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ISSUE 19 2018, JULY 11 SILVERSTONE . ROUND 7
FOLLOWING YOUNG DRIVERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE PINNACLE OF MOTORSPORT
FULL
THROTTLE
Albon and Günther
shine in Silverstone
as Russell extends
his Championship lead.
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ISSUE 19 2018, JULY 11 SILVERSTONE ROUND 7 http://theinsider.fiaformula2.com FOLLOWING YOUNG DRIVERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE PINNACLE OF MOTORSPORT
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ROUND RECAP GOOD WEEK / BAD WEEK BEST BITS
Full Throttle Who had a weekend to remember and who had a A quick round-up of the best bits from Silverstone.
more challenging time in Round 7? Find out here…
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Albon and Günther shine in Silverstone as
Russell extends his Championship lead. STATS TO CHAT LIGHTNING ROUND HEAD TO TOE
Some of the best stats from the seventh round of Lando Norris discusses cheetahs, design and being BWT Arden pair Maximilian Günther and Nirei
2018. rubbish at sleeping in this week’s Lightning Round. Fukuzumi go toe-to-toe in this week’s edition of
racing’s most irrelevant driver comparison.
P18 P22 P24
TEAM TALK GEAR BOX FAN ZONE
Campos Vexatec Racing’s Luca Ghiotto and Roy This week, Sean Gelael opens his rucksack and shows Round 7 events summed up in the best tweets,
Nissany discuss superheroes, Coldplay and leaving us what he can’t do without on a race weekend. Instagram pictures and Facebook videos!
presents in the engineers’ room.
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Prevailing through a pair of virtual safety car periods,
ROUND RECAP Albon was able to open the gap to almost five seconds
over Russell at the chequered flag, clinching his second
victory of the season. Meanwhile, despite the application
of his time penalty, Russell remained second thanks to
his near-15 second gap to third-placed Antonio Fuoco –
who took his fourth podium of the year.
“I’d say the pits, to be honest, decided the race,”
explained Albon. “It was quite clear for me on lap 2 that
W
it’s a track where it’s very difficult to follow and it’s easy
inding towards the end of the mid- “The car was a bit tricky at the start of this season in
to overheat your tyres. We did go into the pits banking
season triple-header, the FIA Formula 2 the qualifying sessions,” Russell admitted. “We worked
on that if we were to make a move, it would be there
Championship left the hills of Austria and hard to understand our issues and made changes from
as the soft tyres were actually quite good. But then, we
rallied north, crossing the sea to reach the Paul Ricard onwards – and it’s really paid dividends,
were very fortunate – George had an issue and my guys
famous Silverstone circuit in Great Britain. Put aside the we’re looking very strong at the moment. After practice
did a very good job, we were really fast and it’s been
stereotypes about British weather for a moment – the I had huge confidence, we went out and were ahead of
something we’ve been working on through the year. It
conditions were absolutely perfect, with the sun beating everyone by seven tenths, which is a huge margin. It
was a race where my team made me win.
down on the Northamptonshire venue throughout the was a tricky session, even though it may have looked
weekend to delight the packed grandstands. easy – going from hard compound to the softs, it just soft tyres – before leading the front-runners into the pits
“At the end, I saw that George was very quick, and he had
has different characteristics, but nevertheless we came at the end of lap 6 to exchange their worn rubber for the
Quickly, the sun also shone on home driver George the luxury that he could back off, cool the tyres down
home with pole position.” hard compound tyres.
Russell – F2’s new championship leader – in Free and go for fastest lap. I wanted to, but it was better to get
Practice. The ART Grand Prix driver scorched his way to This is where one could argue Russell lost the race. the win than try to risk anything silly!”
