2023 F1 Support Races Thread - F2, F3, Academy *Spoilers*

[Sandpit Steve]

Adrian W said:

This is turning to st , over half the race behind the safety car and then they dish out a penalty on lap 18 for something that happened on lap one, I thought the other car pushed him off.

Not the best advert for F2 this one. Lots of poor driving, and slow decision-making from the officials.

[Killer2005]

Adrian W said:

This is turning to st , over half the race behind the safety car and then they dish out a penalty on lap 18 for something that happened on lap one, I thought the other car pushed him off.

Harsh penalty IMHO. He's got 6 seconds lead as it stands though so may still hold out.

[Petrus1983]

Some really messy driving in the 911 race in what appears perfect conditions.

[mw88]

Watching the F1 Academy Monza highlights.. Some piss poor driving. Doesn't look like there was 1 lap without some contact.

[C69]

mw88 said:

Watching the F1 Academy Monza highlights.. Some piss poor driving. Doesn't look like there was 1 lap without some contact.

Agreed, unfortunately some of the drivers struggled with the concept of braking zones. If they weren't hitting other cars, then they were just carrying on into the run-off areas.

[Sandpit Steve]

Link to Monza highlights: https://youtube.com/watch?v=y7x6Jfno1Ak

Not the best of driving standards there, way too many incidents at a circuit likely to be new to most of the drivers.

The Academy coverage is really disappointing, are we really only going to get three or four minutes of pretty meaningless highlights from each race? There’s not an awful lot of extra work required to put the full races online, which given F1’s resources are behind the series is a little strange.

[Sandpit Steve]

Morning all. F2 and F3 both on the schedule for this weekend, as well as a Porsche race tomorrow.

A sunny day in Budapest, as the F3 sprint race is about to open the weekend’s activities.

[Sandpit Steve]

Really high tyre degredation in that race. I wonder if some of the drivers might elect to make a stop during the longer feature race tomorrow, with prayers for a safety car.

[Petrus1983]

Balls. First time in quite a while I've been caught out with the time differences. No F3 for me

[Sandpit Steve]

This is a good F2 race, only three cars in the whole field without DRS after 10 laps.

[Adrian W]

Sandpit Steve said:

This is a good F2 race, only three cars in the whole field without DRS after 10 laps.

Have there actually been any overtakes?

[FourWheelDrift]

Adrian W said:

Have there actually been any overtakes?

Correa, Novalak and Boschong have all been overtaken.

[Adrian W]

Will Vesti get a penalty for that

[Sandpit Steve]

Adrian W said:

Will Vesti get a penalty for that

They didn’t touch, Doohan had a wobble and went wide on his own.

[Adrian W]

Well done DH., I think this race is an omen for the F1 race tomorrow

[Petrus1983]

A sensational race! Brilliant!!

[Adrian W]

Petrus1983 said:

A sensational race! Brilliant!!

Why was it?

[500TORQUES]

Adrian W said:

Petrus1983 said:

A sensational race! Brilliant!!

Why was it?

I got bored and put the golf on whilst keeping an eye on the Cricket restart possibility. Just delared OK to play.

That's not good for a motorsport enthusiast.

[Adrian W]

500TORQUES said:

Adrian W said:

Petrus1983 said:

A sensational race! Brilliant!!

Why was it?

I got bored and put the golf on whilst keeping an eye on the Cricket restart possibility. Just delared OK to play.

That's not good for a motorsport enthusiast.

I’m assuming he was trolling, no overtakes until lap25 and the Three I think

[Sandpit Steve]

Adrian W said:

Petrus1983 said:

A sensational race! Brilliant!!

Why was it?

Did you watch the same race? Five seconds covered ten cars at the end, and there was overtaking until the last corner.