No one was to know what would happen at the start of the F1 race<\/a>. However, the halo almost certainly saved Nissany\u2019s life in the F2 race.<\/p>\n On lap 1, Nissany had run wide coming off the hanger straight, re-joining the track he was under pressure from Hauger. In an overly aggressive defensive move he pushed Hauger off the track who suffered a puncture. Hauger was trying to get his car under control when he came across a sausage kerb. This launched his car into the air which speared straight into the cockpit of Nissany. Nissany was taking the corner and so had no idea Hauger was coming.<\/p>\n Luckily the Halo did its job and deflected Hauger\u2019s car away because if it wasn\u2019t there then the outcome is likely to have been very, very serious. The safety improvements the FIA have made are never as stark as the two incidents at Silverstone.<\/p>\n For the first time this season, the F2 drivers would be racing in wet weather in the Sprint Race on Saturday. As is often the case, wet racing really can separate the best drivers from the very good drivers.<\/p>\n A couple of things to note are in the F2 Sprint Race there are no mandatory pit stops and F2 does not have intermediate tyres, only slicks and full wets. With the track wet then of course everyone was going to start on the wets but as the track was drying and tyre management was going to be important. No one knew if the track would dry enough for slicks. With no mandatory pitstops no one knew if it was going to be worth risking pitting for them either.<\/p>\n Off the line both Daruvala and Fittipaldi got away well and were leading but they went hard on their tyres. The track drying meant they had no rear grip and quite quickly started to fall back.<\/p>\n The two drivers who really shone were Doohan and Iwasa who had started fourth and sixth respectively. The pair managed their tyres well and didn’t push them too hard too early. Meaning towards the end they were quicker than anybody else on track. Taking a win<\/a> and a very close second place while everybody behind was sliding around.<\/p>\n Hopefully, we\u2019ll see more wet racing this year as it always throws up a few surprises.<\/p>\n Coming into the weekend all the stories had been about Vips and his controversial comments<\/a> during a live stream. Coming out of the weekend all the stories, rightly so, are on the Halo and its role in the accidents at Silverstone.<\/p>\n What has gone under the radar is the fact that the championship leader Drugovich and his closest challenger Pourchaire both scored well. Further back, the chasing pack haven\u2019t been left behind but their results are definitely less consistent.<\/p>\n If Drugovich and Pourchaire’s scoring record continues in Austria this week then we could be talking about a two-driver title fight in the final rounds.<\/p>\n Picture perfect \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f#BritishGP<\/a> #F2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RUPPI5tjn8<\/a><\/p>\n — Formula 2 (@Formula2) July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n2 – Wet Weather Separates the Boys from the Men<\/h3>\n
3 – A Two Horse Title Race?<\/h3>\n
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