First Round's Qualifier

Monaco Grand Prix

Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco

Date: Mar. 18

Track: Circuit de l'Étoile (Stellar)

Luca felt a deep sense of fulfillment as he realized that he was now a Sunday racer, no longer just a Saturday competitor in Formula 2.

The weight of this transition truly hit him on Friday, qualifying day, because in F2, qualifying sessions were traditionally held on Thursdays.

However, this wasn't just any qualifying session. This would be his first time experiencing the new format that the FIA had announced during the Prize Giving Gala.

They had introduced it as a well-practiced system, now set to become the primary qualifying format for Formula 1 moving forward.

It was one of the many fifteen changes proclaimed that night.

This qualifying was divided into three elimination rounds: