Even though Alex’s outright third place in race 1 was subsequently changed to fourth, he made it into third on the Rookies podium. [Renault Sport photo] A fourth place in his first Formula Renault Eurocup race at Estoril has exceeded Alex’s expectations. The 16 year-old Hobart driver was initially upgraded to the race 1 podium […]
A perfect performance in the penultimate round of the Monoplace Challenge at Magny Cours has put Alex within striking distance of the title. The 16 year-old Hobart driver qualified on pole position and won all three races in round six of the international series for Formula Renault openwheelers. His triple victory extended his points lead […]
Two race wins and a second placing at Mugello in Italy have put Alex Peroni another step closer to winning the Monoplace Challenge title. The sixteen year-old Hobart driver dominated at the Italian circuit, one of four cross-border rounds in the French-based Formula Renault series. Alex qualified on pole position for the first two races but […]
Over the last few days Alex has been busy talking about his racing experiences in Europe with Tasmanian press. All journalists have been incredibly supportive of Alex’s Tasmanian challenge on the VdeV Formula Renault championship in Europe. Alex was able to share with the press his ambition to progress next year to either GP3 or […]
Alex has extended his lead again in the crucial fourth round of the French Monoplace Challenge at Motorland Aragon. The sixteen year-old Hobart driver scored two wins and a second at the 5.3km Spanish circuit, one of four cross-border rounds in the seven-round series for Formula Renault 2.0 cars. As a result his lead has […]
Alex Peroni has gone further ahead in the French Monoplace Challenge after round 3 at the Paul Ricard circuit. It was another controversial round of the series for Alex, who won one of the round’s three races but was hit twice by team RC drivers. In the first incident, during Saturday’s qualifying session, Alex was […]
Alex Peroni has retained his lead in the French Monoplace Challenge series at a controversial second round at Le Mans. After placing second in the first of the weekend’s three races, the 16 year-old from Hobart, Tasmania, was disadvantaged in the second race when several drivers were allowed to change their wet weather tyres just […]
Following the 2 day test in Barcelona, Alex was straight into round 1 of the championship. Qualifying delivered the first verdict – 2nd fastest. In race 1 it started drizzling with cars on the grid but it wasn’t wet enough to go to rain tyres. Second into the first corner, Alex put pressure on the […]
Following Alex’s recent familiarisation test, he has now completed two days of testing at Barcelona in preparation for this weekend’s race meeting. It was obvious why just a week ago Formula 1 teams were here testing. It’s a very demanding track with many very fast flowing corners that test both driver and car. The team […]