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[ANF]

Formula 3 is back at Mugello this weekend!
Well, not the FIA Formula 3 Championship obviously, but the Formula Regional European Championship (featuring Jüri Vips and Arthur Leclerc) and Euroformula Open (featuring Yifei Ye and Manuel Maldonado).
And there will be a 30-car field racing in Italian Formula 4 (featuring Gabriele Minì and Sebastian Montoya).

Schedule (local time, CEST):
Sat 13:30 EFOpen r1
Sat 14:30 FREC r1
Sat 15:25 ItaF4 r1
Sun 10:45 FREC r2
Sun 11:40 ItaF4 r2
Sun 13:20 EFOpen r2
Sun 15:40 FREC r3
Sun 16:40 ItaF4 r3

Live streaming: Euroformula Open https://www.youtube....EuroFormulaOpen Formula Regional European Championship https://www.motorspo...championship/64 Italian F4 https://www.motorspo...ive-racing/1620
Live timing: https://livetimingmu...rewebsites.net/ (click Results)

[balage06]

According to some random tweet I saw yesterday and can't find it again, Arthur Leclerc, David Schumacher, Dennis Hauger and Roman Stanek will test for Prema at the FIA F3 post-season test.

[ANF]

Race control at Mugello really loves sending out tractors into gravel traps under double waved yellows. Is it five or six now in three races? Is this not an FIA sanctioned event?

Edited by ANF, 03 October 2020 - 13:42.

[BRG]

Double waved yellows means to slow right down and be prepared to stop according to FIA rules, so what is the problem?

[noikeee]

Because its how Bianchi died and we now have a better way of dealing with the problem?

[BRG]

Bianchi died because he  was an idiot and didn't observe the rules and not only went too fast for a double yellow flag situation, he went too fast to stay on a very wet road.  100% on him.

 

If drivers observe the rules it is a non-problem. 

 

Nanny state thinking will eventually conclude that motor racing is an unacceptable risk.

[BobbyRicky]

Bianchi died because he  was an idiot and didn't observe the rules and not only went too fast for a double yellow flag situation, he went too fast to stay on a very wet road.  100% on him.

 

If drivers observe the rules it is a non-problem. 

 

Nanny state thinking will eventually conclude that motor racing is an unacceptable risk.

 

There is a million things that could go wrong in motorsports. Reducing risks where possible is a good thing.

[noikeee]

Yeah I've completely disagreed with that take since the very beginning and am not going to go through it once again.

Even worse when we're talking about kids driving here. Someone makes a mistake and we could have a dead marshall.

[ANF]

Double waved yellows means to slow right down and be prepared to stop according to FIA rules, so what is the problem?

The problem is that six years ago, the Jules Bianchi fatal accident investigation was conducted by the FIA Accident Panel (Peter Wright, Ross Brawn, Stefano Domenicali et al.) and they recommended "a speed limit in any section of track where double yellow flags are being displayed". As a result, the FIA introduced the (half-arsed) VSC in F1 and some other series. But six years later, some series still only have the full SC as an alternative to double waved yellow without a speed limit. And even today, six years later, some race directors apparently don't fully recognise the dangers of sending out a tractor in the gravel trap at a very greasy track where, as was the case today, a 30-car field of 15-year-olds are racing in open cockpit cars without a halo.

[Myrvold]

According to some random tweet I saw yesterday and can't find it again, Arthur Leclerc, David Schumacher, Dennis Hauger and Roman Stanek will test for Prema at the FIA F3 post-season test.

 

Hauger is aiming for a seat at Prema, so that wouldn't be a surprise.

[LiftAndCoast]

Bianchi died because he  was an idiot and didn't observe the rules and not only went too fast for a double yellow flag situation, he went too fast to stay on a very wet road.  100% on him.

 

If drivers observe the rules it is a non-problem. 

 

Nanny state thinking will eventually conclude that motor racing is an unacceptable risk.

I don't know what stands out more, the ignorance of what actually happened, or the complete absence of any empathy.  Just an appalling thing to post.

[balage06]

The thing I like the most about these videos is how Sophia automatically leans towards the apex when she watches her own driving.

 

[balage06]

Piastri has "cool news to share"

https://twitter.com/...851505009688578

[noikeee]

Piastri has "cool news to share"
https://twitter.com/...851505009688578

Probably F2 plans for next year, or doing the last 2 rounds of F2 this season like Pourchaire is doing.

[krapmeister]

Piastri has "cool news to share"

https://twitter.com/...851505009688578

 

Probably F2 plans for next year, or doing the last 2 rounds of F2 this season like Pourchaire is doing.

 

Piastri is going to test a RS18 at Bahrain next week, along with Lundgaard and Zhou:

 

https://www.formula1...n7RJ1LgnXL.html

 

https://twitter.com/...172615542607874

Edited by krapmeister, 22 October 2020 - 12:09.

[Myrvold]

Hauger is aiming for a seat at Prema, so that wouldn't be a surprise.

 

He'll test for Prema again at Jerez in the next F3 test, while joining Van Amersfoort in Formula Regional for the race in Barcelona.

At the same time, he says that he don't know if RB will keep him in the jr. squad