He Monaco street circuit It’s historic. One of the most iconic in Formula 1. The risk that is taken to improve the speed marks or make an overtake is high, and this was demonstrated in the Formula 2 qualifying with the scene that starred the French Isack Hadjar and the Japanese Ritomo Miyata.
The 22 vehicles in the second category went out to classify in two batches of 11. The first, which had the Argentine Franco Colapinto in third place in his group (fifth overall), experienced a scene that did not end in a miracle tragedy. And for the brilliant reaction of the promising Red Bull Junior Team rider…
Miyata suffered a breakdown in his car of the Rodin Motorsport team. The flags began to warn of what happened, while the Asian moved Slower and slower through the historic tunnel of the Monegasque circuit. However, Hadjar entered that area at full speed without knowing what was happening and at the same time Miyata was left in a blind spot.
The images are eloquent: The Frenchman has a brilliant reaction in seconds to swerve which allowed him to both avoid his rival’s car and avoid hitting the retaining wall at full speed. It was the final stretch of the round, with just five minutes left until the end, and everyone was trying to improve their times. “I almost crashed in the tunnel”the runner communicated to his team, according to internal communications from the official broadcast.
“That was close! Unreal reaction”, posted the official Formula 2 account after sharing the scene of what happened. At the same time he replicated the face of racer Ollie Bearman in the pits, while watching live scenes of what his colleague did on the track: “Ollie Bearman is all of us”. The Briton, who became known weeks ago for his emergency debut in Formula 1, was one of the 11 drivers waiting in the pits to go out to qualify in the second group of the day.
What was done by the runner Racing Fields It immediately became viral on social networks. The Parisian of Algerian parents is already one of the great promises of world motorsport to his 19 years: was fourth in Formula 3 in 2022 and had an irregular debut in Formula 2 last year (finished 14th). However, it is one of the surnames that supports Red Bull’s historic F2 driver program together with the Spanish Pepe Martí and at the beginning of 2024 already He places third after winning two racesand despite having problems that led to the withdrawal of three others.
Beyond this maneuver full of danger and his actions that avoided having to regret a dangerous accident, Hadjar He had the third best time of both qualifying sessions behind the Dutchman Richard Verschoor (1:21:283) of Trident in his group. The first five places in Sunday’s Feature Race will be Victor Martins (2nd with 1:21.310), Paul Aron (4th with 1:21.347) and Franco Colapinto (5th with 1:21.655).
