RELEASE: Released from Torino, Italy, Embargoed until 12am, 15/01/2015 15-year old Tasmanian school boy Alex Peroni is today one step closer to realising a dream that began when he was just 6-years old, to race open-wheel cars in Europe and eventually compete in Formula 1. Italian Formula 4 Team Torino Squadra Corse (TSC) has announced […]
Alex has just completed a full program of tests over 3 days in Valencia, Spain, in conjunction with many other teams from throughout Europe. Interestingly there was Michael Schumacher’s son testing his F4 as well as Adrian Newey’s son who is having a go at a driving career. Due to the constantly changing weather conditions […]
What turned out to be a very difficult weekend weather wise, with fog, pouring rain, showers, sun and constantly varying track conditions (felt like Tasmania…), ended with a very positive outcome for Alex. This was Alex’s first complete and intensive test session with 75 laps completed on Saturday, including a 30 minute session in the […]
Training for Alex’s next intensive test sessions in Italy and Spain are going well. Training to increase his upper body strength includes regular gym sessions and weekends in the kart. On the 2nd of December he’ll fly back to Italy with 2 days testing planned in Vallelunga (near Roma) on the 6th and 7th, and 3 […]
Hobart born driver Alex Peroni has been given the opportunity many young Australian drivers dream of, with Peroni to race Formula 4 in Europe in 2015. Peroni, who attended the CAMS Academy, has been racing karts from the age of 7 and progressed from racing in Tasmania to mainland Australia and then to Europe. In […]