Starting from grid 16 Ben made a good start when the lights went out, passing 4/5 drivers towards the first corner. Ben then suffered a slipping clutch leaving him going no where and losing the positions he had made. Two laps into the race and Ben was in 17th pushing hard and putting in some very good lap times. The team called Ben in for an early pit stop, and after all drivers had made there...
Barwa International Campos Team and Ben Hanley have decided to end their collaboration after a five-month teamwork which started in February during round 2 of the GP2 Asia Series. After three rounds in 2008 GP2 Series, both parties felt...
Ben today qualified in 16th place for tomorrows first race. Ben struggled to find a clear lap during the 30 minute session, which saw many drivers hitting the barriers, as did Ben in the final minute of the session....
Ben made a good start from the line and overtook a number of drivers before arriving at turn 1, mid corner Ben was crashed into by japanese driver Kobayashi. Ben managed to continue but nearly a full lap down, this resulted in a lonley race finishing in 17th place....
During the 30 minute test this morning Ben struggled with what turned out to be a gearbox bearing failiure, the team worked flat out to repair the car and finished only moments before the qualifying session began. Ben qualified in 12th position, but will start race 1 from grid 22 because of the penalty inccured in Barcelona.
After a strong showing during pre season testing Barcelona turned out some what a disapointment. Ben only managed to qualify 15th having a few minor problems mainly with the brakes. Race 1 looked good until the engine failed while in tenth place, that meant grid 20 for race 2. Again Ben made strong progress to end the race in 9th position, only to be given a ten place penalty for...
After a dry morning at the Sentul race circuit the heavens opened and it was to be a wet race. The start of the race was behind the safety car because of the bad conditions, in fact nearly half of the whole race was behind the safety car. When the race did get under way positions remained pretty much as the starting order, Ben remained in sixth place in a close battle for 4th with Grosjean and...
Ben will compete in the remaining four rounds of the new GP2 Asia Championship with Barwa International Campos Team starting in Indonesia this weekend....
Day 4 of testing and today Ben ran with DPR, the whole day of testing was hampered with a braking problem that as hard as they tried, would not go away....
Ben today got his first full day of GP2 testing with the Minardi Piquet race team. The morning session was a great start with Ben topping the timing screens for most of the session. In the afternoon session many drivers opted not to run early on while the tempretures were still high, this lead to a mad scramble to set times in the last 30 minutes, with several red flags. Ben was unable to set a...
Ben tested today with Campos Grand Prix for the morning session. With only three hours track time, the first half of the the morning was a disaster with an uncountable number of red and yellow flags. Ben missed getting the best out of his new tyres because of this, although still posted the eighth best time.
Tomorrow Ben will test a full day with the Minardi Team.
Ben today completed a half day morning test with Fisichella Motorsport International during the first of four days of testing. Ben set the 4th fastest time of the morning session.
Ben will again take part in tomorrow mornings session, with Campos Grand Prix.
Ben missed much of Thursday testing due to electrical problems. Friday testing was very positive, with everything looking good for Saturday.
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For Sunday's race the sun had returned, and with the reverse grid Ben would start from grid 10. Ben made a great start from the lights up to eighth position by the first corner, and on lap 2 Ben moved up another place to...
The only race of the year for Ben on home ground turned into a disaster due to a gearbox failure during qualifying.
Ben had been fast and confident after free practise, but at the start of the qualifying session Ben soon discovered he was unable to down shift, making the car impossible to drive at high speed.
For race 1 Ben started from grid 26, after a good start and some...
Race 1, and another strong drive from a poor qualifying position of 12 on the grid, Ben fought hard throughout the 20 lap race. The end result of 3rd position meant that Ben moved up one place in the championship to 3rd overall, 13 points behind leader Parente. Ben will start race 2 tomorrow from grid 8. ...
A heavy rain shower just before the first group of qualifying turned the session into a lottery, with 2 red flags and a drying track. When the second red flag came out all the drivers changed to slick tyres for the remaining 5 minutes, with just enough time for a warm-up lap and a flying lap. Ben set the 3rd fastest time on the warm-up lap only to be held up by a weaving Nunez on the flying...
