Strakka Racing has suspended its Formula V8 3.5 championship program and will miss this weekend's season opener at Aragon after failing to sign drivers with sufficient budget.The team joined the series in 2013 in cooperation with P1 Motorsport, and last year it finished fourth in the championship, with Cypriot Tio...

Tio Ellinas ended 2015's final day of Formula 3.5 V8 testing quickest for Strakka Racing at Aragon. The Cypriot's time of 1m40.686s was recorded in Friday's morning session.Thursday's pacesetter Tom Dillmann was quickest in the afternoon for AVF, and second fastest on Friday's combined times."The morning was pretty good," said...

Formula Renault 3.5 frontrunner Tio Ellinas will be given a try-out in an LMP2 car by the Strakka Racing squad with which he finished fourth in this year's series.Ellinas will drive the Strakka sportscar squad's Gibson-Nissan 015S in the World Endurance Championship's rookie test in Bahrain the day after this...

Strakka Racing's Tio Ellinas claimed pole for the second Le Mans Formula Renault 3.5 race, but Oliver Rowland starts only 14th on the day he can become champion.Silverstone and Nurburgring victor Ellinas was in stunning form on the way to his second 2015 pole, setting a fastest lap of 1m20.648s...

Tio Ellinas and Strakka Racing mastered demanding and fluctuating track conditions to take their second Formula Renault 3.5 victory in seven days at the Nurburgring.The Silverstone winner led home teammate Gustav Malja by 2.2 seconds in an enthralling finish in which the pair bobbed and jostled for the lead –...

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...

Title favorite Oliver Rowland claimed his fourth pole position of the season in a somewhat anticlimactic Formula Renault 3.5 qualifying session at the Nurburgring.A late red flag, caused when Tom Dillmann's Carlin machine stopped at Turn 1, led to the session being curtailed with a little under two minutes left...

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...

Strakka Racing's Tio Ellinas scored a breakthrough first Formula Renault 3.5 victory in a breathless opening race of the weekend at Silverstone.From pole position, the Cypriot made an excellent getaway to extend a 14.5-second lead before half-distance. The result is Ellinas' first win since the Abu Dhabi GP3 finale in...

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...