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Jehan Daruwala takes a superb Feature race win at Monza: F2
MONZA (Italy), 11 Sept. 2022: India’s Jehan Daruvala raced to his fourth Formula 2 win in the championship’s main Feature race at Italy’s Monza race track here on Sunday.
The 23-year-old started sixth on the grid but used a mix of strategy, race craft and tyre management to capitalise on a safety car and red flag-interrupted race and clinched a comfortable win around the hallowed ‘Temple of Speed’.
The win was Jehan’s first this season. It comes after the Red Bull-backed racer went from fifth to third in Saturday’s Sprint race, making it two podiums from two races for Jehan this weekend and eight this year.
It was also his sixth top-three finish at Monza and second win at the track after the Indian won there last year.
“What a weekend,” said Jehan. “It’s been a long time coming. We’ve had the win taken away from us for one reason or another on more than one occasion this year. But we’ve kept our heads down, kept believing, kept pushing and we’ve finally done it.
“And what a venue to do it at, too! Monza is up there with one of my all-time favourite tracks and standing on the top step of this incredible podium, out over the main straight with the Indian National Anthem playing out, feels so, so special.”
Jehan made a good getaway, but starting on the dirty side of the grid got bogged down after the initial start.
Nevertheless, he kept sixth as the field went through the first chicane but lost a place to Juri Vips as he lifted in anticipation of a safety car after an opening-lap shunt involving Ralph Boschung and Theo Pourchaire.
The safety car wasn’t deployed until later, however, and Jehan was forced to defend from Jack Doohan on the run to the second Roggia chicane.
The pair went wheel-to-wheel in the braking zone with Logan Sargeant making it three-wide into the chicane. Doohan, with Jehan on the inside and Sargeant on the outside had nowhere to go and ended up colliding with Jehan.
The Red Bull-backed racer however suffered only minor damage and carried on as the safety car was finally deployed.
Racing resumed at the end of Lap 5 with Jehan running seventh. But a crash for Calan Williams at the Ascari chicane brought the safety car back out on Lap 8.
Jehan seized the opportunity to pit, with the perfectly timed stop eventually moving him up to third once his other rivals had pitted.
That left him perfectly placed to battle for the win as the red flag was deployed to allow track workers to clear away Williams’ stranded Trident and carry out repairs to the barriers.
The race resumed after a ten-minute stoppage. Jehan went on to put on a masterclass of tyre management and race craft as he bided his time at first before piling the pressure on to race leader Richard Verschoor and second-placed Marino Sato.
He passed Sato on Lap 18 of 30 and was hot on Verschoor’s heels. But the Trident racer, struggling with tyre wear, dived into pits with just five laps to go, handing Jehan a lead he would keep until the chequered flag.
“This weekend’s result couldn’t have come at a better time as we now head to Abu Dhabi for the season-finale,” added Jehan.
“The Yas Marina track is another venue I like and I won there last year. So going there on the back of a weekend like this one gives us a major boost.”
The Formula 2 championship, which acts as a support series for Formula One, will have the chance for a bit of a break as F1 embarks on its Asian and American swing.
The championship will return for it’s last and final round of the season on the Nov. 18-20th weekend alongside the Formula One season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Picture Credits – James Gasperotti
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Terrific Tsunoda soars to first F3 win in Monza: F3
Jenzer driver tops Race 2 podium ahead of Lawson and HughesFrom left: 2nd placed Liam, winner Yuki and 3rd-placed Jake. An FIA F3 image Monza, 8 Sept 2019: Yuki Tsunoda completed his remarkable upturn of form in Monza, with his, and his team’s first ever win in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. The Jenzer Motorsport driver romped to a third podium in as many races, after a lengthy battle with Jake Hughes, which ended in him finishing ahead of Liam Lawson in second and the HWA RACELAB driver in third.
