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Armstrong’s point-less streak continues after frustrating Silverstone weekend

by Zane Shackleton
August 9, 2020
in Formula 2, International, News
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Marcus Armstrong will be glad to bid au revoir to Silverstone after the 20-year-old capped off his third successive non-points finish weekend with the Kiwi claiming a forlorn pair of 14ths across both FIA Formula 2 races at the British venue.

Armstrong has struggled for pace at both legs of the British Grand Prix, finishing a best of tenth in last weekend’s sprint race with similar performance issues this time out all while his ART teammate Christian Lundgaard was constantly battling among the front runners.

Rising British superstar Callum Ilott has claimed the lead of the championship after a dominant victory in the weekend’s opening feature race before backing it up with a sixth-place finish in the sprint race.

It would be the sprint race which yielded the most entertaining drama after leading pair Robert Shwartzman and Mick Schumacher collided at Turn 6 only a handful of laps from the chequered flag which gifted the victory to Toyota Racing Series alumni Yuki Tsunoda.

Race control deemed the clash a racing incident though Schumacher was vividly upset with his cause in the crash which put an end to Shwartzman’s race and saw a certain 1-2 finish for Prema slip from the team’s grasp.

Like last weekend Armstrong’s Achilles heel seemed to be adapting to the hard compound tyres brought to the circuit to counter high rates of degradation. Strong starts by the Kiwi in both races ensured he always finished above his qualifying position but he quickly hit a blockade in performance as he languished a fair way down on his teammate and the race leaders.

After two early season podiums, Armstrong has failed to score a point since the final race of the Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring and has fallen to 11th in the championship.

Lundgaard meanwhile, suffered a late tyre blowout in today’s final sprint race while running inside the points. The Danish racer still sits second in the standings 21-points behind Ilott.

The next round on the F2 calendar is the Spanish Grand Prix from Barcelona in the third high-tyre load circuit in a row following Hungary and Britain. Thus, it could well be another difficult weekend for Armstrong if himself and ART cannot solve the ongoing tyre issues which has undoubtedly hindered his performance of late.

The Kiwi scored a podium at the circuit last year in his sole season in F3 but has yet to get a taste for the track in an F2 machine nor on the 18-inch wheels which has divided the paddock in terms of support for and against the less durable and more demanding rubber. The new sized rims will be implemented into F1 in 2022.

Feature Race results:

PosDriverTime
1Callum Ilott51m12.407s
2Christian Lundgaard+8.574s
3Jack Aitken+12.303s
4Louis Deletraz+15.020s
5Nikita Mazepin+16.644s
6Yuki Tsunoda+17.010s
7Mick Schumacher+19.232s
8Robert Shwartzman+20.033s
9Guanyu Zhou+20.428s
10Felipe Drugovich+24.127s
11Nobuharu Matsushita+26.418s
12Jehan Daruvala+28.109s
13Luca Ghiotto+36.114s
14Marcus Armstrong+41.725s
15Dan Ticktum+43.109s
16Giuliano Alesi+43.252s
17Marino Sato+50.048s
18Roy Nissany+51.428s
19Artem Markelov+1m14.193s
20Guilherme Samaia+1m15.090s
RetPedro Piquet
RetSean Gelael

Sprint race results:

PosDriverTime
1Yuki Tsunoda36m15.140s
2Mick Schumacher+3.120s
3Jack Aitken+17.993s
4Louis Deletraz+20.258s
5Guanyu Zhou+21.059s
6Callum Ilott+22.154s
7Dan Ticktum+22.913s
8Nikita Mazepin+25.201s
9Jehan Daruvala+28.672s
10Luca Ghiotto+29.066s
11Artem Markelov+33.686s
12Felipe Drugovich+34.776s
13Robert Shwartzman+36.362s
14Marcus Armstrong+37.995s
15Roy Nissany+40.151s
16Pedro Piquet+43.748s
17Marino Sato+47.702s
18Nobuharu Matsushita+1m00.275s
19Guilherme Samaia+1m01.710s
20Giuliano Alesi+1m31.548s
RetChristian Lundgaard+1 lap
DNSSean Gelael

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