the top of the pile in the opening session, delivering a Enduring a slow pitstop, in which a stuck wheelgun left
lap that was 0.7 seconds over the next best effort from As the start of the Feature Race rolled around, Russell the championship leader waiting in his box for a painful
DAMS’ Alexander Albon. The die already looked cast, and capably retained his position from Albon and worked few extra seconds, Albon crept out of the pits ahead of Collecting reverse-grid pole for the Sprint Race thanks
Russell showed no signs of abating after collecting his on opening up an early gap to exert his control over the Russell. Once the other drivers’ strategies had shaken to his eighth place on the Saturday, Maximilian Günther
third consecutive pole position – clocking in a 1:39.989 to rest of the field. Hammering in a few quick laps in the out, the lead was now Albon’s, while Russell suffered immediately set to work on covering off the threat of
head Albon once more and match his Thai rival’s hattrick nascent stages of the race, the British driver clambered further misfortune as he was handed a five-second time PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing’s Nyck de Vries
of poles. out of DRS range and extracted all he could from the penalty for speeding in the pitlane. behind him. Although the German ace couldn’t quite
FEATURE RACE CLASSIFICATION
round 7 SILVERSTONE GREAT BRITAIN
Round 7 - Race 13 & 14
Complete results
29 LAPS 170.705 KM
WINNER POLE POSITION George RUSSELL (ART Grand Prix) 1:39.989 (212.099 KM/H)
DRIVER NAT. TEAM KM/H TIME / GAP LAPS PTS GRID POS. GAIN/LOSS
1 Alexander ALBON DAMS 196.682 52:04.519 29 25 2 +1
2 George RUSSELL R
ART Grand Prix +9.783 29 24 1 -1
3 Antonio FUOCO Charouz Racing System +18.507 29 15 3 =
4 Louis DELéTRAZ Charouz Racing System +26.689 29 12 4 =
5 Luca GHIOTTO Campos Vexatec Racing +27.016 29 10 9 +4
6 Artem MARKELOV RUSSIAN TIME +27.107 29 8 8 +2
7 Nyck DE VRIES PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing +28.034 29 6 11 +4
8 Maximilian GÜNTHER R
BWT Arden +34.020 29 4 10 +2
9 Ralph BOSCHUNG MP Motorsport +37.227 29 2 14 +5
10 Lando NORRIS Carlin +39.620 29 1 6 -4
11 Roberto MERHI MP Motorsport +39.971 29 13 +2
12 Tadasuke MAKINO R
RUSSIAN TIME +40.131 29 17 +5
13 Jack AITKEN R
ART Grand Prix +42.930 29 12 -1
14 Arjun MAINI R
Trident +54.855 29 7 -7
15 Roy NISSANY R
Campos Vexatec Racing +58.064 29 20 +5
16 Santino FERRUCCI Trident +59.394 29 16 =
17 Nicholas LATIFI DAMS +59.764 29 15 -2
Sérgio SETTE CÂMARA Carlin DNF 23 5
Sean GELAEL PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing DNF 20 18
Nirei FUKUZUMI R
BWT Arden DNF 13 19
ALEXANDER ALBON
DAMS FASTEST LAP George RUSSELL (ART Grand Prix) 1:44.448 (203.044 KM/H) on lap 28 *R: Rookie
SPRINT RACE CLASSIFICATION
round 7 SILVERSTONE GREAT BRITAIN 21 LAPS 123.577 KM
WINNER POLE POSITION Maximilian GÜNTHER (BWT Arden)
DRIVER NAT. TEAM KM/H TIME / GAP LAPS PTS GRID POS. GAIN/LOSS
1 Maximilian GÜNTHER R
BWT Arden 199.514 37:09.802 21 15 1 =
2 George RUSSELL R
ART Grand Prix +0.520 21 14 7 +5
3 Lando NORRIS Carlin +2.504 21 10 10 +7
4 Artem MARKELOV RUSSIAN TIME +9.924 21 8 3 -1
5 Louis DELéTRAZ Charouz Racing System +12.005 21 6 5 =
6 Nyck DE VRIES PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing +13.929 21 4 2 -4
7 Alexander ALBON DAMS +14.006 21 2 8 +1
8 Ralph BOSCHUNG MP Motorsport +14.684 21 1 9 +1
9 Roberto MERHI MP Motorsport +16.487 21 11 +2
10 Luca GHIOTTO Campos Vexatec Racing +18.051 21 4 -6
11 Tadasuke MAKINO R
RUSSIAN TIME +19.632 21 12 +1
12 Jack AITKEN R
ART Grand Prix +23.653 21 13 +1
13 Arjun MAINI R
Trident +24.040 21 14 +1
DQ* Santino FERRUCCI Trident +27.718 21 16 *DISQUALIFIED
14 Roy NISSANY R
Campos Vexatec Racing +32.165 21 15 +1
15 Sean GELAEL PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing +33.318 21 19 +4
