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2023 Melbourne Formula 2 Round
The 2023 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 31 March and 2 April 2023 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the third round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Notes: * – Isack Hadjar received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint Race for impeding Roman Staněk during Qualifying. Sprint race Notes: * – Théo Pourchaire retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * – Ralph Boschung and Enzo Fittipaldi both had spun off on their way to the grid prior to the race. As a consequence, both were not able to take part in the Sprint Race. Feature Race Notes: * – Roman Staněk originally finished tenth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for overtaking Kush Maini under Safety Car conditions, dropping him out of the points to fourteenth. * – Oliver Bearman received a te ...
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Albert Park Circuit
The Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake, three kilometres south of central Melbourne. It is used annually as a circuit for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, the supporting Supercars Championship Melbourne 400 and other associated support races. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 license. Although the entire track consists of normally public roads, each sector includes medium to high-speed characteristics more commonly associated with dedicated racetracks facilitated by grass and gravel run-off safety zones that are reconstructed annually. However, the circuit also has characteristics of a street circuit's enclosed nature due to concrete barriers annually built along the Lakeside Drive curve, in particular, where run-off is not available due to the proximity of the lake shore. Design The circuit uses everyday sections of road that circle Albert Park Lake, a small man-altered lake (originally a large lagoon formed as part of the ancient Ya ...
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2023 Australian Grand Prix
The 2023 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 April 2023 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The race was won by Max Verstappen, with Lewis Hamilton in second and Fernando Alonso third. The event set a new attendance record at the circuit for the weekend with 444,631 attending it, making it the most attended sporting event ever in Melbourne. It was the highest number since 440,000 attendance recorded at the 2022 United States Grand Prix. The Grand Prix broke the record for most red flags, with three. Background The event was held across the weekend of 31 March – 2 April. It was the third round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship. Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen was leading the World Drivers' Championship with 44 points, one point from his teammate Sergio Pérez, second, and 14 from Fernando Alonso in third ...
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Enzo Fittipaldi
Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 18 July 2001) is a Brazilian-American racing driver, who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin. After signing with Carlin, he became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in November 2022, and was a previous member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He is grandson of two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi by his daughter Juliana and Carlos da Cruz, and brother of racing driver Pietro Fittipaldi. Career Karting Not much is known about Fittipaldi's karting career, he took a high of sixth place in the 2009 USA Rotax Grand Nationals in the Micro Max category. Fitttipaldi also won the East Coast Karting Championship in 2014. Ginetta Junior Championship In 2016, Fittipaldi graduated to car racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship with Douglas Motorsport. He finished 18th in the championship with a best race finish of eighth, despite missing the final three rounds. Formula 4 2017 In 2017, Fittipaldi signed with P ...
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Virtuosi Racing
Virtuosi Racing (previously known as Virtuosi UK, and UNI Virtuosi in Formula 2) is a British racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team previously ran in the Auto GP series, in addition to running the Russian Time outfit in Formula 2 and its predecessor GP2 Series up until 2018. With the withdrawal of Russian Time, the team assumed its new name UNI Virtuosi Racing for the 2019 Formula 2 season. History In 2012, Paul Devlin and Andy Roche approached businessman Declan Lohan for financial backing and Virtuosi UK team was founded at Carleton Rode, Norfolk in order to participate in the Auto GP. The team signed GP2 Series driver Pål Varhaug. His team-mates in the first rounds was European F3 Open driver Matteo Beretta and Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Sten Pentus, before they was replaced by Auto GP veteran Francesco Dracone. Varhaug won feature race at Sonoma and reverse-grid races at Monza and Hungaroring, finishing as runner-up in the drive ...
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Jack Doohan (racing Driver)
Jack Doohan (born 20 January 2003) is an Australian race car driver serving as reserve driver for Alpine F1 Team and currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Invicta Virtuosi Racing. He is the 2021 FIA Formula 3 vice-champion and a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team. He is the son of motorcycle rider Mick Doohan, who is a five-time 500cc world champion. Career Karting Doohan starting karting competitively in 2012. He won the Australian Karting Championship in 2015 and 2016. Doohan had additional success the next year, finishing third in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and sixth in the World Championship. Formula 4 Doohan started his single-seater career at the age of 15 in the F4 British Championship with the TRS Arden Junior Racing Team, alongside fellow Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger. He scored three wins throughout the season, with his first car racing victory coming at Thruxton. The Australian finished fifth in the standings, ...
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Charouz Racing System
Charouz Racing System (CHRS, also was known as Lotus in World Series Formula V8 3.5) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by . History In the 1980s, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600 cc division in a Toyota Corolla. By 1992, they prepared cars for a special cup series for Ford Fiestas, Escort RS 2000s and Pumas. Since 1998, Charouz has competed in the European Rally Championship, Slovak Championship and European Zone series. When the A1 Grand Prix series debuted in 2005, Charouz managed the A1 Team Czech Republic. The team later took over management duties for A1 Team Brazil. New for 2007 was the entrance into endurance racing with the Le Mans Series. Competing with a Lola- Judd prototype, the team finished the year fifth in their class championship, including a second-place finish at Valencia. For 2008 the team entered a cooperation with Aston Martin Racing and Prodrive, running a new Lola B08/60 coupe in the Le ...
