2024 F1 SUPPORT RACES THREAD - F2, F3, ACADEMY *SPOILERS*

[mattikake]

Damn F2 is sooo good, and I'm not just talking about the last 2 laps. Usually I'm falling asleep on a Monaco race but I was wide awake on this one.

The spec cars, the tyres, the rules. Everything is spot on and has been for at least 10 years. Frequently the most entertaining racing in the world. Better even than BTCC, Indycar, ginetta juniors...

[Leithen]

Adrian W said:

Sandpit Steve said:

O’Sullivan with the mugging at the end, having gambled on not stopping hoping for a safety car, then got into the pit lane only a few seconds before it closed under VSC.

Brilliant bit of quick thinking, jumped 14 places

Hadjsr is hilarious

Not going to be a happy podium.

Great race by Bearman.

[zsdom]

I don’t know how I feel about that, yes thems the rules but that’s no way to win (or lose) a race

[Sandpit Steve]

Hadjar really not a happy bunny, after the luck went against him.

[Leithen]

Sandpit Steve said:

Hadjar really not a happy bunny, after the luck went against him.

Someone needs to remind him he only had a chance to win because of Verschoor‘s bad luck.

[mattikake]

Leithen said:

Not going to be a happy podium.

Great race by Bearman.

Switch back in the hairpin. Lol never seen that before in any series.

[Sandpit Steve]

zsdom said:

I don’t know how I feel about that, yes thems the rules but that’s no way to win (or lose) a race

You play to the rules, it’s a perfectly valid strategy to go as long as possible and hope for a safety car.

Events being only a few seconds different from what transpired and it would have been a losing strategy, but when you qualify in the middle of the pack on a track where it’s notoriously difficult to pass, you have to do something different.

[Adrian W]

zsdom said:

I don’t know how I feel about that, yes thems the rules but that’s no way to win (or lose) a race

Winning is winning

[PRO5T]

Bloody ace race, just gutted I have to be at a garden party in 5 mins as I’ll miss the bumper cars, sorry, Porsche Cup which is always good fun around here.

[zsdom]

Sandpit Steve said:

zsdom said:

I don’t know how I feel about that, yes thems the rules but that’s no way to win (or lose) a race

You play to the rules, it’s a perfectly valid strategy to go as long as possible and hope for a safety car.

Events being only a few seconds different from what transpired and it would have been a losing strategy, but when you qualify in the middle of the pack on a track where it’s notoriously difficult to pass, you have to do something different.

I’m not questioning the legalities, O’Sullivan & his team made the most of the situation & I applaud them for playing the game & winning (literally), but the technicalities, if you can be in 14th, come off the race track, be stationary for 30 odd seconds & come back on to the track faster than everyone else left on the track & into the lead that needs looking into

I echo these feeling accross all Formula that uses this system not just for this circumstance

[asfault]

zsdom said:

Sandpit Steve said:

zsdom said:

I don’t know how I feel about that, yes thems the rules but that’s no way to win (or lose) a race

You play to the rules, it’s a perfectly valid strategy to go as long as possible and hope for a safety car.

Events being only a few seconds different from what transpired and it would have been a losing strategy, but when you qualify in the middle of the pack on a track where it’s notoriously difficult to pass, you have to do something different.

I’m not questioning the legalities, O’Sullivan & his team made the most of the situation & I applaud them for playing the game & winning (literally), but the technicalities, if you can be in 14th, come off the race track, be stationary for 30 odd seconds & come back on to the track faster than everyone else left on the track & into the lead that needs looking into

I echo these feeling accross all Formula that uses this system not just for this circumstance

i mean it really was just sheer luck and odds with the rule about it not counting as your pit stop if you stop during a virtual but get in just as one is called.
Hadjar i get how he feels but as said above the biggest robbing was vershoor have mechanical issues at monaco when in the lead and having taken pole.
However Vershoor is also in his FOURTH f2 season what hope does he see as getting further up the career ladder. No f1 team is going to take him on.



Cold tyres defo make it interesting having to get your tyres up to speed the difference between 4th Bearman and 7th Antonelli was their little scrap.

[RiseUp]

Pedaller said:

Hadjar more angry than Hamilton at AD 2021, but Hadjar was beaten fair and square. Not a good look.

Agreed, what an unlikeable individual.

[Adrian W]

zsdom said:

Sandpit Steve said:

zsdom said:

I don’t know how I feel about that, yes thems the rules but that’s no way to win (or lose) a race

You play to the rules, it’s a perfectly valid strategy to go as long as possible and hope for a safety car.

Events being only a few seconds different from what transpired and it would have been a losing strategy, but when you qualify in the middle of the pack on a track where it’s notoriously difficult to pass, you have to do something different.

I’m not questioning the legalities, O’Sullivan & his team made the most of the situation & I applaud them for playing the game & winning (literally), but the technicalities, if you can be in 14th, come off the race track, be stationary for 30 odd seconds & come back on to the track faster than everyone else left on the track & into the lead that needs looking into

I echo these feeling accross all Formula that uses this system not just for this circumstance

Someone has to say it, you do remember AD2021

[732NM]

PMSL at Hadjar, what a pussy.

[Sandpit Steve]

PRO5T said:

Bloody ace race, just gutted I have to be at a garden party in 5 mins as I’ll miss the bumper cars, sorry, Porsche Cup which is always good fun around here.

The tin-tops were all remarkably well behaved today, in what’s usually a comedy race demonstrating the cars being too big for the track. A bit of rubbing and nudging, but nothing too bad and the safety car driver wasn’t needed.

[TheDeuce]

Sandpit Steve said:

PRO5T said:

Bloody ace race, just gutted I have to be at a garden party in 5 mins as I’ll miss the bumper cars, sorry, Porsche Cup which is always good fun around here.

The tin-tops were all remarkably well behaved today, in what’s usually a comedy race demonstrating the cars being too big for the track. A bit of rubbing and nudging, but nothing too bad and the safety car driver wasn’t needed.

I literally just skimmed through the race expecting carnage, AHH well.

[Sandpit Steve]

After four weeks off, we have the full suite of support races back at Barcelona this weekend. F2, F3, and the Academy all present and correct for a circuit that pretty much every driver will know like the back of their hand.

Schedule for the weekend:
(All times local times, GMT+2, one hour ahead of UK time)

Saturday:
FIA Formula 3 Sprint Race (21 Laps or 40 Mins +1 Lap) 10:40 - 11:25
FORMULA 1 THIRD PRACTICE SESSION 12:30 - 13:30
FIA Formula 2 Sprint Race (26 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap) 14:15 - 15:05
FORMULA 1 QUALIFYING SESSION 16:00 - 17:00
F1 Academy First Race (16 Laps Max 30 Mins +1 Lap) 18:00 - 18:35

Sunday:

SUNDAY 23rd JUNE
F1 Academy Second Race (16 Laps Max 30 Mins +1 Lap) 08:50 - 09:25
FIA Formula 3 Feature Race (25 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap) 10:05 - 10:55
FIA Formula 2 Feature Race (37 Laps or 60 Mins +1 Lap) 11:35 - 12:40
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX (66 LAPS OR 120 MINS) 15:00 - 17:00

Source: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/formula...

We’re 90 minutes away from the first race of the day, the F3 Sprint.

[Sandpit Steve]

F3 about to go off.

[Sandpit Steve]

LOL at the two leading Tridents taking each other out. Their debrief isn’t going to be much fun.

[Adrian W]

Two drivers about to get a huge bking and probably the bill, imagine taking each other out , and at the front