shake off de Vries from DRS range in the opening stages, produced a similarly-battling drive, impressively 16 Nicholas LATIFI DAMS +34.042 21 17 +1
the Dutchman had to be circumspect thanks to the dispatching both de Vries and Markelov at Club in one 17 Sérgio SETTE CÂMARA
Antonio FUOCO
Carlin
Charouz Racing System
+47.912
DNF
21
14
18
6
+1
looming presence of Artem Markelov in his mirrors. move. Nirei FUKUZUMI R
BWT Arden DNS 0 20
7
MAXIMILIAN GÜNTHER
FASTEST LAP Sérgio SETTE CÂMARA (Carlin) 1:43.318 (205.265 KM/H) on lap 14 *R: Rookie
As the race approached its second half, Günther For now, the drivers will have a chance to recuperate
BWT ARDEN
unlocked a little extra performance and began to open and refocus after the trio of back-to-back races. With
up a comfortable gap to de Vries, who started to go just five rounds left, and still everything to play for, the
2018 CLASSIFICATIONS
backwards. Meanwhile, Russell – seeking retribution next round at Budapest will be the real litmus test of
CLASSIFICATION
CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP
AFTER 7 rounds / 12
for Saturday’s issues – powered through the field from who’s able to retain their momentum going into the
DRIVERS’ STANDINGS
eighth on the grid, dispatching the front runners to get business end of the season. It’s going to be fascinating,
within half a second of Günther at the end of the race. we can tell you that much. n
DRIVER NAT. TEAM FEATURE SPRINT ROUND TOTAL GAIN/
RACE WIN RACE WIN PTS PTS LOSS
1 George RUSSELL ROOKIE ART Grand Prix 3M 1M +38 170 =
Holding on to the lead at the flag, the BWT Arden driver 2 Lando NORRIS Carlin 1M +11 133 =
secured his team’s first win of 2018. 3
4
Alexander ALBON
Artem MARKELOV
DAMS
RUSSIAN TIME
2M
1M 2M
+27
+16
116
110
+1
-1
5 Antonio FUOCO Charouz Racing System 1M +15 97 +1
“Obviously it was a good race for me,” said Günther. 6 Sérgio SETTE CÂMARA Carlin 86 -1
Nyck DE VRIES PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing 1M
“We had a good start and directly got out of the DRS +10 85
7 =
8 Louis DELéTRAZ Charouz Racing System +18 62 +2
range from Nyck. We were controlling pace, keeping him 9 Luca GHIOTTO Campos Vexatec Racing +10 57 =
10 Jack AITKEN ROOKIE ART Grand Prix 1M 49 -2
behind me and then as the race progressed I was able to 11 Maximilian GÜNTHER ROOKIE
BWT Arden 1M +19 39 +4
open up the gap, especially in the last third of the race. 12
13
Roberto MERHI
Nicholas LATIFI
MP Motorsport
DAMS
35
34
-1
-1
I built a nice gap to the cars behind me, and the guys 14 Sean GELAEL PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing 29 -1
sitting next to me, they were really quick so I needed to 15
16
Arjun MAINI ROOKIE
Tadasuke MAKINO ROOKIE
Trident
RUSSIAN TIME
23
18
-1
=
keep pushing, keeping the pace consistent. At the end 17 Ralph BOSCHUNG MP Motorsport +3 13 =
18 Santino FERRUCCI Trident 7 =
it was quite tight, but we made it and I’m very happy for 19 Nirei FUKUZUMI ROOKIE BWT Arden 6 =
this victory. 20 Roy NISSANY ROOKIE
Campos Vexatec Racing 0 =
TEAMS’ STANDINGS
“Of course it’s special, the team’s factory is just 30
minutes away from here, and I’m spending a lot of time
NAT. TEAM FEATURE SPRINT ROUND TOTAL GAIN/
RACE WIN RACE WIN PTS PTS LOSS
with the guys here and yeah, it’s good to have something 1 ART Grand Prix 3M 2M +38 219 +1
like this for the whole team, for the sponsors and 2 Carlin 1M +11 219 -1
everyone supporting us – it’s nice to give all of them such 3 Charouz Racing System 1M +33 159 =
a big result.” DAMS 2M
4 +27 150 =
5 RUSSIAN TIME 1M 2M +16 128 =
Russell, having been content with his drive to second 6 PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing 1M +10 114 =
place, extended his championship lead over rival Lando 7 Campos Vexatec Racing +10 57 =
Norris – who completed the Sprint in third place having 8 MP Motorsport +3 48 =
9 BWT Arden 1M +19 45 +1
