Fabio Leimer
Former GP2 champion, Fabio Leimer says the Formula 2 series (which replaced GP2 this year) is pointless without a guarantee of a drive in F1. Leimer is the most recent GP2 champ...
The Manor Marussia F1 Team is pleased to announce that it has signed Alexander Rossi as race driver for five of the seven remaining rounds of the 2015 season, competing alongsid...
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has set the fastest time in the first free practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Sergio Perez rolled over when the right rear suspension of his F...
Valtteri Bottas on Thursday did not deny raging speculation he will switch to Ferrari for 2016. It is rumoured the fabled Italian team is set to pay Williams millions to buy out...
The Manor Marussia F1 Team is pleased to confirm that Fabio Leimer will take part in the opening Free Practice session of this weekend’s Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagyd&iac...
Against the odds, Roberto Merhi is still racing for Manor. Earlier, it was said the Spanish rookie was on a tenuous race-by-race deal and would be replaced as soon as the former...
Just two days before his engine would fire, Fabio Leimer still does not know if he will drive at Silverstone. After his hopes of making his Friday practice debut for Manor were...
Fabio Leimer is expecting to make his Friday practice debut for Manor this week. The backmarker's new reserve driver wanted to drive in the opening practice session in Austr...
As the mid-point of the 2015 season approaches, Roberto Merhi has clung onto his Manor seat so far. The rookie Spaniard's place has been under a cloud all year, as the forme...
Fabio Leimer will not make his Friday practice debut in Austria this weekend. In Canada two weeks ago, the 2013 GP2 champion was unveiled as the new Friday and reserve driver fo...
Fabio Leimer is heading to Austria this week hoping to fire up his Manor chances. The Swiss driver and 2013 GP2 champion was trackside in Canada with the backmarker team recentl...
Manor is reportedly contemplating shelving its plans to introduce a new car in 2015. Earlier, having hurriedly modified the 2014 machine for the 2015 rule changes, the former Ma...
Roberto Merhi is pushing hard to keep his place at the Manor team. Until now, the former Marussia outfit has been extending a race-by-race deal with the Spanish rookie, as it le...
Fabio Leimer's formula one dream could be back on track. With the 2013 GP2 title in his pocket, the 26-year-old Swiss was disappointed to find the door to F1 closed, despite...
The Manor Marussia F1 Team is pleased to announce that it has signed Fabio Leimer as an Official Reserve Driver for the remainder of the 2015 season. 26 year old Leimer, from Ro...
Manor has completed the Melbourne grid by signing Spanish rookie Roberto Merhi. Before the official announcement, it emerged in the Spanish press that the former Marussia team h...
Felipe Nasr has defended his move into formula one this year despite not matching the success of others in the sport's feeder category. The Brazilian will make his debut next mo...
GP2 is steadily losing its reputation as the main feeder series to formula one. In 2011, champion Romain Grosjean used the GP2 title as his springboard to returning to the grid ...
Fabio Leimer is at F1's crossroads. The reigning GP2 champion missed out on a race seat on this year's grid, but Tages-Anzeiger newspaper says he now has a solid offer on the ta...
The reigning GP2 champion is moving to put his formula one ambitions back on track. Even with a reported $14 million sponsor offering to Sauber, Swiss Fabio Leimer could not fin...
Even with $14 million in his hand, reigning GP2 champion Fabio Leimer could not buy his way into formula one. The 25-year-old Swiss, who will instead race sports cars in 2014, w...
Even with millions in backing, new GP2 champion Fabio Leimer has been priced out of formula one. Until now, the 24-year-old Swiss has been backed by his wealthy sponsor, Rainer ...
The new reigning champion of the F1 support series GP2 will not move up to the pinnacle of motor sport in 2014. Since the series' inception in 2005, every single champion became...
Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko has joined his McLaren counterpart in criticising the official F1 feeder series, GP2. The 2012 GP2 champion, Davide Valsecchi, has sat out the entire ...
It was believed McLaren is on the verge of confirming Sergio Perez as Jenson Button's continuing teammate for 2014. But a report by respected correspondent Tom Cary in the Teleg...
Peter Sauber has played down suggestions the Swiss team might be considering ousting underperforming rookie Esteban Gutierrez. Having fielded Sergio Perez alongside Kamui Kobaya...
He wanted it so badly! Stefano Coletti took a lights-to-flag win in Sunday's Sprint Race at Sepang International Circuit and made up for Saterday's disappointment. The Monegasqu...
Stefano Coletti put the record straight in today's qualifying in Malaysia: the Monegasque driver snatched his first GP2 pole position with a blazing laptime of 1:44.280 in an ex...
Racing Engineering is pleased to announce that their drivers for the 2013 GP2 Series will be Fabio Leimer and Julián Leal. The 23 year-old Swiss Fabio Leimer has come up throug...
Davide Valsecchi has got his weekend under way in fine style by topping the timesheets in a rain (and red flag) affected free practice session this morning in Hockenheim, claimi...
Marcus Ericsson has got his weekend off to a great start by setting the pace in this morning's free practice session in Valencia, claiming the top spot in the closing minutes to...
It was a hat trick for DAMSs Davide Valsecchi: the mighty Italian pocketed his third win in a row in todays Feature Race at Bahrain International Circuit. Starting from P2 o...
Giedo van der Garde is a happy man: the Caterham Racing driver claimed todays pole position at the Bahrain International Circuit in 1:42.451, one tenth quicker than Davide Val...
One week following the second round of the 2012 GP2 Series season, the thirteen teams remained in Bahrain for a standalone round 3. Max Chilton set the fastest laptime of free p...
Davide Valsecchi was once again untouchable during today's qualifying session at the Bahrain International Circuit: he put his DAMS car at the top of the timesheets early on and...
Davide Valsecchi showed he will be the man to beat for pole position today. The Italian set the best laptime in this mornings thirty minutes free practice session in Bahrain, ...
Luiz Razia is a happy man: a perfect get away from the front row and a flawless drive meant he took a lights to flag win today in the Sepang Feature Race. It was also the first ...
Davide Valsecchi set the quickest laptime early in todays qualifying session with a 1:45.494 on his third lap and was never bettered although his rivals came mighty close with...
The 2012 season could not have started better for iSports Jolyon Palmer: the young Brit set the fastest laptime of the free practice session this morning at Sepang Internation...
Esteban Gutiérrez set the quickest laptime again in todays final pre-season test in Barcelona. The young Mexican set a laptime of 1:29.154 in the morning session ahead of las...
Racing Engineering is pleased to announce that Nathanaël Berthon will be joining them to compete in the 2012 GP2 Series alongside Fabio Leimer. Berthons first experience with...