Championship Lift-off in Texas - F2 Round 8

Welcome to Round 8 of the Formula 2 season here in Season 13 and this week we're at the Circuit of the Americas, which turned out to be quite the challenge for our drivers. With plenty on the line still as we head towards the run-in, the title battle is heating up, and in some cases, it's already got to lift-off with tensions running high! Here's what happened in Austin this week!

Qualifying Classification:

POLE: SLR Corey - 1:42.645

1 SLR Corey

2 Josh433

3 I Pluto74 I

4 F1ABQW3RTYYY

5 Nightowl0208735

6 TopG1159

7 Ezgame06

8 SLR Dodgy

9 Goggy

10 LSJ Rundle

11 OwenHowell36

12 Matty1929

13 WillyBum7

SPRINT RACE CLASSIFICATION:

FL: Ezgame06 - 1:44.901

1 Ezgame06

2 TopG1159

3 LSJ Rundle

4 SLR Dodgy

5 SLR Corey

6 Nightowl0208735

7 I Pluto74 I

8 Josh433

9 OwenHowell36

10 Matty1929

11 F1ABQW3RTYYY

12 WillyBum7

13 Goggy (DNF)

Pluto & Corey

Lap 1 - Sprint

Verdict - NFA

Detail - We see nothing in this. If anything this seems more of an attempt by Pluto to squeeze Corey with some hard defending.

Pluto warning removals

Lap 6 - Sprint

Verdict - Both warnings remain

Detail - Warning 1 - Pluto drives at full throttle off the track to initiate an overtaking attempt.

Warning 2 - We feel this is still part of the overtaking move and Pluto never gets ahead of Corey. So there is no expectation on Corey to back out. To us it’s hard racing by the pair through the corner and there isn’t much Corey can do to leave extra space. To us as Pluto is still the driver attempting the overtake you’ve willingly held it and used the run off to aid the overtaking attempt. So the warning is valid.

FEATURE RACE CLASSIFICATION:

FL: Nightowl0208735 - 1:44.987

1 SLR Corey

2 I Pluto74 I

3 Ezgame06

4 Josh433

5 LSJ Rundle

6 Nightowl0208735

7 F1ABQW3RTYYY

8 WillyBum7

9 SLR Dodgy

10 TopG1159

11 Matty1929

12 Goggy

13 OwenHowell36 (DNF)

No incidents submitted.

Join us this Thursday 26th March as we begin the final 4 races and our Middle-East stretch at none other than the iconic Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. We hear that some extra headgear may be needed in this stretch of 3 Grand Prix, so make sure you're well prepared! See you in the UAE!