10 Trident 30 -1
GEORGE RUSSELL
GOOD WEEK
The Briton enjoyed another stellar that Alexander Albon overtook him all smiles on the podium – maybe the on the grid, he made quick work to
race weekend on home soil. George in the pitlane. Plagued with a 5s time fact that England had just qualified pass his rivals one by one all the way
Russell kept the momentum in penalty after he was caught speeding for the World Cup semi-finals up to second place. He crossed the
Silverstone with a third pole position in the pitlane, Russell gave his all on helped him recover from the mild line a hairbreadth behind Maximilian
in a row and was determined to take the track but it was not enough to disappointment of losing the race. Günther, but with enough points to
a fifth win, but unfortunately, a slow beat the Thai driver. Second at the The following day, Russell was extend his lead over Lando Norris in
pitstop in the Feature Race meant chequered flag, the ART ace was still clearly on a mission; from seventh the standings by 37 points.
ALEXANDER ALBON
The Thai driver added a fifth front pits simultaneously at the end of Lap until the chequered flag to claim a
row start to his season tally in 6 for hard compounds, and the DAMS second win this season. On Sunday,
Silverstone. Alexander Albon started team’s stop was impeccable while he took P7 and added 2 more points
from P2 on the same tyre strategy Albon benefitted from a slow pitstop to move up to third in the drivers’
as poleman and race leader George from ART Grand Prix to leapfrog Championship – 17 points behind
Russell. The two racers dived into the Russell. He then drove flawlessly Lando Norris.
MAXIMILIAN GÜNTHERRACING & MITCH EVANS
PERTAMINA CAMPOS
Winning in F2 is no small feat! Arden’s first win since Baku Sprint of 19 points scored in Silverstone,
Maximilian Günther drove a mature Race in 2017. In Saturday Feature Günther enjoyed his strongest race
race from reverse pole on Sunday in Race, the amiable German had weekend so far. 9
Silverstone to take a maiden lights- finished P8 and had pocketed his
to-flag victory. It also marked BWT first points since Monaco. With a total
BAD WEEK
SéRGIO SETTE CÂMARA
Silverstone was definitely not kind to Race grid, things looked promising as on Sunday, contact on Lap 1 damaged
Sérgio Sette Câmara: the Brazilian he battled his way to another podium his front wing to prompt him to return
PERTAMINA CAMPOS RACING & MITCH EVANS
from Carlin showed great potential
in both free practice and qualifying.
finish. Unfortunately, he suffered
an engine failure and had to retire
to the pits for a new nose – finishing a
lowly P17. Let’s hope that a bit of luck
Starting from fifth on the Feature prematurely. Starting from the back graces the rest of his season.
ROY NISSANY
With half of the season gone, Roy converted to points yet. Silverstone Nissany recorded 15th and 14th place
PERTAMINA CAMPOS
wasRACING
once again a&
Nissany is still struggling to score his MITCH
tough EVANS
weekend for finishes respectively in the two races
first points in his rookie season. The Nissany, and he completed only two to leave him as the only driver in F2
Israeli has at times showed speed and laps in qualifying with mechanical yet to score. He just needs a little bit
some slick moves when defending problems rearing their heads. From of luck to break his duck.
or attacking, but they have not been there it was a matter of recovery, and
BEST BEST
BITS BITS
#FirstTimer #EndOfStreak
Two drivers led a race for the first time in Silverstone: Tadasuke Makino led the Silverstone Sprint Race had Antonio Fuoco’s first DNF of the season. This
proceedings for 12 laps in the Feature Race while Maximilian Günther was in ended the Italian ace’s point scoring streaks of nine races in a row.
the lead for 21 laps from reverse pole all the way to the chequered flag!
