2021 [F2/F3/Super Formula etc] Junior Formula Series discussion

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Bottom post of the previous page:

Ticktum is a dick. Piastri out of the race . Bit of a 50/50 maybe but bottom line is Piastri is out.

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The clash is under investigation. Looks like the race will run out of time and be a one lap sprint to the finish.

[MonteCristo]

Was looking forward to some F2 or F3 this weekend... but nothing! Such short seasons for both of them this year.

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@MonteCristo (plus anyone else interested)

Just a heads up that we have F3 on the Spanish GP support card this weekend.....

No F2 though.

Anyway we will get F3 qualy today, a short while after the F1 guys have done P1.
Two races tomorrow and a third race on Sunday. (All 22 laps / 40 minutes)
Also on the card are Formula Alpine, which I guess is what used to be known as Formula Renault. Anyway, they have three races over the weekend as well. (30 minutes each plus 1 lap)

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F3 qualy about to get underway....

[MonteCristo]

I wonder if Doohan will be less ... angry ... this year.

[MonteCristo]

FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA - QUALIFYING RESULTS

POS DRIVER NAT. TEAM TIME
1 Dennis Hauger NOR Prema Racing 1m32.904s
2 Jack Doohan AUS Trident 1m32.910s
3 Victor Martins FRA MP Motorsport 1m32.965s
4 Matteo Nannini ITA HWA Racelab 1m33.113s
5 Frederik Vesti DEN ART Grand Prix 1m33.173s
6 Olli Caldwell GBR Prema Racing 1m33.184s
7 Clement Novalak FRA Trident 1m33.225
8 Logan Sargeant USA Charouz Racing System 1m32.263s
9 David Schumacher GER Trident 1m33.274s
10 Caio Collet BRA MP Motorsport 1m33.305s
11 Aleksandr Smolyar RUS ART Grand Prix 1m33.355s
12 Jonny Edgar GBR Carlin 1m33.370s
13 Juan Manuel Correa USA ART Grand Prix 1m33.459s
14 Roman Stanek CZH Hitech Grand Prix 1m33.522s
15 Arthur Leclerc MON Prema Racing 1m33.535s
16 Oliver Rasmussen DEN HWA Racelab 1m33.637s
17 Rafael Villagomez MEX HWA Racelab 1m33.675s
18 Enzo Fittipaldi BRA Charouz Racing System 1m33.806s
19 Ayumu Iwasa JPN Hitech Grand Prix 1m33.865s
20 Jak Crawford USA Hitech Grand Prix 1m33.876s
21 Calan Williams AUS Jenzer Motorsport 1m33.881s
22 Tijmen van der Helm NED MP Motorsport 1m33.904s
23 Kaylen Frederick USA Carlin 1m33.961s
24 Lorenzo Colombo ITA Campos Racing 1m34.024s
25 Armaury Cordeel BEL Campos Racing 1m34.191s
26 Ido Cohen ISR Carlin 1m34.333s
27 Laszlo Toth HUN Campos Racing 1m34.470s
28 Reshad de Gerus FRA Charouz Racing System 1m34.775s
29 Pierre-Louis Chovet FRA Jenzer Motorsport 1m34.778s
30 Filip Ugran ROM Jenzer Motorsport 1m35.132s

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Doohan was oh so close to getting the pole.... until Hauger pipped him in the last minute by a few thou.

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Sargant and Smolyer get together through the first turrns and crash out causing an SC

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Schumacher had passed Fittipaldi for the race lead and then Fittipaldi punts Schumacher off the track into the wall in the first corner complex, but Nanini benefits and takes the lead. Not sure if Fittipaldi got damage but he might be up for a penalty anyway.

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SC was deployed and whilst that was leading the field Fittipaldi has stopped on track with what seems like a mechanical issue, maybe related to the brush with Schumacher. It doesnt look like a suspension failure more like the car just stopped running.

