RACING TO THE FUTURE - #6: MOTORSPORT IS DANGEROUS

Erjona was not the only girl in that championship. There was Sophia Flörsch too. Sophia had understood that her colleague wasn't so committed during races, so the day before the Assen race, while the two girls were alone, the German female driver tried to investigate... "What's happening?" Erjona was surprised by that question. "What do you mean?" "I see that you aren't concentrated enough on the championship as a good driver must do" "I haven't got that experience" "I'm not saying that you're a bad driver... I mean that in my opinion there is something which takes away your concentration" "And if it was "someone" instead of "something"?" "Can you be more clear?" Erjona breathed deeply before replying to Sophia. "Well... do you know Lando Norris?" "Yes, I know, the McLaren young driver... he's your tutor too, right?" Erjona's heart start to beat faster and faster. "I have a crush on him" she said. Sophia smiled. "You have to tell him about your feelings!" "And how?" "After the race of tomorrow you send him a video in which you tell him about your love!" "Sounds great!"

But during the race, the disaster struck. Erjona was driving as fast as she could... there were only five laps to go when suddenly her car crashed into an advertising panel and rolled upside down on the lawn for several times. Erjona, who had lost her senses, was trapped into the car. Some of the drivers, including Sophia, stopped in order to save her. She was taken to the hospital by helicopter. 

Erjona was in a deep coma. The doctors made her an X-ray scan: her back was hurt, she had to stay away from the racetracks until she had recovered. Her sisters were sitting on the bed looking at her. "Stay strong, little sister" "You'll be back to racing" Sophia knew well the situation, she went through something similar some months before in Macau.

Meanwhile Lando, Erjona's love interest, had learned about his friend's massive crash and rushed to the Netherlands to see her. When he arrived to the hospital, he entered the room and saw her sleeping. He had a crush on her too, so, like a prince in a fairytale, he kissed her lips, waking her up. "Where am I?" In a corner of the room she saw her racing suit and her helmet and despite the pain sentenced: "I wanna go racing" Iris put an hand on her shoulder: "Erja, I know how much you love racing, but your back is seriously hurt and you have to recover fully before heading back to the track" "Look, there is someone there!" Arlinda smiled. Erjona turned her head and saw her beloved Lando! "I love you" the young McLaren driver told her. "Me too" she replied. And finally they hugged and kissed. A new couple in motorsport was born.

RACING TO THE FUTURE - #5: "MRS. VANDOORNE, START YOUR ENGINE!"

The Memorial Weekend was coming. It's not only the weekend in which Americans remember their soldiers who lost their lives during wars, but also the Indianapolis 500 race weekend. Arlinda couldn't be happier to compete again in the most important race of the IndyCar season, not only for the race itself but also because her wedding with Stoffel Vandoorne would have taken place two days later. "Will you race as Arlinda Vandoorne?" an ESPN journalist asked her. "No, I'm still going with my neé surname" 

Everyone was surprised when she scored the pole position. "She's the first woman to start from the pole position in Indy!" Her heart was full of joy, and her hubby-to-be was proud of her. "I have the fastest fianceé in the world!" "I won't be late at our wedding, I promise" she laughed.

But the most amazing thing happened on Sunday. She overtook Will Power at the last corner and won the race! She was the first woman to win at Indy. On the podium she bursted into tears. Stoffel kissed her. "I love you" were his only words. "Me too" Then the couple announced live on ESPN their wedding. "We're getting married in Las Vegas in two days"

Their wedding party was fantastic. Food was delicious and music was fantastic. All the attendants enjoyed it. Vicky and Louis got married in Vegas too, and it was nice for them to visit again the "Sin City".

But among the attendants there was someone who was not so happy; instead, she was starting to realize some things. She was Giulia. She was starting to understand that her marriage to Alex Lynn had been a wrong choice. The love she thought to feel for Alex was not so real. It was more similar to a teenage crush than to a real husband-wife love. She had been dreaming about marrying a racing driver since her earliest childhood, and married Alex only for convenience, only to escape from her life in the deep province of Italy. And now Giulia was a prey of an huge dylemma.

RACING TO THE FUTURE - #4: A DIFFICULT BEGINNING

The new Formula European Masters, born from the ashes of the old FIA F3 which merged with the old GP3 Series, finally saw the light. The first race was scheduled to be at Hockenheim on May 5th. Erjona was the first girl of the championship and she was so excited to compete there.

"Lando, I'm so excited" Erjona told at the phone with her tutor driver as well as crush. "You will do your best, I'm sure of this" Lando didn't have any Formula One races that weekend, so he could have reached his friend in Germany.

Obviously Arlinda, Iris and their parents were excited too for her debut. Erjona wouldn't have been the only of the three "Daughters of the Wind" to race in Hockenheim that weekend: her sister Iris would have competed in the DTM race. After the farewell to the championship by Mercedes, Iris signed a contract with Audi.

Iris was not that lucky: there were only two laps until the end of the race and her engine blew up. She cried so much about it: "When as a child I used to dream to become like Alonso, I didn't mean this!" she told to journalists who interviewed her. Her boyfriend Nyck tried to make her smile: "At least you will lie on a chair on the track as Fernando did!" Iris did so, making the whole paddock laugh.