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#DontBlink #BackOnPoint
Our Championship leader set the quickest laptime in free practice, qualifying Ralph Boschung was back in the points in both races in Silverstone with P9 on
and in both races. Clearly, he’s a man on a mission! Saturday and P8 on Sunday.
STATS TO CHAT STATS FROM
SILVERSTONE
37 8
The number of The number of
points between different race winners
Championship leader in 2018 so far. Russell
George Russell and leads with 4 wins
second placed driver while Markelov
Lando Norris in the enjoys 3. Albon has
standings. It is the 2 wins which is one
largest point margin more than Nyck de
between first and Vries, Jack Aitken,
second since the start Maximilian Günther, 13
of the season. Lando Norris and
Antonio Fuoco.
0.520 0.076
The win margin of The pole margin of
Maximilian Günther George Russell over
over George Russell Alexander Albon. The
– it’s the smallest Thai has the best
margin of the season qualifying average
so far. (2.57) out of the two
pole masters – his
worst qualifying result
being P8 in Austria.
LIGHTNING ROUND
LANDO NORRIS Driver #19
Carlin
How big is your family? my talent is that I’ve got no height – 3 foot 10 or something.
There’s six of us, my mum, dad, talents… I just wanted to see what my
brother and two sisters. stats were…
Favourite person to follow on
If you were an animal which Twitter/Instagram? What’s the weirdest dream
one would it be? It’s either Ricky Taylor (IMSA you’ve ever had?
I’ve been asked this one before! driver) or his brother. They both I don’t have dreams! I never
Let’s go with a cheetah, I think do some really good things on sleep long enough to have
they’re the fastest animal out social media. them, I’m a rubbish sleeper!
there!
What’s the worst thing you’ve Where do you keep your
What’s your favourite ever heard over the radio? trophies?
pastime? I don’t know, I have very little They’re all at my parents’
Probably design! contact on the radio! The house. They have a big shed, 15
most annoying thing to hear is they run a farm and my sister
“push”, especially when you’re does horse racing. So it’s got a
Who would play you in a biopic
pushing as hard as you can! tractor in, quadbike, and then
about your life? there’s a beam around it. The
Me! What’s better than that? nice ones are in my bedroom
I don’t know names of actors, Favourite moment of a race?
It’s the starts. there, but the little ones are in
although I could go with there. n
Orlando Bloom.
Name something that your
What was your best subject at engineer keeps telling you to
school? do?
Oh god! I left school with Don’t stall! [laughs] Get
nothing! I think I’ll go with Art the front tyres in, and stay
and Design. consistent.
Tell us one thing nobody What’s your usual reaction to
knows about you… “let’s take a group selfie?”
Ah, man. I’ll say I’ve got Oh man, I don’t usually get in
vertigo… those situations. My reaction is
to stay at the front of the pack…
What’s your strangest talent
or dinner-party trick? Have you ever been on your
I haven’t been to a dinner own Wikipedia page?
party since I was a child, and I have, but only because
I don’t really remember what someone edited it to something
happened. I’ve got none, that wasn’t true. It was like,
HEAD TO TOE BWT Arden
Driver #11 Maximilian Günther
Driver #12 Nirei Fukuzumi
HEAD BWT Arden pair Maximilian
Günther and Nirei Fukuzumi go
Who gets their hair cut
the most often? toe-to-toe in this week’s EYES
Maximilian: For me it’s every edition of racing’s most irrelevant Who posts the most selfies on
two weeks! driver comparison. Instagram?
Nirei: When I lived in Japan I got my Maximilian: It’s me, but Nirei
hair cut once every month, but he cuts sometimes does in his stories.
more than me for sure! Nirei: I say it’s Maxi, I don’t take selfies…
MOUTH
Who tells the most jokes? SHOULDERS
Maximilian: It’s clearly Nirei!
