Newsflash!! I'll be joining Carlin this weekend to race at the Red Bull Ring in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship!! Full story below...
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Weiron Tan completes Carlin’s line up at Red Bull Ring
Carlin’s FIA Formula 3 European Championship team welcomes Weiron Tan this weekend, as the Malaysian born racer joins the team’s regular drivers Alessio Lorandi, Ryan Tveter and Peter Li at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Tan, who last season competed in the Pro Mazda Series, will make his debut in the championship today.
Just days after the team tasted victory at the Pau Grand Prix thanks to the efforts of Alessio Lorandi, the FIA Formula 3 drivers are back in the action this weekend for the fourth round of the championship at Red Bull Ring.
Making his debut with the team will be 21 year-old Tan, a race winner in the 2015 Pro Mazda Series. The American based racer claimed four wins last season and a total of six podiums on his way to fourth in the standings. Previous to Pro Mazda, Weiron raced in German F3 and so has experience of the challenging Red Bull circuit the drivers will compete on this weekend. The young Malaysian claimed two victories at the end of his German F3 campaign, having graduated at the start of the season as vice champion from the Formula Renault BARC championship.
Speaking about the weekend, Tan said, “I’m very grateful for the opportunity Trevor has given me this weekend and it’s great to be part of Carlin family. Obviously my goal is to come here and learn as much as I can; progression is absolutely key. I don’t have any expectations, these guys have already done loads of testing and three race events already so already have a lot more mileage than me. I’m focusing on doing as much as I can and hopefully doing a good job for the team.”
Trevor Carlin added, “We’re delighted to have Weiron join us this weekend. We were able to watch his progress pretty closely last season in the Pro Mazda Series which runs on the Mazda Road to Indy alongside Indy Lights. He has a great attitude both in and out of the car and I’m very pleased we finally have chance to work together. It will be a tough learning curve for Weiron this weekend; adapting back to an F3 car against drivers that have been preparing and racing in the series for several months, but if he focuses on making steps forward with every session, we’ll be very pleased.”
Track action kicks off with practice this morning.
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Weiron Tan set to challenge for Pro Mazda title in 2016
Malaysian driver Weiron Tan is set to challenge for the Pro Mazda Championship title in 2016, after signing with Team Pelfrey to embark on his second year in the series. He is aiming to build on a successful rookie year, which saw him finish fourth in the standings, scooping four race victories along the way. He also finished Vice-Champion in the Pro Mazda Winterfest, scoring two wins and three second places from five races.
Tan joined the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires in 2015 after a successful junior open-wheel career in Europe. At the age of just 17 he was selected by the Caterham F1 Team for its young driver development programme. After competing in the JK Racing Asia Series and Formula Gulf 1000 Series, Tan concentrated his efforts on the European scene and scored multiple race wins in the Protyre Formula Renault BARC and ATS Formel 3 Cup Championships. He then moved to the USA ahead of the 2015 Pro Mazda competition.
Tan has now joined forces with Team Pelfrey for his second year attack on the Pro Mazda Championship. Team Pelfrey is a Championship winning team that competes at all three levels of the Mazda Road to Indy - in the highly competitive Indy Lights, Pro Mazda and USF2000 Championships. With previous experience as a team in IndyCar, Team Pelfrey is now committed to developing the stars of tomorrow. Reformed as a Pro Mazda development team in 2011, Pelfrey was immediately on the pace and won multiple races, and the end result was a team Championship and Connor De Phillippi claiming second in the drivers’ Championship. In 2012, the team went one better, securing both the drivers’ Championship with Jack Hawksworth and the team Championship.
Team Pelfrey has won races in every season it has competed in since returning to the series, and recently added another drivers’ Championship title to its resume in 2015 thanks to Santiago Urrutia’s efforts.
The 2016 Pro Mazda Championship will get underway on the Streets of St Petersburg for rounds one and two from 11-13 March. The 16 round series will take place over nine race weekends, concluding in Monterey in September. In 2015 Tan took his six victories at five venues, including outright victory at the prestigious Indy 500 support race.
Weiron Tan: “My rookie year in the US went really well and I cannot wait to get back into action in 2016. I came very close to winning WinterFest and was in the title fight for Pro Mazda throughout the season, so this year the aim is definitely to go for the Championship title and I’m in a strong position to do that with Team Pelfrey. St Pete can’t come soon enough.”
Jonny Baker, Director of Team Operations, Team Pelfrey: “We are extremely excited to welcome Weiron to Team Pelfrey for the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship Season. Weiron showed scintillating pace last season, and as a competitor he kept us on our toes throughout and always gave us a lot to think about. We are determined to battle for the Championship once again in 2016, and in order to do that, you have to be working with the best drivers. With Weiron on the team, I think we have one of the most exciting young talents on the Mazda Road to Indy."
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Read the full story of my Indy race weekend here, which included victory in race 1
http://www.weirontan.com/dominant-win-at-indy/