The problem is that F1 drivers are very popular nowadays, their market value is enormous, it's hard to get rid of anyone of them for a seat even when they don't perform well.
@@insertgenericusernamehere2402 Neither will teams like Sauber or Haas ever get a chance in the near future. So why pursue sth that is unachievable when you can get popularity?
@@yupyup8305 Damn right. We've been waiting for a guy from our place to show up again. Personally, I'd be happy if he just competes in a competition broadcasted in Brazil like IndyCar, Formula E or any of the local series if need be.
If he doesn't get a F1 ride I'd like to see him come to Indycar. Brazilians have a history in the series (they've won more races than any other non-American narionality) but the pipeline seems to have dried up. The only full-time Brazilian in the series this year was Helio Castroneves and he's 47 years old. It sucks that that F2 produces more good drivers than F1 can actually take but that's to the benefit of series like Indycar, WEC, ELMS, IMSA, etc.
There's a cause for that: lack of investment on the base categories. Car racing just became too expensive of a sport for people in a development country, even for the upper classes, so the focus mainly shifted to the Brazilian Stock Car series. It has a star field, with names like Tony Kanaan, Felipe Massa, and Rubens Barrichello racing there, but it isn't a formula series, and is a very different type of racing as well. As a Brazilian, I really, really hope for the day that another driver from here will reach F1 and win titles. Truth is, we got spoiled between the 70s and the 90s, and took the difficulty to reach F1 for granted.
@@vinnycordeiro I figured the expense is why the talent pipeline seems to have dried up. It's getting to damned expensive everywhere and it makes me wonder how much driver talent is being left behind because they can't afford to race. Brazilian Stock Car is available in the US on a streaming service I have and I was surprised when I checked out the driver lineup. There's a lot of talent in the series. I plan on watching the races this winter when I need a motorsport fix.
Fun fact: Drugovich was offered by IndyCar teams a competitive seat (Most likely Chip Ganassi Racing after Alex Palou contract saga), but eventually turned it down.
One thing is clear, Drugovich was better than pourchaire this year, mecacrome screwed pourchaire 3 times, Drugo won the title with 3 races to go (2 features), so mecacrome could literally wipe out all of Drugovichs races remaining and he still wins, also pourchaire in a number of occasions showed he didn't have the mental strength to carry on bad weekends, he also had a bunch of luck too, at imola the safety car screwed Drugovich strategy, at Hungary his team pit him too early, also Drugovich showed a hell of speed, 4 poles while pourchaire didn't it once, even in the circuits that favoured his car, maybe Drugovich isn't a Russel, a verstappen, or a Leclerc, maybe he is in the level of Schumacher (mick of course) and de vries, but this year he was the only driver the showed the speed, the confidence and the experience needed for F1 so he deserves a shot...
Perfect comment! People like to point out that Drugo had no bad luck, but still it's not like the championship was close, even if he got bad luck, he would probably still win
@@rainrle I really don't know about Liam, he is reaching a point where he will need a dominant and flawless season, just like Drugovich, to be in contention for F1 again, also losing to a rookie teammate isn't a very good signal, even this rookie being Sargent
I think the main issue is that teams want the next Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen, they want a generational talent so they either wait around for one or spend millions to try to develop their juniors into one. Winning F2 isnt enough anymore to prove that you belong in F1, its so competitive that you basically have to be dominant throughout your junior career just to get attention OR just have a shit ton of money to buy a backmarker seat lol
Felipe actually has a good racing record + u don't have to be regarded as the next super-domination-talent to perform well in F1, like Lando. Due to his performances since he came to F1, we regard him as one of the possible future champions
It's a tough one, because the F2 champion usually deserves an f1 seat, even Drogovich's dominance, but there doesn't seem to be many available seats, other than ones that might be taken up by De Vries etc
He seemed to be a bit invincible to F1 teams at the time, presumably because his F3 and F2 results from previous years weren't extremely amazing like previous F2 winners. But at least now he has signed onto a driver academy. The only problem is, you've got Alonso on a multi-year contract coming in and $troll who's dad owns the time.
@@connorappleton1945also it took him 3 seasons to win. If he performed like George or Charles, winning the championship as a rookie- of course he'd be considered!
De Vries was also F2 champion in 2019 and he was 4th the year before in a very competitive year (Russell, Norris, Albon) mostly due to reliability issues. He's been waiting all this time for a seat in F1 too, there's just going to be a lag for a while where they will be test and reserve drivers---which is not a bad thing, because even for F2 champions, F1 cars have always proven to be a big step up.
Yes Drugo won the title this year, but I don't think you should only look at points. All of the races he finished were mightily impressive especially when it came to tirewear. In every feature race he seemed to be able to extend a stint longer than his opponents which helped him gain positions many times. This is an essential factor for F1 and thus I think Drugo should absolutely be on pole position for an F1 seat!
It’s his 3rd year in the series in one of the weakest fields we’ve seen in recent memories. He’s had far longer to adjust to the tyre compound than anyone else he’s racing. That’s why he’s not looked at in the same ilk as other champions, it’s taken him too long to do anything against people that have been in the series for less time than him. He should be looked at below every other F2 champion in recent memory, and in all honesty rookies that place in the top 3 would even be more enticing
@@MaCcAM40a3 Zhou was not the greatest also, and now he is doing great outqualifying Bottas in some races. We don't know if Drugovich will do well until he gets that seat
It’s pretty strange how Drugovich had such an anonymous F3 campaign, but then something just clicked when he made the step up to F2. I was there at Bahrain testing in 2020, and he had the aura of someone who had been in F2 for 2-3 years. No hesitation or nerves, just an air of confidence in his own abilities. We truly were sleeping on this guy for years!
That's one good point of him, the confidence and coldness he has behind the wheel. In one of the races in monaco when Theo was chasing him down is a good example of that.
Well, he was really good in 2020 in MP, then pretty bad with tons of mistakes and slow pace in 2021 in a team that was a championship contender, then he came back to arguably average MP once again and dominated F2. Very weird case with Drugo
@@jez_77He explained his lack of pace for a brazillian youtuber at the end of 2021. He said that a lot of times when he found a car setup that he feel confortable with in UNI-Virtuosi, the team of engineers said that it was missing top speed or something, so they changed it. In the other hand, in MP they trust Drugovich setups, and in my opinion thats why even back in 2020 he consistently qualifies over a second ahead of his teammate.
@@lucasreboucas8123 Yeah, definitely something dint work out at Virtuosi. Its strange that their setups didnt work as they usually do really solid pace-wise (Ilott, Zhou, Doohan etc)
Well, there was negotiations with Chip Ganassi, but he denied... either he really knows when he'll enter in F1 or the whole Palougate was happening (that last one is on me).
@@lokcoadv Palougate has been sense resolved with Palou staying for his prescribed contract length at CGR. Also the rumor said before the Palou stuff started the people at CGR had no idea who he was until Palougate started.