Nirei: It’s me! Who best handles the pressure
before a race?
Maximilian: I think we’re equal. I think
I handle it well, but everyone has that
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TUMMY
opinion of themselves.
Who’s always first in the queue Nirei: I think this is hard… equal.
for lunch?
Maximilian: Did you have lunch today, OVERALL
Nirei? [Nirei: Not yet!] Getting off to a better start with
I’ve eaten, so I win! more frequent visits to the barber,
Nirei: This depends on the day. If the ARMS
Maximilian also prefers his selfies
race is late, I don’t have it too early. to hang around for longer than Who can do the most push-ups in
So I think it’s Maxi. 24 hours – claiming round two. one sitting?
If there was any dou bt that Nirei Maximilian: Without stopping,
would not win the jokes round, maybe 40?
HANDS that’s truly been put to bed. It’s all Nirei: I think we’re similar.
square in the middle stages, and
Who has published the most tweets?
Arden’s Japanese ace brings it
Maximilian: We’ll have to check! Ah,
level with more tweets. Next, it’s
it’s 714 so it’s clearly Nirei!
quite possibly the lowest scoring
Nirei: I have… 2433 tweets. LEGS
jeans round we’ve seen yet; with
just a couple of pairs in it, Günther Who has the most pairs of jeans?
wins before Fukuzumi waltzes Maximilian: Yeah, I’ve got about four or
FEET to victory in the final question. It five, maybe.
Who is the best dancer? might just be a tie here. Nirei: I have only two or three jeans.
Maximilian: We haven’t discovered yet,
but I imagine it’s Nirei!
Nirei: I think everyone would say me…
I’ll say me, but I’m so bad at dancing.
I want to see Maxi dancing…
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If you could steal one the longest warm-up in the Luca: No, I only listen to house
TEAM TALK
championship! music, so… I’m sure Coldplay’s
quality from your Roy: For sure. not the sort of thing I’d enjoy.
teammate, which one Luca: I start to warm up, Roy: Peppino Gagliardi?
would it be? other drivers start their Luca: Who?
Roy: This is really framing, warm-up, and they finish and Roy: That Italian singer I told
isn’t it? One quality… turn-in I’m still going! I take around you about, who you don’t
speed, maybe? 20 minutes… know…
Campos Vexatec Racing Driver #14 Luca Ghiotto
Driver #15 Roy Nissany
Luca: Turn-in speed?! [laughs]
Erm… I think you really need to
send us the questions before,
F2: Is that something your
trainer asks you to do?
Luca: Yeah, I think maybe it’s a
Luca: I don’t know who he is!
Okay, so I’ll take you to that
concert, even though I don’t
maybe two or three days even know his name!
before. little too much…
Roy: I do my warm-up by
F2: But you’d prefer to take
Roy: Two or three weeks!
Describe your teammate in If your teammate was paddock and then in the race, Luca: Hmm… [pauses] myself, it’s very precise, short him to where there’s some
a superhero, who would
you go hard. Roy: I have too many, no? and efficient. house music?
one word. Luca: If that’s the case, you’re Luca: Yeah, doesn’t even
Luca: I’m thinking about the
Roy Nissany: A good start! they be? Batman. matter what’s playing – as long
driving!
Luca Ghiotto: [pauses]… funny. Roy: Ironman! Roy: Good! Why? Roy: Oh, then none. [laughs] as there’s a DJ and a party.
Roy: Funny? That’s good! Luca: Because you’re always At which concert would you
Luca: Well, well, well… it’s not Luca: I think that a good one is
Luca: [laughs] I don’t know so easy! around in a nice shirt, and nice that he’s always positive. take your teammate to?
watch. You know in the films, Roy: Who would I take you
what to say, really! Roy: Actually, I have a better
to see? Coldplay. This is
What does your teammate
when he’s not doing Batman
Roy: If I had to describe him in one for you. stuff he’s always having nice
Who needs the longest something I really want to see. do that annoys you the
one word… Italian! [laughs] Luca: I have no idea. parties with rich people and warm-up before jumping Luca: Why? I’ve never listened most?
