Top 15 WORST Formula 2 Drivers (2017-2023)
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2024
- Formula 2, or F2 for short, is the final junior series that drivers most often compete in before their promotion into Formula 1. F2 is what is known as a spec-series, meaning all teams and drivers use the same basic car, placing more emphasis on the ability of the driver. The likes of Charles Leclerc, George Russell, Lando Norris, Alex Albon and Oscar Piastri have all come up through Formula 2 to establish themselves as solid F1 drivers, all of whom have stood on the podium at some point, and some of them are grand prix winners. But for every driver who makes it into the big time, there are many others who flounder and fall by the wayside, some for reasons beyond their control, and others for the fact that they just weren’t cut out for this level of motorsport. So today, we are going to look at the top 15 worst Formula 2 drivers since the start of the 2017 season, when the series formerly known as GP2 was rebranded into what is now the FIA Formula 2 Championship. So without further ado, let’s get straight into it.
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Timestamps:
0:00: Intro
1:09: 15
3:09: 14
5:47: 13
9:57: 12
12:16: 11
14:36: 10
17:00: 9
19:17: 8
21:10: 7
23:50: 6
25:25: 5
27:32: 4
32:21: 3
37:41: 2
44:23: 1
50:38: Conclusion
54:05: Outro
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Raghunathan is a driver who feels like a fever dream. What do I mean? There’s no interviews with the guy, no radio messages, no social media presence, only like 3 pictures of him exist, he didn’t ever race with a helmet design in F2, he’s driven multiple F1 cars in tests but basically no details exist of these.
Like, how did nobody see him in any paddocks? How did the official F2 UA-cam channel not get a hold of him for their videos? How can he be so overwhelmingly famous, possibly the most well known F2 driver of that year, and yet so completely anonymous? Is he real? Did he just… appear behind the wheel of an F2 car?
I thought he couldn't speak any English and that's why he never spoke to the media
He does have social media.
Enzo Filtpadi got purposely rammed by someone on Iracing so he made a tweet about it.
Then the Indian goat quote tweeted showing his POV and it turns out Enzo was rammed by him 😭😭😭
Came out off no where that beef
Exactly!! I have often wondered that myself - it doesn't make any sense at all! It's really strange - it kinda feels like a Mandela effect kinda thing 😅😅
like this video, didnt even realize it was from a smaller channel at first. just get a pop filter or hell, just put a sock over your mic and you'll be golden.
you can get pop shields very cheap too, but a sock will work A-ok! it makes a huge difference
That, and cutting down the ear rape lmao
I think it's am AI voice. Sounds fake as hell to me.
ai voices dont mic peak like that💀@@charlesdarwin7253
@@charlesdarwin7253 Are you stupid? I am genuinely asking.
To be fair to Calderon, Hubert managed to take a backmarker car, win twice with it, sadly die in an accident mid season, and still finish 10th overall
You did Hubert dirty bro lmao
@@jorgesandoval7401 Honestly the fact he did all that before his death and still be 10th shows how much more he could have done.
If Hubert was still alive, he would be in F1
I had an interview with Alessio Deledda once. Only scored 17 points in his entire career up to F2, and had a mysterious income to motorsport, take of that what you will
great video dude, it lacks more nissany slander because he was absolutely awful in 23
I genuinely forgot Nissany was still driving in F2 last year
you’re not the only one@@ilanlaham6911
I forgot phm existed in 2023@@ilanlaham6911
High quality, you earned a subscriber today
its funny how after leaving F2 Alessio Deledda only scored 1 point afterwards in the DTM championship and that only happened because A: 3/4s of the field died and B: the guy in 10th place out of the remaining 11 runners got a penalty.
Actually it was 12, but yes, there where so many non starters that he got that one point mostly for free
I’m glad I took a chance on this channel. You know how it is very hit or miss but I agree with everyone else, pop filter for mic and you’re going places. Nicely done.
Brother I must say your style of making videos is simple yet very entertaining. I love it so much. Watched this whole thing without even wanting to, you have a way with words. Just please please get a good microphone, it's really worth it and it doesn't have to be super expensive :D I got one recently for 70 Dollars Canadian (40GBP), and it's a massive upgrade.
Apart from that, you have all you need bro. Subbed
Great video, i can't wait for the next one!
