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! 

ROUND #12, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, FEATURE RACE: THE FIRST POSITIONS ARE THE PLACES TO BE

In the afternoon of the last day of November I’m following the last Feature Race of this FIA F2 season, a season marred by the tragic death of Anthoine Hubert. Today it’s been three months since that horrible late afternoon. However, we have to go on to honour his memory. And Lou started the race in the best possible way, taking the lead on the track of the country in which he’s loved most! Big applauses for Raghu too, who set the fastest lap! During Lap 4, Lou passed the leadership to Samurai Nobu, and started to have some troubles with his supersoft tyres.

After some scaramouches with Cossack Nikita and the new entry Christian Lundgaard, who by the way is the former boyfriend of the female racing driver Marta Garcia, Lou grabbed the 5th place.

Finally, Lou tried to overtake the Chinese Emperor Guan Yu Zhou to be able to climb the podium, but he failed and ended the race in 4th position with a time of 2:02.388. Samurai Nobu had to surrender to the attacks of the handsome Sergio, who won the race. 

See you tomorrow for the final act! Have a good Saturday night!

ROUND #12, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QUALIFICATIONS: THINGS ARE EASY WHEN YOU’RE BIG IN UAE

I write this article a bit late, as I was attending a premiation in the company my dad works for.

Lou opened the dances on the track, leading the group at the beginning of the qualifications. He remained steadily in the highest positions, fighting with Call(um) Me Maybe Ilott and the poleman-to-be, Sergio the Handsome Brazilian. He grabbed the 3rd position with a time of 1:49.931. He loves the Abu Dhabi Circuit, the people in the UAE love him and that helps him a lot. That gives me an assist to explain you why I choose that title for this article: it’s the adaptment of a sentence from the song “Big In Japan” by the German band Alphaville, “things are easy when you’re big in Japan”, in which I replaced Japan with UAE. Behind him there’s Samurai Nobu, recently nominated by Lou “the best teammate I’ve ever had”

See you tomorrow for the Feature Race! 

ROUND #12, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, FREE PRACTICE: LOU, THE SHEIKH’S DRIVER

Ladies and gentlemen, this is my first blog post from my new iPad, as well as the last one of this FIA F2 season! Let’s review the Free Practice…

As you know, Lou is very popular in Middle Eastern countries, so the Abu Dhabi round is like an home round to him. He has such many fans there, and many of the readers of this little blog are from that region. And firstly he didn’t disappoint them: he began the session with a bang! Unfortunately for him and for his Middle Eastern fans, he got fooled by Mr Contact Lenses, who next year will be in F1 with Williams, and by the fresh champion Quick Nyck.

But luckily for him Lou is not a person who gives up easily and managed to go all the way up to the 5th place with a time of 1:52.156. A bit of apprehension for my friend Matos, who crashed; physically he’s okay, but his car needs repairs.

See you later for qualifications!

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, SPRINT RACE: NOBU, YOU MAKE ME SCARED!

After an hard journey among crowded and delayed trains, I'm ready to review with you the Sprint Race…

There was a Cossack starting from pole position, Nikita Mazepin, who's more known for having punched Callum Ilott during the Budapest round of FIA F3 back in 2016 than for his career. But a terrible destiny was behind the corner… Cossack Nikita and Samurai Nobu had a terrible crash, from whom the first one emerged unscathed, but the Japanese Samurai couldn't exit from the car by himself, so he needed to be extricated. Nobu was taken to the local hospital; luckily he doesn't have fractures or injures of any type, but he will spend the night there. Let's cross our fingers for Lou's "snack mate"!

Goodfella Luca carried our Italian flag to the top, and it makes me smile. LouLou has been a bit naughty: he caused a collision and received a penalty of 10 seconds; he ended 14th with a time of 1:57.967.

For the next two months this silly little blog will take an hiatus from commenting races, as the next FIA F2 round, who will also be the last one for this season, will take place in the very last days of November. The 2019 F1, F2 and F3 championships will close their curtains on December 1st: as I was born on December 30th, I will have three anticipated birthday presents! If in these two months there will be some news about our Louis, I won't hesitate to write some posts about them. Maybe I will write some articles about some motorsport-related topics too, not only about Louis…

До свидания Россия!

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, FEATURE RACE: I'M RIGHT WHEN I CALL HIM QUICK NYCK

Good afternoon people! 

Quick Nyck started the Feature Race with a bang, and finally he made it to the title! He deserved it! LouLou had an interesting battle with the Chinese Emperor Guan Yu Zhou and the Young Kaiser Mick, being defeated by the young German; around Lap 8 he obtained the fastest lap and finally, after a marvellous overtaking to Luca the Italian Goodfella… HE ENDED 3RD! It's his first podium in a Feature Race, what a magic moment! And now for your joy and happiness, his time: 1:53.658.