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PHM Racing
PHM Racing is a German auto racing team currently competing in the Italian F4 Championship, Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 championships. The team was founded by Paul Müller. The team is due to take over Charouz Racing System's FIA Formula 2 Championship, Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 Championship, Formula 3 entries in 2023. History Born from the ashes of Mücke Motorsport, which disbanded its single-seater programme at the end of 2021, PHM Racing was founded by Paul Müller with a squad mostly consisting of former Mücke personnel and the aim of being a non-profit organization. The team made its first step into racing in the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship, Formula 4 UAE Championship in 2022, competing with Nikita Bedrin, Jonas Ried and Taylor Barnard. Following a campaign that yielded the team's first ever race win with Barnard and a further pair of victories brought by Bedrin, team owner Paul Müller announced that they would be stepping into the 2022 Italian F4 Championship, I ...
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Roy Nissany
Roy Nissany ( he, רוי ניסני; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli racing driver who is set to compete in the Formula 2 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He is also currently a Formula 1 test driver with Williams Grand Prix Engineering. He is the son of former racing driver Chanoch Nissany. Personal life Nissany was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and resides in Herzliya, Israel. He is the son of the former Israeli one-time Minardi Formula One test driver, Chanoch Nissany. Nissany races under the flag of his native Israel, however he also holds a French passport. Career Karting Nissany began karting at the age of six. In 2004, he drove for the Hungarian G-Kart Racing Team, and finished fourth overall in the FIA Central European Zone Trophy and in the Hungarian Karting Championship. In 2007, Nissany drove for the Italian Morsicani Racing Team, racing in the Italian Open Masters and 13th Winter Cup in Lonato del Garda. In the following year, he raced for the ...
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Jehan Daruvala
Jehan Daruvala (born 1 October 1998) is an Indian racing driver currently serving as a reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E team. He was a protégé of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billion hunt' organized by the team in 2011. He is currently a member of the Red Bull Junior Team. Early life Daruvala was born in Mumbai to Khurshed and Kainaz Daruvala, a Parsi family. He studied at Bombay Scottish School, Mahim. His father Khurshed is the current MD of Sterling & Wilson, an associate company of Shapoorji Pallonji. Career Karting Daruvala started karting at the age of thirteen in 2011, participating in many events across his karting career. He won the 2012 Asia-Pacific Championship and 2013 Super 1 National Championship titles as champion and many other series as vice champion across Asia and Europe. Daruvala placed third in the 2014 Karting World Championship. He was coached by Rayomand Banajee who recognised his tal ...
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Ralph Boschung
Ralph Boschung (born 23 September 1997) is a Swiss racing driver set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Campos Racing. He is a race winner in the GP3 Series and has previously competed in Formula 2 from to , for Campos, MP Motorsport and Trident. Career Formula BMW Talent Cup In 2012, Boschung made his debut in open-wheel racing, competing in the Formula BMW Talent Cup. He ended the season fifth, five points behind champion Marvin Dienst, after winning the first race and scoring a fourth place in the second. ADAC Formel Masters 2013 In 2013, Boschung competed in ADAC Formel Masters with Team KUG Motorsport and ended the season seventh, having inherited a win at the Slovakiaring after the original race winner and that year's champion, Alessio Picariello, was given a penalty. He also took six podium finishes. 2014 The following year he moved to Lotus, where he would partner Dennis Marschall and Joel Eriksson. He started the season with a podium at ...
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Oliver Bearman
Oliver Bearman (born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver. He was the 2021 Italian and ADAC Formula 4 champion and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed for Prema Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, ending the championship in third place, seven points off winner Victor Martins. In November 2022, the Italian Prema Racing announced Bearman’s move to FIA Formula 2 for the 2023 season. Career Karting career Bearman started karting competitively in 2013, when he raced in the championship of his local karting club, the Trent Valley Kart Club. He then moved to compete in the Super 1 National Championships, where he managed a best finish of second in 2016 and 2017 respectively, driving in the Cadet category. The Brit then won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix in 2017, and he finished his karting career off strongly in 2019 with victory in the IAME International Final, IAME Euro Series and IAME Winter Cup. Lower formulae 2020 In 2 ...
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Carlin Motorsport
Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in five championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, F4 British Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 and Euroformula Open Championship. Originally found in 1996 by Trevor Carlin and Martin Stone, Carlin has competed in Porsche Supercup, Nissan World Series, Formula BMW UK, World Series by Renault, F3 Euro Series, British F3, FIA European F3 Championship, FIA Formula E, GP3 Series, GP2 Series all with race winning success. In 2009, Carlin Motorsport was reborn as Carlin, part of the Capsicum Motorsport Group headed up by Grahame Chilton and Rupert Swallow. Carlin has provided a well-trodden staircase to F1. Over 200 drivers have passed through the doors of the team, many on their way to the highest echelons of the sport, including F1 drivers Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica, Takuma Sato, Anthony Davidson, Jaime Alguersuari, D ...
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