Luca: Yeah, that’s good… Roy: You would be Superman. everything. in the car? to Coldplay! Roy: [laughs, turns to Luca]
Roy: It’s a fair description, no? You’re Clark Kent in the Roy: I accept this! Luca: I think I would win Roy: No? I will tell you, but I will not tell21
them. You will laugh! Roy: [interrupts] This must be of my car and me in my racing Roy: Agreed! In Israel, it’s a
Luca: Tell it! one of your best interviews, driver suit, but not so many very special place. It’s very
Roy: I’ll tell you, and you tell no? pictures of my life outside. much a combination of the
me if I can tell them… Luca: The one that comes to Middle East, Arabic-style
[Roy whispers to Luca] mind is, when you’re warming What’s the one place countries, and Europe.
Roy: Better not, no? [laughs] up in the truck and you’re
Luca: Go on! It’s happened
(country, restaurant,
kicking the balls at the door, What’s the best advice you
what, twice? and I try to come in I can’t! club,…) you’d recommend
Roy: I can tell you also later… your teammate to go to on have for your teammate
Luca: You can tell it if you their spare time? this season?
want, it might make people Who is the most active on Luca: To keep on pushing, and
Luca: Italy!
laugh! social media? Roy: Israel! the results will arrive soon!
Roy: Yeah? Okay, he farts too Roy: Have you asked us Luca: If we go to Italy, Roy can Roy: Okay, I was thinking
much in the engineers’ room! this before? It’s a similar try everything that there is to more of the girls aspect! But
Luca: Erm… question… [we’ve been eat… seriously, I think I’d like to
F2: Do they smell? rumbled – ed] Roy: If he wasn’t Italian, I offer the same advice from
Luca: No! Come on, everyone Luca: I think we’re about would have recommended Italy another point of view, from
farts in the engineers’ room… equal. as well! more of a… I don’t know how
I’m not the only one. You’re Roy: Yeah, it’s equal. Luca: There’s so many nice to phrase it, but not from an
probably the only one who Differently styled, but equal. places as well – you can go experience way but more of a
doesn’t do it! He’s more a race driver style, to the sea, there’s some nice mental way – it will come. We
Roy: Well if I started doing it, I’m just trying to be cool but it cities, I think that Italy’s quite a have a very good team, a very
the truck wouldn’t hold it… doesn’t really work! good place to go to overall, for good car, but we just haven’t
Luca: Er… well… Luca: I have a lot of pictures everything. Even for nice girls. been able to express it. nMAC ADAPTOR NAIL CLIPPER
The new Macs, they’re hard! It’s just a My nails grow really quick, so I like to trim them
Thunderbolt thing – and you have to carry them before a race weekend. It’s a bit hard sometimes
around everywhere! in airports, but I can deal with that! It’s a bit
unorthodox, I’ve seen a lot of drivers bring balls
and stuff, so I thought I’d show something a bit
different. It’s a pre-race routine sometimes as
well – it’s a bit hard if it’s back-to-back weekends,
but I just keep them cut down because I don’t
bite them!
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SEAN GELAEL Driver #3
PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing PRAYER MAT BLURRY PICTURE
So I have this mat that I pray on, because I’m This is of me and my plus one. I quite like the
This week, Sean Gelael opens his rucksack and shows Muslim, and sometimes you don’t have places to blurred effect, it’s different and I think it’s at the
go. It’s quite small, so it just folds up in my bag first race she came to, which was cool. It wasn’t
us what he can’t do without on a race weekend. which is quite cool. I carry it literally everywhere a good race, but it’s a good picture – and it leaves
I go, it’s in my backpack always and it has her a bit incognito, you know?
sentimental value.FAN ZONE
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heard other people talking about both put in superb drives to make
high degradation, but I think I knew the podium, and this time, there was
it wouldn’t be that bad. So with that nothing to distract the crowds.