It wasn't Petecof's fault. The FDA said it was either him or Arthur Leclerc that would get the backed F3 seat. Petecof won, but Ferrari went back on their word and gave it to Leclerc. The Campos F2 seat was cheaper than any F3 seats available
Amazing video, so underrated!
Great video!!!
Oh my goddess levels. Great content, though. Glad F2 is getting deep dives like this. Just needs timestamps and watch those levels so our ears don't get blown out.
No idea how Cordeel managed to drive for Uni Virtuosi last year and now for Hitech
This video makes it sound like these teams are picking their drivers based on merit, but its always money
Great video mate! Also one with actual good rankings! I pretty much fully agree, although I probably would change a couple. I probably wouldn't put Galeal, because although he wasn't particularly great nor consistent, he did achieve a couple of podiums, and some other points finishes, which is no mean feat in F2. I'd also probably leave out Ferrucci. I would replace them with Calan Williams, who competed in 2022 and got 1 points finish, and pretty terrible other results, finishing behind both Caldwell and Sato. There was also a guy in 2017 called Robert Visolu, who again got a single tenth place, and nothing else. But great vid either way, earnt yourself another subscriber 👍👍.
Only criticism is that you need a better mic or a better setup for your mic (which includes a pop filter). Your narration style is great, and I didn't realize until a few minutes in that this is a very small or new channel with a few hundred views. Editing is also great. I literally cheered when Mahaveer Ragunathan makes his appearance--because you can't make a "the worst" list without him in it.
That being said, "the worst" being listed that is, most of these guys would actually be decent drivers when compared to those of us who don't race, professionally or otherwise. When it comes to the best driver in this particular list, Santino Ferucci seems to be one of the worst mainly because of his antics and disregard of some rules rather than driving standards; we do see him finish in decent places in his Indycar career. Some of these guys are "bad" with the virtue of starting late, so they can technically be forgiven for not having the prerequisite experience (though some do make it to the top level like Takuma Sato; before the age of 20, all of his racing experience was on bicycles), a lot like the difference between starting in other sports from childhood vs starting later. Meanwhile, many others would just benefit from staying at the lower categories for much longer. On the other hand, the rest just shouldn't race professionally at all, let alone at the second tier of the world's premier motorsport.
It's good to also compare between the ladder system to Formula One vs the ladder system in Indycar. One thing about Indycar is, while it does still require cash to even start USF Juniors (and before 2022, the USF2000), which is the lowest tier in the Road to Indy ladder, drivers would get promoted more based meritocracy since there are scholarships awarded to those who finish in decent positions in each tier of championship to fund their entry up to the next level all the way to Indycar. This means that the top three of the Indy NXT (used to be called Indy Lights through 2022) are guaranteed a drive in the IndyCar series eventually, even if it means a one off race in a part time team. Meanwhile, in Indycar itself, many drivers do come from Europe after not really making it in European categories--and not really making it in Indycar either. One of the notable names that come to mind is Stefano Coletti, while his results even in GP2 were okay, his Indycar drive was lackluster, even when he managed to reach 19th the championship--which is the bottom for full time drivers and one place behind Ryan Briscoe--who only competed 8 out of the 16 rounds that season. Some people see Indycar as a place for F1 rejects but it is certainly more than that.
You are an absolute legend for this comment.
Great first video, looking forward to many more
Ferrucci going from Racist to Racing at the Indy 500 is a massive turn around, and he somehow has an Indy 500 Podium
Still ultimately a vile human being
You earnt another subscriber, funny and you deliver punchlines with facts to facts
This video is good quality! I only just realised how small this channel is, Great work!
Hey there stranger 😂
This channel deserves more recognition
Only 5 mins in but I am enjoying this video, very nice for your first one here!
Only think I will say that would be nice to improve is a pop filter for your mic
Was gonna say the same thing. Well scripted and edited, just desperately needs a pop filter
This was epic dude. You deserve much more views and subscribers.
Petecof was a big disappointment as he's actually an amazing driver and had (still have) big respect amongst other brazilian drivers. Most of his bad results came be attributed to bad luck alongside a bad car.