Seeing her sister hugging and kissing Nyck, Erjona was feeling a bit alone: she would have loved to do the same with Lando. She was head-over-heels for the young Jewish-English McLaren driver, who was in all her thoughts. The race was hard for her: Erjona was not used to such powerful cars! And she was distracted by her heartbeat for Lando, which made her spinning a tons of times. She ended the race in 14th position, but the male drivers who ended behind her were disappointed: "That unexperienced girl defeated us! It's impossible!"

Erjona was disappointed too, not only by the race, but also by the fact she had thought about Lando all the time. When she saw him, she threw herself into his arms and started crying. "It's only the beginning..." A little smile appeared on her face. "Yes, my time in motorsport is starting now"

2018 POST-SEASONAL FIA F2 TESTING, DAY 3: LET'S END WITH A SMILE!

Hello! For this year this will be my last post about activities on track. This was the last of the three days of post-seasonal testing in Yas Marina.

In the morning Louis completed 25 laps, ending 10th with a time of 1:52.402. But the best thing happened in the afternoon, in which our hero topped the classification with a time of 1:49.638 and 29 laps under his belt! I'm so proud of him, he couldn't end these three days in a better way...

Actually, my blogger duty for this year is officially over. Or better, it's over when it comes to races and testing. In December and January I will post some new chapters of Racing To The Future and some posts about me as a motorsport fan. Keep on following me! 

2018 POST-SEASONAL FIA F2 TESTING, DAY 2: ¡ARRIBA JUAN MANUEL!

Good evening! I'm here for a quick post about Louis' results in post-seasonal F2 testing with Carlin. In the morning he completed 38 laps, ending in 8th place with a time of 1:52.416. In the afternoon he had a little improvement: he put less laps under his belt, 26, but he closed his session with a time of 1:50.283.

The fastest driver was the Hispano-American rookie Juan Manuel Correa, to whom the title of this post is dedicated; tomorrow will be the last day of testing in Abu Dhabi.

2018 POST-SEASONAL FIA F2 TESTING, DAY 1: THE KNIGHT AND THE SAMURAI

Yes guys, my blogger duty for this season is not over yet. I had almost forgot that there is also post-seasonal F2 test... I will talk about them today, tomorrow and on Saturday.

Knight Louis will spend these days of testing with Carlin, pairing with Nobuharu Matsushita, who recently has been confirmed by the British team for 2019. #JapanPower As you know, I'm a big lover of Japan and its culture, I'd love to visit it, maybe on honeymoon, and I couldn't be happier to see my beloved Louis paired with a Japanese driver!

Our hero in the morning completed 23 laps with a time of 1:51.651, and in the afternoon he completed 27 laps with a time of 1:49.984: this was the best time of the day! For the first time in the GP2/F2 history, a female driver hit the track: the Colombian Tatiana Calderon, also known as "Tata", who is the Sauber reserve and test driver. 

I'll be back tomorrow! 

2018 FORMULA ONE PIRELLI TESTING: LOUIS' BIG DAY

Good morning! Are you excited as much as me?

This is the most important day in Louis' life as a racing driver. In fact, he drove for the first time a F1 car, none other than for Haas, the team for which his tutor RoGro races!

At 6:39 AM (Italian time) Louis completed 6 laps with a time of 1:43.638... after 10 months since I opened my blog you must know my obsession for lap times! Fun fact: he was so much excited that he was not able to put on his racing suit. A mechanic had to help him, there is a pic on Twitter.

After an hour of testing, his time was 1:41.197. At 8:00 AM, he had completed 29 laps with a time of 1:40.154 on the ultrasoft rubber. At 10:04 AM, before the lunch break, he was one of the drivers who completed most of the laps: 51.

11:00 AM: drivers came back to hit the track. Our hero was 7th with a time of 1:39.751. At 11:05 AM he had 60 laps under his belt. 14 minutes later, he improved his time to 1:39.069. #HitMeBabyOneMoreTime 

At 11:38 AM Lou switched to hypersoft tyres and completed some brief stints. At 12:14 AM his laps were 68.

At 1:14 PM Lou's laps were 74, and less than 40 minutes to the end they were 90, a number that here in Italy is associated to fear! At 2:29 PM he completed the 100th lap.

This also was a remarkable day for the Lord and Master of the Universe, aka Prince Charles Leclerc, as he made his official debut with the Prancing Horse, for Pierre Gasoline, who made his debut for RedBull in which he will take Dani-Smile's place, for Bobby the Cube, which comes back to F1 after 8 years, for Sir George, who celebrated his FIA F2 title driving for Williams, for Carlitos, which had so much fun driving McLaren as his childhood hero Fernando did... Unfortunately my Italian goodfella Antonio Giovinazzi, the Prince of Martina Franca, stopped on track, causing a red flag.

I enjoyed so much these tests! Now the season is officially done and dusted. Stay tuned on my blog for some extra surprises!

ROUND #12, UAE, SPRINT RACE: FINAL MASQUERADE

"The light on the horizon

Was brighter yesterday

Shadows floating over

Skies begin to fade

You said it was forever

But then it slipped away

Standing at the end of

The Final Masquerade"

(Linkin Park, "Final Masquerade")

Good Sunday morning! This is the very last race of the season. The word "last" always carries with her a veil of melanchony, no matters what's the topic we're talking about.

