 3,5 series Carlos Sainz Jr. will compete in one of the Red Bull race cars at the last test this year, following the race in Abu Dhabi between November 25 and 26, and the other will belong to Daniel Ricciard. We will see him on the track on the first of two. This will be Sainz’s second test for the red bull. He won the car last year at the test of young racers in Silverston, where he completed thirty-five laps with the RB9 car. He also drove the Toro Ross in the same test, and recently took a demonstration ride with a Red Bull RB3,5 in the middle of the season as a reward for his lead in the R8 Series Championship.