If he's deadset on F1, Indycar won't do him any good. We know how Indy unfortunately does not translate to a full F1 ride. Absurd but true. Pietro Fittipaldi almost did it until Haas swooped in and signed Magnussen.
i think opinion on drugo is badly skewed by his year at uni-virtuosi. his debut year in f2 was incredibly impressive and he demolished all his mp teammates, and he's been unmatchable this year on his return to mp; sometimes bad moves just happen and it's a shame that year at uni has condemned him to being a "third year champion"
He did win the Formula 2 championship, however, the grid were basically inconsistent and that's what Drugovich needed. Either way, I hope he does get a seat, Interlagos would be wild.
He won the F2 season comfortably with their regular format. Piastri only actually won it last year (granted up against slightly better competition) because of the weird 3 race format they decided to try (and realised it was terrible) 🤷🏻♂️
@@FlatMetal22 wdym?? The format is the reason Piastri won? pls explain... Piastri won the championship by 60 points. He won 4/8 feature races and was on the podium in 7/8 feature races. Feature race results have nothing to do with the format as the feature race grid is directly from the qualifying result.
@@toodsf1 it wasn't so much what he gained, it was more what the others lost in that extra sprint race. & also there was far less actual race weekends to make up a points deficit.
@@FlatMetal22 Can you cite specific events in these extra sprint races? Things that lost everyone points except Piastri? To such an extent that Piastri won by 60.5 points and these things were the "only" reason for it? There were 7 "extra" sprint races with 15 points to the winner. So to lose 60 points in these 7 races is like DNFing from the lead 4 times for Shwartzmann, and more for Zhou. I would be interested to know to which of those 2 drivers this happened.
@@FlatMetal22 The math has already been done to show that Piastri would've won the title comfortably under the old format too. Not by as much of a margin as other winners, but that's just because there were only 8 rounds in 2021. Oscar was far and away the best driver in 2021.
As a brazilian, i really hope he does have a shot sometime (and have success on F1). But i kind of understand why he doesn't have his chance now. Piastri got a way more successfull junior career and almost had to wait 2 years for a seat, Albon got some years out, DeVries is still without a seat... but when you see guys not performing well like GOATiffi and an improving Stroll, you get a little bit frustrated. Even Tsunoda and Mick could leave for new guys. But, maybe that's just my brazilian blood making the talk here. Let's hope new guys get good sponsors so they can make their way to F1.
If F1 is to be a viable entry point from winning the F2 championship, then the FIA needs to step in and either offer financial or testing advantages for teams taking in F2 drivers or develop their own F1 team. I know the latter wont happen.
Indycar gives the winner of the Indy Lights series a million dollars to take to a team and guarantees them a chance for at least three races in the main series the next year (one of which is the Indy 500). EDIT: I saw yesterday that Indycar is now only giving $500,000 to the Indy Lights champ and has removed that reward of guaranteeing 3 race. What a terrible change to make. That reward was responsible for many drivers deciding to give Indy Lights a chance. In fact 2023 was (is?) going to have the largest field in years with around 16 or 17 cars. I suspect the larger fields were a direct result of the rewards on offer. Linus Lundqvist, this year's chanpion, is a really good driver and absolutely deserves a chance at the big series for a few races. It's crazy to me to think he might not be able to get an Indycar seat at all because he absolutely deserves one.
Regarding that last bit there, I honestly think Rafael Câmara is the most talented Brazilian in the junior ranks at the moment. This is his first season in single-seaters and he's adapting well.
Yeah but we'll see. I saw and talked to Camara (Vallelunga race weekend) and he looks to me as a very shy guy, and also behind the wheel he's not aggressive. Camara's main problem though are his rivals. Antonelli destroyed him and now many other drivers from other teams are beating him, while he is in a Prema
In racing, you're as good as your last result, so he deserves a seat. However, he's not the only one, so we'll see how the situation will resolve itself. It seems that his contract with AM holds him for one year, so maybe he gets a seat in 2024. I don't know if he can negotiate for a seat in 23, but I don't see where. I hope we get another Brazilian in the F1 grid. Side note: Enzo Fittipaldi is right around the corner! Keep an eye on him for next year 👀
@MPG Not really, theres way more drivers who could get a shot than ultimately do because of numerous factors and there always has been. A loss to F1 would be a Piastri or Russell type who is a top quality prospect, Drugo at best would be a solid enough mid pack guy
@@mrsocko9077 yeah but the thing is there’s that seat in Williams left and most like gonna go to Sargent who is less deserving than drugo just cuz he’s American.
Brazilian speaking. To be honest, we would've loved for him to get a F1 seat, that's for sure. But given thw history behind F1 sponsorship and how much money it takes to get yourself in that seat, becoming Aston Martin's reserve driver really isn't that bad, that way he will learn how a F1 team works and will bw able to show what he is capable of. Felipe has been Brazil's best shot at F1 in quite a long time, let's hope things move his way inside Aston and that he eventually gets that seat.
Gratitude for making a video about Drugovich, all Brazilians are dreaming about this guy in Formula 1! It's been a while since we had Brazilians there.
In my eyes an F2 champion should always have at least one chance. De Vries finally got his and impressed. I'm not sure Drugovich is that good, but I'd like to see him get at least a race.
You look to F1 and you have many good drivers who not have that glamour on their career until they get an F1 seat In my opinion every f2 champion deserve a seat
F1 should incentivice teams that take in new/young drivers. This should atleast push the teams at the back of the grid to take on newer/younger talent. And the additional money would help with the inevitable crashes that a rookie would commit.
The math on Mick Schumacher was easy and no secret: his famous last name brought money from sponsors (esp. German ones) along, which Haas needed badly at the time. Drivers selected for financial reasons rather than for talent should be less of an issue from now on with budget caps (though, in his case, I believe he actually has talent but needs to find the context to show it). I do believe that Drugovich is ready for a seat in F1. His beginnings may not have been as shiny as some, but he's put in the hours and he's grown a lot. And I totally agree that this year's F2 season was a proper fight in the top 5. Those who think it wasn't clearly haven't watched it and just flap their mouths after looking only at the results. The main reason talents from F3 and F2 don't get F1 seats right away is a question of timing in the structural changes F1 is going through: just too few of them, with some still occupied by pay drivers who jumped the line (on their way out soon, hopefully) and some old stars refusing to retire. As much as I love Alonso, he's not "at the peak of his career"---as he likes to repeat suspiciously often---he's well past it. Time to make room for the young. The perfect age for modern F1 is 20-35. Beyond that, your reflexes and reaction times become too slow, and your driving style settles and crystallizes, making you less able to adapt to new cars. Vettel knows it and has bowed out gracefully, proving once again to be the wise man of F1 (also, he might just be done with the FIA's bs, he doesn't even try to hide his feelings about their ineptitude anymore). Jury's still out on Hamilton and Ricciardo, let's give them a couple more years to confirm whether it's just the car. And hopefully, by 2026, we'll also have two more F1 teams i.e. 4 more seats 🤞
Although, he showed that belongs in F1. Be it through outracing KMag this year (who is no slouch), annihilating Mazepin (who is a slouch), or showing his wheel to wheel prowess against Hamilton in Imola this year. For me, Mick showed way more potential than Yuki Tsunoda ever did (who before 2021, Marko touted to be a Japanese Verstappen lmao)
@@TiernanBaker he is 10:5 ahead of Magnussen in the races, he has been bad at times, but tell me, where was the last race Schumacher was worse than Magnussen
Should he be? Yes. But I'd say De Vries is even more deserving. Proven champion across multiple disciplines. However, the fact that Drugovich is not even in a junior academy is absolutely criminal.
