With Formula One and Moto GP crossing paths on our tele-boxes for at least the second time in as many months it might have been expected that the latter should win out in terms of pure entertainment value. Luckily F1 had the magic of the Ardenne Forest on its side and the show was nothing but classic racing at its absolute very best.
It was another classic grand prix from the woods in Spa, Belgium where Formula 1 had yet another winner in 2009 in the form of Kimi Raikkonen who, possibly due to a lack of ice cream on sale around the Spa Francorchamps circuit managed to overtake Fisichella after a safety car restart and race to [...]
What a corker! Here’s the final result – the full report to follow very shortly…
Some might say that Andy Soucek is a big fish in a small pond now that he’s crossed into Formula Two, but nothing could be further from the truth. This is an entirely different beast, and the only transferable benefit is experience. Having been buried within a team environment for much of the past years, the Spaniard should have been at a distinct disadvantage where set up is concerned, especially compared with the recent graduates from the FPA series.
“It’s really hard racing,” he emphasises, as over the course of half a season, the guys at the back have got twice as good, and there’s just no margin for error now. A factor, which might explain the sometimes irrational and largely schizophrenic results of the season, where despite a few clear front runners now emerging, consistency has been a huge downfall for the formula.
This was always going to be a difficult weekend. Four weeks since the tragedy at Brands Hatch and the moment international motor sports press turned its attention on Formula Two. It was certainly not how MotorSport Vision head Jonathan Palmer had hoped the debut season of this new formula was going to be remembered…
It was a stunning one lap drive and the Italian looked untouchable during the entire session, from Q1 right through until Q3, and this from a man who has failed to qualify inside the top ten for the past two seasons.
Come the close of qualifying two, it was sealed. Valencia was a hopeless track, desperately uninspiring and disappointing. Spa “so good they should run it twice” Francorchamps was back, and with what fanfare. Was it the negative camber, the adverse weather that brought these drivers to the edge of reason?
This morning’s Friday Practice session was a washout, but thankfully this afternoon’s second practice gave us a true insight into the form around the Spa circuit… and it seems Toyota fancy a slice of podium pie with both of their motors in the top 7, ahead of both Brawns…
Well, that was pointless. With only 20 minutes of dry running this morning in Spa before the heavy showers started to fall we didn’t really see much happening on the track. The majority of the drivers didn’t even bother to come out. But the drivers who did were the those with the most to [...]
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