Formula Two

It would be a good idea, but I think it is necessary to leave out Anthoine Hubert’s number, like F1 does with Jules Bianchi’s 17.

I had the same thought and contacted F2 directly. I did get a response and they have considered this but are unable to do it.

The only reason they cant is that in Monaco qualifying, they split the cars into 2 sessions. They run even numbers in 1 and odd numbers in the other. The system is quite inflexible so wouldn’t allow any other way of d…[Read more]

I think this is a good idea with no downsides. As Bleu has said, drivers can earn equity with numbers which helps marketing and branding. If another driver has your number when moving up a level then you’d have to change – sounds reasonable.

With Anthoine Hubert’s number taken out of circulation I say this moment would have been good to introduce them to F2. The end of previous year was exception but generally team-mates use consecutive numbers and at that moment #18 has also been taken out since previous team uses 16 and 17 which would mean next two available numbers are 18 and…[Read more]

It would be nice if they could have career numbers but I think going as far as F3 wouldn’t be practical with 99 numbers and drivers dropping out and new ones joining from other series.

Sette Camara, De Vries, and Schumcaher should be miles ahead of the rest. Hopefully it will generate some decent action.

On the strength of the first two races I think we have to say it was.

Campos has confirmed Luca Ghiotto’s team mate will be ex-Formula V8 3.5 driver Roy Nissany, son of one-time Minardi practice session driver Chanoch Nissany.

Trident has also confirmed its drivers will be Haas junior duo Santino Ferrucci and Arjun Maini.

And Ralph Boschung will race for MP. So with one week until the first race of the season,…[Read more]

Testing continues in Bahrain tomorrow, here’s who will be driving:

Russian Time
1. Artem Markelov
2. Tadasuke Makino

Prema
3. Sean Gelael
4. Nyck De Vries

DAMS
5. Alexander Albon
6. Nicholas Latifi

ART
7. Jack Aitken
8. George Russell

MP
9. Roberto Merhi
10. Ralph Boschung

Arden
11. Maximilian Günther
12. Nirei Fukuzumi

Campos
14.…[Read more]

Ralph Boschung is back for a second season, now with MP:

Following a promising debut FIA Formula 2 Championship year, Ralph Boschung is delighted to announce his return to the series with race-winning Dutch team MP Motorsport.

An impressive first season in the Formula 1 feeder category, saw the Swiss driver collect three points finishes, before…

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Arden has announced Maximilian Gunther, who was third in F3 last year, has joined its team. Here’s how the line-up looks now:

Prema

Nyck de Vries
Sean Gelael

ART

Jack Aitken
George Russell

Carlin

Lando Norris
Sergio Sette Camara

Charouz

Louis Deletraz
Antonio Fuoco

Arden

Nirei Fukuzumi
Maximilian Gunther

Campos

Luca…[Read more]