We know - we were not alive here for THREE races in a row. Forgive us, we had actually no time to fill it due to personal issues. But we are now BACK! Here are reports from last three races.
First one was Japan, where Noorloser had his first race this season. He won this one, clearly winning ahead of Luuk and Jesper (who had an unfortunate spin on the S-S chicanes costing him victory).
4th was Jeroen, who also scored first points this season. The TOP 5 was closed by Acse - it may was a brakethrough this season for Red Bull. Then we had Ghaieth, who was 5th in the general standings without being at TOP 5 after first 3 races.
Matt was supposed to finish 5th, but the very last corner of the race he span, so Acse and Ghaieth were able to overtake him, and the Frenchman finished on P7.
Then iSi finished on P8, also gaining a fastest lap of the GP. On P9 finished Edzax, who had calm race, and Ryanweb closed the TOP 10, gaining very first point for Racing Point this season.
The 4th race of the season was China. There it was Jesper missing, so Javier (an F2 driver in McLaren) replaced and he did a stunning qualifying - he set 2nd fastest lap of the session. Pole Position was taken by Jordiie (who had DNF in Japan), but he also got 5 place grid penalty for colliding with Wolfz. It ended with Javier starting from Pole Position.
The race was pretty honest and quite clean. There was a very long battle between Jordiie and Javier - the Italian physically won a race, but he received a 5 second time penalty, costing him a win to Jordiie, who had only 3 seconds. The podium was collected by Noorloser.
Then we had iSi, who clearly is on the form at the beginning of the season. 5th finished Luuk, and P6 was Jeroen. P7 was taken by Ghaieth, then we had Acse, Edzax and Vilzu, who stole that one point from Pieter on 3 laps to go.
Before Canadian GP we had a driver swap - Ghaieth and Senna decided to change teams. The Italian went to Mercedes, and Senna went to Williams. The reason was that iSi - Ghaieth's brother - races on Merc, and both brothers wanted to race in the same team.
This race was clearly dominated by Jordiie, who won 2nd race in a row. Anyway - in this race we had a lot of carnage - there were 6 retirements, including Noorloser, who crashed on Wall of Champions, Luuk and iSi, who both had major collision after Williams's spin at the beginning of sector 2. This made Jesper finishing second, and Matt can also say thank you for drivers who crashed, because he gained his first podium this season.
It was also first fantastic race for Red Bull this season - Acse and Vilzu finished P4 and P5. Then Romm crossed the finish line, but at the end he was behind Jeroen, who finished without front wing and was struggling for last 2 laps.
P8 finished Ghaieth, who span while trying to overtake damaged Ferrari. It was a nice debut for Juanitta, who finished 9th at his first race as Toro Rosso F1 league driver. The TOP 10 was closed by Senna, who collected his very first point this season, and in Williams.
And yesterday we had British GP - the home race for Ryanweb, Wolfz, Jordiie and Senna. And it was 3rd win in a row for Jordiie, who was lucky this time - there was iSi fighting with him and what's more, he slept the start (after the race he told that there was a glitch and he thought that everyone jumpstarted). Jordiie had a 3 second time penalty, but iSi went too fast into a pitlane while boxing, and he received 5 second time penalty. This ended with iSi's P2. The podium was collected with Noorloser.
P4 finished Jesper, who had a bit of luck after starting only P9. P5 finished Luuk, who had a collision with Senna, who was going to be lapped. Then Ghaieth crossed the line - decent performance by Italian, even though he span once. Then Acse finished on P7, even though he took part on a massive crash at the start. P8 was Wolfz, who reached his very first points this season. 9th was Jeroen, and Vilzu closed the TOP 10.
Anyway - this race we will remember because of the massive crash in which 13 drivers took part - from Jesper on P7 to last drivers on the grid. The Dutchman actually had luck, because even though he took part on the carnage, he ran away from it without damage - unlike literally everyone else. There were like 10 cars spun, reversed or stopped due to it. After the race, we found a maker of it - it was Bjarne, whose brakes stopped working - it was a technical failure on his wheel.
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