Tomorrow morning I won't be able to follow the Sprint Race, as I'm going to attend an air show in Varenna with my parents; I will review it later in the afternoon.

Have a nice Saturday evening!

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, QUALIFICATIONS: TSAR QUICK NYCK

I'm back! Let's review the Qualifications!

Two Russian Tsars were named Nicholas, so it might be a sign of destiny that the best time in the Free Practice session was scored by Nicholas Latifi and that the Pole Position belongs to Quick Nyck…

Samurai Nobu was 6th for a while, but he ended 10th. LouLou qualified 7th with a time of 1:48.188.

See you tomorrow for the Feature Race!

ROUND #11, RUSSIA, FREE PRACTICE: CONTACT LENSES HAVE GOT THE POWER

Привет, Россия, as Basshunter sings!

There are two Cossacks on the track: Artëm Markelov for Arden, who races with number 22 as 19 has been retired by FIA to show respect towards Anthoine, and my friend Matevos Isaakyan for Charouz.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! RAGHU SCORE THE FIRST TIME OF THE MORNING! *Party hard mode on*

AND HE WAS FOLLOWED BY LOU!!!

Carlin was in the good mood today: Samurai Nobu was 4th and Lou was 5th!

The fastest time was conquered by Mr Contact Lenses, and Louis scored the 6th time: 1:49.775.

See you later for the Qualifications!

ROUND #10, ITALY, SPRINT RACE: RACING FOR ANTHOINE, WINNING FOR ANTHOINE

The Sprint Race has been a bit luckier for Gigi, as he ended 8th with a time of 1:37.525. And the winner is one of Gigi's closest friends, Jack, the Almond-Shaped-Eyed Knight! As Anthoine was part of the Renault Drivers Academy just like Jack, I think he's going to dedicate his win to the young Frenchman.

Samurai Nobu ended 5th and Samurai Marino ended 11th.

See you in 18 days for the Russian round! Now enjoy the Formula One race!

ROUND #10, ITALY, FEATURE RACE: ARIGATOU, MATSUSHITA-SAN!

Good afternoon folks!

The race began badly for Gigi, as he spun in the 2nd lap. He continued the race for 2 more laps, but during the 4th lap he retired. Don't worry, the Sprint Race of tomorrow will be better! 

Last year Samurai Tada won the race, and I was head-over-heels! And this year Samurai Nobu's win made me happier after Gigi's spin. BANZAI!!! #NipponPower

Quick Nyck is 2nd and Luca the Italian Goodfella is 3rd. #ItalianPower

And… SERIOUSLY?!? AM I DREAMING OR AM I AWAKE?!? Raghu is 10th! #IndianPower

See you tomorrow morning! 

ROUND #10, ITALY, QUALIFICATIONS: SO, CALL(UM) ME MAYBE!

Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about the qualifications!

Both the Japanese samurais, Nobu and Marino, spun, and Tata Calderon caused a red flag as she crashed into the bareers.

Gigi qualified 10th with a time of 1:35.101, Nobu and Marino are respectively 6th and 15th. And the pole position goes to… Call(Me Maybe)um Ilott!

See you tomorrow afternoon for a thrilling Feature Race!

ROUND #10, ITALY, FREE PRACTICE: LUCA MAKES ME PROUD

Ciao a tutti! Welcome to Italy, the land of the sun… no, today there's no sun! 

This weekend we will be #RacingForAnthoine, so we have to do our best to remember him. I also have to announce that Giuliano will take Ralph's place, as the car of Jean's son has been confiscated by Belgian authorities after the tragedy of Spa.

Like last year, our hero Louis will change his name to Gigi. Don't worry: for the next race I will bring him back his real name.

Gigi started from being 10th, then he went all the way up to the 2nd time and finally he scored the 3rd time, 1:33.298. The best time belongs to Luca the Italian Goodfella, and I'm so proud of him! Samurai Nobu is just behind Gigi, and Mari-kun, who's not related to Takuma Sato, is 15th.

See you later for qualifications!

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANTHOINE

Since my very first post you could understand that this is not a serious blog, it has an humoristic vein, I usually write comments to practices, qualifications and races in a funny way, I use hilarious words and I give pictoresque nicknames to the drivers. Well, this weekend I'm not able to do it. I can't do it, I don't feel like doing it.

This afternoon, while the Feature Race was underway, or I'd better say should have been underway, I was walking in Domaso with my parents. My dear friend Valeria, who I know from Instagram, wrote me a message saying that during the 2nd lap an horrible crash happened, involving Marino Sato, Juan Manuel Correa and Anthoine Hubert. Firstly I got scared about Marino Sato, who walked away from his car without injuries. The Hispano-American and the Frenchman had reported massive injuries, and the whole motorsport fandom was worried about them.

After a few hours, while I was in a restaurant having dinner, I saw a tweet with the news no one would have wanted to read. Anthoin Hubert passed away due to his injuries.

