2022 [F2/F3/Super Formula etc] Junior Formula Series discussion

[erwin greven]

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F2 practice rescheduled because of bad weather conditions.

[Everso Biggyballies]

F2 practice rescheduled because of bad weather conditions.

Oh dear. I wonder if that will bounce on and cause delays to the F1 programme for today, with P1 supposedly in 40 minutes, and qualifying scheduled this evening at 17:00 local time..

[Everso Biggyballies]

Juri Vips beat fellow Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa to pole position for Sunday's F2 feature race

Juri Vips took his first pole of the season with a 1m40.221s lap that put him 0.15s clear of Iwasa (DAMS) in a delayed qualy session..By the start of qualifying, which was delayed by the late-running Formula 1 qualifying session, the light level was already fading as drivers headed out on full-wet tyres.

Vips took an early lead with a 1m41.599s before a red flag halted running for 10 minutes after Campos Racing’s Olli Caldwell spun off exiting the Tamburello chicane.

Despite challenges from Jake Hughes (Van Amersfoort Racing) and Campos’ Ralph Boschung, who briefly took over the top spot with just under 10 minutes remaining, Vips managed to improve and ended the session on top for a first pole since Baku last year.

Behind rookie Iwasa, Jack Doohan will start third, having shot up from 21st with a brilliant last-minute flying lap.


F2 Imola Qualifying Result:
Pos Driver Time Gap
1 Estonia Jüri Vips 1'40.221
2 Japan Ayumu Iwasa 1'40.378 0.157
3 Australia Jack Doohan 1'40.431 0.210
4 Switzerland Ralph Boschung 1'40.496 0.275
5 Norway Dennis Hauger 1'40.572 0.351
6 Israel Roy Nissany 1'40.621 0.400
7 France Theo Pourchaire 1'40.862 0.641
8 India Jehan Daruvala 1'40.886 0.665
9 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 1'41.004 0.783
10 United States Logan Sargeant 1'41.062 0.841
11 Germany David Beckmann 1'41.129 0.908
12 Brazil Felipe Drugovich 1'41.131 0.910
13 Switzerland Clement Novalak 1'41.173 0.952
14 New Zealand Liam Lawson 1'41.199 0.978
15 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 1'41.235 1.014
16 Denmark Frederik Vesti 1'41.434 1.213
17 United Kingdom Jake Hughes 1'41.520 1.299
18 Amaury Cordeel 1'41.592 1.371
19 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 1'42.144 1.923
20 Australia Calan Williams 1'42.498 2.277
21United Kingdom Olli Caldwell 1'42.954 2.733
22Japan Marino Sato 1'43.311 3.090



As an aside Logan Sargeant will take tomorrow’s partially-reversed-grid (Top 10 are reversed) pole for the sprint race, with Vips’ Hitech team mate Marcus Armstrong next on the grid.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Leg fracture for Correa puts him out of the weekend.

Confirmed earlier in the week, Juan Manuel Correa will not participate in this weekend’s Formula 3 round at Imola due to a leg fracture which developed following the start of the season. (Correa you will remember suffered severe injuries to both his legs during the Formula 2 crash at Spa in 2019 that took Anthoine Hubert’s life. Following more than 20 surgeries and a spell in a medically induced coma, Correa returned to racing in F3 last season.)

Correa revealed two weeks ago he had suffered leg pain during the first F3 weekend and again during the subsequent test at Jerez. Following an MRI scan, he was discovered to have a stress fracture that requires several weeks rest to recover.

At the time, Correa was ruled out of the further F3 test and an ELMS round he had been due to compete in at Paul Ricard, admitting that the Imola F3 round was “in doubt.” The need to rest the leg to allow a full recovery led to the call to withdraw from Imola Fortunately following the Imola round there is a four-week break until the next event in Spain.