With the reverse grid for race 2 Ben started from grid 8, again Ben made a good start and managed to take advantage of another first corner incident promoting him to sixth place on the opening lap. With no pitstop in race 2, and overtaking nearly impossible Ben had to try to force errors from the drivers in front. And that he did getting upto 4th by half distance, agian Ben caught upto the...
Starting from grid 12 Ben knew this would be a tough race, but as ever was up for it! Ben got away for the line well and was challenging for position into turn 1, as ever some drivers pushed a little too hard resulting in a couple of minor incidents. By the end of lap 2 the saftey car had to be deployed and Ben was upto 6th place, when the race restarted Ben was on a charge quicky catching upto...
Saturday morning qualifying, Ben was in the first 20 minute group. Within the opening lap one driver had a big crash resulting in the first ten minutes of the session being run under full yellow, meaning that the drivers are not allowed to set fast lap times. This resulted in a mass scramble by all drivers to set a good time in the remaining 10 minutes, Ben was looking good to set a good time...
Testing on thursday was a chance for most of the Renault World Series drivers to see the Hungaoring circuit for the first time, and help the teams to find a good set up. Ben got to grips with the circuit quickly setting the 7th fastest time of the morning. At the end of the first day of testing Ben was feeling happy with the progress made, although was a little suprised...
Starting from grid 6 Ben made a good start but because the circuit is so tight it was impossible to make any places into the first corner. Ben looked to have good speed but due to the nature of the circuit overtaking was impossible, Ben spent the whole race behind and pushing Dutch driver Giedo van der Garde, hoping to force a mistake. This was not to happen so Ben had to be content with sixth...
After a strong Qualifying session on thursday Ben was hoping for the same during saturday qualifying. Finding a clear space on the tight Monte Carlo circuit was important, and proved to be difficult, this combined with a brake tempreture problem resulted in Ben has to setle for 6th place....
Thursday was test day for the Renault World Series drivers and Ben wasted no time pushing to the limits on the tricky street circuit. With only one 45 minute test session before qualifying on saturday it was important to find a good set up. Ben ended the session a very impressive half a second faster than the rest of the field.
1 - Ben Hanley - Prema - 1'28"408 2 - Alvaro Parente...
With the new reverse grid format for race 2, Ben was due to start on grid 9 after his second place in race 1. But with Alvaro Parente recieving a penalty after race 1, Ben started from grid 8.
Ben made a good start away from the line with most drivers the same and holding position into the first corner, Belgium driver Baquette had other ideas and tried to pass three of four drivers down...
Starting from grid 3 Ben made a poor start due to a warning light on the steering wheel, but after the first corner Ben managed to jump 1 place to second. After early pressure from Barba and Parente Ben pulled away in chase on leader Vettel. A good Pitstop allowed Ben to close ground on Vettel but the gap remained to big to make any lasting impression. The race finished with Vettel in 1st then...
Day 2 of testing was all about red flags, many drivers used new tyres in the morning and just pushed too hard. Ben also took new tyres in the morning session, but was hampered by 3 red flag incidents in sucsession resulting in only 1 fast lap.
During the afternoon session Ben ran race distance tests, while many other drivers used more new tyres.
For the second day of World Series testing at Paul Ricard today, Ben tested with Team Comtec. Ben set the fastest time in both the morning and afternoon session's.
Both morning and afternoon sessions were hampered by a number of red and yellow flag incidents, during the afternoon session Ben set the 6th fastest lap without using new tyres....
Sunday morning and the track was wet, Ben was confident of setting a fast qualifying time after having dominated in the same conditions during the first part of friday testing. Qualifying was a disaster Ben was 12th in his group after a desision to run a different set up to friday. Starting from grid 24 Ben made a good start and picked his way through the first lap crashes to cross the...
After a difficult morning qualifying session Ben started from grid 15 for race 1. As always the racing was close and overtaking difficult, Ben fought his way into the points finishing 10th....
This morning's 45 minute session just got faster and faster, with nearly every driver setting their fastest lap time on their last lap. Ben went from 3rd to 8th fastest on the last lap. The afternoon session begun shortly after a very heavy shower, and as the rain continued for the first 10 minute's of the session. Ben set the fastest time by some 8 tenths. The rain then stopped and again the...
