The Motor Racing Spectator

For many years the Formula Renault 3.5 series was the headline category on the Renault World Series package. Thousands of free tickets were given away to meetings at Donington then subsequently Silverstone and the series provided some very good racing and saw some very good drivers pass through the single seater ladder. Renault however took the decision to withdraw their support for the series last year. With the FIA very keen on establishing a more regimented ladder for the aspiring single seater driver, the series saw itself "demoted" on the Superlicence points list and with a similar car & performance to the GP2 category, Renault were keen to support the 2.0 litre championship instead. The Spanish based RPM organisation headed by Jaime Alguersuari Sr. took over the running of the category over the winter and it is now called Formula V8 3.5...which doesn't exactly trip off the tongue! With RPM already running the EuroFormula Open and International GT Open champion...

Having not been to any motorsport of any kind for 4 weeks, The Spectator's feet were itching so for the first time in nearly 2 years it was time to watch Speedway! After an abysmal Summer so far weather wise, it was on a gloriously sunny and warm Monday evening in Wolverhampton that I chose to head to the Black Country. August 2014 saw my last visit to Monmore Green Stadium, home of the Wolverhampton Wolves. After a couple of years of struggling in the Elite League, the Wolves are top of the table this season. Swindon Robins were the visitors and with Swindon lying 3rd in the table a tight match looked to be in prospect. However this proved emphatically not to be the case as Wolves simply dominated the night's proceedings wining by 62pts-30pts. Such was their dominance that Swindon only provided 1 heat winner all evening, Nick Morris in Heat 4. The tight confines of the Wolverhampton track (264 metres in length) obviously didn't suit the Swindon riders whose home trac...