James Calado led home a Carlin/Volkswagen 1-2-3-4 at Thruxton this afternoon in the Cooper Tires British F3 International Series, denying championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne his 10th win of the season in the process. Calado recovered from a “disastrous” start to battle back up on to Vergne’s tail, the pole-sitter having enjoyed an easy run to lead the early stages, before James passed Jean-Eric for the lead on the 15th of the 27 laps.

With a dominant victory, his fourth win of the current season, Edoardo Mortara (Signature) strengthened his leading position in the Formula 3 Euro Series. At the Nürburgring sprint circuit, the Italian finished ahead of Laurens Vanthoor (Signature) and Roberto Merhi (Mücke Motorsport).

Formula One World Champion Jenson Button is taking part in this weekend's London Triathlon.

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Driver manager Nicolas Todt has said he hopes to secure his driver Pastor Maldonado a seat in Formula 1 next year. With five victories under his belt so far this GP2 season Todt has confirmed there has been talks with several teams in Formula 1 about a seat in 2011.

Between the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix, Formula 1 hibernates for its school-like August summer holidays. With a month of no racing and compulsory two-week factory shutdowns, the period provides an ideal holiday time for fans and drivers alike.