Happened with Nasr, but guess what? Even after demolishing his teammate and save his team from bankruptcy, he got the boot... We are not patient anymore
@@DicasSobreBurgman What? I said him earning Sauber's only points that year accidentally caused Manor, with which reportedly Nasr had a contract for the following year, to go bankrupt.
I'm not sure why everyone claims he's not that good, and they bring De Vries up as an example of someone who is good, even tho, he won F2 with a less competitive field and also with more then year of previous F2 experience, Drugovich did it with MP Motorsport, not the greatest F2 team in terms of setup etc. Whereas De Vries had the ART number 1 driver seat. De Vries has proven himself to be good with all this, so why is Drugovich, who had a more impressive F2 campaign, considered the lesser?
Thank you. Finally an unbiased video! Its a shame International media and F1 team bosses are skeptical on drugovich's potential. Never before people were so hesitant on validating a feeder series champion talent.
It seems F1 and teams only cares about a few things when it comes to a driver: a child of a former F1 driver, a British guy, and/or is diabolically rich. Noticed I didn't mention talent?
You can add fans there as well. Drivers from 3rd world countries won't be hyped by fans at all unless they steamroll everyone winning every single championship they enter from young age. Unlike drivers from 1st world countries who can be mediocre as fuck and still "deserving of a chance" lol.
@@LathropLdST Piastri and De Vries are talented, so no; they do not. While we're on the topic of license points, how the f-k did Mazepin get a Super License?
It took months for people to notice Piastri, his name was barely mentioned in the last silly season, and it was a similar situation for de Vries, though to be fair, that year barely had a silly season. But, back to Drugovich, he definitely deserves a seat in F1, if Gasly moves on to Alpine, AlphaTauri should definitely be looking at him.
F1 is a whole different beast. F2 is like a youth team in Premier League football. Yeah, you can look good in that youth team against other youth players, but there is a higher chance that you will flop than make it when you get to the first team. So why should a team be forced to sign you by FIA law when they clearly are not impressed enough with you to sign you up ASAP? F1 teams are neither blind nor stupid. They have people monitoring the junior formulas week-in week-out. They know who they want or don't want. Just because you want your favorite junior driver to get a seat in F1 does not mean F1 teams should be obligated to sign him up. When a 37-year old Alonso who has lost his enthusiasm and motivation to continue driving in F1 can still annihilate an F2 champion in the same car on his way out of the sport in 2018, you have to question just how reliable the lower championships are in producing good enough drivers. Granted, Alonso is considered by many as one of the GOATs, but still, 37-years old and lost motivation and will to drive by any of the past F1 champions should be enough to match or at least not get destroyed (forget about beating) for an F2 champion if they are to be automatically granted a seat in F1, no? That's why you still cannot just say, "Oh he won F2. He should be automatically granted a seat in F1." Its not that straightforward.
We forget, sometimes, that what matters for young athletes is how much they can improve. If otherwise, US college champs would always reach success in the pro series like NFL or NBA. What makes a good team in any sport is seek, identify, contract and develop them.
Part of the problem with finding seats for young deserving drivers is that the existing big teams are hell bent on making sure the grid size stays fixed to 20 cars. Toto and others claim it's to insure the integrity and sustainability of the sport, but that's clearly nonsense. The sport has continued for decades with teams coming and going. The entrenched teams are trying to insure their own sustainability, not the sports. The teams should never have been allowed a seat in deciding the rules for the sport. They will always attempt to rig the rules in their own favor at the expense of other teams. Bad incentives create bad behavior.
Yeah, they're being selfish. The real reason, as we both know, is money. If there are 11-12 teams, then that means slightly less money for each team. Although I think Andretti-Cadillac would add more value to the sport, which could make up for any "dilution" in the prize fund.
This will never happen, but I think the FIA should provide a race team for the top F2 finisher without an F1 seat for two years. If they can't stay in F2, make sure they can at least experience F1
@Eriksen Read the first 4 words of my comment and realize yours wasn't needed. Of course it's not that simple. I just think it's moronic to push drivers through their system and leave them out to dry when no F1 teams look their way.
@@BiggieTrismegistus I think that's the least that should be done. I don't know how old the rule banning champions is, but there's not really enough F1 seats to make that viable imo.
This kid should have been giving a test. I think that the F2 format needs to change for the champ driver of that year, if they don't get a F1 drive the following season they are allowed back into F2 for one more year.
For me as Brazilian is Fanny to see you gays saying that felipe is not good enought for f1 i understand thosse comments but i realy think He is very talent and deserve a f1 Seat(sorry for my inglishh is not the best) in f1 there is some Driver that in my vision they dont deserve the f1 seat like sargent if we are talk about performance this guy get 3 place in te champioship with carlin and gets f1 seat thanks for the American miney we from Brazil don't have that level of money to pay for a seat we have the talent so to you guys from u.s or europe is more easier compare from us
Yes, how a f2 champion don't get a seat? Piastri included, just show that have something wrong with the category!! Edit> No, in 2020 MP was mid team, and virtuosi have a preference to who pay more. This year with an mid grid team he obliterated everybody, his consistency and pace it's something to admire!
What was the name of that guy who never won the karting world championship despite competing 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82, but proved to be quite good in F1? Ayrton something. So, what do other leagues say about one's potential in a specific league?
As a brazilian, its like a dream come true see him winning F2 title and give me hope of see a Brazilian in f1 again(being him, Enzo or someone else) especially with all the problems, political scams and tragedy we see here in our country. And about Drugo in Chip Ganassi, Tony Kanaan said that this rumors are fake and also Drugo said that he have interest in Indycar
It's kind of funny to see everyone talking about F2 drivers like Vips, Pourchaire, Lawson, Sargeant etc and say they should be in F1 but then turn around and say that F2 was weak this year when talking about Drugovich.
It's a tough one. You can argue he's F2 champ. But de Vries was F2 champ and been waiting for his shot a hell of alot longer! For me if you're Williams you don't look at anyone else but one of them to partner Albono. Maybe Alpine should snap him up, take some revenge on them for them poaching Alonso.
The best proposition I heard for promoting f2 champions to f1 was that the fia could finance the driver's f1 salary for the first year (up to a given threshold) to incentivize teams struggling for money to promote them. This doesn't force an f2 champ into f1 directly, but it does however encourage teams to give f2 champs the chance to see what they can do.
