F2 + F3 CEO Bruno Michel: steering young drivers to F1

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and George Russell are just a handful of the Formula 1 stars born in Bruno Michel’s racing series. Multiple F1 World Champions and Grand Prix-winners have risen from Formula 2 and Formula 3, previously known as GP2 and GP3.

From the very first GP2 champion, Nico Rosberg, to Lando Norris, Nico Hulkenberg, Pierre Gasly, Valtteri Bottas and many more, Bruno has been supporting young drivers in their journey to the pinnacle of motorsport for two decades. He tells Tom Clarkson how he built the ladder to Formula 1, why Hamilton and Leclerc particularly stood out, and his prior work as manager to drivers including Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.

As F1 teams look to sign stars for the 2025 season, Bruno explains why future Haas driver Ollie Bearman is ready to step up to the top level, and what Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli can do to claim his place in F1. Plus, how F1 Academy will become a pathway to F3 and beyond.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:23.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way. The climb to Formula One is a difficult one.
0:35.0	Drivers have to prove they are worthy.
0:41.0	He has conquered a super talented field
0:45.2	and George Russell is the Formula 2 champion of 2018.
0:55.0	The moment has arrived for the Prima man. Oscar Piaastri wins the Formula 2 Championship of 2021.
1:00.0	They are just the latest stars who made their names by winning the series below F1.
1:08.0	Formula 2 and Formula 3 are the final rungs on the ladder.
1:12.0	The ladder built by Bruno Michelle.
1:15.0	My job is to try to get the drivers into Formula One teams one way or another.
1:20.0	I'm not really making start, you know, I'm giving them the means to show their capacities,
1:25.1	but honestly the teams are making stars much more than I do. Hello and welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
1:41.0	It's 20 years since Bruno Michelle launched a new racing series for drivers who want
1:46.4	to make it to F1. GP2, as it was first known, replaced Formula 3,000, the category which had helped launch many F1 drivers careers.
1:55.7	It immediately delivered.
1:57.5	2005 GP2 champion Nicko Rosberg graduated to F1 the following season, as did 2006 winner Louis Hamilton.
2:06.7	Racing in identical cars, on Grand Prix Circuits on F1 weekends, it's the perfect way to get noticed by an F1 team.
2:15.2	The Stars Born in GP2, F2 and F3 have gone on to win F1 races and world championships.
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