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Strakka Racing announces Jake Hughes for Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup debut

BRDC F4 Champion Hughes will drive for Strakka’s FR2.0 debut at the Hungaroring.BRDC F4 Champion and latest BMW Junior driver Jake Hughes will drive Strakka Racing’s new Formula Renault 2.0 cars at the team’s debut in the Hungary Eurocup round on the 11th/12thSeptember. Hungary marks the start of Strakka Racing’s increased presence in the World Series by Renault meetings after the Silverstone-based team committed to fielding a pair of cars in both FR2.0 alongside the existing FR3.5 combination of Matias Laine and Will Stevens. “Strakka needs no introduction to young single-seater drivers

Strakka Racing returns to WEC in Brazil

Racing return now scheduled for Brazil. Second chassis to be built up for customer testingStrakka Racing and chassis designer DOME confirm that its S103 LMP2 car will now join the FIA World Endurance Championship at the final round of the series in November. An intensive development programme with subsequent long lead times for new parts, coupled with an extended test plan mean the team will now debut the car at the Six Hours of Sao Paulo race on the 30th November. “After analysing the car post Spa, DOME wanted to make some revisions to the rear geometry to enable us to have the range of

Expansion for Strakka Racing with all-new FR2.0 team for World Series by Renault Eurocup

Team continues to grow with purchase of two new Formula Renault 2.0 cars and entering Eurocup rounds in late 2014Race-winning Formula Renault 3.5 (FR3.5) Series competitors Strakka Racing will expand its single seater operations with the creation of an all-new Formula Renault 2.0 (FR2.0) team. The Silverstone-based squad collected two new chassis from the Alpine Renault factory in Dieppe and will commence a full testing programme next week ahead of an anticipated race debut at the Hungaroring in September. The extension of the team into FR2.0 fills the gap between the new for 2014

Laine tantalisingly close to first ever podium with fighting top four at Spa

Finnish ace produces best qualifying and race performance of 2014 for Strakka Racing in opening Belgian encounterMatias Laine delivered a superb performance during round six of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series campaign at Spa-Francorchamps today, Saturday, 31stMay, to seal his best result of the year – only missing out on his first ever category podium on the very last lap. Rapid from the outset this weekend, only one week on from the Monaco Grand Prix support race, the Strakka Racing driver set the seventh fastest time in qualifying, just 0.3 seconds shy of pole. Ahead of the race, an

Strakka Racing withdraws from Le Mans

Damage sustained at final pre Le Mans test leads team regretfully to withdraw from Le Mans raceFollowing a testing ‘off’ at Spa this week, Strakka Racing has made the very difficult decision to withdraw from this year’s Le Mans race. After an assessment of the damage and factoring the short timeframe ahead of the Le Mans Test Day, the team together with chassis manufacturer DOME has today confirmed it will unfortunately have to pull its entry. “It happened on the first day’s running at Eau Rouge and if you leave the track there, it is going to result in damage,” says team manager Karl

Stevens retains top four championship placing on streets of Monte-Carlo

Strakka Racing duo Will Stevens and Matias Laine deliver consistently strong pace in blue riband F1 support raceFormula Renault 3.5 Series title contender Will Stevens kept his 2014 championship challenge bubbling away during the annual Monaco Grand Prix support race this morning, Sunday, 25thMay, with eighth position for top team Strakka Racing. Team-mate Matias Laine, who was served with a disappointing and highly unfortunate ‘track limits’ time penalty after avoiding a collision, concluded round five of the season in 13thposition. Making its annual appearance on the streets of

Strakka Racing ramps up LMP2 testing programmes in the run up to Le Mans

Wet test at Silverstone precedes three day session next weekFollowing the first wet-weather running for its all new Strakka DOME S103 at Silverstone this week, Strakka Racing continues to progress the development of the next generation LMP2 car. After running at the British GT test on Tuesday, the team now heads to Europe next week for a comprehensive three day test at Spa. “We continue to follow our scheduled test plan and next week our aim is to get all drivers valuable seat time,” says sportscar team manager Karl Patman. “Although track conditions were quite extreme, in a lot of