After not being able to find a good set up early enough, Ben was only able to qualify on grid 15 for race 1. A good strong first race enabled Ben to salvage 1 point by finishing 10th. Qualifying 2 on sunday morning Ben had found a better set up and was a little unlucky to qualify only on row 5 after a very changable qualifying session, in which he kept topping the time sheets. In race 2...
After a mistake in qualifying Ben had to start race 2 from the back of the grid. During the first 2 laps Ben gained 4 places but due to a crash, the saftey car had to come out for 3 laps, just prior to the saftey car Ben suffered damage to his front wing when a driver chopped across the front of him. When the saftey car came in Ben stoppped for his pit stop and to replace the...
After qualifying on grid 5 Ben made a good start but was pushed wide and back to 9th into the first corner. Overtaking was difficult and Ben remained in 9th until the saftey car was deployed, on the restart Ben lost one place and ended the race in 10th position. ...
Again starting from grid 16, Ben made a good start from the tricky down hill starting grid, the aim for the race was to get into a point scoring position (top ten). Ben made good progress during the opening laps and was up to 10th by lap 6 when the safety car had to be used because of a high speed crash. Unfortunatley the saftey car had to stay out until lap 13...
Due to two bad qualifying sessions in the morning Ben would start from grid 16. The heavens opened just after lunch and continued through the afternoon resulting in the first wet race of the year. Ben made a good start and was running in 14th position after the first 3 laps until fellow brit Rossiter smashed into the back of Ben going into the hairpin under a yellow flag. Ben...
A day full of problems left Ben down in 18th position after today's two test sessions. Ben is confident that he will be placed higher tomorrow after several problems where discovered....
Starting from grid 5 Ben made a fantastic start and up to 3rd by the first corner. On the second lap 2nd place Soucek made a mistake and slipped off into the gravel allowing Ben a clear track behind leader Vettel. After the first 6 laps Ben had managed to close the gap to Vettel and the team called Ben in for the mandatory tyre change, back on track Ben pushed hard and continued to set fast lap...
Starting from second position Ben was close to beating pole man Maldonado to the first corner, but dropped in behind. During the first lap Ben came under pressure from third place Soucek allowing Maldanado to pull a small gap, but after the first lap everyone settled down and the race was all about consistency. Maldonado set the pace with only Ben capable of matching his times....
After setting the 2nd fastest time of the morning session, Ben ended the day 5th overall after opting not to run new tyres during the afternoon session....
The fourth round of the World Series Championship is held at the Italian Santamonica circuit close to Rimini, with tempratures in the high 30's on this the first day of testing.
Ben set the 3rd fastest time of the day only 1.5 tenths slower than the fastest of the day Soucek.
Earlier this week came the terrible news that Cram Competition Race Engineer Kevin Picot had been killed in a tragic road accident. Ben had worked with Kevin for the past two years and they had become great friends.
Kevin will be dearly missed by many, our thoughts are with his family.
Starting from grid 5 Ben made a good start as the two front row drivers crashed before reaching the first corner. When the pit lane opened for the mandatory pit stop Ben was in 4th position, but a bad pit stop dropped him back to sixth. Ben fought back upto third with two laps remaining and pressuring second place Aleshin. On the penultimate lap fourth place Valsecchi passed Ben under a yellow...
Ben Qualified 3rd fastest in his group this morning and was looking to go faster until a red flag cut short the session. Ben will start the race later today from grid 6. ...
Starting from grid 6 Ben made a good start and went into the first corner alongside championship leader Salignon (grid 5), they went around the fast sweeping right hand corner still together and arrived at the top of the hill approaching the tight left with Ben still on the inside. Salignon was not prepared to give way to Ben and turned into the side of him, Ben was forced off and had to retire...
Thursday testing comprised of 2 two hour sessions, with most drivers using the morning session to learn the new Istanbul circuit, Ben was 11 quickest. Just before the afternoon session there was a light rain shower which continued through the whole session on and off, preventing any drivers from setting multiple lap times.
Friday was again a morning and afternoon session this time 2...
During the short free practise session on thursday Ben picked up the tricky Monaco circuit very quickly setting the 10th fastest time without using any new tyres, and so went into saturday's qualifying with confidence.
