Chaos in F2: suspension for Cordeel, fine for father of driver

Amaury Cordeel has managed to accumulate twelve penalty points and with it a suspension for one race. The F2 race weekend in Azerbaijan was remarkable anyway, as the father of a driver was fined for an altercation with another driver.

Cordeel gets a suspension

Van Amersfoort Racing did not acquire the most talented driver with Cordeel. The Belgian already didn't have a great track record in Formula 3 and continues that line in Formula 2. He hasn't scored a single point for the Dutch team yet but has already collected a lot of penalty points.

Before the Grand Prix in Baku, Cordeel had eleven penalty points, so he knew that another penalty point would result in a suspension. In the main race the Belgian collided with Oli Caldwell, for which Cordeel was assigned the blame. For that he also received his twelfth penalty point and with it a suspension for the British Grand Prix.

Penalty for a father

Cordeel is the first driver to accumulate twelve penalty points on his F2 license since Mahaveer Raghunathan in 2019. The driver who was in action under a Dutch license for MP Motorsport missed the race in Austria due to a suspension. Who will replace Cordeel at Silverstone is not yet known.

It was a remarkable race weekend anyway, because in the same main race on Sunday, things also went wrong between Cem Bolukbasi and Roy Nissany. Bolukbasi's Turkish father allegedly entered into an altercation with Roy Nissany after the latter crashed with son Cem. Later, this also involved the trainer of the Israeli, for which Bolukbasi was fined five thousand euros. The father of the Turkish driver is also not allowed to be present at the circuit for the next race.