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Drugovich sets pace in Formula E rookie test in Rome
Felipe Drugovich set the pace in Formula E Rookie Test ahead of Rome EPrix with Sheldon van der Linde and Luca Ghiotto in P2 and P3. Eleven of motorsport’s finest talents got their chance to impress during a special 30-minute Rookie Free Practice ahead of the Rome E-Prix weekend. The session showcased plenty of promising…
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F2 crash in Sochi another new learning; Correa shares fracture image
The sprint F2 race crash at Sochi was another new learning for the FIA as per Michael Masi with TechPro, fire and tyres, as Juan Manuel Correa shares fracture image. It was a heavy incident in the sprint F2 race at Sochi involving Hitech GP’s Luca Ghiotto and Campos Racing’s Jack Aitken, where the duo…
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F2: Ghiotto gets alternate strategy to work; Beckmann victorious in F3
Hitech GP’s Luca Ghiotto make the alternate strategy stick to win FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship as Trident’s David Beckmaan won in FIA Formula 3 (F3) Championship. F2: The drying Hungaroring track posed a challenge for the F2 drivers in the sprint race as the field was spread in terms of tyres with some opting…
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Ghiotto disqualified as F2 explains post-red flag lap down Monaco drama
UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Luca Ghiotto has been disqualified from FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship’s feature race in Monaco as the stewards explain post-red flag drama. Ghiotto finished second to ART Grand Prix’s Nyck de Vries in Monaco’s feature F2 race on Friday with Carlin’s Nobuharu Matsushita snatching third from DAMS’ Sergio Sette Camara. But with Ghiotto’s…
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Barcelona F2 2019 Test: De Vries continues on top one week later
ART Grand Prix’s Nyck de Vries was quickest on Day 1 of second FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship pre-season test in Barcelona. Dutch driver Nyck de Vries continues his dominance in the F2 pre-season test with the ART GP driver quickest all day at Barcelona-Catalunya track, following on from Jerez where he was the fastest…
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Ghiotto completes UNI-Virtuosi F2 line-up for 2019 season
UNI-Virtuosi’s 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship line-up is complete with the signing of Luca Ghiotto. The new British outfit – which replaces Russian Time – on the F2 grid from the 2019 season onward has named Ghiotto as its second driver after announcing Guanyu Zhou earlier in the week to complete its driver line-up for…
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F2: George Russell crowned Champion with a win in Abu Dhabi
ART GP’s George Russell is the new FIA Formula 2 Champion after winning an action-filled feature race in Abu Dhabi. After two years of Prema domination, ART GP regains the glory of past times. The teams championship, however, goes to Carlin Racing in their first season in the category. Russian Time’s Artem Markelov and Campos…
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Merhi returns to F2 for remainder of 2018 with Campos
Ex-Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi will make his FIA Formula 2 Championship return with Campos Racing for the rest of the 2018 season. The Spaniard started his season with MP Motorsport alongside Ralph Boschung but was replaced by Dorian Boccolacci from Spa-Francorchamps onward. However, he now makes a return to the junior formulae with Campos…
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Alexander Albon conquest the chaos from Baku at Formula 2
Albon impose himself in a surprising race in which 2 safety cars had provoked the chaos. De Vries stops Russell from score points and Norris saved the day after having to star from the Pit-Lane. The start was cancelled because Norris and Makina had an engine stall and they had to start from the…
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Fruitful shakedown for new F2 2018 car
Positive day with the new generation car in Magny-Cours The F2 teams got their first taste of the brand new F2 2018 car today at a shakedown on the Magny-Cours circuit in France. Only one car per team was used, with the main focuses on reliability and on the teams learning how to operate their…
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Ghiotto joins Campos Racing for 2018 season
Campos Racing team have announced that Italian driver Luca Ghiotto will be driving for them in the upcoming FIA Formula 2 season. After a really tough season, which ended with a ninth position in Teams’ Championship due to the poor performenace of Ralph Boschung and Robert Visoiu (among some other drivers that did some races with the team); Campos…
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Eighth pole of the season for Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc got his 8th pole position of the season and made a step forward to the F2 title. ergio Sette Câmara (MP Motorsport) was the first driver to set a reference time in the early stages of the session but he was quickly beaten by the leaders. Charles Leclerc (Prema Racing) was one of…
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Ghiotto wins the sprint race in Monza
Luca Ghiotto has taken, this time with a superb driving and no questionable actions, his first win in F2 this year in Monza sprint race. Sette Camara gets another podium and Fuoco completes his best weekend in the series with a third place. Race started and Sean Gelael climbed up from fourth to first place.…
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Ghiotto penalised; Fuoco gets maiden F2 win
Antonio Fuoco has “inherited” win in Monza feature race after Luca Ghiotto has been given a penalty for gaining time after cutting a chicane. Alex Albon has also been penalised. First F2 race in Monza, held earlier today, has finished crazily, after a crash between race leaders Nyck De Vries and Charles Leclerc. Luca Ghiotto has claimed win, however, he…
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Ghiotto wins a crazy wet race in Monza
Luca Ghiotto found himself at the top of the podium in the crazy feature race in Monza with a wet track. Antonio Fuoco and Nobuharu Matsushita joined him on the podium. Leclerc had a fantastic start and he was P4 in the first corner. Matsushita went down to P3 while Markelov made contact with De…
