The difficulties faced by the Prema top team with its line-up of future F1 stars Oliver Bearman/Kimi Antonelli highlights the complexities of Formula 2 this season: deciphering.
The antechamber of the Grands Prix is hardly a paradox after the most recent champions have not found an opening in Formula 1, which calls into question the primary vocation of the championship.
The new Dallara F2/24 single-seater, with its strange oversized rear wing, seems to be causing problems for some teams this year.
A leader… who hasn’t won yet!
Thus, no less than eight different teams were counted among the winners during the first eleven rounds (sprints and long races), but no trace in this panel of Prema Racing, whose pair of drivers nevertheless seemed like a scarecrow at the time. last winter, or Hitech GP, the team of… the championship leader, the rookie Paul Aron, who has still not won but has shown great consistency.
At the last meeting in Barcelona last weekend, the Prema boys suffered martyrdom again: if Antonelli qualified fifth and Bearman fifteenth, they played no visible role during the two races due to a blatant lack of grip. The pressure is on the Italian team to resolve this misunderstanding and find the right window for using the tires.
Bearman better ranked in F1 than in F2
It is funny to point out that the two drivers are almost assured of a seat in Formula 1 next year even though they are ninth (Antonelli) and seventeenth (Bearman) in the provisional standings, with the Briton being less well placed. placed in F2 than in the F1 world championship where he is thirteenth thanks to the 6 points scored during his notable stint with Ferrari in Saudi Arabia…
However, it seems certain that Bearman will be promoted by the Ferrari Driver Academy as a starter for the Haas F1 Team in 2025, while Antonelli should in all likelihood succeed Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes without their poor performances in Formula 2 being taken into account. taken into account by decision-makers, which raises questions about the legitimacy of the category.
