24 HOURS OF PASSION

Madames et monsieurs, bienvenue au Mans pour la competition la plus belle et important du monde!

It was supposed to be held in June, but due to the infamous CoVid-19 pandemy it was postponed to September. Here we have Lou, who previously won the virtual one, driving a Rebellion LMP1 prototype along with Nathanaël Berthon (his surname recalls me about Tarcisio Bertone!) and Romain Dumas, whose surname recalls me of the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas (I am and always will be a literature geek). There also are many former F1 stars, such as my childhood hero Juancho and my fellow Italian Fisico! And obviously I support Kamui and Kazuki, the samurais of Toyota!

And Kazuki finally won the race, his 3rd 24h of Le Mans in a row! Lou and his coequipiers ended 4th: good job, guys!

See you in a week for the Russian F2 round!

ROUND #9: TUSCANY: BAD QUALIFY? TWO PODIUMS!

Bentornati in Italia! Welcome to Tuscany, the region of Dante Alighieri, the father of Italian language! This is the first time that F1 and feeder series visit Mugello, in the past years only Formula One sometimes tested here.

Drivers need to be sober before the races, so surely they didn’t drink the famous Chianti wine, but some of them surely ate the famous Fiorentina steak.

And now let’s switch to our Lou! His qualification session was very unlucky, but in the Feature Race on Saturday afternoon he had the chance to climb the 3rd step of the podium.

On Sunday morning he had to fight against a Russian Cossack and a Great Dane and finally ended 2nd.

See you in Sochi in 2 weeks! Arrivederci!

ROUND #8: ITALY: MICK, 20 YEARS AFTER

 Buongiorno a tutti e benvenuti in Italia! 

As you know, we’ll have three Italian appointments this year, this one in Monza, the next one in Mugello (Tuscan Grand Prix) and another one in Imola (Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna) 

For health and safety reasons the “Tifosi” are not here, but Italian heat is so strong that can be felt ever if we are distant! But yesterday there was a German to give us a big emotion: Mick Schumacher won on the same track where his father won several times! It was an huge joy for everybody. And Luca the Italian Goodfella ended 2nd! Lou ended 8th, and this made him start the Sprint Race on pole position.

He had a good start, but had to surrender to Dan Ticktum and after a breathtaking battle against Call(um) Me Maybe Ilott and Christian Lundgaard (Marta García’s ex) he ended 5th.

Arrivederci! See you in Tuscany in a week! 

ROUND #7, BELGIUM: IN NOMINE ANTHOINE

Time went by so fast… and we’re close to the anniversary of Anthoine’s death. We’re back to the circuit where he had that terrible crash which took him away from us, from his family, from his friends, from his colleagues. Many drivers paid tribute to him with prayers, flowers and anecdotes about him. A minute of silence was held before both the races.

Yuki Tsunoda knew how to bring some happiness in such a sad weekend, as he won the Feature Race held on Saturday afternoon. The win of a Japanese racer always has a fantastic flavour! BTW, in the remote case he bumps into this post, I say hello to Takuma Sato too, as he won Indy 500 for the second time! Lou had a little remuntada, climbing from 8th to 4th… 

As Roy the Snack Mate ended the Feature Race in 8th position, he gained the Sprint Race pole position, his first one ever in FIA F2! I was so happy for him and I think his father Chanoch was so proud of his son. But unluckily he retired after a few laps. LouLou started 5th and ended 6th, not a great exploit but at least he gained some points.

See you in a week for my “home” race: Monza!

ROUND #6, SPAIN: STAY STRONG, SEAN!

 ¡Hola a todos! Bienvenidos en Barcelona!

I have to say two things about the Feature Race, the first one is beautiful and the second one is quite bad. Let’s start from the good one: Samurai Nobu won starting from 18th position! And now let’s switch to the bad one: Sean Gelael was hospitalized with a back fracture after an airborne crash. Get well soon, Mr KFC! Lou ended 10th, gaining only a point.

On Sunday morning, Nobu’s teammate, Felipe Drugovich, won the Sprint Race, with our hero ending 9th.

The next round will take place in Spa Francorchamps, one of the most ancient and famous tracks, in 2 weeks.

ROUND #5, 70TH ANNIVERSARY: A SHORT UPDATE (THE WEBMISTRESS IS ON HOLIDAY)

Even when I’m on holiday, I keep you updated about Lou’s races!

The weekend in which we celebrate 70th years of F1 was quite unlucky for our hero, as he ended 10th in the Feature Race and 8th in the Sprint Race.

Next week we will be in Spain (or Catalonia?), a circuit Louis has raced several times on and which he likes so much!

See you!

ROUND #4, GREAT BRITAIN: PROGRESSIVE LOU

Today we are in VickySilveStone, the circuit from whom 70 years ago everything started! 

Our darling had a good progression this weekend: Friday he qualified 10th, on Saturday he ended the Feature Race 6th and today, Sunday, he started 3rd and ended the Sprint Race on the 3rd place of the podium.

The round of the next week won’t be named after a nation, but something like “Race of the 70th Anniversary”! It will be a special race, dedicated to the 70 years of the sport which we love and makes us dream.