ROUND #5, FRANCE, QUALIFICATIONS: A NICE COMEBACK FOR LOUIS

Bonsoir, madames et monsieurs, filles et garçons!

Louis qualified 9th with a time of 1:45.278 and completing all the 12 laps. By the way, he won there two years ago; at the time he was racing with Fortec Motorsport in the now-defunct Formula V8 3.5.

His friends Jack and Roy are respectively 6th and 19th. The pole position has been conquered by George Russell, Nyck De Vries' brother-in-law.

Luca is 5th and Antonio is 15th. The Last Samurai Tadasuke Makino is 16th.

See you tomorrow at 5:45 PM for the Feature Race! Au revoir!

ROUND #5, FRANCE, FREE PRACTICE: WELCOME BACK TO FRANCE, DRIVERS!

Salut à tous! I couldn't be happier to head back into blogging racing weekends after a 4-weeks hiatus.

After 10 years, Formula One, Formula 2 and GP3 come back to France. Not in Magny Cours, but in Le Castellet, at the Paul Ricard circuit, where in May 1986 my favourite 80s driver, Elio De Angelis, lost his life due to a crash during a testing session.

And now go away, sadness! We are here to talk about Louis' 5th time during the free practice session! His time is 1:46.105 and completed 18 laps.

Now let's see where his friends are. Jack Aitken is 8th and Roy Nissany is just behind the Anglo-Korean.

Italian goodfellas Luca and Antonio are respectively 7th and 11th.

I'm very sorry about my Japanese samurai, Tadasuke Makino, who ended up only in 19th position.

After qualifications I will write another article. À bientôt! 

RACING TO THE FUTURE - #2: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

Erjona arrived at the Heathrow Airport a few days later. Alex Lynn was waiting for her with her name written on a piece of cardboard. When she saw him, he greeted her kissing her on her cheek. "In England we are not used to kiss people, but I suppose it's all right with you"

On his Lamborghini, on their way to Oxford, Alex explained Erjona: "At home you will find a room on you own and we will treat you like a daughter" "I don't know how to thank you, Alex... but you and your wife can't substitute my parents" "So we will treat you as a younger sister, it's okay?" "Certainly!" "This evening we will have Lando Norris as a guest, do you know him?" "Yes, I heard about him... seems he's very fast!" But that evening Erjona understood that he was not only a very good driver. When she arrived home, Giulia put an hand on her shoulder and told her: "He's Lando. Say hello to him!" Our heroine reached him, but looking at his eyes she blushed and hided her face into her hands. When she raised her head, she whispered him a shy "hello" and he blushed too. Maybe Cupid had done something... During the dinner Erjona and Lando were sitting close to the each other. They were both not so hungry. 

After dinner guests went out on the house's patio to look at the stars. It was a very beautiful night. It was a bit freezing, but everyone was wearing warm clothes. Erjona and Lando were close... he put an hand on her shoulder and caressed her. The girl's body was crossed by a very intense shiver. Nobody of them said a single world. That would have been Erjona's first night in English land: when she went to sleep she put the pyjamas on and entered in the very confortable bed that Giulia and Alex gave her. She was thinking about her parents, her relatives, her sisters who were making a way for themselves in the motorsport world, just like her. And about Lando. Lando. She was developing a strong infatuation for him. The night, the stars, his caresse... she would have never forgotten all this. 

RACING TO THE FUTURE - #1: REALIZED DREAMS AND THE "DAUGHTERS OF THE WIND"

Hi everybody! Did you miss me? Sorry for my inactivity on my blog, but I was quite busy in these weeks. But now I'm coming back stronger than ever.

If you follow me on Instagram, you have surely noticed that between the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018 I posted some chapters of a fanfiction named "Correndo Verso Il Futuro" (in English: "Racing To The Future") which was written in Italian, not understandable by the majority of my followers. It was a nice story, but now I decided to modify it a bit and translate it into English. It's a story of racing, passion, love, determination and courage, a version of "Beautiful" set in the world of motorsport.

Here we go with the first chapter! 

"Vicky, where is my credit card?" "Sorry Louis, I think you forgot it in your jeans' pocket that I washed!" And it was true. Louis' credit card was destroyed by the washing-machine. When Vicky and her husband discovered that, they bursted into a fragorous laugh.

Vicky had realized her lifelong dream: marrying a racing driver. And her long-term boyfriend was the Swiss Louis Delétraz, son of former F1 and Le Mans driver Jean-Denis Delétraz. They had an happy life in a wonderful mansion in Geneva, and sometimes they used to share a GT car in the ADAC GT Masters, the German GT championship. There was not so much time to think about having children.

