#fabio leimer

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thinking about the last time f2 (in its gp2 iteration) was in singapore. so many familiar names

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Charles celebrates his F2 championship with Antonio Fuoco and his team | Jerez | 7 October 2017

📸 Zak Mauger

Last year The Race ranked every GP2/F2 champion:

18. Davide Valsecchi (2012)

17. Fabio Leimer (2013)

16. Jolyon Palmer (2014)

15. Giorgio Pantano (2008)

14. Mick Schumacher (2020)

13. Felipe Drugovich (2022)

12. Pastor Maldonado (2010)

11. Nyck de Vries (2019)

10. Pierre Gasly (2016)

9. Romain Grosjean (2011)

8. Timo Glock (2007)

7. Oscar Piastri (2021)

6. Nico Rosberg (2005)

5. Nico Hulkenberg (2009)

4. Stoffel Vandoorne (2015)

3. George Russell (2018)

2. Lewis Hamllton (2006)

1. Charles Leclerc (2017)

Source: The Race

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Champions of the GP2 Series - Where are they now?

Champions of the GP2 Series – Where are they now?

Above: The GP2 Series was establish in 2005|SnapLap After the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship was discontinued after the 2004 season, Formula One needed a new feeder series and got one in the form of the GP2 Series. Renamed as the FIA Formula Two Championship for 2017, GP2 debuted in 2005 and supported numerous Formula One races, providing exciting races as teams looked for the stars…

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  Presente anche Sergio Marchionne. Le Finali Mondiali Ferrari 2017 si sono chiuse con uno grande partecipazione di pubblico. Oltre 40.000 persone sono accorse nel weekend al Mugello approfittando della temperatura mite e richiamate dal numero record di vetture che è stato possibile ammirare tra 488 Challenge, 458 Challenge EVO, Formula 1 e auto dei Programmi XX. Qualche polemica si è scatenata tra i lettori di OK!Mugello (clicca qui per l’articolo ed i commenti che ne sono seguiti) e sui social per l’elevato livello di rumore e per le deroghe applicate all’autodromo.

Tornando alla festa Ferrari, domenica è stato presente il Presidente e Amministratore delegato Sergio Marchionne che ha salutato i clienti e premiato il vincitore del Trofeo Pirelli, Fabio Leimer, prima di concedersi una passeggiata in pitlane e per salutare i clienti e il pubblico sugli spalti e posare con piloti e management per la foto di rito.

I campioni del mondo. La mattinata è stata dominata dalle ultime gare del Challenge 2017, quelle che hanno assegnato i titoli mondiali delle quattro classi e delle due divisioni Gentlemen Cup e Ladies’ Cup. Il Trofeo Pirelli è stato vinto dallo svizzero Fabio Leimer, con la 488 Challenge del team Octane 126, mentre Jens Liebhauser (Formula Racing) ha completato la sua stagione da incorniciare aggiudicandosi anche il titolo mondiale del Trofeo Pirelli Am. La Coppa Shell è invece andata all’altro pilota di Formula Racing, il campione europeo Johnny Laursen. In questa gara sono state anche assegnate la Gentlemen Cup, ad Henry Hassid (Charles Pozzi), e la Ladies’ Cup, che è stata vinta da Fabienne Wohlwend (Octane 126). L’ultimo titolo iridato della 458 Challenge EVO è stato dello statunitense Joseph Rubbo (Ferrari of Long Island).

FXX-K EVO. La giornata ha anche visto l’ultima sessione di F1 Clienti Programmi XX, una delle attività più speciali della Ferrari che è stata anche protagonista della serata di gala del sabato alla Stazione Leopolda di Firenze. Dopo la premiazione dei campioni continentali del Ferrari Challenge è stata infatti svelata la FXX-K EVO, l’evoluzione della vettura presentata alle Finali Mondiali del 2014 caratterizzata da oltre 1050 cavalli e dotata della tecnologia ibrida derivante dall’esperienza nel Mondiale di Formula 1 e nelle competizioni GT ai massimi livelli.

La domenica. Il momento clou della manifestazione è stato lo show del primo pomeriggio, che ha visto impegnati Giancarlo Fisichella, Andrea Bertolini e Davide Rigon su altrettante F60 di Formula 1. Rigon è poi saltato sulla 488 GTE che guida abitualmente sulle piste del World Endurance Championship dove ha dato il cambio al compagno Sam Bird. Lo stesso hanno fatto sulla vettura 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi e James Calado, attualmente in testa al campionato piloti, mentre la Ferrari si trova al comando con margine tra i costruttori. A completare uno schieramento straordinario, composto da 70 auto, sono poi state le vetture di F1 Clienti, quelle dei Programmi XX e alcune GT da competizione tra le più gloriose. Prima delle foto di rito, davanti al plotone di vetture, è arrivata la 125 S, la prima Ferrari costruita nel 1947, mentre dal cielo planavano i Carabinieri della Sezione Paracadutismo Sportivo che sono atterrati in pista con la bandiera tricolore e il Cavallino Rampante in giallo, simbolo della Casa di Maranello.

