F2 at Brands Hatch: lovely, unremarkable

Jake | Monday 25th July 2011 | Other Motorsport

I’m very partial to a bit of Brands Hatch, so what better place to spend my 30th birthday? It’s just a lovely place to wander around – and even better with engines roaring all around you. So, yesterday, off to the Formula Two meeting I went.

Not the most exciting race

It turned into a glorious day by the time the F2 race kicked off. Just as well, because it wasn’t the most exciting of races.

Ramon Pineiro made a storming start to take the lead around the outside at the first corner, and disappeared into the distance. Jack Clarke looked like he might challenge Mirko Bortolotti in the early laps, but they soon settled into comfortable third and second places respectively.

The racing might not have been remarkable, but Pineiro looked incredibly happy with his first Formula Two victory, and on a sunny day who could begrudge him that? Especially in what F2 commentator Jack Nicholls neatly described as a highlighter pen of a car.

Champagne burns

Incidentally, it’s worth watching the highlights of the race on YouTube. The start is decent, but really it’s all about Jack Clarke spraying champagne in an unfortunate grid girl’s face – skip to about 7:41 for that. Her reaction suggests something along the lines of: “IT BURNS!” – I do hope she was okay.

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