Draco has parted company with both Bruno Bonafacio and Pietro Fantin ahead of the penultimate Formula Renault 3.5 round at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit this weekend. The Italian-based team will field a single entry for Brazilian GP2 racer Andre Negrao, the son of Draco's owner Guto Negrao."I am here...

Formula Renault 3.5 championship leader Oliver Rowland took a second consecutive pole position at the Nurburgring in qualifying for Sunday's race, boosting his ambitions of achieving a double victory.The Racing Steps-supported Fortec driver recorded his fastest time of 1m40.637s in the final minute of the half-hour session, to knock Silverstone...

Championship leader Oliver Rowland set the fastest time in Formula Renault 3.5 free practice at the Nurburgring on Friday, ahead of this weekend's seventh round of the season.In the afternoon session, Pietro Fantin led the way initially on a 1m43.995s, before the session was red-flagged as Carlin's misfortunes returned. Both...

Oliver Rowland emerged on top from an almighty scrap with title rival Matthieu Vaxiviere to claim his fifth Formula Renault 3.5 victory of the season at Silverstone.Polesitter Vaxiviere was arguably the fastest man of the day, and led until making his mandatory pitstop on lap six. He was forced to...

Strakka Racing's Tio Ellinas recovered from a fuel pump problem in the opening session to lead the Formula Renault 3.5 practice day at Silverstone. The Cypriot set a quickest lap of 1m41.494s three minutes before the checkered flag in practice two, edging out DAMS' Red Bull junior Dean Stoneman by...

Lotus Formula 1 junior Matthieu Vaxiviere recorded a long-anticipated third win of the season in the second Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Red Bull Ring.The French racer made up for the disappointment of a tough opener on Sunday morning, in which he dropped a position and sustained minor damage...

Tio Ellinas topped the 50-minute Formula Renault 3.5 test session at the Red Bull Ring on Friday afternoon. The Strakka driver, who is chasing his first win of the season, recorded a fastest time of 1m18.222s.Brazilian Pietro Fantin squeezed in a final flying lap just before the checkered flag, and...

Formula Renault 3.5 has abandoned the mandatory low-downforce format that had been in place for its Saturday races in 2015, following a controversy in the last round at Spa.From the next event at the Hungaroring on June 13-14, teams will have a free choice of aero settings and eight DRS...

Formula Renault 3.5 could drop the mandatory use of low-downforce settings in its Saturday races following a vote in the Spa drivers' briefing, though it will remain for this weekend.This year open downforce settings are allowed for race two on Sundays, but a low-downforce setup is compulsory for the Saturday...

McLaren protege Nyck de Vries mastered improving track conditions at Motorland Aragon to take pole position on his maiden Formula Renault 3.5 weekend.The top four were covered by just 0.081 seconds in a thrilling climax to qualifying for Sunday afternoon's race.Last year's Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion, de Vries will...