Formula Two

[emziibbyx]

Let's hear it for any F2 fans we have here !! (me being one of them)

[Sailqueen]

Tell us why you are a fan.

[Zonked]

let me guess--cuz of the young teen guys>

[emziibbyx]

Nope, I love F2 because its probably the best [or one of the best] junior formulae to compete in. Tbh he best up-and-coming talent in F2 2009 was Henry Surtees; he was such an extremely great young kid and up until his life was taken away in that unfortunate freak accident, he was probably favourite for Rookie of the Year.




I can't help it if I happen to find this year's champion to be very attractive, can I Zonk?

[emziibbyx]

Now that's scary.
glad he was okay though.

[moonraker]

I followed the series from a distance last year, as I never believed the hype about it becoming the feeder series to F1.

To me it's a poor man's version of F3 or a beefed up FPA, however some of the racing has looked entertaining so I might well catch the first round next season at Silverstone.

[lightmas]

I followed the series from a distance last year, as I never believed the hype about it becoming the feeder series to F1.

To me it's a poor man's version of F3 or a beefed up FPA, however some of the racing has looked entertaining so I might well catch the first round next season at Silverstone.

yea +1, it is miles away from what i concider to be the main feeder series, GP2.

I only saw 2 races..one was at Brans, which was the race where Henry Surtees died

and the other one was a race at Imola much later in the season

[emziibbyx]

Imola was immense.
Kazim Vasiliauskas won his first race there.

But Andy Soucek = stand out driver, absolutely first class!




I was watching the race #2 from Brands live on TV, and its one I won't forget.
RIP Henry Surtees; I'll never forget you; I miss you.

[moonraker]

Testing day 1

Code:

Pos  Driver              Time      Gap
 1.  Kazim Vasiliauskas  1m35.437s
 2.  Dean Smith          1m35.660s  + 0.233s
 3.  Benjamin Bailly    1m36.142s  + 0.705s
 4.  Johan Jokinen      1m36.155s  + 0.718s
 5.  Ramon Pineiro      1m36.305s  + 0.868s
 6.  Ivan Samarin        1m36.315s  + 0.878s
 7.  Alex Brundle        1m36.428s  + 0.991s
 8.  Duncan Tappy        1m36.522s  + 1.085s
 9.  Jose Alonso Liste  1m36.658s  + 1.221s
10.  Jolyon Palmer      1m36.704s  + 1.267s
11.  Jack Clarke        1m36.809s  + 1.372s
12.  Benjamin Lariche    1m36.814s  + 1.377s
13.  Nico Muller        1m36.927s  + 1.490s
14.  Ricardo Teixeira    1m37.252s  + 1.815s
15.  Kelvin Snoeks      1m37.374s  + 1.937s
16.  Paul Rees          1m38.287s  + 2.850s


day 2

Code:

Pos  Driver                Time      Gap
 1.  Jolyon Palmer        1m35.519s
 2.  Dean Smith            1m35.599s  + 0.080s
 3.  Renger van der Zande  1m35.613s  + 0.094s
 4.  Kevin Mirocha        1m35.629s  + 0.110s
 5.  Kazim Vasiliauskas    1m35.635s  + 0.116s
 6.  Duncan Tappy          1m35.694s  + 0.175s
 7.  Johan Jokinen        1m35.712s  + 0.193s
 8.  Alex Brundle          1m35.952s  + 0.433s
 9.  Benjamin Lariche      1m36.040s  + 0.521s
10.  Tristan Vautier      1m36.046s  + 0.527s
11.  Benjamin Bailly      1m36.194s  + 0.675s
12.  Mihai Marinescu      1m36.196s  + 0.677s
13.  Ivan Samarin          1m36.289s  + 0.770s
14.  Jonathan Summerton    1m36.305s  + 0.786s
15.  Jack Clarke          1m36.438s  + 0.919s
16.  Ricardo Teixeira      1m36.601s  + 1.082s


[emziibbyx]

Mihai Marinescu - what a name

[lightmas]

Mihai Marinescu - what a name

i can pronounce most of the names i haven't heard

[emziibbyx]

Me too

Oh and btw I found out Kazim Vasiliauskas' full first name = Kazimieras

[lightmas]

thas a mouthfull

[emziibbyx]

It took me ages to figure out how to pronounce and spell Vasiliauskas properly, I don't need to learn a new part of his name too!

[lightmas]

adleast its not a boring name.....

imagine being a motors tv commentator.they must know loads of names

[Sennamacher]

I wish they would broadcast F2 in the US... we get GP2 so I don't understand why they think F2 isn't as important as that!

[lightmas]

because it isnt...and its not an f1 support race

[Sennamacher]

Yes I know, but many F1 drivers come from there as well as GP2.

[lightmas]

yea i guess.....

do the same commentators commentate for f1 and GP2?

[Sennamacher]

yeah they're the same. We get the same commentators for a lot of racing series... just for the American series there are more American commentators in addition to the English guy we get for F1.

[emziibbyx]

Does anyone have any provisional entry lists for the 2010 drivers?

[Paolo_Lasardi]

Ricardo (Teixeira that is) goes on trying every category - in order to be among the slowest ...

Expect him to join USF1 in due course ... lol

[emziibbyx]

[moonraker]

http://www.formulatwo.com/media/1335156/comb%20class.pdf

[Schumacat]

Haha, I notice that Ajith Kumar is listed as last in the times. He was a big movie star in the south and then quit movies and started racing.

I'm looking forward to see how Arman Ebrahim does. I think he is a talented guy and much better than Karun Chandok who has made it to F1 based of his close relations with Bernie rather than talent.