Duarte Benavente won the first round of the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship in Kaunus, Lithuania this afternoon. In an action packed late season opener, Bimba Sjöholm relinquished her pole to Colin Jelf at the start and the veteran British driver pulled out a lead, however, the three time UIM F2 world champion dislodged a...Read More
Sami Seliö topped the times in a 45 minute warm up for the UIM F2 Grand Prix of Lithuania this morning. Duarte Benavente was second fastest and Giacomo Sacchi was third. Sacchi managed to resolve his technical issues from yesterday an put in 25 laps, however, Owen Jelf is still struggling with his mechanical gremlin....Read More
Just an hour after becoming the fist lady driver to ever take a UIM F2 World Championship pole position, Bimba Sjöholm won the match racing event here in Kaunus this evening. The Swedish driver held off a rejuvenated Colin Jelf in the final with a close photo finish. Edgaras Riabko beat off Uvis Slakteris in...Read More
Bimba Sjöholm took a stunning pole position in Kaunus, Lithuania today and became the fist lady driver to ever start a UIM F2 World Championship from the front. A man who has won three world championships in the class, Colin Jelf, took an impressive second in Q3. Sami Seliö was third fastest in his return...Read More
Duarte Benavente posted the fastest time in this morning’s 90 minute UIM F2 Free Practice session. The driver from Portugal posted a 47.673 lap time, + 0.663 faster than local driver Edgaras Riabko. In sunny but cool conditions, Bimba Sjöholm from Sweden carded the third fastest time, with Sami Seliö just behind in fourth. Owen...Read More
This weekend qualification and the race for the first round of the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship will be streamed live. The timetable is as below: 2020 UIM F2 World Championship – Round One – Lithuania SaturdayQualification – 14:50 – 15:50 (Q1 / Q2 35 minutes combined) Q3 top 10 shoot-outMatch Racing – 16:45 –...Read More
Colin and Owen Jelf will once again be competing against each other this weekend in Kaunus, Lithuania. The brothers will be racing in the first round of the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship, a series that Colin has won on three occasions. Colin has low expectations for the weekend and is using the event as...Read More
Duarte Benavente and Sami Seliö have just crossed seven borders and driven fifty hours to compete in the first round of the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship in Lithuania. The veteran racers checked into their hotel based in Kaunus this afternoon and gave me a defiant message: We are here to support our sport of...Read More
The first round of the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship is set to be held in Kaunus, Lithuania on the 20th and it will feature some surprise names in the driver line-up! I spoke to Edgaras Riabko, the organiser of the race this morning. Putting on an event during this health crisis has been an...Read More