[MonteCristo]

Barcelona F2 qualifying results:

POS DRIVER NAT TEAM TIME
1 Jack Doohan AUS UNI-Virtuosi Racing 1m28.612s
2 Juri Vips EST Hitech Grand Prix 1m28.635s
3 Frederik Vesti DNK ART Grand Prix 1m28.852s
4 Jehan Daruvala IND Prema Racing 1m28.884s
5 Logan Sargeant USA Carlin 1m28.967s
6 Ayumu Iwasa JPN DAMS 1m28.977s
7 Theo Pourchaire FRA ART Grand Prix 1m29.001s
8 Jake Hughes GBR Van Amersfoort Racing 1m29.067s
9 Calan Williams AUS Trident 1m29.164s
10 Felipe Drugovich BRA MP Motorsport 1m29.190s
11 Enzo Fittipaldi BRA Charouz Racing System 1m29.205s
12 Celment Novalak FRA MP Motorsport 1m29.367s
13 Marcus Armstrong NZL Hitech Grand Prix 1m29.375s
14 Dennis Hauger NOR Prema Racing 1m29.381s
15 Amaur Cordeel BEL Van Amersfoort Racing 1m29.381s
16 Liam Lawson NZL Carlin 1m29.488s
17 Roy Nissany ISR DAMS 1m29.515s
18 Olli Caldwell GBR Campos Racing 1m29.885s
19 Richard Verschoor NED Trident 1m29.927s
20 Marino Sato JPN UNI-Virtuosi Racing 1m30.216s
21 Cem Bolukbasi TUR Charouz Racing System 1m30.356s

Doohan has pace to burn. But he very much struggles to race. Not expecting anything from the sprint.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Barcelona F2 qualifying results:

Doohan has pace to burn. But he very much struggles to race. Not expecting anything from the sprint.

Presume he will be starting the Sprint race halfway to Madrid rather than where he qualified, given they still use some odd mathematical deduct the first number you thought of and divide by 2 then reverse it etc.

As an aside, totally off topic but I presume / hope that with the FIA 'rookie drivers to do at least 2 Friday P1's in the main F1 game' mandate will mean Jack will at least get a run in an F1 car at a GP or two. (I know he is don to test at some stage of the year.

[Everso Biggyballies]

F2 Sprint race about to start.

Doohan Starting on 10th due to the reverse top 10 stupid games they play for the Sprint race

Anyway warm up lap underway.

Looks like Calan Williams will be a Non starter . Cant get it started and pushed into pitlane.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Lap 6/26 and Juri Vips spins into the gravel and this might be an SC.... he looks beached. Good for Doohan up to 7th now..


Yes SC deployed.

[erwin greven]

F2 - Feature race about to start

[Everso Biggyballies]

F2 Sprint race highlights if you missed it...... click the watch on youtube button.




F3 Sprint race Highlights






F2 Feature race to start shortly (5 mins).

[Everso Biggyballies]

F2 Feature race to start shortly (5 mins).

Warm up lap underway

Doohan on pole.

37 laps.

Doohan leads lap 1 from Vesi and Vips

[erwin greven]

Daruvalla out of the race. SC employed.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Daruvalla out of the race. SC employed.

Weird.... he just stopped in the middle of the track. Didnt see any contact or damage

[erwin greven]

Engine just dies...

Got a bad feeling for Max too today..

[Everso Biggyballies]

Whoops that nearly slipped under the radar..... the F2 Sprint race at Baku is underway now. Lap 13/21

Switched on just in time for Hauger to go into the wall.

And Doohan in 19th Dont know what his story is

[MonteCristo]

Whoops that nearly slipped under the radar..... the F2 Sprint race at Baku is underway now. Lap 13/21

Switched on just in time for Hauger to go into the wall.

And Doohan in 19th Dont know what his story is

He started 11th - missed the invert and the participation award that comes with qualifying 10th.

Then picked up a broken wing on lap one. Clobbered a curb they believe.

Two SCs that were totally unnecessary in the race. Competent marshals could have cleared both of them under waved yellows given how long the lap times are here.