We started with an aborted start as Prince Sean didn't stop correctly in his box and Handsome Sergio's car stalled.

Antonio the Squire overtook Roby Merhi, as a proud Italian it made me happy! Knight Louis began the race as 3rd, then he slipped back to 5th and 6th.

Artëm the Russian Cossack fought hard in order to pass Louis, but he failed. Our little big hero ended 6th with a time of 2:01.070. Not a bad way to end the season, but I admit it, I would have prefered him on the podium.

And the winner is... ANTONIOOOOO! In Italy we are all happy for his win!

I'm satisfied about this season, it was not perfect but Louis showed a great potential. He climbed the podium twice and had great battles. I'll be back to my blog on Wednesday to review Louis' test with Haas. He'll be with Pietro Fittipaldi, who was his teammate back in 2016.

ROUND #12, UAE, FEATURE RACE: ALL HAIL SIR GEORGE!

Good Saturday afternoon! Welcome to the first Abu Dhabi race! 

The race started with a series of cars stalling on the starting grid, in particular Nicholas' DAMS, which was hit by Arjun, Raj's lookalike; luckily they emerged both unscathered. The Safety Car entered the track.

Alex the Thai Massager saw his title hopes vanish... I'm sorry for you, Alex, but at least I will see you in Formula E! And something epic happened: Sir George's brother-in-law took the lead of the race. 

Louis was constantly 4th in the first part of the race, then he slipped back to 11th and climbed from 8th to 6th, where he ended the race with a time of 1:58.653. Tomorrow he'll start 3rd!

But the party is all for Sir George, who won the race and above all became the 2018 champion! Good job, Sir George! Next year we will see him racing for Williams by Robert Kubica's side. 

See you tomorrow for the final act of this exciting championship, the first one covered by my blog, the first one of a long series!

ROUND #12, UAE, QUALIFICATIONS: LUCKY LOU

Good evening! Finally I'm at home after an adventurous journey on the train from Bergamo to Lecco. As I promised you, here I am with a review of qualifications.

The pole position belongs to the Champion-to-be, Sir George, who shares the first row with his brother-in-law, Quick Nyck aka The Flying Dutch. 

Knight Louis is going to start from 6th position; he likes this track and he wants to do a good job in the land of his main sponsor, ADSS. Before I forget, I write his time: 1:50.038. Before him there is the Almond-Shaped-Eyed Prince Charming Jack, who for sure has a very big smile on his face.

See you tomorrow for the Feature Race! 

ROUND #12, UAE, FREE PRACTICE: MAY THE FINAL ACT START!

Salam from Abu Dhabi! Well... I wish I was in Abu Dhabi! Now I'm in Bergamo at university and from the window I can see a cloudy sky. And outside it's freezing! By the way, it's the first time I write an article from my smartphone.

Our hero Louis started in 4th position, while Antonio the squire was 1st.

While the session was going on, Louis started to lose positions. And after 15 minutes Antonio lost his leading position in advantage of Sir George.

After 20 minutes of session Louis climbed back to 9th position and then to 7th, where he remained until the end. And as tradition wants, here you have his time: 1:52.518!

I have to underline that this weekend Dan Ticktum makes his F2 debut with Arden.

See you this evening for the Qualifications!

LOUIS & HAAS: IS THE MARRIAGE POSSIBLE?

Is Louis getting married soon? No, girls, don't worry...

According to what Louis declared to Autosport, the young Swiss driver is seriously considering Haas as the team be would choose for a future arrival in F1.

Our hero thinks that Haas, who is one of the best teams apart from the top ones, noticed his potential and likes him as a driver. Currently Louis has 42 points on his Super Licence.

We hope to see him in Formula One so he can show all his talent! 

MY INTERVIEW FOR WHEELS&HEELS

Anna Mangione interviewed me about my blog for her project "Wheels&Heels" dedicated to women and girls who do something for motorsport. Here you have the English version of this interview... Enjoy!

Hello Vittoria, if we're talking about motorsport in which is Vittoria Silvestrini committed.

Hello. I manage a little amateur blog dedicated to Louis Delétraz, young Swiss racing driver, son of Jean-Denis, who raced in F1 with Larrousse and Pacific in 1994 and in 1995. On that blog first and foremost I write articles about his sporting commitments, but also about various activities who see him as a main charachter, such as commercials, charity events, TV appearances, trivia about him, fanfictions...

Tell us how your passion was born and when you developed the idea that you wanted to commit yourself in this world?

I've been into motorsport since my earliest childhood. My parents and maternal grandparents used to always follow the races and it was easy for me to get closer to races. I remember that my dad recorded on VHS the 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix and after dinner I always wanted to watch it, I remember exactly that I watched it more and more eating Danette on my old sofa. And talking about toys, I was addicted to model cars. Then from elementary school on I started to get into other cathegories and disciplines too, such as rallies or endurance and, from middle school on, lower formulæ too. Since 2012 I've been attending races at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, where I could meet many drivers and characters related to the motorsport world.

You are a girl who's fan of Louis Delétraz, tell us about how your blog was born and how you go on with this great support?