information, I drove – pushing, but not
killing the tyres, so I could relax.” With five rounds remaining, it looks
27-28-29 July
increasingly likely that an English
Lando Norris suffered worse than driver could be coming home with BUDAPEST HUNGARY
Hungaroring
Russell in his pit-stop, limiting him the F2 title at the end of the year. But 1
5
to 10th at the finish, but on Sunday, which one remains to be seen. n SECTOR 1 4
3
SPEED 7
TRAP
6
2 2017 MAXIMUM SPEED 8
SECTOR 3
13 294.8 KPH
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14
SECTOR 2
12 8
11
CIRCUIT LENGTH 4.381 KM
START/FINISH OFFSET 0.040 KM 9
ROUND 8/12
FIA FORMULA 2™ CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY 28 JULY SUNDAY 29 JULY
FEATURE RACE SPRINT RACE
37 LAPS 28 LAPS
162.057 KM 122.628 KM
2018
PRIME COMPOUND OPTION
MEDIUM CHOICE SUPERSOFT
2017 LAP RECORD
1:26.268
(182.820 KPH)
O. Rowland (DAMS)
2017 FIA FORMULA 2 - FEATURE RACE (36 LAPS)
FEATURE RACE TYRE STRATEGY WINNER’S STRATEGY
round 7 SILVERSTONE
FUN IN THE
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GREAT BRITAIN
O. Rowland (DAMS)
POS. DRIVER TYRE STRATEGY: NEW USED COMPOUND CHOICE: HARD SOFT 10 LAPS 26 LAPS
SOFT MEDIUM
1 AlbON 6 29
2 RUSSEll 6 29 Sérgio Sette Câmara (Carlin)
ENGLISH SUN
3 FUOCO 6 29 FASTEST PIT STOP
4 DEléTRAz 7 29
5 GHIOTTO 8 29
6 MARkElOV 8 29
7 DE VRIES 7 29
8 GüNTHER 6 29
9 bOSCHUNG 22 29
10 NORRIS 7 29
11 MERHI 6 29
12 MAkINO 20 29
T
13 AITkEN 29
2018 SILVERSTONE
6
14 MAINI 7 29
he weather is a popular topic The big match on Saturday a small issue was enough to allow
FACTS
15 NISSANY 10 29
for discussion in Britain – overlapped with Formula 2, which Alexander Albon to take lead. 16 FERRUCCI 6 29
and that’s at any time of led to a loud cheer or two at random 17 lATIFI 6 29
the year, not just during the moments during the race from The high temperatures, combined SETTE CâMARA 6 23
GElAEl 6 20
annual trip to Silverstone. It was those who were keeping an eye on with Silverstone’s many fast FUkUzUMI 7 13
the case again last weekend, but the game. But the average British corners, meant that tyre 2018 FIA FORMULA 2 - FEATURE RACE (29 LAPS)
degradation was a concern going WINNER’S STRATEGY
this time because there wasn’t a motorsport fan is a knowledgeable Alexander Albon (DAMS)
drop of rain to be found, or hardly a one, and many knew that there was into the race, but Albon and Russell
6 LAPS 23 LAPS
cloud in the sky. plenty to cheer for in F2 too. were both confident in the long- SOFT HARD
run work they did during Friday
The atmosphere at Silverstone George Russell arrived at his home practice. Albon, who was able to
is always one of the best, but this round in fine form: his pole position sleep in his own bed in nearby FASTEST PIT STOP
year it seemed to be particularly at Silverstone was his third in as Milton Keynes during the weekend, (PIT LANE TRAVEL TIME)
special, thanks to the combination many Friday afternoons and he was was able to manage his pace well Sérgio Sette Câmara (Carlin)
of the sunny weather and the World looking good in the early stages to to keep Russell at bay and take the 38.972 LAP 6
Cup fever that has been spreading convert it into another feature race win.
further over England the longer win. Like most, he opted to start on
the national team remains in the the soft Pirelli tyres before pitting “I knew that the tyres were going
competition. for the hards, but when he did stop, to be quite good,” said Albon. “I SPEED TRAP MAXIMUM SPEED
(Sprint Race)
Artem Markelov (RUSSIAN TIME)
306.2 KPH29
When Saturday July, 07 _ 16:44 Whom Joe Portlock
#HitMeWithYourBestShot Where Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, UK.
Who Alexander Albon (DAMS).
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