THE CURIOUS CASE OF SANTINO FERRUCCI

WHERE: SILVERSTONE WHEN: JULY 11 American driver Santino Ferrucci shot to stardom for all the wrong reasons at Silverstone in July. The Formula 2 backmarker crashed into his Trident Racing F2 teammate Arjun Maini on the cool down lap after the race – and multiple times during the race – in front of the Formula 1 audience. He was banned for four races, two rounds.

In addition to that, he drove his F2 car between Silverstone’s two paddocks without his gloves and was seen operating a phone while driving. Can you believe it?

He was dropped by the Trident team not long after the incident had occurred.

He was back racing in no time in Indycar, and was kept on by the Haas Formula 1 team as one of its juniors, despite what he called a “mental lapse”.

“I have no excuse other than the fact I am a 20-year-old Italian American with a deep passion for motorsport, which is a very emotional sport,” he said.