‘GP3’ News Feed


Burgess and Hirschi to drive for HVM Status GP at Imola and Le Mans

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

HVM Status GP has signed Canada’s Tony Burgess and Switzerland’s Jonathan Hirschi to compete in the European Le Mans Series race at Imola and the Le Mans 24 Hours.   Burgess and Hirschi will team up for the first time this weekend at Italian track Imola, the former home of the San Marino Grand Prix, [...]

Status GP squad shows improved form in second Barcelona GP3 Series race

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

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 [...]

Status GP has tough start to GP3 Series in opening Barcelona race

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Status Grand Prix endured a tough start to the GP3 Series season at Barcelona.   Swede Jimmy Eriksson finished Saturday’s Spanish Grand Prix support race on the Circuit de Catalunya in 19th position, with China’s Adderly Fong 23rd. British driver Josh Webster retired from the race due to a mechanical problem.   Eriksson was the [...]

Status GP racer Fong goes fifth fastest in first session for new GP3 racer

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Status Grand Prix’s Adderly Fong went fifth fastest in the very first race-weekend session for the second-generation GP3 Series racers at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya.   Chinese racer Fong leapt up the order to go third with a few minutes remaining in free practice, only to be leapfrogged by a couple of rivals in the [...]

Status GP set to fly the Maple Leaf as new era of GP3 Series starts in Spain

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Status Grand Prix is all set for the start of the GP3 Series’ new era, supporting the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya this weekend.   Sweden’s Jimmy Eriksson, China’s Adderly Fong and Great Britain’s Josh Webster will battle it out for Status GP over the eight double-header rounds. They will each drive [...]

Status GP trio makes good progress in near-freezing Silverstone GP3 test

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Status Grand Prix’s GP3 Series team made good progress in the final official pre-season test at Silverstone on April 3-4. Ambient and track temperatures were close to freezing over the two days of running, but the GP3 teams collected valuable data in this, the third of the test sessions since switching to the second-generation 400bhp racer. All [...]

Chinese racer Adderly Fong joins Status GP for 2013 GP3 Series

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Chinese racer Adderly Fong has signed to join Status Grand Prix for the 2013 season and complete the team’s line-up for the GP3 Series.   The 23-year-old Hong Kong-based driver has committed to a full season after promising test outings with Status GP at Estoril and Barcelona earlier this year. He will line up alongside [...]

Status GP takes positives from latest two-day GP3 Series test at Barcelona

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Status Grand Prix completed the two-day GP3 Series test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya with some encouraging performances in both dry and wet track conditions.   In the dry, China’s Adderly Fong ended one of the sessions in the top 10, while Swede Jimmy Eriksson emulated that in the wet. Meanwhile, Briton Josh Webster made [...]

Status GP ready to go for second test run with all-new GP3 car at Barcelona

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Status Grand Prix is raring to go for the second of the pre-season GP3 Series tests, which takes place at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya over the next two days, 12th and 13th March.   As in the first test at Estoril, Swede Jimmy Eriksson and Briton Josh Webster will drive throughout the running, while Chinese [...]

RISING BRITISH STAR JOSH WEBSTER JOINS STATUS GP

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Status Grand Prix has signed British driver Josh Webster to join its attack on the 2013 GP3 Series as the championship enters its new era with a 400hp engine.   The 19-year-old makes the step up to the Formula One™ support series with the support of long-time sponsor Nine Group, who have backed Webster in [...]