![]() ![]() The desire for a Honda-backed driver on the F1 grid is strong, with Tsunoda seeming like the best bet right now. The most obvious came in charge from sixth on the grid to win at a damp Monza last year in the FIA F3 round. The dual-programme was an intense way to start life in Europe after winning the Japanese F4 title in 2018, but the Honda-backed youngster has shown promising signs. Tsunoda graduates to F2 after just a single year at Formula 3-level, where he finished ninth in the FIA series and fourth in Euroformula Open. But 2020 will see Yuki Tsunoda buck the trend by joining the F2 grid with Carlin. Red Bull rarely places members of its junior programme in Formula 2, instead preferring to station them in Super Formula (as we shall come to). Ilott had a patchy first season in F2, more down to his team than his own form, but we saw flashes of the brilliance that convinced Ferrari to snap him up in Monaco qualifying – P2 – and his charge to pole at Monza where he was in the fight for victory. ![]() The third of the five Ferrari youngsters racing in Formula 2 this year is Callum Ilott, who will also be plotting a title bid in his second season in the category. Shwartzman will naturally have to acclimatise to a new race format – he’s never raced with pit stops or multiple tyre compounds before – but the likes of George Russell and Charles Leclerc proved it is possible to excel from the off in F2.Ĭallum Ilott – Formula 2 with UNI-Virtuosi Racing The Russian enjoys backing from SMP Racing and has excelled at every level he has raced at, meaning he could vault to the front of the Ferrari junior pecking order with a good 2020. Shwartzman was head and shoulders above the field in F3 last year, clinching the title with one round to spare, and will enter the F2 season as one of the early favourites. Ferrari refuse to back Schumacher | Hulkenberg is on Haas’ wish-list ![]()
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