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In the round-up: Gianluca Petecof, who split from the Ferrari Driver Academy after winning the Formula Regional European championship last year, will race in Formula 1 this season.
Petecof to race in F2 for Campos
Petecof beat fellow FDA member Arthur Leclerc to the FRE title by 16 points last year. The 18-year old will graduate straight to Formula 2 with the Campos and join Ralph Boschung in the team’s 2021 line-up.
He was signed to the team by its founder Adrian Campos prior to his sudden death last week. “It is an honour to know that one of the great Adrian’s last wishes was to have me in a Campos car and it motivates me in a special way more than ever before,” said Petecof.
“Campos Racing has a winning culture and giving unique opportunities to young drivers is in the team’s DNA. I cannot wait to start working with them and prove ourselves once again.
2021 Formula 2 driver line-up confirmed so far
| Team | Car | Driver |
|---|---|---|
| ART | 1 | Theo Pourchaire |
| ART | 2 | TBC |
| Campos | 1 | Ralph Boschung |
| Campos | 2 | Gianluca Petecof |
| Carlin | 1 | Jehan Daruvala |
| Carlin | 2 | Dan Ticktum |
| Charouz | 1 | TBC |
| Charouz | 2 | TBC |
| DAMS | 1 | Marcus Armstrong |
| DAMS | 2 | Roy Nissany |
| Hitech | 1 | Liam Lawson |
| Hitech | 2 | Juri Vips |
| HWA | 1 | Matteo Nannini |
| HWA | 2 | Alessio Deledda |
| MP | 1 | Lirim Zendeli |
| MP | 2 | TBC |
| Prema | 1 | Robert Shwartzman |
| Prema | 2 | Oscar Piastri |
| Trident | 1 | TBC |
| Trident | 2 | TBC |
| Virtuosi | 1 | Felipe Drugovich |
| Virtuosi | 2 | TBC |
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Magnussen heads to WEC
Former Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will be part of Peugeot’s six-strong line-up for the World Endurance Championship.
Magnussen joins fellow ex-F1 racers Jean-Eric Vergne and Paul di Resta plus Loic Duval, Mikkel Jensen and Gustavo Menezes in the race seats. James Rossiter was named reserves and simulator driver.
Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Karting time for DC junior pic.twitter.com/ii3LFMmxtB
— David Coulthard (@therealdcf1) February 6, 2021
#F1 did a superb job under the circumstance to get 17 races done last year. But even taking their explanation into account, with so many people stuck at home I’d’ve expected better figures. Shows that if your product is paywalled it’s not discoverable.https://t.co/XIH4Jd0zB1
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) February 8, 2021
Very, very cool that Hamilton held out on his own contract to secure promises on diversity and commitments across an intersectional plan to improve access to motorsport careers. We’re really lucky to have a seven time champion like this, he doesn’t have to.
— Hazel Southwell (@HSouthwellFE) February 8, 2021
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On this day in F1
- 15 years ago today Formula 1 teams were testing at Jerez. McLaren ran two different cars, the MP4-20 and new MP4-21, both in an interim orange livery
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