The young Swiss had his first taste of Formula 2 in November 2016, when it was still named GP2 Series. He raced with Carlin in the last round of the season, held in Abu Dhabi. However, he was not so lucky, as he retired in the Feature Race and finished 17th in the Sprint Race, scoring no points.
In December, after successful tests, he signed a contract for the 2017 Formula 2 season for the Spanish team Racing Engineering, the team owned by the nobleman Alfonso d'Orléans-Bourbon. His teammate was the Swedish Gustav Malja, known by Louis since his period in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC. Louis struggled a lot with Racing Engineering, achieving as his best result a 10th place in the Hungarian Feature Race. He had only one retirement, in the Baku Sprint Race.
Before the Spa-Francorchamps round, Louis swapped his seat with Nyck de Vries, so he switched to the Italian team Rapax. His results improved: he scored points in both the Monza races and in the Feature Race in Abu Dhabi. Unluckily, in the Abu Dhabi Sprint Race he retired. His best result of his whole season was the 4th place in the Sprint Race in Monza.
Ouch! I forgot to say that sadly, at the beginning of the season, despite his results in 2016, he was dropped out of the Renault Sport Academy for mysterious reasons.
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