This weeks #FanFormula is going glam, in true Monaco spirit
Monday 28 May 2012
Friday 25 May 2012
Luiz Razia sprints to the top in race two.
Luiz Razia celebrated on the top
step of the podium after storming to victory in the GP2 sprint race this
afternoon.
Last time out Razia finished in 8th
after starting 13th and with the reverse grid, meant a pole position
was in order to start the sprint race.
From the start Luiz Razia got a
clear lead and had plenty of space into turn one. From then the pack just
followed and by the end of lap one Razia had six tenths lead, ahead of Berthon
and championship leader Valsecchi in third.
Berthon began to be hot on Luiz
Razia’s tail and closed the gap down to half a second on lap six. Out in the
lead Razia could set the pace of the pack and manage his tyre wear, as it would
be crucial for the coming laps towards the end.
Half race distance and Razia was
still in the lead with Berthon closely behind with the gap at less than half a
second, but as tyre drop off points were playing into the hand of Luiz Razia
the gap began to increase to over a second with eight laps to go.
The final laps of the race saw a
comfortable lead for Luiz Razia, two and a half seconds separating him and 2nd
place Berthon.
Luiz Razia won the GP2 sprint
race at the Circuit de Catalunya for Arden International. This is a track that
has always favoured the team with wins in the past coming from Williams F1
driver Bruno Senna.
This is Razia’s second win of the
season and has scored in the points consistently in every race so far.
Luiz Razia is still second in the
championship and has moved onto 104 points. He is only 25 points behind
Valsecchi who leads the championship on 129 points.
Monaco is the next round in two
weeks time, an iconic track. The jewel in the crown and Luiz Razia hopes that
the crown will be his in two weeks time.
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Notes to editors.
About: Luiz Razia.
Luiz Razia is a Brazilian racing
driver in the GP2 series, driving for Arden International. He has been a test
driver for Virgin Racing, now Marussia and is currently 2nd in the
GP2 championship.
@LuizRazia
About: Arden International.
Arden International competes in
both the GP2 and GP3 championships. Christian Horner the current Red Bull
Racing team principal and his father Gary founded the team in the 1970’s. The
team has gone on to produce Formula 1 drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and the current
Marussia Racing driver Charles Pic.
Eight place finish for Razia and pole position in the reverse grid tomorrow.
Luiz Razia finished in 8th
place during race one here at the Circuit de Catalunya, and will start
tomorrow’s sprint race on pole position thanks to the reverse grid.
Razia started in 13th
place after a qualifying session that was hard on tyres and timing.
A great start from Razia got him
up to 9th position and missing out on all the traffic of the
midfield. Different circumstances and different drivers to be racing against,
Razia did well not to get caught up in the traffic.
As the laps rolled on, Razia
began to be put under pressure by Melker in 10th place and the gap
was being closed down to four tenths. Onidi was ahead of Razia in 8th
place, over two seconds was the gap from 8th to 9th
The prime tyre was holding up
well and after lap 11 there was no sign of a pit stop for Razia. Once other
drivers began to pit Razia moved up to 4th position. After lap 16
Razia pitted for a new set of prime tyres and dropped down to 14th.
With 15 laps to go Razia had
moved up to 10th position and was battling out for the reverse grid
pole position for the sprint race tomorrow. Razia needed to move up to 8th
position to enable him to bag the pole position. Just ahead of him, Max Chilton
who was currently in the reverse grid pole position.
Luiz Razia got up to 8th
position and had Max Chilton in his reach, only three tenths behind, instead
Razia decided to keep position and guarantee that reverse grid pole position.
After and action packed race,
Luiz Razia finished in 8th position and will start the sprint race
tomorrow on pole, with Max Chilton behind him in second. Talk of rain for the
race tomorrow could make things interesting and mix things up a bit.
Razia moves on to 87 points in
the championship and stays second in the championship behind Valsecchi who
increases his lead after finishing 4th in todays race.
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Notes to editors.
About: Luiz Razia.
Luiz Razia is a Brazilian racing
driver in the GP2 series, driving for Arden International. He has been a test
driver for Virgin Racing, now Marussia and is currently 2nd in the
GP2 championship.
@LuizRazia
About: Arden International.
Arden International competes in
both the GP2 and GP3 championships. Christian Horner the current Red Bull
Racing team principal and his father Gary founded the team in the 1970’s. The
team has gone on to produce Formula 1 drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and the current
Marussia Racing driver Charles Pic.
