Press Releases
| Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:49AM |
Following already two successful winter tests in Spain earlier this month, Alexander Rossi spent the past two days circulating Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France for the third collective pre-season FR3.5 test with Fortec Motorsport.
Sunny and warm conditions, ideal for testing, greeted Alexander and the Fortec Motorsport team on their arrival at the two day test which began on Tuesday morning.
Day one, Rossi and Fortec focused on the base line set up of the track. Paul Ricard, a very diverse testing circuit, and while Alexander is a veteran to it, he’d not experienced this particular configuration in his past runs here. Rossi got to grips quickly with lay out and began working with team to fine tune car set up. With near perfect...
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:59AM |
March 16, 2011 - Following a productive test at Aragon Motorland, Spain last week, Alexander Rossi was once again behind the wheel this week for the 2nd collected FR3.5 test with Fortec Motorsport at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, but only for a few frustrating sessions. Torrid rain and changing conditions over both test days meant that the Fortec Motorsport team was not able to make use of the excellent testing track at Barcelona and made little progress into the planned testing program on either day of the test.
Day one provided wet conditions for the whole day, with the quickest lap times coming just after the mid-day break. Fortec and Alexander were caught out by unpredicted down pours and numerous Red Flag situations that...
| Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:21AM |
March, 9, 2011 - Alexander commenced two days of intensive testing with his 2011 World Series Renault team, Fortec Motorsport, at Motorland, Spain this week. Alexander had to get to grips with not only joining a new team, but working for the first time alongside his engineer in Formula Renault 3.5.
On a wet first morning's running yesterday, there were a few teething problems to iron out, but Alexander was quick to become accustomed to the new Dallara chassis and was able to provide invaluable technical feedback to develop the car. Both the handling and performance improved dramatically towards the end of the day and it concluded with Alexander being much happier with the increased sustainable pace they had found. He finished the day in...
| Thursday, March 03, 2011 8:09AM |
American racing driver Alexander Rossi was 'truly impressed and motivated' after visiting the grand prix circuit site in Austin, Texas this week where he met with Bruce Knox, President and CEO of Formula 1 United States, and Tavo Hellmund, its promoter.
Alexander, who will be driving for Fortec Motorsports in World Series by Renault (Formula Renault 3.5 Series) this season, and his father Pieter Rossi of Team Rossi Motorsports, were invited by Tavo Hellmund and Bruce Knox to visit the initial work that has commenced for the latest racetrack to be built for the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship.
The natural landscape and elevation of Austin's unique typography has allowed renown circuit designer Hermann Tilke to create a 3.4 mile...
| Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:35AM |
February 9, 2011
American racing driver Alexander Rossi has been selected by the FIA Institute to take part in its inaugural Young Driver Excellence Academy in 2011.
Alexander is one of twelve drivers from across the world, and from a variety of racing formulae, that have been accepted onto this prestigious program following an intensive three-day shoot out.
Eighteen drivers, who had been nominated for the Academy by their FIA-affiliated national sporting associations, took place in the three-day assessment in Austria, which consisted of being put through their paces on the track, at the gym and in the classroom.
The driving elements of the assessment included an examination of various skills behind the wheel. The candidates...
| Friday, February 04, 2011 9:00AM |
American racing driver Alexander Rossi has been confirmed to drive for the Fortec Motorsports Ltd team competing in the 2011 World Series by Renault (Formula Renault 3.5 Series) Championship season.
Rossi has grabbed the attention of the European motorsport community with his winning performances and race craft. A strong World Series debut in Monaco was followed by an impressive performance in the 2010 post season tests in Aragon, Spain, which saw him top the time sheets. Rossi joins the multiple Championship winning Daventry-based team on the back of a strong 2010 inaugural GP3 Series season, where Rossi finished fourth in the Championship with two wins and five podiums.
Fortec Motorsports Ltd was established in 1996 by Richard...
| Monday, November 29, 2010 4:08AM |
November 29,2010, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - American, Alexander Rossi put together the fourth fastest lap of the two-day GP2 test in Sunday's final session, driving Racing Engineering's Dallara GP2/08 around the 3.45-mile (5.5-km) Yas Marina Circuit in 1:47.280.
Rossi, a California native was only .142-second slower than Michael Herck's test-topping 1:47.138, also done Sunday afternoon. Rossi was the fastest rookie in the test, which concluded on-track activity for GP2 until next year.
"We worked this morning on finding a good balance with the car," Rossi said. "We had a couple of issues, but overall the car was very good at the end. I'm happy with the progression of the day. Obviously, you want to be P1, but...
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:46AM |
After a successful test last week in Barcelona, America's F1 potential, Alexander Rossi, joined World Series by Renault for the next round of post-season testing at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain. Rossi, with ISR Racing, continued clocking laps at the top of the leader board recording the fastest time on the second day of the Formula Renault 3.5 collective test with a 1:42.798.
Having run with the Czech team ISR in 2009 for the International Formula Masters Series, this year's Monaco Grand Prix and the Barcelona test, Rossi found the team to be a great fit once again in Aragon. Competing in the first two days of the three day test, Rossi's times were consistently in the top three whether running on old or new Michelin tires...
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:53AM |
October 14, 2010 - Barcelona, Spain - Alexander Rossi joined the first post-2010 season World Series by Renault 3.5 test in Barcelona, Spain, October 12th and 13th returning to familiar and winning ISR Racing, for which he debuted in Monaco this past May qualifying fifth. Rossi, already a winner this year at the 4.655 Kilometer Catalunya Circuit while driving with ART Grand Prix and the GP3 Series serving support for the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix had high expectations of the test and was anxious to once again work with ISR whom he had driven for in the International Formula Masters Series in 2009 collecting three wins.
On Day 1 of the Barcelona test, Rossi had a comfortable gap mid-session with a 1:33.660. A lap time over a 1/2...
| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:36AM |
Monza, Italy - September 14, 2010 - Monza weekend brought the ultra-competitive GP3 Championship season to a close. For America's Alexander Rossi, he celebrated 4th overall in driver's standings, two wins in Barcelona and Budapest and three podiums while assisting his team, ART Grand Prix with the inaugural GP3 Team Championship. These statistics continued to underline Rossi's potential and his pursuit to Formula 1.
"As a competitor and driver, my ambition is to win," said Rossi after Monza. "Of course I would have liked to win the Drivers's Championship, but you cannot have everything all the time. I have a lot to look forward to and many successes from this year to build from. Additionally, I take with me many other...
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