Second podium of 2014 for Stevens after thrilling battle in Spanish sun

Strakka Racing fourth in both team standings and driver standings after second race meeting of Formula Renault 3.5 seasonWill Stevens secured, quite possibly, the hardest-earned podium of his single-seater career during a hotly contested fourth round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Motorland Aragon in Spain today, Sunday, 27thApril. Following a titanic battle with championship leader Carlos Sainz Jnr and Pierre Gasly, less than a second splitting all three during the latter stages of the race, Stevens took third for Strakka Racing after a superb contest. Starting the second of

Strakka Racing aims to reign in Spain in next FR3.5 at Motorland Aragon

Strakka Racing’s Round One victor Will Stevens and team mate Matias Laine have been hard at work to maximise qualifying pace ahead of the next WSR race this weekendAfter a weekend in Italy where Strakka Racing got to experience the spectrum of emotions generated in motorsport, the Word Series by Renault moves from Monza and on to Spain and the Motorland Aragon track. Following Will Stevens’ emphatic win at Monza, he now shares the championship lead with title protagonist Carlos Sainz Junior and despite a DNF after contact in race two, the Caterham Academy driver is firmly focussed on

Strakka Racing to delay race debut of new LMP2 car

Team elects to skip rounds one and two of FIA WEC campaign to develop new carStrakka Racing has made the difficult decision to skip the opening two rounds of the World Endurance Championship, preferring to focus on racking up more testing miles ahead of a race debut for its new LMP2 chassis. The announcement today follows limited running at last week’s three day session at Paul Ricard, leaving the team with little option but to continue to test. The team will now develop the car at a series of private tests ahead of the official Le Mans test day on the 1stof June. “Everybody is hugely

Strong Monza fightback secures Laine top 12 finish in Formula Renault 3.5 race two

Contact spoils day for Rd1 winner Will Stevens although Brit departs Italy with joint championship leadStrakka Racing’s Matias Laine mounted an impressive recovery drive to secure a battling top 12 finish during round two of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Monza today, Sunday, 13th April – although it was ultimately a race to forget for round one winner Will Stevens following contact on lap 11. While the early morning qualifying session didn’t go entirely to plan for the team-mates, British driver Stevens made a typically rapid getaway at the start of the race from a lower than

Victorious start to 2014 for Strakka Racing & Will Stevens with maiden win

Brit Will Stevens secures first outright victory in opening round of Formula Renault 3.5Britain’s Will Stevens made an outstanding start to the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Strakka Racing at Monza in Italy this afternoon, 12th April, after scorching to a faultless lights-to-flag victory in the opening race of the season. Marking the maiden ‘World Series by Renault’ triumph for the 22-year-old and Silverstone- based Strakka Racing, Stevens made a sensational getaway to grab the lead on the run to the first corner and never looked back – despite an early Safety Car period – on his

Strakka DOME S103 to make circuit debut at Paul Ricard

Three day test planned for new LMP2 chassisStrakka Racing will take its new LMP2 Strakka DOME S103 chassis to a scheduled three day test at Paul Ricard this week. Starting on the 9th April, drivers Jonny Kane, Danny Watts and Nick Leventis are all set to drive the new car ahead of its race debut at the first round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone later this month. The three day test will also include day and night running with an endurance simulation planned to run from the 10th through the night to the late afternoon on the 11th April. “After missing the Prologue,

Successful roll out for new Strakka DOME S103 LMP2 car

Straight out of the box reliability for new closed coupe LMP2 challenger puts team on track for WEC Prologue2014 LMP2 World Endurance Championship contenders Strakka Racing completed a successful shake down of its new Strakka DOME S103 chassis at Turweston Aerodrome.  Driven by Jonny Kane and Danny Watts, the first of a new breed of LMP2 chassis from the Strakka DOME Racing partnership broke cover on Monday. Powered by Nissan’s VK45 4.5-litre V8, the car completed a number of runs at the Northamptonshire airfield after final assembly at the team’s Silverstone workshop over the weekend. “

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