India’s Jehan Daruvala can be hoping to transform a run of three successive podiums right into a maiden win of the season, as he heads to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for this weekend’s Spanish spherical of the Formula 2 championship.
The Red Bull-backed racer, , a three-time Formula 2 winner, has scored a podium in every of this season’s three rounds to this point, the one driver of the present crop to take action.
That consistency has put the 23-year-old Prema Racing driver third within the total drivers standings, simply 16 factors behind championship chief Theo Pourchaire.
But Jehan, already a three-time Formula 2 winner whose goal is to turn out to be the primary Indian to win the Formula 2 title this season, can be seeking to additional cement his credentials as a championship contender with victory across the 4.6-km lengthy observe.
“We’ve had a strong start to our season and we go into this weekend with a lot of confidence, especially after the pace we showed in Saudi Arabia and Imola. My aim is obviously to be fighting at the front and I’m sure we have the pace to win. But this is a track everyone knows well, given the amount of testing we do here, and we will have to get everything, from qualifying to our race strategy, absolutely perfect if we want to stand on the top step of the podium.”
Located on the outskirts of Barcelona, the technical Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya observe is a well-liked take a look at venue with groups and drivers. Jehan and Prema loved a productive outing on the in-season Formula 2 take a look at session there final month.
The Indian racer has proven robust type on the observe previously, taking victory on his first go to to the venue on the season-opening Formula 3 spherical in 2019.
The Spanish Formula 2 spherical can be held as a assist occasion to the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix.
,
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
