nudge Posted June 27, 2019 Author Posted June 27, 2019 Dan Ticktum is set to lose his Super Formula drive due to poor results https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/ticktum-red-bull-super-formula/4483104/
Moderator Tommy Posted June 28, 2019 Moderator Posted June 28, 2019 17 hours ago, nudge said: Dan Ticktum is set to lose his Super Formula drive due to poor results https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/ticktum-red-bull-super-formula/4483104/ Nice. Surprised that Red Bull didn't get rid of him sooner.
nudge Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Tommy said: Nice. Surprised that Red Bull didn't get rid of him sooner. I normally don't rejoice in misfortunes of others but in his case I'm glad to make an exception. He had it coming; I remember when he started in Asian F3 Winter Series a few months ago which he said was "way below his level" and he was there "only for the super licence points", then failed to deliver and gain any super licence points and pulled out even before the final round. then Red Bull got him a seat in Super Formula and now he failed to impress there too. That said, RB showing him the door has probably more to do with his awful attitude. Also someone edited his Wiki page already: He's apparently being replaced by Patricio O'Ward! Eager to see how he does; won the Indy Lights last year and got a drive in the IndyCar but faced sponsorship issues. He's actually also driving in F2 this weekend replacing Raghunathan who got banned. Hope he does well; he's a very exciting and talented young driver. Will probably take Ticktum's seat now in Super Formula as well.
nudge Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 Mick P7 in qualifying. Sauber kids at P10 (Illott) and P13 (Correa). Hubert and Zhou continue their good runs with P2 and P3 just behind Nick de Vries!
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted June 28, 2019 Subscriber Posted June 28, 2019 Nick De Vries has been around for ages. Nailed on for a year or two of disappointing performances in a Haas or an Alfa Romeo before disappearing to LMP or IndyCar.
nudge Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 1 minute ago, RandoEFC said: Nick De Vries has been around for ages. Nailed on for a year or two of disappointing performances in a Haas or an Alfa Romeo before disappearing to LMP or IndyCar. LMP will not exist for much longer anyway Only 1 year left. Don't think De Vries will make it into F1 anyway. Haas have their young driver programme (Fittipaldi and Deletraz); Sauber have their own junior teams with a few talented youngsters as well (Correa, Illott) and with one of their seat choices belonging to Ferrari I don't think they'd use theirs for someone like De Vries. With his Audi links he'll probably end up in DTM?
nudge Posted June 30, 2019 Author Posted June 30, 2019 Great race by Mick today! Definitely his best one in F2 so far. Started from P18 due to technical issues yesterday and finished P4! Great drive by him with some excellent overtakes; gutted he just missed out on the podium after battling de Vries but it seems that he's starting to understand how Pirelli tyres work now so hopefully we'll see more of him in upcoming races. Also:
nudge Posted July 12, 2019 Author Posted July 12, 2019 Guanyu Zhou becomes first Chinese driver to take an F2 pole! Another phenomenal performance; he's been such a revelation in his debut season! Mick fucked up after getting stuck in traffic and ruining his lap P13 only; first time he's outside the top 10 in quali. Sauber juniors at P6 (Illott) and P11 (Correa).
nudge Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 Sadly no win for Zhou; he didn't look comfortable today but still gets the podium finishing behind Ghiotto and Latifi. Another unlucky race for Mick who was forced off the track by Mazepin at T3 on the first lap. Tried to recover and did well to move to P11 from last after the incident but still finished about 0.3s behind P10 so no points... Disappointing race for both Sauber juniors as well. Illott at P8; Correa at P14.
nudge Posted July 14, 2019 Author Posted July 14, 2019 Brilliant drive by Aitken to take the win at the sprint race! Renault juniors really look impressive. Mick goes P6 from P11; a fun race for him with a lot of battles on track. He's fast and has good racecraft; needs to sort out his qualifying now and should be challenging for the title next year. Good point for Sauber with Illot finishing P4 (Correa P10).
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 28, 2019 Subscriber Posted July 28, 2019 Didn't know there was a younger brother.
Moderator Tommy Posted July 28, 2019 Moderator Posted July 28, 2019 22 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Didn't know there was a younger brother. He already tested for Formula E as well. I've been following his career for a while now.
Moderator Tommy Posted August 2, 2019 Moderator Posted August 2, 2019 Mick on P4 in the Hungaroring Qualifying
nudge Posted August 2, 2019 Author Posted August 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, Tommy said: Mick on P4 in the Hungaroring Qualifying His best quali result so far this season; same as in Monaco where the finished P2 in his qualifying group and started P4 in the race. Hope he gets more luck in the feature race this time; he's been pretty unlucky with that until now and would have quite a few more points in the overall standings if it wasn't for all the incidents and technical issues he had.
nudge Posted August 3, 2019 Author Posted August 3, 2019 P8 for Mick in the feature race meaning he gets the pole in the reverse-grid for the sprint race tomorrow.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted August 4, 2019 Subscriber Posted August 4, 2019 Dull race but looks like Schumacher's first win in F2. Last three laps.
nudge Posted August 4, 2019 Author Posted August 4, 2019 Finally! Perfectly controlled race by Mick in a calm and collected manner; he's improving steadily and should be able to be one of the title contenders next season.
Moderator Tommy Posted August 12, 2019 Moderator Posted August 12, 2019 Ufff, a mistake and a half from Arthur Leclerc. https://streamable.com/oj55k
Moderator Tommy Posted August 31, 2019 Moderator Posted August 31, 2019 Huge crash in F2. I hope everyone is okay. https://streamable.com/ylg51
nudge Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 11 minutes ago, Tommy said: Huge crash in F2. I hope everyone is okay. https://streamable.com/ylg51 It was horrible; no replay was shown and race was cancelled completely. Even the broadcast was shut down too. Not a good sign Everyone's worried about Correa and Hubert.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted August 31, 2019 Subscriber Posted August 31, 2019 Horrible, hope those involved are okay but that's a very ominous reaction.
nudge Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 First reports are saying that both were conscious. Hopefully that's true. Correa should be ok with potential injuries to his feet/legs. But Hubert's situation is extremely worrying. He went into barriers right after Raidillion and then got t-boned by Correa in full speed. His car is completely destroyed and his headrest has flown away too. So worried. Worst crash I've seen in a long time.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted August 31, 2019 Subscriber Posted August 31, 2019 What can you say? Absolutely heartbreaking. Deaths in motorsport always seem like something you casually hear about from the survivors of previous generations. Thoughts with the family and friends of him and the rest of the paddock who will also be heavily affected.
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