GP2 racer Marlon Stockinger to finish FR3.5 season with Lotus - autosport.com
GP2 driver Marlon Stockinger is set to contest the final three Formula Renault 3. 5 races of the year for the Charouz-run Lotus team. The Filipino-Swiss driver was called up by Lotus to race at the Red Bull Ring earlier this year, following the team's parting of company with Meindert van Buuren. Stockinger will miss this weekend's Silverstone FR3. 5 round owing to a clashing GP2 commitment for Status Grand Prix at Monza. Elsewhere on the grid, Mexican Alfonso Celis Jr will forsake a GP3 outing with ART at Monza to race in FR3. 5 for AVF at Silverstone. "Even though he did a podium in GP3, he said he preferred to race in FR3. 5. ". Pons Racing is likely to run just one car for Philo Paz Armand this weekend, as regular driver Roberto Merhi will compete in Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix for the... Indonesian Armand sat out the preceding meeting at the Red Bull Ring owing to visa difficulties, where he was replaced by Lotus exile van Buuren. "Philo Armand is going to be able to do this race, as it's an EU country, not a Schengen country so a visa does not apply in this case," explained Pons team manager Emilio de Villota Jr. "The visas provided are based on the eurozone, and on the... Source: www.autosport.com
