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[Earth]

Herta already knocking on the door of the top 5 in testing

Hopefully he wins a few times this year and finishes inside the top 6 in points

 

[Veinz]

It's only testing but he does look a little quicker than Miyata. I'd be very surprised if he didn't get his super license after this season.

 

[toastet]

With all his experience on pro-level and undeniable talent everything else would be very surprising and also clearly leading to absolutely no reason considering him for F1 at all.

 

[Fezzik]

It's only testing but he does look a little quicker than Miyata. I'd be very surprised if he didn't get his super license after this season.

I think the main obstacle is the race tyre management. If he quickly picks that up on the Pirellis in F2 he should be good.
Some luck needed as well as those F2 kids are a bit feisty/aggressive/reckless, so needs to qualify well and stay out of the pack.

 

[toastet]

Does F2 also get the new skinnier tyres and 2026 F1 compounds?

 

[Fezzik]

Oops. Not the best first impression.

 

[Veinz]

Yeah that was bad, lol. He did qualify right behind his team mate though, only a tenth behind despite having little track time.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Big shunt between PREMA teammates in the F3 Sprint race has caused a Red Flag due to barrier damage. A very silly an unnecessary bit of contact between the two drivers
Racing up until that point has been a bit mad across the whole 30 cars and surprising there hadn't been contact sooner to be honest. No idea if this race will be restarted with the F1 session scheduled for half an hour after this race is timed to finish. Tecpro needs resculpting.

 

[Earth]

Really bad show by Herta in the F2 Sprint race. He just fell back throughout the entire race, while his teammate moved forward

Maybe the told him just to keep it on track and get experience. Who knows

 

[MagpieRacer]

Really bad show by Herta in the F2 Sprint race. He just fell back throughout the entire race, while his teammate moved forward

Maybe the told him just to keep it on track and get experience. Who knows

There's not a lot we can learn from his first race, new cars to him, new tyres, track he's never raced at before, there's no other result people could possibly have expected.

 

[Veinz]

That chop by Dunne was absolutely brutal, the radio afterwards was pretty childish too.

 

[IforceV8]

Safety car for a car parked 10' from a marshal post opening and then the safety car doesnt know who the leader is.

 

[Fezzik]

Rally champion's F1 dream suspended due to health issues

Two-time World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera has had to call off his Super Formula debut - and thus suspend his quest to reach Formula 1 - due to health problems

www.the-race.com

The single seater path to F1 seems dead. If he is staying in circuit racing it looks like GT/endurance may be the way now. I’d love to see him in Supercars or touring but I don’t think the money is there.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Rally champion's F1 dream suspended due to health issues

Two-time World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera has had to call off his Super Formula debut - and thus suspend his quest to reach Formula 1 - due to health problems

www.the-race.com

The single seater path to F1 seems dead. If he is staying in circuit racing it looks like GT/endurance may be the way now. I’d love to see him in Supercars or touring but I don’t think the money is there.

Such a shame, really feel for him, I imagine this is his vertigo that's curtailed this for him.