Before 2014 I didn't know who Louis was. Then in that year I went to Monza to see a race of him and I heard his name, but I don't know why I forgot about him as soon as possible. In 2017 he made his debut in Formula 2 with Racing Engineering, it all started from there... when he turned 20 I send my birthday wishes via e-mail and he replied me via Instagram direct. I've been in contact with him since then. Late in 2017 I started to plan about the blog, which became operative in January 2018. As I wrote before, I don't talk only about Louis as an athlete, but also of his more human side. In my articles I adopt a rather light and ironic tone, which is well appreciated by my readers!

What would you recommend to who, like you, wants to open a blog? Have you ever thought about making it a job for your future?

In my opinion a good fanblog mustn't limit itself to give aseptic informations which you can find on any "serious" site, but it must have a "personal" touch, the author's soul and his passion for the topic or the character about which the blog is must shine through. To tell the truth I'm not sure if I want to make it a job... I'm a Communication Sciences student, after I will have obtained my bachelor's degree I'll can think about it!

Delétraz is a young motorsport star, now in Formula 2, how do you want to evolve the blog to make his following grow up?

I try to advertise my blog as much as possible, both with social networks and with the good old word of mouth: for example, when I go to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, I always talk about it with the characters I meet. Louis really deserves to be more known, he is a driver with a great talent and above all a magnificent person. I'd like so much to see him in F1, maybe with Sauber, not only because he's Swiss, but also and above all because I've been a Sauber supporter since 2002!

Vittoria between yesterday and today... an already-conquered victory and a dream for the future

I believe that my name is really appropriated for this situation... unfortunately in my early teenage I had so many problems due to my passion, some of my classmates thought it was not a feminine thing... later I had refuses from boys too. But now I jumped behind all this and I follow my heart without caring about other people's judgements.

What do you think about the current role of women in motorsport?

Until ten years ago you didn't see so much of them, but now I notice with pleasure that their number is increasing. In my opinion it's good that there is a place for them too, but often, and I'm sorry to say that, they talk about them only to underline the fact they're women, maybe underling they're good looking too.

Finally write a quote which represents yourself

"Be yourself, no matter what they say"

SEAT FITTING: DONE!

Great news from Brazil: Louis made his seat at Haas F1 Team, as I saw on his Instagram profile. The Swiss driver arrived to São Paulo yesterday in order to familiarize with his new team. 

I hope he will get well with Haas... luckily he has his close friend Romain who looks after him and helps him! I don't know what he would do without RoGro...

LOUIS IN ABU DHABI PIRELLI POST-RACE TESTS WITH HAAS

I couldn't be happier! My little sweet Swiss chocolate is going to face an important challenge in his racing career. Yes, he will make his Formula One debut... but not during an official race. Instead, he will take part in the Pirelli post-race tests in Abu Dhabi, late in November. 

I'm so proud of this talented driver and lovely guy. His main sponsors are from UAE, so it's not difficult to imagine the reasons of his debut in Yas Marina.

Allez Louis! Nous sommes tous avec toi! (Since this year at university I have a French exam, I think it's nice to put some French expressions in my articles)

Haas is also the team for which his mentor Romain Grosjean races. Little gossip: Romain no longer lives in Geneva, he now moved to California to be closer to his team.

BIG IN JAPAN... BUT ON SWISS TV!

(The title of this post is inspired by one of my favourite songs from the 80s, "Big In Japan" by Alphaville)

Louis demonstrates us another time he's such a versatile character. Yes, this weekend he's co-commentating the Japanese Grand Prix on the Swiss TV channel RTS SPORT. As I'm writing this post, it's 8:37 AM, so he's following the qualifications right now! And tomorrow morning he will be commentating the race since 7:10 AM! 

He's not new to F1 TV chronicles, he commented the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time back in 2016.

Louis never raced in Japan, but in the Country of the Rising Sun he attended some of his father's races.

MY FIRST LITTLE BIG LOVE - #4: ROY IS MY HERO!

At the airport, Chanoch and Roy were waiting for us. "Shalom, girls!" they greeted us. Chanoch shaked hands with us and Roy kissed me on the cheek. I was melting! "Nice to see you again, Janet!" "For me too, Roy! You grew up so fast in these months" We laughed together.

Here I won't talk about Chanoch Nissany's test, you already know about it. That Friday night our dinner together was scheduled. "As a Jewish I know that I mustn't go out on Friday evening, as it's the beginning of the Shabbat, but you are English so we can do it!" Chanoch joked. 

The restaurant in which we were going to eat was a luxury one, so we had to dress smartly. Roy recognized the now-famous white dress, and just like during our first meeting he kissed my hand. 

The evening began nicely. We talked about various topics and laughed a lot. But suddenly, we realized that a smell of smoke was in the air. Cooks escaped from the kitchen and screamed to customers: "Fire, fire!" Big flames were destroying the kitchen. People were escaping from that hell on Earth. "Let's run away, Janet!" I held strongly mum's hand, and Roy did so with his dad. Unfortunately I stumbled into a chair, I fell and I lost my senses due to the dense smoke, while my mum, my Prince Charming and his father were already out of the burning restaurant. 

I suddenly opened my eyes and I was still surrounded by smoke, but I managed to hear a voice that I knew very well. "Janet! I'm coming to save you!" "Roy!" I whispered, even though I was short of breath. My Israeli young hero took me in his arms and pulled me out of fire. I lost my senses for a second time. And Roy, like a real Prince Charming, brought me back to life with a romantic kiss on the lips, with all the people watching.