Motorsport is dangerous, I know it, I learned it as a child when I fell in love with this sport, beautiful and terrible at the same time, but when a driver or rider passes away, I always feel heartbroken, breathless and with no words.

My deepest condoleances go to Anthoine's family and friends, as well as to the other FIA F2 drivers and team managers.

R. I. P. Anthoine Hubert, 22/09/1996 - 31/08/2019

ROUND #9, BELGIUM, QUALIFICATIONS: RED FLAG, RED PASSION

As precise as a Swiss watch, like the ones Louis' uncles sell in their jewelery, here I am to tell you what happened in qualifications. 

Call(Me Maybe)um Ilott and Gelée crashed and caused two red flags… the pole goes to Quick Nyck! LouLou is 5th with a time of 1:58.910 and Samurai Nobu is just in front of him.

Tomorrow I will post the article about the Feature Race later in the evening, as I'll be out all the day.

ROUND #9, BELGIUM, FREE PRACTICE: IRASSHIMASE, MARINO-KUN!

Bonne journée! Did you enjoy your summer break? 

This weekend we are visiting Belgium, famous for fries and chocolate, two of my favourite foods ever! But we are not here for culinary tourism, we are here to follow the FIA F2 races on the legendary Spa circuit!

There's a new handsome samurai on the track: Marino Sato, born in 1999 in Yokohama, a driver I met in Monza two years ago! This season he's leading EuroFormulaOpen, but now he had the fantastic opportunity to race in F2 with Campos! I hope to meet him in Monza on October 13th…

The fastest lap in the free practice session is up to Quick Nyck, and our kitten LouLou is 3rd, with a time of 2:00.008. Nobu had a good start but unluckily fell to 10th position. Marino Sato struggled, as he ended 19th, but it was prevedible, as an absolut F2 novice.

See you in a few hours for qualifications!

ROUND #8, HUNGARY: WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE WEBMISTRESS' ABSENCE?

Good morning folks!

Yesterday I came back from my summer trip to Germany. It was fantastic, I visited Erfurt, Berlin and some Bavarian villages… however, now the trip is done and dusted, and it's time for me to come back to my blogger duties.

Where were we? Oh yeah, we were in Budapest, were the 8th round of the championship was held.

In the Feature Race, we saw the win of Mr. Contact Lenses, who literally dominated the race. Lou had a slow start and fell to the 8th position, before his engine blew up.

Talking about the Sprint Race, we saw the win of the Klein Kaiser, his first one in FIA F2.

See you in 17 days for the Belgian round! Have a great day!

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, SPRINT RACE: ALMOST WINNER, ALMOND-SHAPED-EYED WINNER

WHAT A RACE!!! Our Swiss kitten took the lead when the race started. He made such a superb job, scoring tons of fastest laps and defending himself from the attacks of the Almond-Shaped-Eyed Knight and Quick Nyck. 

Unfortunately, with 3 laps to go, the Almond-Shaped-Eyed Knight stole him the first position and won the race. Our kitten ended 2nd, with a time of 1:42.368, and Quick Nyck completes the podium. 

You showed good things on the VickySilveStone Circuit, and I'm proud of you.

I'm not sure if I will be able to review the Budapest round, as in those days I will be on my way to Germany for my summer journey. I will tell you what I will decide to do.

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, FEATURE RACE: FROM GOODFELLA TO KING

Good afternoon… wait, it's almost evening!

My Italian pride is touching the moon, Luca the Goodfella is the King of Silverstone! Italy is with you, Luca! We love you! He took the lead from the first corner and only Mr Contact Lenses tried to defeat him.

And Louis the Swiss Kitten…? He ended 7th, with a time of 1:42.029, and Nobu the Japanese Samurai is 9th.

See you tomorrow with the Sprint Race!

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, QUALIFICATIONS: ASIAN POWER

Good afternoon friends!

In the Qualifications, Louis the Swiss Kitten was the first driver to hit the track… and ended in 5th position with a time of 1:38.547! Good job, Swiss Kitten! 

The pole position belongs to Guan Yu Zhou, the Chinese Emperor! I'm happy for him, as he's one of my favourite drivers. I met him in Monza two years ago, he was so nice and kind.

Tomorrow there will be a surprise for everybody. I give you a little clue: a yellow blast from the past. Any guesses? 

ROUND #7, GREAT BRITAIN, FREE PRACTICE: ITALY HAS GOT THE POWER

Good afternoon! We're ready to race in my personal circuit, named VickySilveStone!

The free practice session doesn't start in the best way for our Louis, as he collided with Sean the Indonesian tiger, causing a yellow flag; the incident is currently under investigation.

Luca the Italian Goodfella scored the best time. #ItalianPower 

Louis' time is 1:40.034, Samurai Nobu is behind him. 

See you later for Qualifications!