Paddock ricchissimo. Migliaia di persone hanno assiepato il paddock, ricchissimo di attrattive, per una foto con le vetture di Formula 1 nella tenda dedicata ai 70 anni o per un acquisto al Ferrari Store o, ancora, per raccogliere un autografo durante la sessione dedicata ai piloti Challenge tra i quali anche l’attore di Hollywood, Michael Fassbender.

Foto Alessandro Morandi per OK!Mugello

Finali Mondiali Ferrari. In 40mila al Mugello, e qualche polemica per il rumore. Le foto di OK!Mugello Presente anche Sergio Marchionne. Le Finali Mondiali Ferrari 2017 si sono chiuse con uno grande partecipazione di pubblico.

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Fascinating F1 Fact:37 Switzerland is a place where quite a few F1 drivers choose to live. There are tax benefits, the people are respectful and everything works. The country is one of only three that has a Formula 1 team based on its soil (although Haas might argue that). The FIA is officially based in Paris, but much of the federation’s activity is run from offices in Geneva. The country has produced some very talented and successful drivers, notably Clay Regazzoni, Jo Siffert, Marc Surer, Sebastien Buemi, not to mention Romain Grosjean, who is half-Swiss and half-French. Switzerland won the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in 2007-08, while Marcel Fässler has won the World Endurance Championship and is a three-time Le Mans winner. Neel Jani is also a WEC champion and Le Mans winner, while Fabio Leimer won the GP2 title a few years ago. It is a hotbed of motorsport activity – and yet motor racing is banned in Switzerland… It was not always the case. Switzerland hosted its first Grand Prix in 1934 and for many years it was one of the highlights of the Grand Prix calendar, with the races taking place on the spectacular Bremgarten circuit, in the forests just outside the city of Berne. The track consisted of one sweeping curve after another, with trees all around, different road surfaces and, often, poor weather. It was considered one of the great racing circuits. When the Formula 1 World Championship began in 1950, Bremgarten was the third race in Europe, following Silverstone and Monaco. The Le Mans disaster in 1955, in which more than 80 people were killed after Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes ran into the back of Lance Macklin’s Austin Healey and was launched into the crowd, led to the laws being changed in many countries. The Swiss introduced the Loi Fédérale sur la Circulation Routière in 1959. Article 52 of this states that motor racing is banned. There can be hillclimbs and slaloms, as cars are not racing one another, but rather against the clock. In the 1960s there were some major hillclimb events, notably Ollon-Villars and Sierra Montana-Crans, which hosted what was known as the Swiss Mountain Grand Prix, but the law forced the Swiss racing fraternity to organize circuit races in neighbouring countries. In 1982 there was even a Swiss Grand Prix, run on the Dijon-Prenois circuit, although this was really only a ruse to allow France to have an additional race that year. The event was won by Keke Rosberg in a Williams, the only victory he scored in his World Championship year. In the last 15 years, there have been several discussions about whether the ban should be lifted, but many Swiss people are deeply conservative. There was considerable resistance to motor racing even before the Le Mans accident, specifically related to the holding of races on Sundays. The power of religion is waning, with adherence to churches having declined from close to 95 percent in 1980 to about 7o percent today. But now environmental questions are central to the discussion, although the Swiss own more cars per capita than many other European countries, including Britain. In 2009 a motion was passed in the Swiss Lower House, known as the Nationalrat, to allow racing, but it was defeated in the Upper House, known as the Ständerat. In March 2015, however, the law was modified to allow Formula E, although the electric car racers will still have to abide by a maximum average speed set by whichever canton holds a race. Some of the roads which made up the Bremgarten circuit are still there, but much has disappeared beneath urban development. Amazingly, however, there is one permanent Swiss racing facility, a tiny circuit called Lignieres, on a mountain plateau in the Jura, near Neufchatel. This was built in 1961 in the hope that the government would change its attitude to racing. Today it is owned by the Touring Club Suisse and is used for driver training. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some racing in the country…

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Switzerland's 50-year racing ban will change with Formula E The ban was enforced inside the aftermath of the tragic accident at Le Mans in 1955 that stated the lifestyles of around 80 fans and hurt another 120.

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Fabio Leimer tested a 2012 Lotus at Paul Ricard as reward for winning the GP2 title

Swiss driver completes almost 300km in France Fabio Leimer: Tested a 2012 Lotus at Paul Ricard Fabio Leimer completed almost 300km at Paul Ricard in a 2012 Lotus as a reward for winning the 2013 GP2 Championship. The prize drive was offered by Pirelli and carried out on the Italian...

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F1: Leimer reservecoureur voor Manor

F1: Leimer reservecoureur voor Manor

Het is voormalig GP2-kampioen Fabio Leimer dan toch gelukt. De Zwitser mag aanschuiven bij Manor Marussia als reserve-rijder. (more…)