While I agree his early career wasn’t amazing, in 2022 he really stepped up his game and was amazing! Drivers do improve, it’s a little silly to say that just because they didn’t start as strong as others, they can’t now be very good and F1 worthy
I dont think an f2 champ that won it in his 3rd season by default deserves a spot in F1. Like Mazepin beat him by 50 points the season they both raced in F2 and we can all agree that guy was not f1 material. Guys like Piastri that comes in, in their rookie season and dominates, those should defenitely get a shot in F1. Like from the 2020 season where Mick won it i think the only driver there who has great poterntial was Yuki Tsunoda, he won as many races in F2 as Schumacher did but he only did 1 season. So not a chance drugovich should get a seat based on winning F2 in his third year in the series. Guess what im saying is, if you come into F2 win the title straight away by default i think you should get a shot in F1. If you Win in your second year i strongly feel i comes down to circumstances, like if there are available seats do to retirements and so on. But Winning in your 3rd year in the series i feel says more about how weak the field is compared to the other years he competed in the series
Honestly, if people think De Vries deserves to be in F1, then so does Drugovich They both won F2 in their 3rd year But while Drugo won by a big margin against a competitive grid, De Vries won in a grid where Latifi came 2nd which just shows us the low level of quality
I don't think josh knows someone can get better over there career , growth I guess, yeah-he's early career was not the greatest but cmon man give him a break he won F2 . What max verstapen event you're expecting?
It's so unfair to compare a South American driver to a European driver in their rookie season and expect de SA to be better. The European has his house, family, friends just a few miles away
Im sorry but I knew this guy was gonna win F2 and yes of course he does! Despite the write off that was 2021… he’s been awesome with MP especially this year, one of the most dominant F2 seasons in recent memory and with a team thats been midfield at best until he arrived!
Not that Drugovich hasn't done a good job this season, he really has, but wow, a lot of the other F2 grid either didn't do great or had absolutely horrible luck.
He was still head and shoulders above the field, and there were a lot of driver errors from the competition too, I wouldn't put the majority on faulty machinery or luck
@@TheEmm4lpha How would you know that? I cant say for all other drivers, but I can tell you Jack Doohan would have been a hell of a lot closer without his bad luck, and Theo would have been closer as well
@@Bobby09LFC There was a Reddit post on the F1FeederSeries subreddit that tallied all cases of the car failing or someone crashing into the driver, and the end result was Drugovich still leading. For example, best case scenario for Pourchaire would be around 190 points, and around 160 for Doohan. The luckiest driver in all this is probably Fittipaldi, who had very little random events ruin his races.
every year we have a f2 champion... we cant every year have a new f1 driver so I never get this.. pay drivers take up those last slots so its hard for anyone new.. but lets say the next f2 champ is the best driver in the worldthen for sure they will have a 10-15 year career.. so any new driver will bhard in the future.
The N.T.T. Indycar should be made or considered as the F.I.A. F 1.5 championship with better super license scoring system than F2 and introduction of Pirelli tyres. This will give various F1 team’s academy drivers a chance to participate in a challenging series if they can’t get an F1 seat.
You can put any driver in any category; they will took at least 3 seasons to reach their trully potential. But yes, there are exceptions like Piastri. He was brilliant so far. Lets see at a F1 seat.
Wow the music during the sponsored segment really trew me off it's the brb music for my favorite streamer so I when I heard it I thought I had his stream open in some tab lol
The problem is that F1 drivers are very popular nowadays, their market value is enormous, it's hard to get rid of anyone of them for a seat even when they don't perform well.
Popularity doesn't bring in world titles.
It’s all the stupid ‘Brands’. They last only so long.
@@insertgenericusernamehere2402 Neither will teams like Sauber or Haas ever get a chance in the near future. So why pursue sth that is unachievable when you can get popularity?
Well Drugovich would probably bring a lot of fans tbf. There are loads of Brazilian F1 fans who would support him the moment he joins the grid.
@@yupyup8305 Damn right. We've been waiting for a guy from our place to show up again. Personally, I'd be happy if he just competes in a competition broadcasted in Brazil like IndyCar, Formula E or any of the local series if need be.
If he doesn't get a F1 ride I'd like to see him come to Indycar. Brazilians have a history in the series (they've won more races than any other non-American narionality) but the pipeline seems to have dried up. The only full-time Brazilian in the series this year was Helio Castroneves and he's 47 years old.
It sucks that that F2 produces more good drivers than F1 can actually take but that's to the benefit of series like Indycar, WEC, ELMS, IMSA, etc.
There's a cause for that: lack of investment on the base categories. Car racing just became too expensive of a sport for people in a development country, even for the upper classes, so the focus mainly shifted to the Brazilian Stock Car series. It has a star field, with names like Tony Kanaan, Felipe Massa, and Rubens Barrichello racing there, but it isn't a formula series, and is a very different type of racing as well.
As a Brazilian, I really, really hope for the day that another driver from here will reach F1 and win titles. Truth is, we got spoiled between the 70s and the 90s, and took the difficulty to reach F1 for granted.
The introduction of the Brazilian Formula 4 series this year could help with that
@@vinnycordeiro I figured the expense is why the talent pipeline seems to have dried up. It's getting to damned expensive everywhere and it makes me wonder how much driver talent is being left behind because they can't afford to race.
Brazilian Stock Car is available in the US on a streaming service I have and I was surprised when I checked out the driver lineup. There's a lot of talent in the series. I plan on watching the races this winter when I need a motorsport fix.
@@SamuelSantos_ While I agree that this is a step at the right direction, it will take time until it makes effect. Let's hope for the best.
Fun fact: Drugovich was offered by IndyCar teams a competitive seat (Most likely Chip Ganassi Racing after Alex Palou contract saga), but eventually turned it down.
One thing is clear, Drugovich was better than pourchaire this year, mecacrome screwed pourchaire 3 times, Drugo won the title with 3 races to go (2 features), so mecacrome could literally wipe out all of Drugovichs races remaining and he still wins, also pourchaire in a number of occasions showed he didn't have the mental strength to carry on bad weekends, he also had a bunch of luck too, at imola the safety car screwed Drugovich strategy, at Hungary his team pit him too early, also Drugovich showed a hell of speed, 4 poles while pourchaire didn't it once, even in the circuits that favoured his car, maybe Drugovich isn't a Russel, a verstappen, or a Leclerc, maybe he is in the level of Schumacher (mick of course) and de vries, but this year he was the only driver the showed the speed, the confidence and the experience needed for F1 so he deserves a shot...
That's the comment of someone who really watched the whole F2 season with full attention.
Perfect comment! People like to point out that Drugo had no bad luck, but still it's not like the championship was close, even if he got bad luck, he would probably still win
liam lawson and logan sargeant are the only other 2 i think deserve to make it at some point. if liam blitzes this year hes got that alphatauri seat.