When I woke up my mum gave me lots of kisses. "You are alive! I'm so glad" "But my dress is a disaster!" "Don't worry, we will wash it." Chanoch was really proud of his son. "And I realized that my Roy is such a brave and chivalric boy. At the beginning, when he had this idea, I tried to stop him, but he knew that his friend risked her life!" "They're more than friends" "What do you mean, Theresa?" "My daughter has a crush on him" Chanoch smiled, and my mum and him looked at Roy who was practising on me the artificial respiration. Our faces were black of soot, and while we were hugging the each other our parents photographed us in order to always remember that moment.

Before sleeping, I whispered to my mum: "I thought that these things could only happen in fairytales" 

Surely I would never have forgotten my Roy, my charming and fearless friend from Tel Aviv. 

MY FIRST LITTLE BIG LOVE - #3: FINALLY, I CAN SEE HIM AGAIN

The Formula One season started. I woke up early in the morning to watch the Australian Grand Prix live on TV. Every time the Minardi box was framed, my heart was fluttering. Well, surely Roy wouldn't have attended every Grand Prix, as he had school commitments too, but I always hoped to see him. Finally... I felt my heart in my throat. My prince was by his daddy's side. He was so handsome! I blew a kiss to the television. When the race came to an end, my mother told me: "Let's dress up, today we have lunch at grandma's house" I decided to wear the white dress I had when I danced with Roy in Tel Aviv, which, I don't know why, I had not worn since that evening.

Surely you know that love takes your appetite away. It happened to me too. "Janet, why aren't you hungry?" "There is no a reason. I don't feel like eating" "Do you feel unwell?" "No, I'm not ill" "But there's something wrong! You've always eaten my food..." I didn't have the courage to say her that I was in love with an Israeli boy. My stomach and my mind could do nothing in front of my heart in love.

The season went on and, when the F1 Circus arrived to Europe, I attended several races with mum. We met again Chanoch, who remembered about us, but unfortunately Roy was not with him. However, Chanoch became a close friend of us, and invited my mother and me to visit him and his family in Budapest sometimes.

Meanwhile, the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix was about to come... it would have been the best race weekend of my life. Not only for Chanoch's laps... 

One evening, while we were having dinner, the phone rang. My mother answered and when she came back to the table she announced: "Janet, I have great news!" "What?" "I let you guess" "Will Chanoch attend the Hungarian race?" "In a certain way... yes, he will. But only in the free practices!" "Cool!" "And we will go out for dinner in Budapest with Roy and him!" My heart was beating faster and faster... On the plane from London to Budapest, I was so excited. 

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, SPRINT RACE: SO MANY PLOT-TWISTS!

Доброе утро! Today, September 30th, is the 6th anniversary of my first kiss! As a racing junkie I'm so proud of the fact it happened in the Monza Circuit with my racing crush of the time, Santiago Urrutia, who in that period was racing in the now-defunct Formula Abarth and now has a career in IndyLights.

Okay, after the memories' corner, let's head into the Sprint Race. The race was just begun when the safety car was deployed due to a contact between Alessio and Nicholas. They both had to retire, so Lou gained two positions and went from 12th to 10th, and then confirmed himself 11th.

Louis and his squire Antonio decided to remain with slick tyres and were respectively 3rd and 1st, but Sir George overtook Antonio and Sergio and Alex overtook Louis.

And the winner is... SIR GEORGE! LouLou ended 13th with a time of 2:14.131.

The last race of the season will be held in Abu Dhabi late in November. But don't worry, the blog won't stop its activities! There is a big surprise to come... if you follow me on Instagram you know... ^___^ And I will post some interesting stuff too... Stay tuned!

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, FEATURE RACE: A THAI MASSAGE FROM ALEX

Доброе весь guys, welcome to the Russian Feature Race. 

Sean was pushed back in the pitlane as he failed to launch. Luca collided in the first lap and retired from the race. Louis had his pitstop during Lap 6... and then Sir Lando retired from the race due to the loss of a tyre during his pitstop, as happened to Eddie Irvine during the 1999 European Grand Prix!

This time was our Louis to be under investigation... he crossed the line at the pit entry! During Lap 12 he received a 10s penalty for this. For many time Louis was in the bottom of the group, then he climbed up until the 10th position but Tada-san overtook him. Louis' time? 2:01.949!

And the winner is... ALEX ALBON, the future Formula E driver! Or better, the Thai massager...

See you tomorrow morning for another exciting race with the F2 boys! Спокойной ночи!

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, QUALIFICATIONS: THE BROTHERS-IN-LAW'S BATTLE

Vicky is back in service to talk about these Russian qualifications. For most of the time Louis was steadily 8th, but in the very last part he fell to the 13th position and then to the 14th one, scoring a time of 1:48.105.

The pole position is in Nyck De Vries' hands, after an hard battle with his brother-in-law, in which Sir Lando took part too.

See you tomorrow for Race 1!

P.S.: For those who asked me, the title of the previous article is inspired by a song by Basshunter :-)

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, FREE PRACTICE: RUSSIAN PRIVET

Привет! Welcome to Sochi!

