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Both PREMA Racing drivers have been dealt grid penalties to be served after the summer break following the 2024 F2 Belgian Feature Race. Oliver Bearman has been handed a five-place grid penalty to serve in the next race he competes in for causing a collision. The Brit collided with Josep María Martí on the opening…
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Isack Hadjar has extended his Championship lead with a victory in the F2 Feature race at the 2024 Belgian GP. Gabriel Bortoleto fought for a P2 in the race and moves to P2 in the Championship after a last-lap retirement for Paul Aron, who was running in P3. Consequentially, Jak Crawford inherited P3. Zak O’Sullivan…
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In an F3 Feature Race filled with incidents and Safety Cars, Callum Voisin survived three restarts to claim victory at the 2024 Belgian GP. Not only did the F3 2024 Belgian GP weekend see Voisin’s team Rodin Motorsport end a ten-year victory drought after the Feature race, but there is now a new Championship leader.…
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Ten drivers – a third of the F3 grid – have been handed post-race penalties after the Sprint at the 2024 Belgian GP. All of whom have been dealt time-penalties for various track limits violations. In fact, the Stewards reviewed a total of 101 violations by 28 out of 30 drivers, who were struggling to…
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It was a short-lived F2 Sprint Race at the 2024 Belgian GP after heavy rain ended the session with under 50% of laps run. As a consequence, only the top five drivers were able to grab some points, with the ART of Zak O’Sullivan coming home in P1. The Brit secured six points, while MP’s…
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It was a PREMA Racing 1-2 at the F3 Sprint Race at the 2024 Belgian GP, with Dino Beganovic clinching the victory. Gabriele Minì, who led at the start, was caught by his teammate after an early Safety Car restart following a crash for Jenzer’s Max Esterson. Van Amersfoort Racing’s Noel León secured P3 on…
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It’s been announced that Bruno Famin is set to leave BWT Alpine F1 Team by the end of August. The announcement comes after a disaster of a season so far for the French outfit, who have failed to improve even with a slew of management changes. Even in FP1, Esteban Ocon was forced to miss…
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Championship contender Paul Aron has clinched Pole position for the Feature race during the F2 Qualifying session for the 2024 Belgian GP. His rival Isack Hadjar, who currently sits P1 in the Championship, finished the session in P3 – a position he did not appear to be happy with. Invicta Racing’s Gabriel Bortoleto will start…
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Rodin Motorsport’s Callum Voisin has secured his maiden Pole position at the F3 Qualifying session of the 2024 Belgian GP. The Brit will start from the front of the grid in Sunday’s Feature race beside MP Motorsport’s Alex Dunne in P2. Leonardo Fornaroli secured P3, followed by Sebastián Montoya. An enormous traffic jam in the…
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Richard Verschoor has had a complicated F2 season thus far that has neither lived up to his expectations nor highlighted his true potential. Richard Verschoor was stripped of his F2 sprint race victory for the second time this season at the Hungarian Grand Prix in what is shaping up to be a complicated season for…
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Ferrari Driver Academy driver Tuukka Taponen is set to drive in this weekend’s F3 2024 Belgian GP Weekend as a replacement for ART’s Nikola Tsolov. The 17-year-old Finnish driver, who currently drives in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship, will compete in the second ART car. However, Taponen will only be in the car for…
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Formula 2 just finished a triple header, and now it’s begun a double header. While some have concerns about the needed breaks between races, others have expressed an interest in having more races on the F2 calender. Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix; Paul Aron, Enzo Fittipaldi and Isack Hadjar sat down and discussed the…
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French manufacturer Alpine have been in talks with Mercedes-Benz for an Engine supplier deal which could begin as early as 2025. The deal is also set to include a Mercedes supplied gearbox and suspension components. There are currently four engine constructors on the Formula One grid, with Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT) and…
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After taking a win in the Hungarian F2 feature race, Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s ‘focus is F2’ despite growing rumours of him moving to F1 next season. Kimi Antonelli took his first F2 win around Silverstone during the sprint race last weekend. An impressive display in wet conditions caused rumours to arise around the young Italian.…
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Ex-Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has been named as the new leader in a shake up of Audi’s Formula One campaign, which is set to hit the track in 2026. This comes with the departure of two significant figures within the organisation of Andreas Seidl and Oliver Hoffman. CEO of Audi AG Gernot Döllner speaks…
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Max Verstappen spoke about his critics after the 2024 Hungarian GP, wishing they would “f**k off” with their thoughts on his on track behaviour. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had two words to say to critics of his 2024 Hungarian GP actions: “f**k off.” The 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix was one drivers and audiences alike will…
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Paul Aron has been handed not one, but two penalties after the 2024 F2 Hungarian GP Weekend. The weekend was far from ideal for the Hitech Pulse-Eight driver anyway following a P6 finish in the Sprint and a retirement from the Feature race. However, it has gone from bad to worse for the Estonian driver,…
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ART’s Laurens van Hoepen has been disqualified from the F3 Feature race at the 2024 Hungarian GP, stripping him of his P2 position. The Dutchman had his result nullified following a breach of the F3 Technical Regulations. The FIA concluded that “Car 24 had not met the minimum weight requirement set out in Article 5.1…
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A glorious 1-2 victory for McLaren at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix was somewhat dampened by team-order controversy after Oscar Piastri overtook pole man Lando Norris at the start of the race. After strategy calls allowed Norris to reassume the lead from his teammate, McLaren ordered the 24-year-old to let Piastri back through. Constant debate…
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It was a fantastic day for McLaren around the Hungaroring, in Budapest, as Oscar Piastri took his first victory in Formula 1. It was the teams first 1-2 since the Italian GP in 2021 with Norris in 2nd. However, tensions emerged in both the McLaren and Red Bull garage over their respective radio messages. In…