DAMS had a challenging FIA Formula 2 Championship weekend at Monza as contact in both races for Sergio Sette Camara and Nicholas Latifi denied the team potential podiums and a valuable opportunity to close the gap in the drivers’ championship.
Sergio Sette Camara: “It’s been a difficult weekend. I made a mistake in the Feature Race and received a time penalty so only scored fifth, there was definitely more on the table. Today I was hit from behind twice, first by Luca Ghiotto at the start and later he caused Nyck de Vries to give me a puncture. This is frustrating because we should have been on the podium. We didn’t get the most out of Monza, but the aim is to score maximum points in Sochi.”
Nicholas Latifi: “This weekend was a good opportunity to take some points out of the drivers’ championship lead as Nyck de Vries was excluded from qualifying. Unfortunately that wasn’t capitalised on. I had a collision on Saturday which lost me my front wing and the result meant I started 13th for the Sprint Race and undid the rest of the event. We need to take the lessons we’ve learned and come back stronger in Sochi.”
The 11th round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship will take place in Sochi, Russia on 27-29 September.
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Following a severe incident on the second lap of the FIA Formula 2 Championship Feature Race at Spa-Francorchamps yesterday, BWT Arden driver Anthoine Hubert sadly passed away.
Sauber Junior Team driver Juan Manuel Correa was hospitalised with serious injuries. Trident’s Giuliano Alesi escaped unharmed.
The FIA and Formula 2 have decided to cancel today’s Sprint Race, and a minute’s silence was held before the Formula 3 race and will be again before the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
The entire DAMS team extend our condolences to Anthoine’s family and the BWT Arden team and wishes Juan Manuel a speedy recovery.
It was a strong weekend in terms of results for DAMS in Budapest, as Nicholas Latifi took victory in the feature race and Sergio Sette Camara added a podium in the sprint. Sadly, the event was overshadowed by the sad news of Jean-Paul Driot’s passing.
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DAMS took its 10th podium of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 season in the Silverstone Feature Race with Nicholas Latifi, who scored further points in the Sprint Race and closed in on the drivers’ championship lead, while Sergio Sette Camara also added to the tally.
Nicholas Latifi: “Qualifying was a bit frustrating as we had some engine limiter issues that cost us a chance to be further up the grid, possibly fighting for pole. Still, fourth was not a bad place to start. A fun Feature Race with some good battles fighting for the lead, unfortunately we just didn’t have the overall pace to push for it so I was disappointed for myself and the team because I was hoping to bring home a win. We had a good start to the Sprint Race, being quite aggressive as well but I damaged my tyres in the first two laps and from then I was hanging on to the end. It was a very difficult race to manage, so I’m happy to score points but even if we couldn’t move forward more.”
Sergio Sette Camara: “It’s not the event we expected. We had the car to fight for pole and in the Feature Race battled for the quickest laps and pace, but we’ve left Silverstone with only 14 points so it’s a shame for the team. I’m not happy with the weekend, we need to make fewer mistakes in Hungary and come back stronger.”
The eighth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship will take place in Budapest, Hungary on 2-4 August.
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