The Japanese driver’s victory marked a successful weekend for Honda Dream drivers, matching his F2 counterpart Nobuharu Matsushita, who won in yesterday’s Feature Race. The feat earns him his seventh points’ finish in a row, having scored just two of them in the first seven of the campaign.The track was damp from overnight showers and the cars started against a shower of spray, but this didn’t stop Jake Hughes from bolting off the line, as the HWA RACELAB man lunged down the left of polesitter Fabio Scherer and into the lead. Behind him, Tsunoda had started his march from sixth and leapt to third at the first turn.The Japenese driver pulled off a similar move for second on the next tour of the track. He had Hughes in his sights, but the duo both went wide at Turn 4 as they battled with the greasy track surface. They then collided at the following corner, as Tsunoda’s front wing scraped the back of Hughes’ rear tyre, but luckily they avoided any damage.Former leader Scherer was struggling to keep Lawson at bay behind him, as the Kiwi eyed his second podium of the season. Less than a second separated the Swiss driver in third, with Leonardo Pulcini in sixth. Space opened up down the side of Scherer and the Red Bull F1 junior took a tow and slipstreamed down the right of him.Hughes and Tsunoda had begun to pull away from those behind them, collecting a 3s gap, but the battle between the two remained on-going. The Jenzer driver got close enough to gain the advantage of DRS and flashed past the Brit for the lead.Hughes fought back and went side-by-side with Tsunoda around the outside of Parabolica, but the Japanese driver out-braked him and retained P1. Their drawn out fight for first handed Lawson a shot at P2 and the MP Motorsport man began to attack the back of Hughes. The duo went side-by-side down the pit straight, and with the aid of DRS, and the inside line, the Kiwi completed the move and made it stick at Turn 1.Tsunoda ran home cleanly at the chequered flag and was followed by Lawson and Hughes in the top three, as Richard Verschoor and Pedro Piquet completed the front five. The final points’ positions went to Pulcini, Scherer and Robert Shwartzman.The Russian’s P8 finish hands him an extra point in the Championship and marginally stretches his lead to 33 points, ahead of Jehan Daruvala on 147 points. Jüri Vips remains third on 122 and Marcus Armstrong on 119. In the Teams’ standings, Champions PREMA Racing lead with 446, ahead of Hitech Grand Prix on 188, ART Grand Prix on 174, Trident on 105 and HWA RACELAB on 84.Shwartzman holds the cards heading into the season finale, at his home race in Sochi, Russia, at the end of September.2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Round 7 – Race 2 provisional classificationDRIVERTEAM1Yuki TsunodaJenzer Motorsport2Liam LawsonMP Motorsport3Jake HughesHWA RACELAB4Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport5Pedro PiquetTrident6Leonardo PulciniHitech Grand Prix7Fabio SchererSauber Junior Team by Charouz8Robert ShwartzmanPREMA Racing9Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix10Logan SargeantCarlin Buzz Racing11Juri VipsHitech Grand Prix12Felipe DrugovichCarlin Buzz Racing13Jehan DaruvalaPREMA Racing14Marcus ArmstrongPREMA Racing15Niko KariTrident16Devlin DefrancescoTrident17Raoul HymanSauber Junior Team by Charouz18Lirim ZendeliSauber Junior Team by Charouz19Ye YifeiHitech Grand Prix20Simo LaaksonenMP Motorsport21Max FewtrellART Grand Prix22Keyvan AndresHWA RACELAB23Giorgio CarraraJenzer Motorsport24Andreas EstnerJenzer Motorsport25Alessio DeleddaCampos Racing26Sebastian FernandezCampos Racing27Bent ViscaalHWA RACELAB28David BeckmannART Grand Prix29Teppei NatoriCarlin Buzz RacingOVERALL FASTEST LAPJuri Vips (Hitech Grand Prix) – 1:48.890 on Lap 20FASTEST LAP ELIGIBLE FOR POINTSRichard Verschoor (MP Motorsport) – 1:49.580 on Lap 22 -
Shwartzman back to his scintillating best in Monza Race 1; Jehan Daruvala finishes 3rd
Russian wins for the first time since Round 2, ahead of teammates Armstrong and Daruvala
Robert Shwartzman, winner, flanked by Marcus Armstrong,, left and Jehan
Daruvala 3rd, All three are from PREMA Racing. An F3 imageMonza, 7 Sept 2019: Championship leader Robert Shwartzman won for the first time since Le Castellet to edge closer to the FIA Formula 3 Drivers’ title. The Russian racer had to battle off his teammates for the victory, finishing at the peak of a PREMA 1-2-3, with Marcus Armstrong in Second and Jehan Daruvala third. The race finished under safety car as Alex Peroni of Campos Racing survived a huge crash and walked out safely before being taken for regular medical checks.
The race started in contrasting settings to yesterday’s wet Qualifying session, with bright conditions overlooking a warm 19-degree Italian heat. Following a spat of post Qualifying penalties, it was Lirim Zendeli who backed up Christian Lundgaard on the front row, followed by Richard Verschoor.