(he just needs to get out that carlin)
@@rainrle I really don't know about Liam, he is reaching a point where he will need a dominant and flawless season, just like Drugovich, to be in contention for F1 again, also losing to a rookie teammate isn't a very good signal, even this rookie being Sargent
I think the main issue is that teams want the next Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen, they want a generational talent so they either wait around for one or spend millions to try to develop their juniors into one. Winning F2 isnt enough anymore to prove that you belong in F1, its so competitive that you basically have to be dominant throughout your junior career just to get attention OR just have a shit ton of money to buy a backmarker seat lol
And Alpine still lost Piastri lol
The Next Leclerc or Russell, they are the most successful driver from F2
Yeah true plus f2 totle never guarenteed f1 seats b4. Many go on to other jobs
Felipe actually has a good racing record + u don't have to be regarded as the next super-domination-talent to perform well in F1, like Lando. Due to his performances since he came to F1, we regard him as one of the possible future champions
The real talent in F1 is the car.
It's a tough one, because the F2 champion usually deserves an f1 seat, even Drogovich's dominance, but there doesn't seem to be many available seats, other than ones that might be taken up by De Vries etc
He seemed to be a bit invincible to F1 teams at the time, presumably because his F3 and F2 results from previous years weren't extremely amazing like previous F2 winners. But at least now he has signed onto a driver academy. The only problem is, you've got Alonso on a multi-year contract coming in and $troll who's dad owns the time.
@@connorappleton1945also it took him 3 seasons to win. If he performed like George or Charles, winning the championship as a rookie- of course he'd be considered!
Piastri won the championship in his rookie year as well and needed to wait in a development role. I think beside money the trouble is lack of seats.
De Vries was also F2 champion in 2019 and he was 4th the year before in a very competitive year (Russell, Norris, Albon) mostly due to reliability issues. He's been waiting all this time for a seat in F1 too, there's just going to be a lag for a while where they will be test and reserve drivers---which is not a bad thing, because even for F2 champions, F1 cars have always proven to be a big step up.
@@kaarthik9 Hes also spent all 3 seasons with an average team like Sauber
Yes Drugo won the title this year, but I don't think you should only look at points. All of the races he finished were mightily impressive especially when it came to tirewear. In every feature race he seemed to be able to extend a stint longer than his opponents which helped him gain positions many times. This is an essential factor for F1 and thus I think Drugo should absolutely be on pole position for an F1 seat!
It’s his 3rd year in the series in one of the weakest fields we’ve seen in recent memories. He’s had far longer to adjust to the tyre compound than anyone else he’s racing.
That’s why he’s not looked at in the same ilk as other champions, it’s taken him too long to do anything against people that have been in the series for less time than him.
He should be looked at below every other F2 champion in recent memory, and in all honesty rookies that place in the top 3 would even be more enticing
@@MaCcAM40a3 zhou and de vries have the same 3 year zhou finished in 3, weak field? C’mon bro you can try something better than this
@@gabrielqueiros258 Zhou doesn’t deserve a seat either lol.
@@MaCcAM40a3 Zhou was not the greatest also, and now he is doing great outqualifying Bottas in some races. We don't know if Drugovich will do well until he gets that seat
And don't talk about his points difference to Bottas. The standings don't reflect on the drivers performance most of the time
It’s pretty strange how Drugovich had such an anonymous F3 campaign, but then something just clicked when he made the step up to F2. I was there at Bahrain testing in 2020, and he had the aura of someone who had been in F2 for 2-3 years. No hesitation or nerves, just an air of confidence in his own abilities. We truly were sleeping on this guy for years!
That's one good point of him, the confidence and coldness he has behind the wheel. In one of the races in monaco when Theo was chasing him down is a good example of that.
Well, he was really good in 2020 in MP, then pretty bad with tons of mistakes and slow pace in 2021 in a team that was a championship contender, then he came back to arguably average MP once again and dominated F2. Very weird case with Drugo
@@jez_77He explained his lack of pace for a brazillian youtuber at the end of 2021. He said that a lot of times when he found a car setup that he feel confortable with in UNI-Virtuosi, the team of engineers said that it was missing top speed or something, so they changed it. In the other hand, in MP they trust Drugovich setups, and in my opinion thats why even back in 2020 he consistently qualifies over a second ahead of his teammate.
@@lucasreboucas8123 Yeah, definitely something dint work out at Virtuosi. Its strange that their setups didnt work as they usually do really solid pace-wise (Ilott, Zhou, Doohan etc)
same with ayumu iwasa - the thing linking those two is that they were very consistent with their results in f3. they got 10th-20th a lot.
I’d say Loan him to an IndyCar team, and have him do practice sessions when seasons arent in session
Well, there was negotiations with Chip Ganassi, but he denied... either he really knows when he'll enter in F1 or the whole Palougate was happening (that last one is on me).
He signed as reserve with Aston, So only european championship while still being part of Aston
@@lokcoadv Palougate has been sense resolved with Palou staying for his prescribed contract length at CGR. Also the rumor said before the Palou stuff started the people at CGR had no idea who he was until Palougate started.
A year out of Formula he will lose his edge.
If he's deadset on F1, Indycar won't do him any good. We know how Indy unfortunately does not translate to a full F1 ride. Absurd but true. Pietro Fittipaldi almost did it until Haas swooped in and signed Magnussen.
i think opinion on drugo is badly skewed by his year at uni-virtuosi. his debut year in f2 was incredibly impressive and he demolished all his mp teammates, and he's been unmatchable this year on his return to mp; sometimes bad moves just happen and it's a shame that year at uni has condemned him to being a "third year champion"
He did win the Formula 2 championship, however, the grid were basically inconsistent and that's what Drugovich needed. Either way, I hope he does get a seat, Interlagos would be wild.
He won the F2 season comfortably with their regular format.
Piastri only actually won it last year (granted up against slightly better competition) because of the weird 3 race format they decided to try (and realised it was terrible) 🤷🏻♂️
@@FlatMetal22 wdym?? The format is the reason Piastri won? pls explain...
Piastri won the championship by 60 points. He won 4/8 feature races and was on the podium in 7/8 feature races. Feature race results have nothing to do with the format as the feature race grid is directly from the qualifying result.
@@toodsf1 it wasn't so much what he gained, it was more what the others lost in that extra sprint race. & also there was far less actual race weekends to make up a points deficit.
@@FlatMetal22 Can you cite specific events in these extra sprint races? Things that lost everyone points except Piastri? To such an extent that Piastri won by 60.5 points and these things were the "only" reason for it?
There were 7 "extra" sprint races with 15 points to the winner. So to lose 60 points in these 7 races is like DNFing from the lead 4 times for Shwartzmann, and more for Zhou.
I would be interested to know to which of those 2 drivers this happened.
@@FlatMetal22 The math has already been done to show that Piastri would've won the title comfortably under the old format too. Not by as much of a margin as other winners, but that's just because there were only 8 rounds in 2021. Oscar was far and away the best driver in 2021.
As a brazilian, i really hope he does have a shot sometime (and have success on F1). But i kind of understand why he doesn't have his chance now. Piastri got a way more successfull junior career and almost had to wait 2 years for a seat, Albon got some years out, DeVries is still without a seat... but when you see guys not performing well like GOATiffi and an improving Stroll, you get a little bit frustrated. Even Tsunoda and Mick could leave for new guys. But, maybe that's just my brazilian blood making the talk here. Let's hope new guys get good sponsors so they can make their way to F1.
