Judging by the highlights provided on the official website, the opening rounds of Formula Two from Valencia were rubbish. That’s because the videos are poor quality, very small, about a minute long, and lacking any sort of commentary. What bloody use is that? None at all.

The response on forums has been muted, not helped by Valencia’s unsuitability for anything on four wheels. I’ll manage to catch a race live on the website at some point I’m sure.

Meanwhile, we have the results to analyse. Actually the official website has a pretty good summary of the weekend by driver.

It’s not far off as I predicted some months ago, with two Red Bull Junior Team drivers out front. Former A1GP Canada driver Robert Wickens won both races, and behind him in the championship is Italian F3 champion Mirko Bortolotti.

Andy Soucek was my other pick, but he suffered a mechanical problem in race one, and sits 7th overall. But drivers can drop two results, so it’s not as bad as it could be for Soucek.

Milos Pavlovic was probably the unluckiest driver though. He had mechanical problems in the first race and qualifying for the second race, giving him little chance of getting anything out of the weekend.

18 year old Lithuanian Kazim Vasiliauskas is being touted by many as one to watch now. He qualified 9th for race one, yet finished on the podium. In race two he set the fastest lap, after going off the track while battling for 8th place.

The other drivers around the top of the championship at this stage are former GP2 racer Carlos Iaconelli, Red Bull Junior Team driver Mikhail Aleshin, and Austrian Philipp Eng.

There were points for two Brits in race one – Henry Surtees finishing 7th and Alex Brundle 8th – but that was all. Given that they’ve all moved up from Formula Palmer Audi, and the experience of some of the other drivers, that’s not surprising.

It’ll be interesting to see if the young Brits can catch up as the season progresses. And, with a bit of luck, the races might prove interesting in and of themselves too.