In late August, Anthoine Hubert died during an F2 race in Belgium.
A week or so ago, I wrote about the death of Anthoine Hubert at the age of 22 from a car crash at a Formula 2 race in Belgium. In that article I wrote about the dangers of competitive auto racing, and didn’t write about Hubert’s life and career. I will here.
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Anthoine Hubert was born in 1996 in Lyon, France. He was kart racing prodigy, starting the sport at the age of 7 years, and winning back-to-back third-place finishes and one kart racing championship.
In 2013, Hubert graduated to car racing, making his debut at the French F4 Championship, where he won the series on his first attempt. In 2014, Hubert moved on to Tech One racing, and also was a guest racer in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.
His career hit another plateau in 2018 when he won the GP3 racing series. In 2019, Hubert made another leap, this time to Formula 2.
It was in F2 that his career–and life–would end. On August 31st, during the second lap of the Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 race in Belgium, Hubert crashed his #19 car into Juan-Manuel Corea. He died for injuries suffered in that crash. Charles Leclerc, who won the F1 the next day at the same track, dedicated that victory to Hubert’s memory.
Hubert’s number 19 has since been retired. The hope is that we’ll not lose another driver to the perils of auto racing.