If F1 is to be a viable entry point from winning the F2 championship, then the FIA needs to step in and either offer financial or testing advantages for teams taking in F2 drivers or develop their own F1 team. I know the latter wont happen.
Indycar gives the winner of the Indy Lights series a million dollars to take to a team and guarantees them a chance for at least three races in the main series the next year (one of which is the Indy 500).
EDIT: I saw yesterday that Indycar is now only giving $500,000 to the Indy Lights champ and has removed that reward of guaranteeing 3 race. What a terrible change to make. That reward was responsible for many drivers deciding to give Indy Lights a chance. In fact 2023 was (is?) going to have the largest field in years with around 16 or 17 cars. I suspect the larger fields were a direct result of the rewards on offer. Linus Lundqvist, this year's chanpion, is a really good driver and absolutely deserves a chance at the big series for a few races. It's crazy to me to think he might not be able to get an Indycar seat at all because he absolutely deserves one.
@paper plane yeah Latifi, Tsunoda and Ocon are such great drivers 😂
Regarding that last bit there, I honestly think Rafael Câmara is the most talented Brazilian in the junior ranks at the moment. This is his first season in single-seaters and he's adapting well.
I thought Enzo Fittapaldi looked good this year too. He scored a lot of points despite not being on a top team.
Yeah but we'll see. I saw and talked to Camara (Vallelunga race weekend) and he looks to me as a very shy guy, and also behind the wheel he's not aggressive. Camara's main problem though are his rivals. Antonelli destroyed him and now many other drivers from other teams are beating him, while he is in a Prema
11:41 Yeah let's not talk about De vries who just lost his F1 seat
In racing, you're as good as your last result, so he deserves a seat. However, he's not the only one, so we'll see how the situation will resolve itself. It seems that his contract with AM holds him for one year, so maybe he gets a seat in 2024. I don't know if he can negotiate for a seat in 23, but I don't see where. I hope we get another Brazilian in the F1 grid.
Side note: Enzo Fittipaldi is right around the corner! Keep an eye on him for next year 👀
As a brazillian myself i need to stand for my little golden baby boy
Thanks for talking about Drugovich. I really learned new things from Drugovich's pre F2 carrer. Obrigado and greetings from Brazil. :)
I think Drugo is one of them where he would deserve a shot if he got it, but it wouldn't be a great loss to F1 if he didn't
Very well said
@MPG Not really, theres way more drivers who could get a shot than ultimately do because of numerous factors and there always has been. A loss to F1 would be a Piastri or Russell type who is a top quality prospect, Drugo at best would be a solid enough mid pack guy
@@mrsocko9077 yeah but the thing is there’s that seat in Williams left and most like gonna go to Sargent who is less deserving than drugo just cuz he’s American.
Brazilian speaking. To be honest, we would've loved for him to get a F1 seat, that's for sure. But given thw history behind F1 sponsorship and how much money it takes to get yourself in that seat, becoming Aston Martin's reserve driver really isn't that bad, that way he will learn how a F1 team works and will bw able to show what he is capable of.
Felipe has been Brazil's best shot at F1 in quite a long time, let's hope things move his way inside Aston and that he eventually gets that seat.
Vamo torcer que o Alonso não aguente a AM e largue de lá 😅
Gratitude for making a video about Drugovich, all Brazilians are dreaming about this guy in Formula 1! It's been a while since we had Brazilians there.
In my eyes an F2 champion should always have at least one chance. De Vries finally got his and impressed.
I'm not sure Drugovich is that good, but I'd like to see him get at least a race.
You look to F1 and you have many good drivers who not have that glamour on their career until they get an F1 seat
In my opinion every f2 champion deserve a seat
Bro, drugovich defeated junior team drivers . He is something else
@@kinglakaka latifi beat drivers who were in f1 academies that doesn’t make him good
I just want to see a Brazilian on the grid again
You and me both
Me three
I hope Drugovich gets into Formula 1 sometime. Just hope this doesn’t happen in the same way as Piastri.
I mean, I'm not gonna be the one Vouching for Drugovich, but between him and Sargeant, it was a clear choice over who should have had a shot at F1
HELL YES. Anyone who can win an f2 championship with the historically at best midfield mp motorsport should be allowed!
Brazilian here. You're right. Great video
Personally, I love your driver profile videos. Thank you for making the content that you do.
Fair assesment mate, hope my boi Druggo can get a seat somehow. Honestly I miss supporting a countryman in F1
F1 should incentivice teams that take in new/young drivers. This should atleast push the teams at the back of the grid to take on newer/younger talent. And the additional money would help with the inevitable crashes that a rookie would commit.
The math on Mick Schumacher was easy and no secret: his famous last name brought money from sponsors (esp. German ones) along, which Haas needed badly at the time. Drivers selected for financial reasons rather than for talent should be less of an issue from now on with budget caps (though, in his case, I believe he actually has talent but needs to find the context to show it). I do believe that Drugovich is ready for a seat in F1. His beginnings may not have been as shiny as some, but he's put in the hours and he's grown a lot. And I totally agree that this year's F2 season was a proper fight in the top 5. Those who think it wasn't clearly haven't watched it and just flap their mouths after looking only at the results. The main reason talents from F3 and F2 don't get F1 seats right away is a question of timing in the structural changes F1 is going through: just too few of them, with some still occupied by pay drivers who jumped the line (on their way out soon, hopefully) and some old stars refusing to retire. As much as I love Alonso, he's not "at the peak of his career"---as he likes to repeat suspiciously often---he's well past it. Time to make room for the young. The perfect age for modern F1 is 20-35. Beyond that, your reflexes and reaction times become too slow, and your driving style settles and crystallizes, making you less able to adapt to new cars. Vettel knows it and has bowed out gracefully, proving once again to be the wise man of F1 (also, he might just be done with the FIA's bs, he doesn't even try to hide his feelings about their ineptitude anymore). Jury's still out on Hamilton and Ricciardo, let's give them a couple more years to confirm whether it's just the car. And hopefully, by 2026, we'll also have two more F1 teams i.e. 4 more seats 🤞
Although, he showed that belongs in F1. Be it through outracing KMag this year (who is no slouch), annihilating Mazepin (who is a slouch), or showing his wheel to wheel prowess against Hamilton in Imola this year.
For me, Mick showed way more potential than Yuki Tsunoda ever did (who before 2021, Marko touted to be a Japanese Verstappen lmao)
@@kalyanpm6803 you’re just racist to Asians
@@kalyanpm6803 i wouldn't say he's outdriven Magnusson. He has some races but I genuinely haven't been all that impressed
@@kalyanpm6803 Yuki Tsunoda would have won 2020 in his rookie season if he drove that year's Prema.
@@TiernanBaker he is 10:5 ahead of Magnussen in the races, he has been bad at times, but tell me, where was the last race Schumacher was worse than Magnussen
Should he be? Yes. But I'd say De Vries is even more deserving. Proven champion across multiple disciplines. However, the fact that Drugovich is not even in a junior academy is absolutely criminal.
