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!