AFTER ALL, YOU WILL ALWAYS COME BACK HOME

In a grey December afternoon I receive a news which lights my day like a ray of light. Our Lou will spend his fourth season in FIA F2 with a team for whom he’s not unknown: Charouz Racing System, with whom he raced back in 2018! He will be partnered by a driver with a famous surname, none other than Pedro Piquet, one of Nelson’s youngest sons and Nelsinho’s stepbrother!

Good luck to the boys for their 2020 season, hoping for Louis to get his first F2 win, a win he’s been chasing for years!

SWISS COMBOS, RAIN IN THE DESERT AND DOCTORS IN ENGLISH PHILOLOGY

Good Sunday evening! I’m sure you’re wondering about why I wrote such a weird title for this article… well, read it and you will have an answer.

Today our dear Lou made a new experience: he tested a LMP1 car during the WEC rookie test in Bahrain! 

Louis is proud to be Swiss and the Rebellion car, named after a famous Swiss watchmaker, really suits him! Swiss watches are well-known for their precision, and Lou… had a very good time! On his Instagram profile he wrote: “WHAT A CAR!” When I was flicking through the pics he posted, firstly I thought I was seeing double. Then I realized everything was good with me. It was actually raining! It’s odd to see rain in Bahrain, isn’t it?

P. S.: Among the rookies attending this test there was also Kenta Yamashita, nicknamed YamaKen, or “Mr I-Don’t-Speak-English” for his astonishing ability in speaking Shakespeare’s language. My mum would like to see him as my boyfriend!

2019 POST-SEASONAL FIA F2 TESTING, DAY #3: TSAR NIKITA CLOSES THE CURTAINS

In a warm day of Abu Dhabi we crowned the new Tsar of Russia, Nikita Mazepin. He managed to beat his rivals Call(um) Me Maybe Ilott and our dear LouLou, who had quite an up-and-down day: in the morning completed 34 laps and finished 3rd with a time of 1:50.623, and in the afternoon put under his belt 38 laps and scored a time of 1:52.412 behind the young samurai Yuki Tsunoda.

So… what can I say about these testing days? Lou did his best and gave us a lot of happiness and satisfaction!

I don’t know what Lou will do next season; whatever he will do, whenever he will race, I will keep you updated about him thanks to this little space, which in a month will turn 2! I’m always grateful to you, my dear friends and readers, who helped me to believe in this project and to make it real.

P. S.: I’m thinking about what to post in these months without racing…

2019 POST-SEASONAL TESTING, DAY #2: LOU GIVES CHOCOLATE TO THE TSAR

“Well done, sunshine” used to say Rob Smedley to Felipe Massa. And I feel like saying the same to my dear Lou, as there’s a very hot sun in Abu Dhabi and above all because today he was the fastest driver of the day just like yesterday. Sometimes I think he’s better in testing than in races…

In the morning our Swiss chocolate completed 39 laps and scored a time of 1:50.461; only the reigning FIA F3 champion, Robert Shwartzman, Tsar of All The Tracks, was able to be faster than him.

Then the afternoon came and, as he did yesterday, Lou managed to complete 44 laps, scoring a time of 1:50.124 and defeating Tsar Robert.

See you tomorrow for the last day! Will LouLou be the best driver of these testing days? Let’s cross our fingers and toes for him!

2019 POST-SEASONAL TESTING: DELÉTRAZ VS. SCHUMACHER? YES, BUT THEY’RE THEIR SONS!

Can you imagine the joy I felt when, while I was on the train on my way back home from university, my friend Valeria wrote me a message saying that Lou was the fastest driver of the day? I felt over the moon and I still feel so!

In the morning our hero completed 18 laps and ended with the 2nd time, 1:50.958; only the Young Kaiser was faster than him. In the 90s it was impossible to see Delétraz and Schumacher fighting together in Formula One, as Michael always was among the top positions and Jean-Denis was a backmarker. But now, thanks to their sons, we can see battles among drivers bearing these two big surnames.

In the afternoon he topped the group, with 49 laps under his belt and a whirlwind time of 1:50.543.

See you tomorrow for the 2nd day, in which I hope LouLou will keep pushing like today!

CYBER MONDAY WITH LOUIS

Today it’s the Cyber Monday, and I couldn’t have chosen a better day to show you this video that shows a virtual race between our dear Lou and Luca Salvadori.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOHEMQi7QE&vl=en

ROUND #12, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SPRINT RACE: AN HAPPY ENDING FOR ITALY!

Good morning folks! Are you ready to review the very last race of the season?

Little Alesi started with a blast and jumped in front of the group. During the second lap Call(um) Me Maybe Ilott and Lou had a collision which went under investigation; however, they won’t be penalized.

Then Lou started to battle with his teammate Samurai Nobu, the Handsome Sergio and the Young Kaiser; the first two both overtook him and Schumi’s son failed to catch him.

Finally he succeeded to overtake Nobu! He ends the race in 6th position with a time of 1:57.941 to his name.

And the winner is… LUCA THE ITALIAN GOODFELLA! My Italian pride is over the moon, I couldn’t ask for a better way to end this season, and surely Luca couldn’t ask for a better way to end his F2 career! I’m wondering about the championship he will contest next year…

This was the last race review of 2019; in the next days I will write about post-seasonal testing, and I’m preparing a funny surprise for you too!