Samaia, on the other hand, was a huge surprise to say the least. And I'll be honest, nobody even knew who he was or that he was gonna race in F2 (most don't even remember it), as Brazilian F3 died the year he won it (btw he won in the lower cheaper category of F3, as there were another 2017 F3 champion we were looking for: Igor Fraga)
Fucking amazing content - I love people who are willing to sit down and give me an hour of stories, roasts, and history in motorsport. You deserve more than 54 subs, man, keep goin. Also, a sock over the mic is a great pseudo-pop filter
Glad this was recommended to me - really enjoyed it!
Enjoyed the video mate, interesting content. Only slight constructive criticism would be the popping sounds in the audio could maybe be fixed with a pop filter if you have got one already.
Can you make a video like this about F3?
Nice video 😀 Next top 15 best F2 drivers ?
Or top 15 underrated ones ;)
@@joribremer5260 if he does that, o hope to see Bent Viscal there, severelly underated driver, achaived podiums in the worst car of the grid, it was very clean and never got a second chance
Sean Gelael is probably the happiest and one of the nicest drivers I’ve ever met, so I will always like him
keep doing this and you will be big love the vid
id say for your first video this is a banger :D
For all efects and purposes Alessio Delleda is a gentelman driver, my only question is why didnt he participated in chapionship dedicated for that like wec
I remember when Calderon was being hyped up to be the first female F1 driver. Only to get absolutely destroyed by her F2 teammate who scored 77 points to her 0 points.
Also to note this F2 teammate Hubert, was killed halfway through the season and still managed to destroy her
Nice vid man keep it up!
Solid video i'd switch a couple drivers around but pretty much everyone on here did deserve to be on the list
Nice video👏
liked this, was good
get a mic cover, maybe try distance yourself from the RPM style of loud = funny, this will BANG heavy
Great video bro, one more sub
I had the privilege to watch live Roy Nissany leading a race.
i was here before 200 subscribers
i was here before 1000 subscribers
i was here before 10.000 subscribers
i was here before 100.000 subscribers
surely by the time the season is over you will be there
such great effort put into all your videos. the editing could take some refinement. or you could just make slightly shorter videos with the same editing effort
In Tatiana's case it shows that it doesn't matter if your a man or a woman, you just need to be good and have skill.
I was here at 203 subscribers. This channel will go up :D
I am not that type of person that would write some hate comments or insult someone for no reason, but last year, when I got really fed up with Nissany after he caused another accident in Monza where he also injured Zane Maloney by his reckless driving and I decided to send him a message on Instagram. I wasn't insulting him, I just wrote him what most of the motorsport fans thought about him for all those years, that he's just reckless and dangerous to himself and other drivers. And this was his response:❤❤❤. Only 3 red hearts... At that moment I knew that he's just a big, spoiled, rich kid who's not just a bad driver, but also a bad character with no personality and respect to others...
Top 4:
Mahaveer Raghunathan(how do you not qualify in F3?)
Alessio Deledda(2 DNQs)
Tatiana Calderón(way slower than her teammates)
Guliherme Samaia
Olie Caldwell 15th, more for his last season at F2
Villagómez for now he has 8 points in formula 2 in which 6 of them he got in the feature race in Australia and the other 2 points he got in the feature race in Saudi Arabia. For now his start looks kinda good even though for now he is in 17th place in the driver standings
Loved the video, but, please try covering your microphone with a sock or something so the pops are mitigated
I remember the battle of the century in the Not the azerbaijn GP Charles Lechair versus Lord Mahaaver :D
Can’t tell if this is an AI voice or if he just sounds like an AI 😂
The fact you made me laugh instantly after Hubert crash is something
Will there be a best drivers version soon?
I love F2 content. The racing is so entertaining, so much so, i genuinly look forward to it more than F1.
Together with Indycar and Super Formula, the best openwheel series. Must watch for motorsport fans.
How is it possible to qualify 10 seconds off the pace is Monza where basically the entire track is in a straight line
How did Rags get to drive an F1 car 😂
the timestamps made me laugh so hard. Alesio Deda
TIMESTAMPS
(spoilers below!)
#15 Olli Caldwell (1:10)
#14 Sean Gelael _[BRUH]_ (3:09)
#13 Roy Nissany (5:47)
#12 Santino Ferrucci (9:57)
#11 Amaury Cordeel (12:16)
#10 Cem Bölükbaşı (14:36)
#9 Marino Sato (17:00)
#8 Nabil Jeffri (19:17)
#7 Brad Benavides (21:10)
#6 Josh Mason (23:50)
#5 Gianluca Petecof (25:25)
#4 Tatiana Calderón (27:33)
#3 Guilherme Samaia (32:21)
#2 Alessio Deledda (37:41)
*#1 **-Lord-** Mahaveer Ragunathan* (44:24)
Great video, by the way!