Meanwhile, at the other side of the English Channel, Giulia, one of Vicky's closest friends, had realized her dream too: she got married to Alex Lynn, another famous racing driver. The two met in Monza while Giulia was attending the 2014 Italian Grand Prix. In Italy she used to write for the online magazine LiveGP.it, and in England she found a job as a journalist for the prestigious Autosport. In their house in Oxford they would have been three soon. No, Giulia was not pregnant. One evening, after dinner, Alex announced her: "Darling, do you feel like having someone more in our home?" "Are you asking me to give you a baby?" "No, she is too grown up for being a baby..." "Can you explain yourself better?" "Do you feel like hosting Erjona in our house? She will race for Carlin this year in FIA F3, and as I am her manager I think it would be good for her to live in England..." "Fantastic! We have an empty room here..."

Giulia had been knowing who Erjona was since she was racing in the Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport. She was part of the McLaren Junior Program along with her elder sisters Arlinda, who was Stoffel Vandoorne's wife-to-be and was racing in IndyLights, and Iris, who was racing in FIA F2 and was engaged to her colleague Nyck de Vries. The three sisters were called "The Daughters of the Wind" and had Albanian origins, although they had spent the majority of their lives in Italy. They used to be into motorsport since their early life, and they remembered the hot summers of their childhood spent on Albanian beaches trying to hear something about Formula One races with a little old shortwave radio. Albania never had a tradition in motorsport. There weren't Albanian professional racing drivers or riders to date. So the three "Daughters of the Wind" had to carry a whole country on their shoulders. And maybe, if they did it, they would have opened the road to other boys and girls.

ROUND #4, MONACO, SPRINT RACE: BOTH ON THE PODIUM!

Bonne aprés-midi du Samedi à tous! 

This is a joyglorious day for Italy! Antonio Fuoco won the Monegasque Sprint Race! The podium is completed by Sir Lando Norris and... *rolling drums* LOUIS THE SWISS STAR!!! This is the first podium for Charouz Racing and for my cutie pie in F2. As always, Louis' time: 2:00.347.

The Swiss knight Louis and the Russian Cossack Artëm battled side by side during the whole race, with Artëm trying to overtake Louis at la Rascasse.

I'm sorry about Sean the Indonesian Tiger, who during the 4th lap crashed at la Piscine, and for Sir George Russell, who during the 20th lap crashed into the wall. Such a sad weekend for him... Lady Seychelle will have to cheer him up. And Tadasuke the Samurai and Jack the Half-Blooded Prince Charming abandoned the race too... 

Alex the Thai massager had a contact with Roy Nissany, Chanoch's son, during the 27th lap.

"What a magic moment 

I can feel the vibe 

What a strong emotion!"

(From the Eurobeat song Pilot is the Hero by Niko)

In my opinion these song lyrics suit perfectly my state of mind of this moment. As you can imagine, I'm so proud of my fella Antonio and so happy for my sweetheart Louis. I hope they will have many other satisfactions... see you in 26 days for the Paul Ricard race, which will represent the comeback of the Formula One Circus to France!

ROUND #4, MONACO, FEATURE RACE: HAPPILY FOURTH!

Salut à tous! This was such a crazy race, as often happens in Monaco.

I'm so joyous because Prince Louis went from 15th to 4th! He fought hard until the end, overtaking and driving as fast as he could, to make Princess Vicky Silve happy... this was his mission and he did it, with a time of 1:02.22.

But the two Italian goodfellas crashed into the each other. That's a shame and makes me a bit less happy.

Apart from the win taken by Tsar Artëm the Great, the podium was quite weird. In 2nd position there is the Indonesian tiger Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael, and in 3rd position there was Roberto Merhi Muntàn, the Spanish pitlane scavenger.

Mr. Almond-Shaped Eyes ended 7th. Lando "Chuck" Norris collided with Ralph "Mop" Boschung after an unfair operation. Arjun Maini obtained the best result of his F2 career to date.

See ya on Saturday afternoon! À bientôt, madames et monsieurs!

ROUND #4, MONACO, QUALIFICATIONS: TWO GROUPS, ONE POLE

Salut à tous! 

Alex Albon conquered the Monegasque pole position. He deserves it, he is a talented driver and a very nice guy.

Talking about the Group B, Louis ended in 16th position, with a time of 1:22.717. In front of him there are the two Japanese samurais, Tadasuke and Nirei.

I have to underline a red flag which came out just 10 seconds before the end of the session, caused by Sergio Sette Camara, who broke his front wing... despite that, he will start from the 2nd position.

Oddly, the first race will be held on Friday morning, and the second one on Saturday late afternoon. So... see ya! Je v'embrasse!