F2 Driver Ferrucci Banned for Deliberate Contact

James Egan · Jul 9, 2018

Qazdar Karim said:
The crowd has a short memory

i don't think you've looked at everything santino did compared to Vettel

XCalinX · Jul 9, 2018

Paul Jeffrey said:
Adding further fuel to the fire, Ferrucci would also be reportedly seen to be driving his F2 car in the paddock area without wearing one of his race gloves, and holding a mobile phone..

I wanna see that aswell.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Jul 10, 2018

XCalinX said:
I wanna see that aswell.

"Allied to that, American driver Ferrucci was seen to be driving with a glove off between the F2 and F1 paddock at Silverstone on Sunday, which is not allowed.

In that hand he was seen to be holding a phone, and for these two offences he has been fined €6000."

No footage of it afaik, but he has been fined for it, so it seems more than likely that the stewards have seen it.

Dr. Death · Jul 10, 2018

I might sound very dumb for some but being sore losers and bad sportsman has been a trend i've noticed a lot in americans. Hope im wrong.

Copef1 · Jul 10, 2018

Dr. Death said:
I might sound very dumb for some but being sore losers and bad sportsman has been a trend i've noticed a lot in americans. Hope im wrong.

Yeah, I mean its not like Lewis Hamilton, a Brit, acted like a complete child on Sunday when things didn't go his way. Michael Schumacher, a German, wasn't acting like a "sore loser and a bad sportsman", when he parked his car at La Rascasse, because Alonso was about to beat his pole time. Of course Sebastian Vettel, a German, showed great sportsmanship when he brake checked Hamilton last year because he was angry about something Hamilton did in the race. No, sore losers, and bad sportsman are an American thing.

Yeah, your assertion sounds incredible dumb. Sore losers come from every country on earth.

wombat999 · Jul 10, 2018

We have a few really stupid Aussie Tennis players who can give lessons on how to be bad losers.......unfortunately.

And a footnote: Back when CART was arguably the best open wheel racing around, Robbie Gordon did an excellent job of demonstrating what a dickhead he was by repeatedly hitting Michael Andretti on the 'cooling down' lap at Cleveland while shouting over and over 'He hit me and cut my tyre' (supposedly twice!) during the race. Wasn't acceptable back then and shouldn't be acceptable today.

Dr. Death · Jul 10, 2018

Copef1 said:
Yeah, I mean its not like Lewis Hamilton, a Brit, acted like a complete child on Sunday when things didn't go his way. Michael Schumacher, a German, wasn't acting like a "sore loser and a bad sportsman", when he parked his car at La Rascasse, because Alonso was about to beat his pole time. Of course Sebastian Vettel, a German, showed great sportsmanship when he brake checked Hamilton last year because he was angry about something Hamilton did in the race. No, sore losers, and bad sportsman are an American thing.

Yeah, your assertion sounds incredible dumb. Sore losers come from every country on earth.

i was talking mostly from my own personal experience related to the article in question but ok.

Boby Kim · Jul 10, 2018

Seems the kid is bored, maybe another sport will do the trick...

Bobby Deacs · Jul 10, 2018

Dreadful stuff, he'd get a 5 second penalty for that in F1.

James Egan · Jul 10, 2018

Bobby Deacs said:
Dreadful stuff, he'd get a 5 second penalty for that in F1.

maybe for the one incident in the video, yes, but not for everything he did

Pig Face Tuna · Jul 10, 2018

What do U expect? It's Don Santino.

Leonardo Chaves · Jul 10, 2018

TrumpetReich said:
Seriously, that's all? I dont mean that to cover for him, I just expected more. If you're going to throw away your career, might as well do something more spectacular.

Looks to me that he wanted to do a Webber on Vettel, except he's terrible and ended up actually hitting his team mate(despite doing it at a much slower speed).

lodewijk · Jul 10, 2018

So it turns out that he also tried to get trumps slogan "make america great again" on his car but it was rejected by the fia, this checks out with how much of an a**hole this guy is, heres the article: https://www.crash.net/f2/news/900897/1/fia-rejected-ferrucci-request-trump-slogan-livery

Ole Marius Myrvold · Jul 10, 2018

wombat999 said:
And a footnote: Back when CART was arguably the best open wheel racing around, Robbie Gordon did an excellent job of demonstrating what a dickhead he was by repeatedly hitting Michael Andretti on the 'cooling down' lap at Cleveland while shouting over and over 'He hit me and cut my tyre' (supposedly twice!) during the race. Wasn't acceptable back then and shouldn't be acceptable today.

Ahh, Robby Gordon. Maybe one of the biggest natural talents in racing ever.
Just to bad you need more than pure driving talent to win championships(or Dakar).

F1Aussie · Jul 10, 2018

Leonardo Chaves said:
Looks to me that he wanted to do a Webber on Vettel, except he's terrible and ended up actually hitting his team mate(despite doing it at a much slower speed).

Do a webber on Vettel?

Leonardo Chaves · Jul 10, 2018

F1Aussie said:
Do a webber on Vettel?

Go to 1:31.
Webber cuts it close after the finish line.
Given the way the the Trident crash happened i think Ferrucio might've been attempting something similar, only he botched it.

I'm just comparing the moves not wether they were "justified".

josap11 · Jul 10, 2018

Santino Ferrucci has posted a message on his Twitter:

It seems a little odd that he thinks what he did isn't that bad and that he isn't apologizing to Maini at all. Also he seems to imply that the stewards were not aware of him being picked for a drug test which seems odd to me.

Cannot decide whether this improves my views of him or makes it worse...

paracletus · Jul 10, 2018

Never heard of this kid before, but this is petty and blown way out of proportion again.
Calls for end to a career? That is crazy.
Not so long ago there was Hunt hitting marshalls, Piquet having scraps with drivers on the track, schumacher charging after coultard down the pit lane...
It's certainly not worse than vettelle in baku in any case.

This really is a big fuss over nothing.

James Egan · Jul 10, 2018

paracletus said:
Never heard of this kid before, but this is petty and blown way out of proportion again.
Calls for end to a career? That is crazy.
Not so long ago there was Hunt hitting marshalls, Piquet having scraps with drivers on the track, schumacher charging after coultard down the pit lane...
It's certainly not worse than vettelle in baku in any case.

This really is a big fuss over nothing.

it is most definitely worse than vettel in baku

Pär Öqvist · Jul 10, 2018

paracletus said:
Never heard of this kid before, but this is petty and blown way out of proportion again.
Calls for end to a career? That is crazy.
Not so long ago there was Hunt hitting marshalls, Piquet having scraps with drivers on the track, schumacher charging after coultard down the pit lane...
It's certainly not worse than vettelle in baku in any case.

This really is a big fuss over nothing.

There is active f1 drivers that shouldn´t be allowed to race if hitting other cars on purpose would call for race bans