All about timing. Luiz Razia starts in 13th for tomorrow’s race.
Luiz Razia starts tomorrow’s
first race in 13th position, as track condition and tyre drop off
points were key.
Razia started on a different
strategy to everyone else by going out on the prime tyres firs, instead of the option
tyre that seemed to be favourite.
Last time out in Bahrain, Razia
qualified 6th, only three tenths off pole position and went off to
finish the first race in 4th and just missed out on the win, behind
Tom Dillmann in the second race.
For the first time this season in
GP2 there is a double step gap between tyre compounds this weekend. Pirelli
have supplied a hard compound (prime) and soft compound. (option) Each driver
gets three sets of prime tyres and one set of option, with one set of the prime
tyre to be saved for the sprint race.
The beginning five-ten minutes of
the session was said to be the tracks peak condition after rubber that had been
laid down during FP2.
Razia went out on the prime tyres
and set a time of 1.54.918, then came his first flying lap, which put him in 6th
with a 1.31.377. On the hard Pirelli compound Luiz Razia managed to set a
personal best in all three sectors.
As faster times began to shape
the grid, Razia was pushed down the order. Times were being set on the option tyres
which Razia was yet to go onto.
Half of the session was left and
Razia came into the pits to change to the option tyre and wait for some clear
space out on track. A personal best was improved in sector two, but with having
to pass a couple of cars on his lap, Luiz Razia couldn’t better his time of
1.31.377.
Luiz Razia will start tomorrow’s
first race of the weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in 13th
position on the grid, only seven tenths off of James Calado on pole.
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Notes to editors.
About: Luiz Razia.
Luiz Razia is a Brazilian racing
driver in the GP2 series, driving for Arden International. He has been a test
driver for Virgin Racing, now Marussia and is currently 2nd in the
GP2 championship.
@LuizRazia
About: Arden International.
Arden International compete in
both the GP2 and GP3 championships. Christian Horner the current Red Bull
Racing team principal and his father Gary founded the team in the 1970’s. The
team has gone on to produce Formula 1 drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and the current
Marussia Racing driver Charles Pic.
Sixth tenths off in practice at the Circuit de Catalunya
Luiz Razia finished 10th
overall in practice at the Circuit de Catalunya for Arden International. Razia
ended the session with a time of 1.31.717. Joseph Kral in the Barwa Addax Team
set the quickest time of the session, a 1.31.109, going into Qualifying, this
afternoon.
The European leg of the season is
kicked off this weekend in Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya, a track the
drivers know very well. Razia goes into this weekend 2nd in the
championship with 83 points, 24 points behind Valsecchi. Razia was leading the
championship after the first round in Sepang but couldn’t continue with this
form and is now closely behind the leader.
Arden International are also
having a strong start to the season. The team is 3rd in the
standings overall with 84 points, 9 points behind 2nd place Lotus GP
and 51 points behind the leaders DAMS.
The teams are incredibly close,
already this season and with 18 more races to go in 9 different countries, it’s
definitely going to be a scorcher when the final rounds get underway in
Singapore towards the end of the year.
Luiz Razia had a good start to the
session and his first flying lap put him up in 2nd position, but was
slowly dropping down the standings after more and more times were put in by the
field.
Razia managed to improve his
time, but it wasn’t enough to move him up the grid and with 20 minutes to go he
was seven tenths off the leader Kral.
Razia completed six laps and his
quickest time was 1.31.717, 0.608 seconds off Kral. After the 30-minute
practice session, Luiz Razia finished in 10th position with a better
understanding of the tyre degradation, which has been one of the talking points
in practice this morning.
Pirelli have provided a hard and
a soft compound this weekend in Barcelona and with saving tyres crucial for
qualifying this afternoon and both races on Sunday. The hard compound was the
choice for practice and with one set of hard tyres to be saved for the sprint
race on Sunday.
The soft compound looks favourite
for qualifying, but the drop off point is significant in getting the best
qualifying time.
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Notes to editors.
About: Luiz Razia.
Luiz Razia is a Brazilian racing
driver in the GP2 series, driving for Arden International. He has been a test driver
for Virgin Racing, now Marussia and is currently 2nd in the GP2 championship.
@LuizRazia
About: Arden International.
Arden International compete in
both the GP2 and GP3 championships. Christian Horner the current Red Bull
Racing team principal and his father Gary founded the team in the 1970’s. The
team has gone on to produce Formula 1 drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and the current
Marussia Racing driver Charles Pic.
