The Tech 1 and Pons teams have pulled out of the Formula V8 3.5 series less than a month before the start of the season.French squad Tech 1, twice a teams' champion and a regular race winner during the championship's Formula Renault 3.5 era, will be replaced by Durango, which...

George Russell will test Formula Renault 3.5 cars this week as he weighs his options for next season. The 17-year-old Briton, who finished sixth in the Formula 3 European Championship in his rookie season, will test with Tech 1 Racing on Tuesday and Strakka Racing on Wednesday in FR3.5's post-season...

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...

Leading Formula Renault 3.5 teams have pledged their support to the category ahead of a meeting to gauge who will commit to the reconstituted series for 2016.Renault Sport decided in July to reduce its involvement to a technical partnership, and hand the management, property and promotional responsibilities to the Barcelona-based...

Strakka Racing's Tio Ellinas achieved his first Formula Renault 3.5 pole position at Silverstone for Saturday afternoon's opening race of the weekend.The Cypriot had given notice of his strong form by topping Friday practice, and was in control throughout the final five minutes of qualifying, improving his provisional pole position...

Matthieu Vaxiviere emerged on top in a tumultuous, rain disturbed, Formula Renault 3.5 qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring to earn his fourth pole position of the season.Intermittent showers threatened to create a topsy-turvy grid, although the weather never worsened to the extent of requiring drivers to use full...

Jazeman Jaafar will start Sunday's Formula Renault 3.5 round in Monaco from pole position. The Malaysian, who has finished on the podium in Monaco in both his previous visits, commanded qualifying to record a quickest lap of 1m23.425s.In a split session, divided into two groups allocated 25 minutes each, Fortec...

Oscar Tunjo has aborted his plans to drive for Pons Racing in Formula Renault 3.5 this year.The Colombian joined the Spanish team for round four of the 2014 campaign, in a deal that included a full season for '15. However, the team announced on Monday that Tunjo has had to...

Former GP3 frontrunner Tio Ellinas will drive for Strakka Racing in Formula Renault 3.5 this year, completing the team's 2015 line-up. The 23-year-old Cypriot, who started eight GP2 races in 2014, joins fellow rookie Gustav Malja at Strakka."Strakka is the complete package with the best support and equipment on and...

Formula Renault Eurocup race winner Bruno Bonifacio (ABOVE) and Formula 3 European championship driver Roy Nissany will race in Formula Renault 3.5 this year with Draco and Tech 1, respectively.Brazilian Bonifacio was a factor in the FR2.0 Eurocup title race in the early part of 2014, although he slumped to...