Russia is one of the countries I love most. I never visited it, but I'm deeply in love with its culture and literature. I've read almost all the novels by Tolstoj and Dostoevskij, and one of my early teenage's celebrity crushes was Vitalij Petrov. And during my high school years I fell in love with Russian boys so many times.

But we are here to talk about F2 free practice... First of all I'm sorry to announce that Roy won't attend the last two rounds of the season in Sochi and in Abu Dhabi due to his problems of panic attacks, of which he suffered also back in 2013 and 2014, when he was competing in FIA F3.

Our knight Louis, who for the Monza weekend was named Gigi and now comes back to his real name, started wonderfully, setting the early pace, but when the session went on he was constantly in the second part of the group. He juggled between 14th and 15th position and ended 15th with a time of 1:49.533. The best time belongs to Lando Norris, who will be a McLaren driver next year.

See you later for qualifications!

ROUND #10, ITALY, SPRINT RACE: UNHAPPY ENDING

Buongiorno ragazzi! Here we are to talk about the Sprint Race... Nyck de Vries fell into some troubles before the formation and was pushed back in the pitlane.

During Lap 4 Ralph and Sean collided; this contact is under investigation. Gigi, 5 laps before the end of the race, complained via radio about being too slow in straights. Nyck collided with Roy, who, 3 laps before the end, was forced to pit in order to change his front wing.

And the winner is... SIR GEORGE! And Gigi? He's 11th, with a time of 1:36.363. No points for him... 

Buona domenica a tutti! See you in Sochi!

ROUND #10, ITALY, FEATURE RACE: SAMURAI POWER

Buon pomeriggio ragazzi! I'm here to talk you about the Feature Race of Monza. 

I was so glad to see #JapanesePower in the first laps of the race, with Tada the Great Samurai leading the group. As you know, I'm a big fan of Japan and Japanese drivers!

Gigi pitstopped on Lap 7. In the first laps he was constantly in the back of the field, along with his two snack mates Jack and Roy. By the way, there were some technical troubles in Jack's pit stop... and Roy in the beginning climbed to P9.

Tada was the last driver to pit, but he remained the leader of the race until the end, when he took the win despite being bothered by his teammate, Artëm the Cossack! TORA TORA TORA! And Gigi? Well, he's only 14 with 1:36.360. Don't worry, baby! Tomorrow you'll improve!

See you tomorrow at 10:55 AM! Buona serata!

ROUND #10, ITALY, QUALIFICATIONS: THINGS ARE GETTING SERIOUS

Buon pomeriggio amici miei! Let's review together these F2 qualifications. Our fantastic Gigi is 10th with 1:32.407... not bad! In the races he will do his best to make me happy. It would be super if Gigi will win in Monza! 

And Roy, who is a great lover of Italy and the Monza circuit too, is only 15th.  The pole position is for George Russell, the championship leader.

A domani!

ROUND #10: ITALY, FREE PRACTICE: GIGI'S STRANGE SESSION

Ciao a tutti ragazzi! This race is very important to me. Not only because I'm Italian, it's also because it's held close to my old home, in which I lived with my mother until 2002, before joining my dad in Abbadia Lariana, and in which my maternal grandparents still live. I remember that when the Grand Prix was underway, the wind used to bring the sound of engines to our open windows.

Only for this weekend, Louis will change his name to Gigi, as Gigi is an Italian hypocoristic for the name Luigi, the Italian version of Louis. Monza is his favourite circuit, he knows it very well. And after this long prologue, let's talk about the free practice session. Gigi did a good job for most of the time, he has always been among the first positions and topped the group for a while too! Unluckily he fell down to 16th position, but when finally he managed to climb the classification until 8th place, he fell down again to 13th. He ended with a time of 1:35.216. The best time of the session belongs to Sergio Sette Camara.

See you in some hours, I will talk you about the qualifications! Ciao!

ROUND #9, BELGIUM, SPRINT RACE: SPA IS ALWAYS TOUGH!

And the Spa Sprint Race goes to archive, too. The winner is the Italo-Canadian Nicholas Latifi, followed by Quick Nyck and Lando "Chuck" Norris.

King Louis had a sensible improvement, going from the 18th place in yesterday's race to the 13th place today. His time is 2:12.536.

His almond-shaped eyed friend Jack gains a point, as he arrived 10th. And the Israeli knight Roy Nissany is just behind Louis. By the way, Nissatraz is one of my favourite yaoi ships.

The next race weekend will be held in Monza, my home track! And on Wednesday evening I will attend the Nazionale Piloti charity match in Sesto San Giovanni, near Milan. I will write a review for it too! 

Bye bye! See you next week!

ROUND #9, BELGIUM, FEATURE RACE: UPS & DOWNS

Good afternoon. I'm relaxing on my bed in a rainy Saturday afternoon. Roy Nissany would call it "Shabbat"

What a race it has been! Louis had several ups and downs. He started 13th, went down to 19th position, and then he became 7th, then 10t, 17th... I was a bit creeped for this, as in Italy 17 is considered an unlucky number, even though I'm not so much superstitious... but the worst thing happened on lap 24, when Louis and his teammate Antonio had a collision... yes, you read correctly, a collision between teammates! However, this will be investigated by race direction. And Louis ended the race in the last position, 18th, with a time of 2:06.099.

