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[Rossell2]

Some wonderful news.

 

[PeterJB]

Quite a few announcements today:

 

[PeterJB]

Screw battles for race wins, the battle for 2nd last between Samaia and Deledda is where it's at.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Screw battles for race wins, the battle for 2nd last between Samaia and Deledda is where it's at.

Samaia will destroy Deledda. At least Samaia can just about keep up with everyone else, Deledda is Raghunathan levels of off the pace.

 

[Carbonox]

Samaia will destroy Deledda. At least Samaia can just about keep up with everyone else, Deledda is Raghunathan levels of off the pace.

Even Raghunathan is infinitely more accomplished than Deledda, to be precise.

 

[PeterJB]

Campos are going full LEGO:

 

[Spacegoat]

Results from the first day of F2 testing. Not sure how much you can put into it at the moment but impressive stuff from both Pourchaire and Lawson to be within a second of the top time.

 

[UltimateYosh]

Good to see Deledda doing about as well as everyone expected.

 

[-Fred-]

Good to see Deledda doing about as well as everyone expected.

I'm surprised he's only 3,5 seconds off his teammate.

 

[PeterJB]

Samaia's times are surprisingly good, but Deledda is as slow as I expected.

 

[PeterJB]

So it's Zhou who has the first F2 pole of the year, but by only three thousandths of a second. And shock of shocks, Deledda is almost four seconds off the pace.

 

[Spacegoat]

Ripper job from Piastri to qualify inside the ten. Lawson as well.

 

[PeterJB]

We don't deserve Formula 2. It's too perfect. About half the grid had a shot at the podium in that last race.

 

[Spacegoat]

We don't deserve Formula 2. It's too perfect. About half the grid had a shot at the podium in that last race.

Yeah, just watched a replay of the second race. The tyre strategies really made it entertaining. Awesome result for Piastri but what an amazing drive from Verschoor to finish fourth from the back of the grid.

 

[HenrySwanson]

We don't deserve Formula 2. It's too perfect. About half the grid had a shot at the podium in that last race.

It really doesn't disappoint. Great series.

 

[Novalee]

https://formulascout.com/juju-noda-withdraws-from-opening-us-f4-round/76828


This article doesnt get into what the reasons actualy were , impressive she set pole worthy times though . Might be one to watch ?

 

[Spacegoat]

The Race Youtube channel to show Indy Lights this year. Disappointed that they lost the rights to Super GT but this is a pleasant surprise.

 

[PeterJB]

First race of FRECA this year and we're on our third safety car...

...after 30 minutes.

 

[DK]

Glancing at the chat was a mistake, it's just bootlicking spambots galore.

 

[PeterJB]

Absolute genius decision to do timed races in junior formulae. At least half of that was behind the safety car.

 

[PeterJB]

YouTube decided to ban the FRECA stream for "policy violations" mid-race.

 

[PeterJB]

F2 Monaco qualifying was interesting. Shwartzman's time was only a second slower than the Marussias in 2015, and Alessio Deledda missed the 107% time by six tenths of a second...

 

[Jimlaad43]

F2 Monaco qualifying was interesting. Shwartzman's time was only a second slower than the Marussias in 2015, and Alessio Deledda missed the 107% time by six tenths of a second...

So can the rolling roadblock be barred from the races? Please?

 

[PeterJB]

So can the rolling roadblock be barred from the races? Please?

Nope, looks like he slipped some cash into Michael Masi's back pocket.

 

[HenrySwanson]

F2 Monaco qualifying was interesting. Shwartzman's time was only a second slower than the Marussias in 2015, and Alessio Deledda missed the 107% time by six tenths of a second...

Still that's only a fraction of a second right....right?

 

[PeterJB]

Still that's only a fraction of a second right....right?

Attached to twelve other fractions of a second.

 

[Spacegoat]

What's the point of the 107% rule, if they aren't going to enforce it? Ridiculous.

 

[PeterJB]

Well he was slower than Raghunathan, but unlike him didn't cut corners or block other drivers.

 

[PeterJB]

After the F2 Bahrain round, Matteo Nannini announced he was leaving F2 to focus on F3 as his parents/sponsors could not afford to fund both campaigns. This week, Gianluca Petecof withdrew from F2 due to lack of money as well, and his seat, for the time being, has been taken by...Matteo Nannini.

 

[HaydenFan69]

After the F2 Bahrain round, Matteo Nannini announced he was leaving F2 to focus on F3 as his parents/sponsors could not afford to fund both campaigns. This week, Gianluca Petecof withdrew from F2 due to lack of money as well, and his seat, for the time being, has been taken by...Matteo Nannini.

Maybe the kid got a free seat for a little while? Did have a pretty solid F2 debut.