Ro-Ro! Per usual here in Nofendersville, I got
carried away and this tome stretched on 'N on, as there's just too many Damn
Feeder Series with Formula 1 links these Dazes...
Formula V-8 3.5 Series
Arguably the most gripping season finale NOT
seen by many, or at all here Stateside; Chirp-Chirp, Bueller! With the totally
unknown Frenchman Tom Dilman snatching victory in the final race outing!
And to think that nobody's willing to step up
as title sponsor to a Open Wheel Racing series that has a long lineage 'O
current 'N former Formula 1 drivers on its rolls, with a few current F1 Teams
involved, with the likes of;
Force India F1
Alfonso
Celis Jr.: AVF
Another aspiring Mexican racer hoping to
emulate the likes of Senor's Perez and Gutierrez, Ci! As Alfonso's apparently
made the move sideways to Formula V-8 this season after two years in GP3 with a
best finish of twelfth overall.
Renault Sport F1
Louis
Deletraz: Fortec
Almost past this driver by, whom I spotted
when plowing thru the various F1 Junior Driver Rolls, for which the young Swiss
Hot Schue was part of the swelling Reggie' ranks.
Yet the name sounded vaguely familiar; Hmm?
Oh Yeah now I know, he's the son of former F1 driver Jean-Dennis Deletraz who
made three Grands Prix starts as a woefully off-the-pace Pay Driver for
Larrousse and Pacific between 1994-95.
As the young Louis is probably still in shock
right now, as the championship seemed assured to him, leading by six points
from the front row with his title rival languishing down in P7 before Alfonso's
AVF team-mate tom Dilman miraculously snatched the title away from him with his
first win since April! As NO idea where thou younger Deletraz will go from
here?
Deutsch Tourenwagen Masters (DTM)
Although this isn't the typical feeder series
to Formula 1, nonetheless two of Mercedes bright stars have made the leap from
Tintops, along with the likes of Paul di Resta, Gary Paffet and Bernd
Schneider.
Manor Racing
Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon
What can I say 'bout these two impressive
Young Guns who've both graduated to Formula 1. Other than Wehrlein won the
title in 2015 with Ocon taking his seat - before being fast tracked to the pinnacle
'O motorsports as Wehrlein's second half team-mate - with great things expected
from both by Mercedes.
Balardi Auto Racing/ART Grand Prix
Felix
Rosenqvist (Mercedes Junior Driver)
I briefly know 'bout this promising Swede
from his partial season this year in Indy Lights, where he won three races for
Balardi Auto Racing before being recalled by Mercedes for European racing
action.
Most notably as Ocon's replacement in the ART
Grand Prix DTM squad alongside longtime F1 tester Gary Paffet. With Felix
having now been signed as one of Mahindra Racing's Formula E pilots for the
current 2016-17 season, who'll perhaps become the next Silver Arrows reserve
driver?
European Formula 3 (F3)
Part of the DTM Support Series, albeit the
lone single seater category supporting the Tintops.
Williams F1
Lance Stroll: Prema
Powerteam
Upon winning this year's title convincingly
with 14-wins, and the might of Papa's Bank Account, we know now that Lance will
become the first KuhNuck in Formula 1 since Jacques Villeneuve's departure.
Force India F1
Nikita
Mazepin: Hitech Racing
Another of the multitude 'O Russian drivers
aspiring for glory in Formula 1, as think Force India just wanted his Rubles, a
la gladly taking Celis's Peso's above.
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Nico
Kari & Sergio Sete Camara: Motopark Academy
Know absolutely Nothing 'bout these two series
rookies, other than they're part of the countless aspiring Red Bull Junior
Drivers cadre, who'd better produce el Pronto or else Der Helmet will toss 'em
out when refilling the bathtub's luke warm water. As just ask thou sniveling Monsieur
Gasley!
OTHERS
And as Y'all can tell, if you're still
reading? This story just kept growing 'N growing, mushrooming out to a
ridiculous seven pages! Hence why I broke I-t into two part Harmony, as your
humble No Fenders scribe Tomaso's growing sleepy...
Yet before falling asleep; Hya! I did notice a
further trio 'O second generation names I recognized whilst endlessly purusing
the various Feeder Series Teams and Drivers combinations included the likes of Giuliano Alesi, (GP3) Pietro
Fittipaldi,
team-mate to the forlorned Deletraz, and Aurélien Panis at Arden
Motorsport, both in Formula V-8 3.5.
Not to mention FV-8 3.5 runner-up Louis
Deletraz, (above) which chronicling the never ending count of these Sir-names is
another story for some other time...