That nic devries comparison is hilarious now
Happened with Nasr, but guess what?
Even after demolishing his teammate and save his team from bankruptcy, he got the boot...
We are not patient anymore
He had a contract with another team... and then he accidentally sent that team bankrupt.
@@DicasSobreBurgman What? I said him earning Sauber's only points that year accidentally caused Manor, with which reportedly Nasr had a contract for the following year, to go bankrupt.
There should be 12 teams in F1, but that would be good for the fans. 10 teams is best for the participants.
I'm not sure why everyone claims he's not that good, and they bring De Vries up as an example of someone who is good, even tho, he won F2 with a less competitive field and also with more then year of previous F2 experience, Drugovich did it with MP Motorsport, not the greatest F2 team in terms of setup etc. Whereas De Vries had the ART number 1 driver seat. De Vries has proven himself to be good with all this, so why is Drugovich, who had a more impressive F2 campaign, considered the lesser?
Thank you. Finally an unbiased video! Its a shame International media and F1 team bosses are skeptical on drugovich's potential. Never before people were so hesitant on validating a feeder series champion talent.
Like Stroll and Schumy son did
Would love to see Brazilians back in F1. It’s been way too long.
10:52 - posted one day before Latifi exit announcement. Good one, Josh.
É o Drugo não tem jeito
It seems F1 and teams only cares about a few things when it comes to a driver: a child of a former F1 driver, a British guy, and/or is diabolically rich. Noticed I didn't mention talent?
Yeah, so Piastri, deVries fit into your reasoning HOW? 😂
SUPERLICENSE POINTS ring any bells?
@@LathropLdST they fit because they never went straight to f1
You can add fans there as well. Drivers from 3rd world countries won't be hyped by fans at all unless they steamroll everyone winning every single championship they enter from young age. Unlike drivers from 1st world countries who can be mediocre as fuck and still "deserving of a chance" lol.
@@Brenooliveira8989 Drivers for 3RD world countries?
@@LathropLdST Piastri and De Vries are talented, so no; they do not. While we're on the topic of license points, how the f-k did Mazepin get a Super License?
It took months for people to notice Piastri, his name was barely mentioned in the last silly season, and it was a similar situation for de Vries, though to be fair, that year barely had a silly season. But, back to Drugovich, he definitely deserves a seat in F1, if Gasly moves on to Alpine, AlphaTauri should definitely be looking at him.
You’re still my favorite F1 UA-cam channel! Keep up the great work!
F1 is a whole different beast. F2 is like a youth team in Premier League football. Yeah, you can look good in that youth team against other youth players, but there is a higher chance that you will flop than make it when you get to the first team. So why should a team be forced to sign you by FIA law when they clearly are not impressed enough with you to sign you up ASAP? F1 teams are neither blind nor stupid. They have people monitoring the junior formulas week-in week-out. They know who they want or don't want. Just because you want your favorite junior driver to get a seat in F1 does not mean F1 teams should be obligated to sign him up. When a 37-year old Alonso who has lost his enthusiasm and motivation to continue driving in F1 can still annihilate an F2 champion in the same car on his way out of the sport in 2018, you have to question just how reliable the lower championships are in producing good enough drivers. Granted, Alonso is considered by many as one of the GOATs, but still, 37-years old and lost motivation and will to drive by any of the past F1 champions should be enough to match or at least not get destroyed (forget about beating) for an F2 champion if they are to be automatically granted a seat in F1, no?
That's why you still cannot just say, "Oh he won F2. He should be automatically granted a seat in F1." Its not that straightforward.
Over someone like Latifi? Yes.
In an ideal world where the 20 best drivers are on the grid? Absolutely not.
Wasn't latifi a F2 champion too ?
@@delishdida 2nd to De Vries in 2019... on his 4th/5th attempt
@@delishdida Latifi finished 2nd in 2019 and that was already his 4th full season in F2.
Who even are the best 20?
@@rhodrage That's an argument that will continue until the heat death of the universe
If he was Kiwi you’d love him. 🇦🇺
We forget, sometimes, that what matters for young athletes is how much they can improve. If otherwise, US college champs would always reach success in the pro series like NFL or NBA. What makes a good team in any sport is seek, identify, contract and develop them.
FINALLY, BRAZIL LOVES YOU JOSH
I love felipe drugovich been watching him for along time go brazilian boi🇧🇷
Part of the problem with finding seats for young deserving drivers is that the existing big teams are hell bent on making sure the grid size stays fixed to 20 cars. Toto and others claim it's to insure the integrity and sustainability of the sport, but that's clearly nonsense. The sport has continued for decades with teams coming and going. The entrenched teams are trying to insure their own sustainability, not the sports. The teams should never have been allowed a seat in deciding the rules for the sport. They will always attempt to rig the rules in their own favor at the expense of other teams. Bad incentives create bad behavior.
Yeah, they're being selfish. The real reason, as we both know, is money. If there are 11-12 teams, then that means slightly less money for each team. Although I think Andretti-Cadillac would add more value to the sport, which could make up for any "dilution" in the prize fund.
heh. You used Nyck DeVries as an example in a lot of your videos, didn't you?
Fair play for the mea culpa on De Vries. The 'it was a weak F2 field' thing was a poor excuse then too.
Crazy that is the first Drugovich Video out there.
And thats even a while after he won F2.
it seems like everyone forgot he´s there.
Everyone is busy with Piastri, Vettel (Dany Ricc?) retirements, pummeling Perez or mocking Scuderia Banana. Question.
One month later Williams announce Sargent for 2023. This is not fair
Dude looks like a Young Seb and kinda poetic that Seb is retiring and Felipe is an up and coming rookie
short answer: yes
long answer: yes
This will never happen, but I think the FIA should provide a race team for the top F2 finisher without an F1 seat for two years. If they can't stay in F2, make sure they can at least experience F1
@Eriksen Read the first 4 words of my comment and realize yours wasn't needed. Of course it's not that simple. I just think it's moronic to push drivers through their system and leave them out to dry when no F1 teams look their way.
Maybe the FIA could allow champions to return to F2 if they don't get a good F1 opportunity?
@@BiggieTrismegistus I think that's the least that should be done. I don't know how old the rule banning champions is, but there's not really enough F1 seats to make that viable imo.
@@BiggieTrismegistus that was the good idea to keep the champion consistent just like motogp moto2 moto3
This kid should have been giving a test. I think that the F2 format needs to change for the champ driver of that year, if they don't get a F1 drive the following season they are allowed back into F2 for one more year.
It's about time we get another Brazilian in F1! This guy deserves it!
For me as Brazilian is Fanny to see you gays saying that felipe is not good enought for f1 i understand thosse comments but i realy think He is very talent and deserve a f1 Seat(sorry for my inglishh is not the best) in f1 there is some Driver that in my vision they dont deserve the f1 seat like sargent if we are talk about performance this guy get 3 place in te champioship with carlin and gets f1 seat thanks for the American miney we from Brazil don't have that level of money to pay for a seat we have the talent so to you guys from u.s or europe is more easier compare from us
Yes, how a f2 champion don't get a seat? Piastri included, just show that have something wrong with the category!!