Great video. I disagree with Mason being on this list though. If you're simply judging this list on performances and lap times, with no other context, then fair enough. But I personally feel it's only fair to remember that Mason had a mammoth task when jumping up to F2. Regardless of the reasons for him getting the drive, his first weekend in the car was at one of the most notorious tracks in the world, in terrible conditions. Furthermore, he had no testing, no pitstop experience, no F2 procedures experience, no experience of the team etc. It'd be fairer to judge him based on the other races (Monza and Abu Dhabi are probably the best to judge him on I'd say), where fair, he was still a bit off the pace.
Otherwise, I near enough completely agree with this list. I would just personally exclude Mason, based on the circumstances.
You missed Philo Paz Armand who was so off pace that he constantly fell off touch of any cars within a handful of laps. Honorable mentions to Marlon Stockinger and Jake Rosenzweig
ah yes, my sleep paralysis demon, AKA Marlon Stockinger
Ferruci is still to this day a dangerous driver in indycar
good video but chill out with the earrape and buy a good quality mic
I remember last year commentators in my country wondering why Nissany was still driving at F2, when he was just a joke.
Lmao
how is Alesi not near this list?
Nissany had potential imo, but my guy just keept getting worse
As is often with worst drivers in a fairly competitive series even the mediocre drivers are actually still pretty bloody good and fast in other series. Being 1 second off the pace in F2 is still faster than most mortals could even hope for.
but a couple of these donkeys are just well... money talks :p
There were tonnes of cursed faces here
Get up the work my friend!
50:15 well execpt for Alfa Romeo and Mclaren
If a lot of these drivers could get into F2 with little achievements and that F2 is supposed to be the stepping stone to F1, doesn’t that mean there is a bit of a problem with how drivers are recruited into the the series? I get them being pay drivers but wouldn’t it make a little more sense to allow drivers to join F2 if they at least have achieved something in their junior careers and not just because they have deep pockets
53:42, bro got a podium 😬
Will you do a best?
Gelael had physical issues as well. He’s 6’5.
Roberto Mehri almost back to F1.
In Brazil, samaia is samagod, the best driver in the universe huehuehue.
bro is probably driving better ingame than all these drivers irl
Fantastic
Your Nissany part sounded like his father
54 minutes of Roy Nissany,surely?
Please get yourself a pop filter. My ears can't take this torture. Your video is good otherwise
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Bolukbasi should just be called Basi since he seemed to drop a "Boluk" every race. Homophone humour.
i would say Nissany. Like father... like son 🤣😂🤣
Out of curiosity in 16 Novalak or Zendeli?
Probably Pedro Piquet
Now do the Top 15 worst Renault Clio Cup Drivers:
1. Osama Bin Russell
2. George Russell
3. George Russell
4. George Russell
Etc etc...
Nicholas Lafiti?
Alessio "Dom DeLuise" Deledda is the greatest driver of all time.
WTF IS THE BACKGROUND NOISE
The no.1 should be santino ferruci
I think Lord Mahaveer is better than Alessio Deledda.
Deledda was slower than Majaveer, but he was a clean driver, he knew he wasnt a world class driver, he respect his competitors, and alegotly hes was decently around the paddok and team personel.
And imo, dellada status in HWA help the team stay afloat and prepare the conversion for VAR, meanwhile Ragunathan entry cost a spot for RVerschur at the right time.
Its Bolukbaşı not Bolukbasi
Calderon is probably the worst ever driver.
She almost certainly would beat you around a track, so no.
Definitely not I'd even argue she isn't even the worst driver in F2 in recent years Deledda is almost certainly worse than her
She's definitely not a world beater don't get me wrong but there's far worse out there
@@mazdaroadster-mx5 mahaveer beat her.
@@marantamil459in the standings, he did by pure luck
In qualifying he didn't beat her
She was also very good at wec and le mans prototype
Where the f is mazEpin
Mazepin is literally Senna compared to most of these guys tbf, relax.