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2024 Yas Island Formula 2 Round
The 2024 Yas Island Formula 2 round was a motor racing event that held between 6 and 8 December 2024 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the final round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Gabriel Bortoleto won the drivers' title after finishing second in the Feature Race behind eventual race winner Joshua Dürksen. His nearest rival Isack Hadjar suffered a problem at the start already, which caused him to drop down to the back of the field with no chance of making a comeback. Bortoleto became the fourth rookie in the modern Formula 2 era to win the championship and the fourth driver after Charles Leclerc, George Russell (racing driver), George Russell and Oscar Piastri to win both Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships in consecutive seasons as a rookie. Background Driver Changes Zane Maloney departed Rodin Motorsport ahead of the final race at Yas Marina as he moved to Lola Cars, Lola Yam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yas Marina Circuit
The Yas Marina Circuit (Arabic: حلبة مرسى ياس) is a 5.281 km (3.281 mi) motorsport circuit situated on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke. It has hosted the season-ending Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. Yas Marina was the second of four Formula One tracks in the Middle East, with the first being in Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain and subsequent tracks in Losail International Circuit, Qatar and Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabia. A two-day GP2 Asia Series test was held to officially open the circuit, which was held a week before the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It also hosted V8 Supercars between 2010 and 2012, with Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event, the event being the opening round in 2010 and 2011. Outside motorsport, the circuit was used for the final stage of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Tour cycle race in 2015–2017. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 license. Design The circuit is located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isack Hadjar
Isack Alexandre Hadjar (, ; born 28 September 2004) is a French and Algerian racing driver who competes Formula One drivers from France, under the French flag in Formula One for Racing Bulls. Born and raised in Paris to an Algerian family, Hadjar began competitive kart racing aged seven. After debuting in sportscar racing at the Ginetta Junior Winter Series, Hadjar graduated to junior formulae in 2019. He finished third in the 2020 French F4 Championship with the FFSA Academy, before progressing to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2021 Formula Regional European Championship, 2021, achieving multiple victories as he finished fifth in his rookie season. He then entered 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship, Formula Regional Asian and 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, FIA Formula 3 in 2022 with Hitech Grand Prix, Hitech, placing third in the former and achieving multiple wins in both. Hadjar graduated to FIA Formula 2 in , finishing runner-up to Gabriel Bortoleto the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Aron
Paul Aron (; born 4 February 2004) is an Estonian racing driver who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine. Aron most recently competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix, Hitech. Aron previously raced in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing, coming third in the standings. Beforehand, he competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for Prema in 2021 Formula Regional European Championship, 2021 and 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, 2022, in which he ended both series in third. He also won the rookie cup in the 2019 Italian F4 Championship and placed third in the regular standings. Aron is a former member of the Mercedes Junior Team. He is a reserve driver for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine in . Aron made his Formula E debut with Envision Racing, Envision at the 2024 Berlin ePrix. Career Karting Starting in Estonia at the age of 8, Aron climbed the karting ladder as he was soon racing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invicta Racing
Invicta Racing is a British auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Owned by the Invicta Watch Group, it started racing in 2024 by gradually absorbing Virtuosi Racing's Formula 2 team, a process it completed in 2025. History Invicta Racing traces its origins back to a title sponsorship deal inked by FIA Formula 2 Championship team Virtuosi Racing and watch company Invicta in 2023. Initially competing as ''Invicta Virtuosi Racing'', the partnership yielded three victories for Jack Doohan in the 2023 Formula 2 season. In December 2023, Invicta announced that it had purchased an ownership stake in the team, marking the birth of ''Invicta Racing'' while Virtuosi still controlled the outfit's operations. With Jack Doohan graduating to a test and reserve driver role with the Alpine F1 Team and Amaury Cordeel switching to Hitech, the team had a brand new driver lineup for in Indian Alpine junior Kush Maini and reigning FIA Formula 3 champion Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Fornaroli
Leonardo Fornaroli (born 3 December 2004) is an Italian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Invicta Racing. Fornaroli won the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship in his second year with Trident Motorsport, Trident, and was the first champion in the sport's history to not win a single race in both his championship-winning campaign and his entire Formula 3 career. He is also the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, 2022 Formula Regional European rookie champion. Career Karting Fornaroli began kart racing, karting competitively in his native Italy around the age of ten, first winning the Mini Academy class of the Championkart championship in 2016 before moving up to X30 Junior the following year. He came runner-up in the 2017 X30 Challenge Italy, in a season that also included entry to international Italian American Motor Engineering, IAME events, but found more success in 2018, when he was third in the Italian Karting Championship and made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship
The 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula Three, Formula 3 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was the fifteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the sixth season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker. It was an open-wheel racing category serving as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category was run in support of selected rounds of the 2024 Formula One World Championship, 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship was a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship ran the same car, the Dallara F3 2019. Leonardo Fornaroli won the championship in his second year with Trident Motorsport, Trident, yet did not take a single race victory throughout the season, becoming the first winless champion in FIA Formula 3 history. Prema Racing entered the championship as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Formula E World Championship
The 2024–25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the eleventh season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for electric open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers All teams use the Formula E Gen3 Evo car on Hankook tyres. Team changes British motorsport brand Lola announced its return to top-level motorsport for the first time since the 2006 Champ Car World Series. Lola entered Formula E developing its own powertrain in cooperation with Yamaha. This partnership supplies powertrains to ABT, who had previously used Mahindra powertrains but ended that affiliation, and the team entered the season as Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team. After just a single year running, ERT Formula E Team was acquired by investment firm ''The Forest Road Company''. The team rebranded as Kiro Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abt Sportsline
Abt Sportsline is an auto racing and auto tuning company based in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany. Abt mainly deals with Audi and the related primary Volkswagen Group brands—Volkswagen, Škoda, and SEAT—modifying them by using sports-type suspensions, engine power upgrades, lightweight wheels, aerodynamic components and more. It has been active in DTM for more than a decade. After the death of their father Johann in 2003, the company with 170 employees in their headquarters in Kempten was run by the brothers Hans-Jürgen Abt (born 1962, Managing Director) and Christian Abt. Since 2011, Hans-Jürgen Abt has run the company. From 2014 to 2021, they ran a team under the Audi Sport banner in the FIA Formula E World Championship for drivers Lucas di Grassi, Daniel Abt and René Rast. At the 2014 Beijing ePrix, di Grassi became the first driver to win an open-wheel motorsport race in an all-electric car. Ultimately, the team finished third in the first teams' championship. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaha Motor Company
is a Japanese mobility manufacturer that produces motorcycles, motorboats, outboard motors, and other motorized products. The company was established in the year 1955 upon separation from Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation) and is headquartered in Iwata, Shizuoka, Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan. The company conducts development, production and marketing operations through 109 consolidated subsidiaries as of 2012. Led by Genichi Kawakami, the company's founder and first president, Yamaha Motor spun off from musical instrument manufacturer Yamaha Corporation in 1955 and began production of its first product, the YA-1 125cc motorcycle. It was quickly successful and won the 3rd Mount Fuji Ascent Race in its class. The company's products include motorcycles, Scooter (motorcycle), scooters, motorized bicycles, boats, sail boats, personal watercraft, swimming pools, utility boats, fishing boats, outboard motors, 4-wheel All-terrain vehicle, ATVs, recrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Cars
Lola Cars Limited is a British automobile manufacturer founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley in Bromley, England. The company is now owned by Till Bechtolsheimer, who purchased it in 2022. Lola Cars endured for more than fifty years to become one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. Lola started by building small front-engine sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into a wider range of sporting vehicles. In 2012, Lola Cars stopped operations. Lola returned to motorsport in 2024 by joining the Formula E, Formula E World Championship as an entrant and a powertrain supplier in a technical partnership with Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha. History Lola Cars was a brand of the Lola Group, which combined former Watercraft rowing, rowing boat manufacturer Lola Aylings and Lola Composites, that specialized in Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, carbon fibre production. Lola was acquired by Martin Birrane in 1997 after the unsucces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodin Motorsport
Rodin Motorsport is a New Zealand motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in six championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, GB3 Championship, F1 Academy, F4 British Championship and Spanish F4 Championship. In 2023, New Zealand–based manufacturer Rodin Cars became the majority shareholder of Carlin Motorsport following investment from founder David Dicker in a deal that saw the team rebrand as Rodin Carlin. The Carlin family departed the team in late 2023, with Dicker taking full control and renaming the company as Rodin Motorsport. History Rodin Cars CEO David Dicker acquired a majority stake in Carlin Motorsport in 2023. Following this investment, Carlin Motorsport was renamed into Rodin Carlin. Carlin Motorsport founder Trevor Carlin and his wife Stephanie sold their ownership stake in Rodin Carlin to Dicker. Following their departure, Rodin Carlin was re-established as Rodin Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zane Maloney
Zane Maloney (born 2 October 2003) is a Barbadian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Abt Sportsline, Lola Yamaha ABT. He previously competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Rodin Motorsport, Rodin, having debuted for the team in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, prior season. He was the 2019 F4 British Championship, 2019 British F4 champion and finished as runner-up in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, racing for Trident Racing, Trident. He is the first Barbadian driver to win a race in FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 2. He was the reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber in and respectively, and is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team. Junior racing career Karting Maloney started racing in North America at the age of 12 and after multiple karting titles in Barbados and America he soon moved over to Europe to compete for Ricky Flynn Motorsport. Maloney placed fourth in the Karting European Championship, fifth in the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