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Nanini did well to hold off Hauger at the restart. 5 laps to go.

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Now Nanini and Hauger clash over the lead again going into T1. Both suffer damage and neither are looking at winning ,
We almost had another next lap but it looks like Caldwell will hold the position and likely takee the win if he can hold on until the lap end.

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Olli Caldwell wins from Victor Martins and Frederik Vesti. He started P7 and ended up P1 thanks to other lead battle clashes. A fun race I have to say.
Jack Doohan 8th.

[MonteCristo]

The *legit* four wide run into turn 1 in F3 race 3 was nice. Don't see that often.

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Pourchaire takes F2 Pole to becaome youngest ever F2 polesetter.

As is standard for Monte Carlo, qualifying was split into two groups of 16 minutes each, with Group A made up of even-numbered cars....

Oscar Piastri has qualified third for this weekend’s second round of the Formula 2 Championship in Monaco.

Piastri will line up behind pole-sitter Theo Pourchaire and team-mate Robert Shwartzman on the grid for Sunday’s Feature Race. Théo Pourchaire earned the title of becoming Formula 2's youngest ever polesitter in the process. (He is just 17) His first appearance at Monaco as well so not too shabby..

At the other end of the scale Alessio Deledda has been given permission by the stewards to start Sprint Race 1 and the Feature Race from the back of the grid in Monte Carlo. He failed to get within 107% of pole. The F2 rookie’s time was 6.341s adrift of the 1m21.403s posted by Shwartzman in the same (Group B) session. Nearly 7 seconds off of Pourchaire's pole time.

Just what you need at Monaco..... a mobile chicane circulating.

Guanyu Zhou will start Friday’s sprint race from pole position following the reversal of the top 10 in qualifying as per F2’s new-for-2021 three race weekend format.

Monaco F2 - Qualifying Group A results
Cla Driver Team Time Gap
1 France Theo Pourchaire France ART Grand Prix 1'20.985
2 Australia Oscar Piastri Italy Prema Powerteam 1'21.443 0.458
3 Estonia Jüri Vips United Kingdom HitechGP 1'21.523 0.538
4 Israel Roy Nissany France DAMS 1'22.102 1.117
5 Brazil Felipe Drugovich United Kingdom UNI-Virtuosi 1'22.131 1.146
6 India Jehan Daruvala United Kingdom Carlin 1'22.244 1.259
7 Germany David Beckmann Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 1'22.585 1.600
8 Netherlands Bent Viscaal Italy Trident 1'22.827 1.842
9 Germany Lirim Zendeli Netherlands MP Motorsport 1'22.933 1.948
10 Brazil Gianluca Petecof Spain Campos Racing 1'23.344 2.359
11 United Kingdom Jack Aitken HWA Racelab 1'23.353 2.368


Monaco F2 - Qualifying Group B results
Cla Driver Team Time Gap
1 Russian Federation (I thought they were not allowed to be openly Russian atm) Robert Shwartzman Italy Prema Powerteam 1'21.403
2 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum United Kingdom Carlin 1'21.589 0.186
3 Switzerland Ralph Boschung Spain Campos Racing 1'21.854 0.451
4 Denmark Christian Lundgaard France ART Grand Prix 1'21.877 0.474
5 China Guanyu Zhou United Kingdom UNI-Virtuosi 1'21.912 0.509
6 New Zealand Liam Lawson United Kingdom HitechGP 1'21.941 0.538
7 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong France DAMS 1'22.168 0.765
8 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands MP Motorsport 1'22.758 1.355
9 Japan Marino Sato Italy Trident 1'24.091 2.688
10 Brazil Guilherme Samaia Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 1'24.302 2.899
11 Italy Alessio Deledda HWA Racelab 1'27.744 6.341


The first of two 30-lap F2 sprint races is scheduled for Friday at 1045 BST.... at least there is something to watch on Friday with F1 having the Friday off as usual.