If Louis was not so lucky, his snack mate can be happy for his 10th position, which means that he gains his first F2 point! Good job, Roy!

And Nyck De Vries is having a perfect weekend, because after being the best in FP and gaining the pole position... he takes a fantastic win!

Vicky comes back tomorrow for the second race! Have a nice Saturday evening!

ROUND #9, BELGIUM, QUALIFICATIONS: A LITTLE IMPROVEMENT

Now I'm ready to give you a review of qualifications.

Nyck de Vries took the pole position after being the fastest in free practices. It's a lucky weekend for him so far!

Louis qualified with the 9th time of 1:57.183, and I'm happy to see that Roy improved too: he went from 20th and last to 17th.

See you tomorrow for the Feature Race, which will be held on 16:55!

ROUND #9, BELGIUM, FREE PRACTICES: LET'S HEAD BACK

Salut à tous! The blog's activities are finally back. If you follow me on Instagram, you surely have seen my holiday pics all around the former Austro-Hungarian Empire... but now it's over with historical landmarks and let's head back to the present.

There's someone new among the drivers: Dorian Boccolacci, who takes Roberto Merhi's place at MP Motorsport.

The best time in free practice has been set by Nyck De Vries, Louis is only 13th with 1:59.448 and 16 laps under his belt. Roy is still the last one of the group, I'm sorry for him.

À bientôt! See you later for qualifications!

ADS SECURITIES COMMERCIAL STARRING LOUIS

As you know, my little cute hero is sponsored by the trading company from UAE ADS Securities. Here it is the TV commercial in which he drives his beautiful red Dallara. Enjoy it! 

ROUND #8, HUNGARY, SPRINT RACE: THE HERO OF BUDAPEST

Good afternoon! I write my review of the Sprint Race a bit late, because I've been eating out with my family. I managed to see a piece of the race in a shopping center.

As I predicted, LouLou went from 17th to 9th; for sure he is the Driver of the Day! And, as usual, I write his time: 1:34.435.

And the winner is... ALEX ALBON, THE THAI MASSAGER! My inner Italian is happy for the second place obtained by Luca Ghiotto...

And now there will be some weeks of summer break. On August 4th I'm leaving for Linz, and then I will visit Wien, Bratislava and Budapest. I hope it will be a pleasant holiday. I don't know where Louis will go...

And after the break it will be time for Spa-Francorchamps... the legendary Spa... and then... surprise! Stay tuned!

Vicky

ROUND #8, HUNGARY, FEATURE RACE: LOUIS IS 17TH AND NYCK TAKES THE WIN

Good afternoon! In Abbadia Lariana the weather is rainy. In Italy, the number 17 is considered an unlucky number, so you can imagine that I laughed when I saw that Louis ended his race in 17th position. His time: 1:32.972. But at least Roy had a better position than Louis' one on his "home" track. My hero had some damages on his car and spent a lot of time in the pits. Your luck will be better tomorrow, baby!

Nyck won the race, and his brother-in-law, Sir George, failed to race due to engine troubles.

Tomorrow I will write my article about the Sprint Race late in the afternoon, because I will eat out with my parents. 

See ya!

ROUND #8, HUNGARY, QUALIFICATIONS - PLOT-TWIST

Vicky is back.

My grandma would be so happy to know that the handsome Sergio Sette Camara made it to pole position. Firstly I thought that the first place on the grid would have been for Jack, the Anglo-Korean Prince, but there was this plot twist...

Knight Louis is 10th, with a time of 1:28.032. Do you bet tomorrow he will overtake all the other drivers and will make it to the podium?

Roy, Louis' break mate, who resides in Budapest, is only 16th.

See you tomorrow for the Feature Race!

ROUND #8, HUNGARY, FREE PRACTICE: LOUIS LEADER... IN THE BEGINNING

Good afternoon guys! Welcome to the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, the "home" Grand Prix for Roy Nissany, Louis' "snack mate".

The practice session has been stopped due to Tadasuke "Samurai" Makino's crash; the best time was scored by Sir George.

At the beginning Arjun "Mahraja" Maini was the leader on the track, but Knight Louis took his place, and then ended in 13th position with a time of 1:29.862.

See you later for qualifications!

MY FIRST LITTLE BIG LOVE - #2: THAT'S TRUE LOVE

The following days were tough for me. I was struggling to concentrate myself on school and homework. My teachers and classmates had noticed that my mind "was up in space" and "I needed to come back to the Earth", as Avril Lavigne sang in "Sk8er Boy".

It was stronger than me. Israel had a big impact on me, or better, a charming Israeli boy had stolen my heart. For me this was incredible.

One night I was watching the sky full of stars from my bedroom's window, when a night butterfly came across me. I blew a kiss and I asked her: "Please, carry it all the way to Israel, it's for a boy named Roy" And she flew away. After that, I grabbed my secret diary and I drew a big red heart pierced by an arrow. In that heart I wrote two initals... J + R.

My mum had understood that something was not as it had to be, too. "What's up, darling? I hope you won't get offended, but I noticed that since we came back from Israel you changed a lot" "And how can I explain it to you, mom?" "It seems more like an answer from a teenager, not a child" "I'm not sure if I can talk about it to you" "Okay, I respect your decision" But then... I bursted into tears! "For the heaven's sake, why are you crying, Janet?" "I'm... I'm in love!" "In love?" "Yes, with Roy... Chanoch Nissany's son! Do you remember him?" "Yes, I do... he was very nice to you. You danced together, too!" "I have to find a system to see him again" "It's possible!" "And how?" "You will come to races with me, maybe he will be there with his father" I was really excited to the idea to see him again.

