Go F4rth: A Formula 4 weekend from the inside

“I don’t usually have tough weekends, it’s just this one.”

Robert Schl¼nssen might smile while he’s saying this, but I get the feeling I’ve touched a nerve. It’s the same feeling I get a few hours later when I, in retrospect rather carelessly, refer to RS Competition as a ‘fledgling outfit’. Of course, by that I merely mean that this outing at Oschersleben is their first Formula 4 race weekend ever. And their many years and accolades in karting aside, the move to Formula cars could well see them having to hoist themselves up a rather steep learning curve. But when I see Robert’s expression as he points out the fact that a team with ten years’ experience in motorsport (and it’s not just karting, they’ve also done two seasons of Formula Ford in Denmark) can hardly be called ‘fledgling’, I decide I really must be more careful …