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The F2 weekend in Monaco at a glance

Published on 24/05/2021 à 11:00

Jeremy Satis

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The F2 weekend in Monaco at a glance

The man of the weekend: Theo Pourchaire (ART Grand Prix)

Youngest pole sitter in the history of F2/GP2 last Thursday, youngest winner of a race in the category on Saturday, all while discovering Monaco at only seventeen and a half years old. Do we really need to add anything? 7th in Race 1 on a reverse grid then 4th in Race 2, the Habs managed a perfect race on Saturday evening to pocket the twenty-five points for victory in the main race. A success which allows him to enter the title race by moving up to 3rd place. The Frenchman hit very hard. 

 

The disappointment of the weekend: Christian Lundgaard (ART Grand Prix)

While his young French teammate was shining, the Dane was having a tough weekend. Disappointing in qualifying, the driver Alpine only picked up the fourth line, forcing himself to start in the pack. Second in Race 1 after getting a good start, Lundgaard lost twelve precious points due to a mechanical problem. Starting at the back of the grid in Race 2, he didn't have much to hope for... and didn't score a single point in the main race after being stuck behind Roy Nissany for a good part of the race. Zero points on the counter in the end. Weekend to forget for the Dane.

Video of the weekend: Théo Pourchaire’s pole (ART Grand Prix)

“It’s the best pole position of my career” said Théo Pourchaire at a press conference after dominating his first qualifying in Formula 2. For his debut in the streets of Monaco, the Tricolore “disconnected his brain” as he likes to say, and lined up sector after sector to stay within half a second of the competition. Relive his ride on board camera.

 

Fact of the weekend: Liam Lawson's overtaking Oscar piastri and C2

Huddled in the exhausts of leader Oscar Piastri throughout the first part of Race 2, Liam Lawson (Hitech) finally found the opening in a mouse hole at Rascasse. Despite his Monaco debut and a soggy track, the Kiwi didn't hesitate to dive for what has long been the overtake for victory. Unfortunately, Lawson was later disqualified for using poor throttle pedal mapping, handing the victory to Dan Ticktum (Carlin). 

 

The tweet of the weekend: Guanyu-Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi)

Starting 10th in the main race, championship leader Guanyu Zhou didn't have much to hope for on a regular basis. As a result, he took the gamble of delaying his passage into the pit lane as much as possible, praying to the darkness that a Safety Car would appear to gain an almost free pit stop and try to surprise Théo Pourchaire and ART Grand Prix. Three incidents took place, but they only resulted in VSCs. Thanks to this strategy, the Chinese still achieved an important 5th place in the title race. In any case, he had fun with his strategy on his Twitter account after the race.

 

The number : 48

48

This is the number of races that Roy Nissany (DAMS) waited to score his first podium in Formula 2. Thanks to the reverse grid of qualifying results, the Israeli managed to take third place in Race 1, behind the UNI-Virtuosi duo Guanyu Zhou and Felipe Drugovich. 

 

The statement of the weekend: Daniel Ticktum

Asked about the seven weeks gap between the meetings in Bahrain and Monaco, driver Carlin had his own way of describing his impatience.

“Eight weeks of waiting for a pilot is a long time. Today, I consider myself a full-time streamer (he plays Call of Duty and broadcasts it on his Twitch channel), and a part-time pilot,” he said with all the irony that we know him.

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