My dreams about Roy had various settings. Mostly I used to see him as a knight who rescued me from terrible dangers, or sometimes I had dreams in which he was wearing a kippah. I was in love for the first time and I was so excited and scared at the same time. Was I too young for saying I was "in love"? Maybe yes. Or maybe not. Once the school psychologist told that Cupid's Arrow can hit children too. Obviously it's not the kind of love experienced by adults, but it's a magical feeling which makes you happy.

That night at the Hilton Hotel my mum took a picture of Roy and me while we were hugging before going to dance. I printed it and I used to keep it among my diary's pages. Whenever I looked at it, for me it was like going back to the best evening of my life. It was therapeutic for me.

MY FIRST LITTLE BIG LOVE - #1: IT HAPPENED AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE

This is not a story about Louis. But it's motorsport-themed, so I decided to post it. The male main character is Roy Nissany, one of Louis' closest friends.

"Janet! It's late, we will lose the plane!" "Yes mum, I'm coming!"

This was the conversation I had with my mum early in the morning of February 1st 2005. We were about to leave for Tel Aviv, where the following day we would have attended the press conference announcing Chanoch Nissany as Minardi's reserve driver.

When we arrived in the "Mediterranean Miami", as many people nickname it, I felt really happy. For me it was love at first sight. The beaches, the Bauhaus architectures, the alleys of the old town... I couldn't imagine that the following day I would have experienced another kind of love. A different kind of love.

The alarm rang early in the morning. We woke up. After breakfast we arrived at the Hilton Hotel in which the press conference was scheduled. We sat down just in front of Chanoch. He was such a nice man. I liked him, because although he wasn't a professional racing driver, he seemed to be a good person. 

At the end of the press conference, we shaked our hands. "My name is Theresa and I come from England. She is Janet, my daughter" "Nice to meet you both! How old are you, Janet?" "I'm 8!" "Well, I have a son named Roy, he's a bit older than you, as he turned 10 last November"

And finally it happened. I noticed a blonde woman with a dark-haired and dark-skinned young boy by her side. She surely wasn't Israeli. Chanoch explained us: "She is my French wife, Michelle. And he is Roy, our boy" 

There was something charming about Roy. He greeted me kissing my hand, as a real gentleman. Just like in a beautiful dream, I was astonished by his black hair, his olive skin and his dark eyes. "Oh my God! He's so handsome!" was my only thought in that moment.

My mum surely had noticed this, I heard her whispering in my ear: "Is everything okay, darling?" "Yes, it is" I lied. I couldn't help it. A Cupid's Arrow had struck my heart. 

"This evening there will be a dancing night. Will you attend it?" Chanoch announced. "I'm sorry, but I'm alone... I will sit down watching other people dancing" was mum's answer. 

At the beginning I was sitting next to her, too. But suddenly Roy came there and proposed me in a perfect French: "Voulez-vous danser, Mademoiselle Janet?" "Oui, garçon" My mum agreed, so Roy began to spin me around the hall on the notes of Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango". He was very good at dancing, I was proud of having him as my knight for that night.

When I fell asleep, I had a dream about Roy and me walking in a Japanese-styled botanic garden.

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, SPRINT RACE: ON THE SAME WAVE-LENGTH

What a Sprint Race! Maximilian Günther took the win, followed by Sir George and Sir Lando! I'm wondering if Maxi reminds me...

Louis ended in 5th position with a time of 1:47.292, and he had fights with both the English Sirs... unluckily Antonio had a collision with Lando and retired from the race. 

This was another unlucky race for Jack, who ended in 12th position, and Roy, who's 15th again...

As you know, this year Formula 2 and GP3 Series won't race in Germany, so see you in 19 days for the Hungarian round, Roy's home round!

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, FEATURE RACE: CONFIRMATION

While I'm watching the final minutes of the FIFA World Cup match, I write this article about Louis' Feature Race. He confirms himself in 4th postion, scoring a time of 1:46.897. Charouz Racing System shows that can fight for the podium, as their other driver Antonio Fuoco is on the third step of the podium.

The race winner is Alex Albon, the Thai massager, and the runner-up is Sir George Russell.

Jack is only 13th, and I'm proud of Roy Nissany who went from last to 15th. As I thought he wouldn't have taken part to the race, he failed to observe Shabbat!

See you tomorrow for the Sprint Race, in which Louis will start in 5th position!

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, QUALIFICATIONS: SILVE(R)STONE IS A LUCKY PLACE

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!

PRINCE LOUIS QUALIFIED IN THE 4TH POSITION!!!!!!!

Wait... if I'm so happy about his 4th position, if he obtained a pole position I would have fainted... Interesting to notice he completed only 8 laps, and his time is 1:40.190.

His squire Antonio is 3rd, that's cool, too! Jack is 12th... and unluckily Roy failed to qualify for the race.

Talking about the pole position, it belongs to Sir George.

See you tomorrow in Vicky SilveStone!