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Markelov and Russian Time set the pace
The Russian set the fastest time of the first free practice session at Monza. The session started as a few drops of rain fell on track but not enough to properly wet it. However, many drivers struggled with tyres temperature before the sun came out. Artem Markelov (Russian Time) set the fastest time of the session…
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Sette Camara gets his first F2 win in Spa
Brazilian Sergio Sette Camara has achieved his first victory in Formula 2 in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. He has beaten Nyck de Vriesand Luca Ghiotto after doing a great start and leading the whole race. The start in this second FIA Formula 2 race in Spa-Francorchamps was quite exciting with a change in the lead. Sergio Sette…
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Maiden win in category for Nicholas Latifi
Nicholas Latifi took his maiden win in GP2/F2 at Silverstone ahead of both Russian Time of Luca Ghiotto and Artem Markelov. Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) started from pole position ahead of Jordan King (MP Motorsport) and Luca Ghiotto (Russian Time). Good start for Ghiotto who took 2nd place and excellent start for Rowland who gained 4…
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Leclerc dominates the F2 free practice in Silverstone
Charles Leclerc proves once again that he is the best-fit driver in the FIA ??Formula 2 after dominating the practice session of the Silverstone round. The Monegasque has been ahead of Rowland and Ghiotto. In the first few minutes, Ferrari Driver Academy driver Charles Leclerc (Prema Racing) was already leading the timesheet followed by Nicholas…
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De Vries leads dramatic Baku FP
Nyck De Vries set the fastest time in free-practice of FIA F2 in Baku ahead of Jordan King and Luca Ghiotto in action-packed session. Only one driver change is to be taken in consideration : Sergey Sirotkin replaces Alexander Albon in ART GP after the Thai hurt himself at training. A few minutes in, Nyck De…
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Leclerc dominates race 1 in Barcelona
Another great victory for Charles Leclerc in a race where the Safety Car mixed things up. Luca Ghiotto and Oliver Rowland completed the podium. Leclerc kept pole position in the first lap after a fight with Ghiotto. Albon had a wonderful start which brought him up to P3 from P5. Fuoco made contact with Markelov…
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Leclerc gets the pole position
Charles Leclerc has made the pole position for the first race of the FIA ??Formula 2 in the circuit of Barcelona-Catalonia. Luca Ghiotto and Nyck de Vries complete the TOP3. In the first round of laps of the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, the riders knew of the importance it had since, in the afternoon, the track gets…
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Faultless Leclerc risks and takes exceptional win in Bahrain
Charles Leclerc won the sprint race at the Bahrain International Circuit with an outstanding drive which allowed him to go from P14 to victory in only 8 laps after making a pit stop. Luca Ghiotto and Oliver Rowland completed the podium. Matsushita, who was supposed to start from reverse pole, had to start from the…
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FIA F2 : The last stage before F1
The GP2 Series championship, rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 championship, starts this week-end in Bahrain. It is time to state the different challenges of this season. Since 2012 and Romain Grosjean, no GP2 Series champion has managed to go straight away to F1 despite the untold promise made by the creation of GP2…
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Latifi claims day two honours in Bahrain
Nicholas Latifi has topped day two by setting the pace in this morning’s test session at the Bahrain International Circuit, stopping the clock at 1:40.541 in the second half of the session to top the timesheets ahead of RUSSIAN TIME teammates Luca Ghiotto and Artem Markelov, while the afternoon was given over to race simulations,…
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Nato completes Barcelona testing as the quickest
Norman Nato has been the quickest of Day 3 of FIA Formula 2 pre-season testing at circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya, thanks to his lap time set in the morning session. The quickest in the afternoon was Ghiotto ahead of Cecotto and De Vries. CIRCUIT BARCELONA-CATALUNYA – The first week of pre-season testing days of FIA Formula…
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Ghiotto joins Markelov in Russian Time
RUSSIAN TIME heads into the 13th GP2 season with a new line-up comprising 22-year-old Russian Artem Markelov and Italian 21-year-old Luca Ghiotto. Markelov and Ghiotto were both top 10 championship finishers in the 2016 series, with Artem winning the Monaco feature race and finishing on the podium in the season finale at Yas Marina. Luca,…
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Maiden GP2 win for Ghiotto
Luca Ghiotto claimed his maiden win in GP2 Series ahead of Raffaele Marciello and Pierre Gasly. Mitch Evans started from pole position ahead of Luca Ghiotto and Raffaele Marciello. Evans struggled to get away and had to defend from Ghiotto, the Italian passed the New-Zealander. Daniel De Jong complained about having been tagged by behind…
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Giovinazzi wins Spa’s Sprint Race
Antonio Giovinazzi passed as leader the chequered flag for the Sprint Race in GP2 this weekend, just in front on Gustav Malja and Luca Ghiotto, the drivers who started from the first row of the grid. Gasly was fourth while Sirotkin ninth but awaiting an investigation. Amazing race the one lived today in GP2. Clean…
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Sirotkin takes win in dramatic and controversial race
Sergey Sirotkin took controversial win in a race filled with drama and suspense until the finish-line as Luca Ghiotto finished second and Pierre Gasly finished third for less than one tenth. Sergey Sirotkin started from pole position ahead of Pierre Gasly and Rafaelle Marciello. Let’s remind that Antonio Giovinazzi, who qualified fourth, has been excluded…