On the third flying lap of qualifying Ben clipped a barrier which damaged the rear suspension and so unable to take any further part in the session, meaning he would...
Ben managed to come away from the first race of the season with a few points after a difficult weekend at Zolder.
The whole weekend was a story of red flags and rain showers, Ben finished 10th in the first race after starting in 20th position. For race 2 Ben started from 12th position and after a early pit stop Ben put in the fastest laps of the race to leap frog the...
The start of the second day of testing was delayed due to ice on the track, but after lunch tempratures rose to around 14 degrees.
Ben continued his strong performance from yesterday, on this his first time at the German circuit. During the afternoon drivers pushed hard and used new tyres, as this would be the final test before the first race of the...
A very cold day in Germany with the temprature starting at -3 degrees followed by snow showers throughout the day. Most drivers ran new tyres towards the end of the day, with Ben setting the 4th fastest lap. ...
After a day of techniacal problems, Ben only managed to complete a few laps during the final hour of testing setting the 4th fastest time of the two days. ...
This was Ben's first visit to the Valencia Circuit, but that didn't stop him setting the 5th fastest time of the morning session. A mechanical failure in the afternoon session prevented Ben improving his time as the circuit became quicker. Ben's time from the morning session was still good enough to place him 7th overall for the day.
Ben became Vice Champion of the Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship at the weekend at the first time of asking at the weekend. Ben ended his first season of racing in style at Monza, taking 2nd place in race 1, and also setting the fastest lap time to secure pole position for race 2. Ben then won race 2 from lights to flag unchallenged with new champion Kobayashi in second place and...
Starting from grid 3 for race 1, Ben passed Ammermuller into the first corner for second place. Kobayashi made a good start and pulled out a small gap, for the first half of the race Ben & Kobayashi lapped at the speed and pulled away from 3rd place Ammermuller. During the second half of the race Ben started to catch the leader at 1 or 2 tenths of a second per lap, at the flag Kobayashi took...
After only half an hour of free practise this morning in damp conditions, the next time out on the circuit was for qualifying. With the circuit now dry and times getting faster & faster Ben set the 3rd fastest time behind championship leader's Kobayashi and Ammermuller, so will start from grid 3 for tomorrow's race.
Ben this weekend goes into the final round of the Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship in third position, only 35 points behind leader Kobayashi and 20 points behind second place Ammermuller. Earlier this year Ben took his first ever win and a second place at the Monza circuit, and will be hoping to again be on the top step of the podium.
Ben suffered a gear selection problem at the start which meant he did not get off the start line. After all the cars set off, Ben was able to select first and get away from the start line, stone last.
The problem continued throughout the race, although Ben was able to come back through the field up to 17th by the end of the 19 lap race.
Ben had to start from the pitlane because the gearbox problem from race 1. After lap 2 Ben was into 20th position when the saftey car had to be brought into action because of a crash. Ben continued to make progress upto 10th but after a slight mistake his race was over as he went off into the gravel. ...
Ben qualified 9th in his group during both the qualifying session's for tomorrow's 2 races. Although Ben set the 13th fastest time overall during the first qualifying session, he will start from grid 17 tomorrow for both race's....
During the final 45 minute practise session today, Ben recorded the 3rd fastest time(1.27.152) a fraction slower than Adrian Valles(1.26.917) 2nd fastest was Andreas Zuber. ...
Today Ben made his debut in the Renault 3.5 V6 World Seies Car at the Estoril Circuit during free practise.
Session 1 - Ben was ranked 23 (1.30.718) Fastest time set by Simon Pagenaud (1.28.141) Session 2 - After only 14 laps a electrical problem put an end to Ben's testing for the day. Ben did improved his own time (1.29.5)
Ben will replace Eric Salignon at the Cram Competition Team for this weekend's World Series race at Estoril. Thursday free practise will be the first time that Ben has driven the 3.5 V6 World Series car.
Ben today finished second in the race at the Varano circuit, shadowing race winner D'Ambrosio for the entire race. At a circuit which is difficult to overtake, Ben was happy to take second place which enabled him to again close the gap on the championship leader's....