Edit> No, in 2020 MP was mid team, and virtuosi have a preference to who pay more. This year with an mid grid team he obliterated everybody, his consistency and pace it's something to admire!
im having Bruno Junqueira flashbacks from 2000 all over again, help
Enzo fittipaldi is also doing great and I see a lot of future potential in him. Who knows maybe in a few years brazil might have 2 drivers
What was the name of that guy who never won the karting world championship despite competing 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82, but proved to be quite good in F1? Ayrton something. So, what do other leagues say about one's potential in a specific league?
😂😂
Love me another “one of those” videos. Great work!!
As a brazilian, its like a dream come true see him winning F2 title and give me hope of see a Brazilian in f1 again(being him, Enzo or someone else) especially with all the problems, political scams and tragedy we see here in our country. And about Drugo in Chip Ganassi, Tony Kanaan said that this rumors are fake and also Drugo said that he have interest in Indycar
7:07 Lord mahaveer got a goat in last 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Super teens like Max, Lando and GR have spoiled us. Drugovich is 22 and so was LH when he dubuted in F1
It's kind of funny to see everyone talking about F2 drivers like Vips, Pourchaire, Lawson, Sargeant etc and say they should be in F1 but then turn around and say that F2 was weak this year when talking about Drugovich.
He's a great driver and he deserves that chance! Let's go Drugo!!
It's a tough one. You can argue he's F2 champ. But de Vries was F2 champ and been waiting for his shot a hell of alot longer! For me if you're Williams you don't look at anyone else but one of them to partner Albono.
Maybe Alpine should snap him up, take some revenge on them for them poaching Alonso.
The best proposition I heard for promoting f2 champions to f1 was that the fia could finance the driver's f1 salary for the first year (up to a given threshold) to incentivize teams struggling for money to promote them. This doesn't force an f2 champ into f1 directly, but it does however encourage teams to give f2 champs the chance to see what they can do.
My favorite F1 youtuber strikes again! Great video!
Nice touch with the obrigado
History of mechachrome for Halloween lol? Is it enough of a horror story?
I will wait for a video a few years from now on Franco Colapinto 👍
We Brazilian are sure hoping for this as well, his surname is too funny (glued penis) for us to not hear it on daily basis
While I agree his early career wasn’t amazing, in 2022 he really stepped up his game and was amazing! Drivers do improve, it’s a little silly to say that just because they didn’t start as strong as others, they can’t now be very good and F1 worthy
Agreed, it's silly that just because he dind't started strong, he's not gotta be good in F1
No way, he doesn't deserve a place in F1, but Logan Sargent who finished a distant fourth place does! Go figure.
Even if you don't see Drugovich as a top talent, he got the poise, he's most ready and mature driver by far compared to his opponents.
Could you make a video on Scott McLaughlin?
I dont think an f2 champ that won it in his 3rd season by default deserves a spot in F1. Like Mazepin beat him by 50 points the season they both raced in F2 and we can all agree that guy was not f1 material. Guys like Piastri that comes in, in their rookie season and dominates, those should defenitely get a shot in F1. Like from the 2020 season where Mick won it i think the only driver there who has great poterntial was Yuki Tsunoda, he won as many races in F2 as Schumacher did but he only did 1 season. So not a chance drugovich should get a seat based on winning F2 in his third year in the series. Guess what im saying is, if you come into F2 win the title straight away by default i think you should get a shot in F1. If you Win in your second year i strongly feel i comes down to circumstances, like if there are available seats do to retirements and so on. But Winning in your 3rd year in the series i feel says more about how weak the field is compared to the other years he competed in the series
speaking facts, as well as the entire grid having the worst luck in the world this year
Honestly, if people think De Vries deserves to be in F1, then so does Drugovich
They both won F2 in their 3rd year
But while Drugo won by a big margin against a competitive grid, De Vries won in a grid where Latifi came 2nd which just shows us the low level of quality
I don't think josh knows someone can get better over there career , growth I guess, yeah-he's early career was not the greatest but cmon man give him a break he won F2 . What max verstapen event you're expecting?
6:28 Josh got roasted!!!!🤣😂😂😂😂
Brazil has Gabriel bortoletto as well
It's so unfair to compare a South American driver to a European driver in their rookie season and expect de SA to be better.
The European has his house, family, friends just a few miles away
Im sorry but I knew this guy was gonna win F2 and yes of course he does! Despite the write off that was 2021… he’s been awesome with MP especially this year, one of the most dominant F2 seasons in recent memory and with a team thats been midfield at best until he arrived!
Been waiting for this one 🤩🤩🤩
Sim
Do a driver profile on Fittipaldi!
Not that Drugovich hasn't done a good job this season, he really has, but wow, a lot of the other F2 grid either didn't do great or had absolutely horrible luck.
Absolutely agreed, and as is ever the case the Mechachrome engine in the F2 cars is probably the only thing more unreliable than the Alfa's this year.
He was still head and shoulders above the field, and there were a lot of driver errors from the competition too, I wouldn't put the majority on faulty machinery or luck
Fun Fact: even if the other drivers didn't have such bad luck, Drugovich would still be leading the championship.
@@TheEmm4lpha How would you know that? I cant say for all other drivers, but I can tell you Jack Doohan would have been a hell of a lot closer without his bad luck, and Theo would have been closer as well
@@Bobby09LFC There was a Reddit post on the F1FeederSeries subreddit that tallied all cases of the car failing or someone crashing into the driver, and the end result was Drugovich still leading. For example, best case scenario for Pourchaire would be around 190 points, and around 160 for Doohan.
The luckiest driver in all this is probably Fittipaldi, who had very little random events ruin his races.
If the chances are low in F1 he should head to Super Formula, Indy Car or WEC. Nice video. Keep up the good work.
every year we have a f2 champion... we cant every year have a new f1 driver so I never get this.. pay drivers take up those last slots so its hard for anyone new.. but lets say the next f2 champ is the best driver in the worldthen for sure they will have a 10-15 year career.. so any new driver will bhard in the future.
The N.T.T. Indycar should be made or considered as the F.I.A. F 1.5 championship with better super license scoring system than F2 and introduction of Pirelli tyres. This will give various F1 team’s academy drivers a chance to participate in a challenging series if they can’t get an F1 seat.
Thank for the vídeo Josh
Omg that surfshack ad was smooth. Josh is a pro. Lmao
You just declared war against Brazil my friend.
He Is Right TBH
Drogovich: *wins the F2 title*
Josh: "you're not that guy pal"
He Is Right
awesome video, i think heshould get a shot and will be interested to see what happens when he does
You can put any driver in any category; they will took at least 3 seasons to reach their trully potential. But yes, there are exceptions like Piastri. He was brilliant so far. Lets see at a F1 seat.
Wow the music during the sponsored segment really trew me off it's the brb music for my favorite streamer so I when I heard it I thought I had his stream open in some tab lol