The polesitter was in the middle of a three-man brawl for first off the line, having seen the duo behind him make thundering starts. The Dane managed to eventually fend off Verschoor, but Zendeli flew past him coming out of the first turn.Armstrong had bolted off the line himself, rising from seventh to fourth, ahead of Max Fewtrell, and he was soon honing in on Verschoor, who he swiftly swapped positions with, while setting the fastest lap.Delight turned to despair for Zendeli – who had taken the lead following arguably the race start of his career to date. Zendeli and Lundgaard came together and the German skidded off track – he was left with a puncture, which ended his race. Meanwhile, the Danish driver suffered front wing damage, which forced him into the pits and left him at the back of the field.This handed Armstrong the race lead and a chance to make it three wins from four, which would thrust him into second in the Championship. With Verschoor desperately clinging onto second, ahead of fellow PREMA duo Shwartzman and Daruvala, the Kiwi was able to build up a steady lead at the front.The Indian lost significant ground in his tussle with Shwartzman and Verschoor, when he was forced wide in his attempts to wrestle third from his Russian teammate. This allowed the Championship leader an opportunity to pounce on P2 and he powerfully sent it down the side of the Dutchman.Having come within 12 points of Shwartzman in Round 5, Jüri Vips struggled in Spa last time out and wasn’t faring much better in Monza. The Estonian clumped the back of Keyvan Andres and was flung off track and into the wall. He attempted to get going again, but the damage to his front right tyre was too great and he was forced to retire, which brought out a safety car.Verschoor lost two places upon the restart, with Daruvala and Yuki Tsunoda both lunging ahead down the pit straight. Meanwhile, Armstrong’s lead at the front had been sliced to just 0.5s.The sight of Shwartzman arrowing in on his teammate for P1 brought back memories of Spielberg, when the duo collided in the same scenario. There would be no repeat this time around and Shwartzman cleanly dispatched off the Kiwi to take the race lead, displaying the maturity he has gained from that episode in Round 3.The race would finish under the safety car, when Alex Peroni took flight on the sausage curb. The Campos driver was able to leave his car safely, before being taken by the medical car for the usual checks.This allowed Shwartzman to run home unopposed in first, ahead of Armstrong and Daruvala. Tsunoda and Verschoor completed the top five, ahead of Pedro Piquet, Jake Hughes, Liam Lawson, Fabio Scherer and Logan Sargeant.Having also claimed the fastest lap, the Russian’s win hands him a 35 point lead in the Drivers’ Championship, with three races remaining. Daruvala remains second with 144 and Armstrong is third with 137. Vips, on 122, and Lundgaard, on 97, complete the top five. Teams’ Champions PREMA Racing are first on 460 points, ahead of Hitech Grand Prix on 183 and ART Grand Prix on 174. Trident, 97, and HWA RACELAB, 72, complete the top five.Lawson will start on reverse pole in Race 2 tomorrow at 9.30am local time.FIA Formula 3 Championship Round 7 – Race 1 provisional classificationDRIVERTEAM1Robert ShwartzmanPREMA Racing2Marcus ArmstrongPREMA Racing3Jehan DaruvalaPREMA Racing4Yuki TsunodaJenzer Motorsport5Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport6Pedro PiquetTrident7Jake HughesHWA RACELAB8Liam LawsonMP Motorsport9Fabio SchererSauber Junior Team by Charouz10Logan SargeantCarlin Buzz Racing11Felipe DrugovichCarlin Buzz Racing12Leonardo PulciniHitech Grand Prix13Teppei NatoriCarlin Buzz Racing14Devlin DeFrancescoTrident15Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix16Max FewtrellART Grand Prix17Raoul HymanSauber Junior Team by Charouz18Bent ViscaalHWA RACELAB19Sebastian FernandezCampos Racing20Keyvan AndresHWA RACELAB21Simo LaaksonenMP Motorsport22Andreas EstnerJenzer Motorsport23Alessio DeleddaCampos RacingNOT CLASSIFIEDAlex PeroniCampos RacingDavid BeckmannART Grand PrixJuri VipsHitech Grand PrixLirim ZendeliSauber Junior Team by CharouzNiko KariTridentGiorgio CarraraJenzer MotorsportYe YifeiHitech Grand PrixOVERALL FASTEST LAPRobert Shwartzman (PREMA Racing) – 1:40.020 on Lap 17FASTEST LAP ELIGIBLE FOR POINTSRobert Shwartzman (PREMA Racing)