Working 9-5
Sorry I'm not with hanging with Dolly Parton. Instead I've been working on building up a PR portfolio to help me get noticed by some Formula 1 teams.
Some of us are all in the same boat, trying to push into Formula 1, but it is just so difficult without the right experience. This is why, with a little help from Emma Stonier (owner of Driven Communications) I've began to do this.
The next three posts will be of the practice, qualifying, feature race and sprint race of GP2 and Arden International driver, Luiz Razia from two weeks ago in Barcelona. I wasn't going to post these up, but you know me. I like the publicity.
I hope you enjoy
Some of us are all in the same boat, trying to push into Formula 1, but it is just so difficult without the right experience. This is why, with a little help from Emma Stonier (owner of Driven Communications) I've began to do this.
The next three posts will be of the practice, qualifying, feature race and sprint race of GP2 and Arden International driver, Luiz Razia from two weeks ago in Barcelona. I wasn't going to post these up, but you know me. I like the publicity.
I hope you enjoy
Friday 18 May 2012
Caption This
Romain Grosjean is popular amongst the paddock and the fans. So of course he's going to star in this weeks 'Caption This.'
Here we go. Knock yourselves out.
Tweet me your captions @AilishCatherine or use the hashtag #CaptionThis
Enjoy
Here we go. Knock yourselves out.
Tweet me your captions @AilishCatherine or use the hashtag #CaptionThis
Enjoy
Monday 14 May 2012
Caption This
After the aftermath of yesterday's race. Today's Caption This couldn't be anything else but this.
Knock yourselves out with this one.
Get your captions into me on twitter @AilishCatherine or use the new hashtag #CaptionThis or write your captions below.
Have fun
Knock yourselves out with this one.
Get your captions into me on twitter @AilishCatherine or use the new hashtag #CaptionThis or write your captions below.
Have fun
Friday 11 May 2012
Voila
This weekend's 'caption this'
@NickyLP tweeted "I'm going to be first. Oh yeah! Oh yeah!"
@EmTheEmu tweeted "Seb see me rollin'. He hatin'"
@domcovkid tweeted "Narain rushes back to his team to say he's finally passed his driving test...in india....and still hasn't passed any others"
@PAGIE30 tweeted "A nice sunny day. Time for a cucumber sandwich"
Caption This
It's caption this time. With the Spanish Grand Prix getting underway this weekend, lets have some fun with this weekend's photo.
Knock yourself with this one of HRT driver Narain Karthikeyan.
You can tweet your captions to me @AilishCatherine or write them below in a comment.
Enjoy :)
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Say Cheese
It's time to get your 'glamrags' out and get your best face on.
Wings for Life. A spinal cord research foundation are teaming up with Red Bull Racing, to give you the opportunity to be racing around the iconic Silverstone circuit this coming July. You will be travelling down the pit straight at 200mph with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel at the wheel.
So what do I have to do? I hear you cry.
Well all you have to do is take a 'snazzy' photo of yourself and upload it here https://www.facesforcharity.com/en/upload.html
and make a 15€ (or more if you're feeling generous) to Wings for Life. Every donation that is made Red Bull Racing will match it. Not bad 'ey?
So what are you waiting for? Get snapping, donating and see you at the British Grand Prix in July
Follow Wings for Life on twitter @WingsforLife
Check out their website http://www.wingsforlife.com/en-gb/
Follow Red Bull Racing on twitter @RedBullRacing
Check out their website http://www.redbullracing.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Red-Bull-Racing/001242807156063
Wings for Life. A spinal cord research foundation are teaming up with Red Bull Racing, to give you the opportunity to be racing around the iconic Silverstone circuit this coming July. You will be travelling down the pit straight at 200mph with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel at the wheel.
So what do I have to do? I hear you cry.
Well all you have to do is take a 'snazzy' photo of yourself and upload it here https://www.facesforcharity.com/en/upload.html
and make a 15€ (or more if you're feeling generous) to Wings for Life. Every donation that is made Red Bull Racing will match it. Not bad 'ey?
So what are you waiting for? Get snapping, donating and see you at the British Grand Prix in July
Follow Wings for Life on twitter @WingsforLife
Check out their website http://www.wingsforlife.com/en-gb/
Follow Red Bull Racing on twitter @RedBullRacing
Check out their website http://www.redbullracing.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Red-Bull-Racing/001242807156063
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