Ben today qualified first in his group by over half a second from the second place driver(1.04.376). For the race tomorrow Ben will start from second on the grid, due to 1 driver posting a faster time in the second qualifing group on an improved track, D'Ambrosio(1.04.343)...
Ben has been named as a possible winner of this years McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. David Coulthard, Dario Franchitti and Jamie Green have all won the award in recent years. The award winner will receive £50,000 prize money to help fund the next stage of their Racing Career and a Test in a McLaren Formula 1 Car.
After a first lap incident and being hit by another driver, Ben finished lap 1 in 22 place. Much of the race was run behind the saftey car, during the few 'racing lap's' Ben managed to fight back to 10th position by the flag. ...
Ben set fastest time's in both his qualifying session's (1 wet & 1 dry) and will start from the front row for both race's in his debut apperance in Eurocup. ...
Ben started from grid 2 for the final race of the day and remained in second position for the first 9 laps, with leader Valsecchi heavily defending which allowed Ammermuller to latch onto the leading pair. On lap 10 Ben found away through with Ammermuller following, in the remaining laps Ben pulled away to take his second win of the day and close in on championship leaders Kobayashi and...
Starting from grid 4, Ben made an excellent start moving to 2nd at the first corner. By the end of the first lap Ben had taken the lead from Kobayashi and started to pull away, then on lap 4 the saftey car came out because of an accident further down the field. At the restart Ben once again pulled away to finish the race 3 seconds ahead of second place Kobayashi. Ben will start from grid 2...
Starting from grid 6 Ben moved up into 4th position by the half way point, catching the leading group. With three laps remaining Ben began to lose engine power and dropped back to 4th, half a lap later the engine broke. Ben set the 4th fastest time in race 1, so will start from grid 4 for the second race....
Ben will race at Donnington Park next week in the Formula Renault Eurocup Race for Cram Competition. This will be Ben's first event in the Eurocup Championship....
Today was the final official test for the Italian Formula Renault Championship, the test was held at the venue for the next round of the Championship, the Santa Monica Circuit (Misano). 28 drivers attended the 1 day test, which saw temperature's reach 38 degrees. Ben set the fastest time in both the morning and afternoon session's.
The new website for Ben was launched today (20, July 2005) in keeping with the rising stars image the new site is dynamic and full of information...the latest news, race results and images can all be updated live from the race sites as and when they happen! For the very latest information log on regularly ...
British Driver Ben Hanley recovered well from a poor qualifying, due to a mechanical problem, to finish 10TH in his first British Formula Renault event.
Hanley received the invitation to race at last weekends Croft event from Team AKA. With no time to test prior to the event Hanley only had a couple of hours testing on Thursday morning to acquaint himself with the circuit, car...
British Driver Ben Hanley will take part in the UK Formula Renault 2000 Championship at the Croft circuit this weekend.
Hanley received the invitation to race at this weekend's event from Team AKA.
This will be only Hanley's 6TH single seater race event after competing in the opening 5 round's of the Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship with Italian Team Cram...
British driver Ben Hanley took 2 race wins and set a new lap record at the home of Ferrari (Mugello) during the 5th round of the Formula Renault 2000 Championship. In the morning practise Ben set the time 1,48.505. Beating the previous record of 1,48.901 a time set by Hanley during his first visit to the circuit earlier in the year.
The qualifying practise was run in drying conditions...
British driver Ben Hanley won his first Formula Renault 2000 race at Monza, in only his fourth single seater event during the forth round of the Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship last weekend.
Hanley beat Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup front runners Micheal Ammermuller (Red Bull) and (Toyota) driver Kobayashi to the top of the podium.
British Driver Ben Hanley set a new lap record at the home of Ferrari (Mugello) last Friday during the Formula Renault 2000 test.
Hanley was the only driver of the 28 present, to break the 1min 49s barrier on this, his debut visit to the superb Mugello facility. Hanley said" this is a fantastic race track" "it's fast and flowing, both the chassis and engine work hard here"....
World no.1 kart driver Ben Hanley won the prestigious Winter Cup race at the Italian 'Garda' circuit for the third time in five years last weekend. The Winter Cup event is the first race of the year to attract all the major manufacturers and works drivers, and this year was no exemption with a record entry of 320 drivers.
Hanley not only won the race, but set a record by becoming...
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