Imola has been a significant milestone in Alex’s career with his first podium in car racing. The weekend started very well with a competitive qualifying session where Alex qualified 9th and 6th. A great outcome against so many fantastic teams. Despite a bent front wing from an early contact in race 1, Alex went on […]
Busy weekend on the tight Adria Raceway near Venice. Race one finished in a positive 12th position in the 26 car field. Race two unfortunately ended with a bent steering arm after an altercation with series contender Zhou while in 9th on lap one. Race three also ended in a positive 11th . While not […]
Friday the 24th of July saw Alex participate at Adria International Raceway in a test organised by DAV Racing. This was an incredible opportunity made possible by the very successful DAV Racing (www.davracing.it) team that chose to trial Alex with two other drivers from Brazil and Venezuela. After an introduction to the test, theory, seat fitting […]
Third race meeting at Imola. Alex rates this track as one of his favourites as it’s very technical and with good overtaking opportunities. A solid first qualifying session ended with Alex in 9th position and 14th in session 2. With cars split by hundredths of a second minor changes have a big impact on the […]
Just over a month ago there was the first race meeting of the year for Alex at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome. Here’s a lap of the circuit on board Alex’s car
Round 2 of the championship took place at the temple of motorsport – Monza! What an incredible experience for Alex to race on a circuit with such a rich history. While the weekend turned out to be difficult at times, Alex was able to demonstrate great speed in the races that fills everyone with confidence […]
The first event in the Italian F4 Championship, and Alex’s debut in car racing, is complete! The weekend turned out to be tough, as was expected, but a very important step for Alex in building on his karting experience. The 3 race event started with 2 qualifying sessions that allocate grid positions for race 1 […]
Following 2 intensive days testing at both Vallelunga and Mugello we are now taking a break from the track until the championship kicks off on the first weekend of May at Vallelunga. Considering both tests, it’s likely that the majority of competitors in the Italian F.4 championship made an appearance. This gave us at Torino Squadra […]
Four out of the eight days of planned testing before the season opener at Vallelunga are now complete. The first 2 days were spent at Franciacorta and Adria, both are tracks with rounds of the championship in 2015. Alex used these days to learn the track with his engineer and to re-accustom himself to the […]
Going to Europe to race for a Tasmanian is a huge and daunting undertaking from many different aspects. It’s fantastic to see how many people in Tasmania are getting behind Alex to assist in whatever way possible. A thank you must go to St Virgil’s College and in particular Damian Messer for the incredible support […]