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Silverstone Circuit FEATURE RACE 29 LAPS // 170.705 km 60 min. Start/Finish Offset Average Temp. 21°/12° 5.891 KM 0.134 km Average rainfall 60 mm SPRINT RACE 21 LAPS // 123.577 km 45 min.

WHEN TO WATCH MAXimum SPeed LAp record 310.0 km/H 1:38.182 (216.002 KM/H) All times local (GMT +1) 18 Jordan King (MP Motorsport) in 2019 (UNI-Virtuosi) in 2019 Sector 3 FRIday 31st JULY 17 16 2019 12:55 Practice Session . 45 min. 7 1:38.182 (216.002 KM/H) 17:00 Qualifying Session . 30 min. 8 1 Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi) 18:15 Press Conference* 6 Sector 1 COUMPOUND ALLOCATION st 15 SATURDay 01 august DRS ACtiv 2 Feature Race . 29 laps • 60 min. 15:45 ation zone 2 DRS * 18:05 Press Conference SPeed detection ation zone 1 HARD MEDIUM trap zone 1 3 nd 4 DRS ACtiv SUNDay 02 august 9 2019 FEATURE RACE 5 10:10 Sprint Race . 21 laps • 45 min. Sector 2 14 TYRE WINNING STRATEGY * 11:15 Press Conference 12 10 7 laps Soft >> 22 laps Hard 13 11 DRS *Note: You can join the Press Conference via Zoom upon request. detection zone 2 Lucas Ghiotto (UNI-Virtuosi) from P2 Grid Position

The story so far FROm THE GRID

An enthralling 2020 season has given us the line. His PREMA teammate Mick “Silverstone is one of “Tyre management is important. Last five different race winners in the opening Schumacher, on the opposite strategy, the fastest tracks on year I had to hold back before starting three rounds. Last time out in Budapest, fought valiantly to come home third the calendar. I love the to turn the screw and increase the pace rapid Russian rookie after some late drama. Between them, sweeping sections of towards the end. That was because we earned his second victory this campaign, in second place, was Hitech’s Nikita Maggots and Becketts, were limited by tyre wear. It’s usually on before showed all his Mazepin after an amazing surge secured Brooklands into the front left, so you have to watch that. experience to take his first win of the a first F2 podium for both driver and Luffield, and Stowe. “Turn 3 is a good overtaking spot, year. team. They’re classic especially if you get a run coming out corners. It’s a of the last corner. It’s wide, so you can Wet weather in Hungary had the place I know well choose lots of different lines, and it goes paddock scratching their heads on and feels a bit like immediately into another tight corner in Friday as strategies were planned and home. Winning the Sprint Race last year Turn 4. Turn 6 comes after a DRS zone. re-planned. Half the grid opted not to set by pulling off a couple of really cool It’s where I pulled off my move last year lap times during Free Practice, which saw overtakes, and seeing the crowd getting to win the race. Likewise, you can go BWT HWA RACELAB’s go Degradation also proved critical so into it was awesome. inside or outside. Finally, there’s the end fastest in tricky conditions. of the straight going into Stowe - another then revelled in the rain during Qualifying on Sunday. The Sprint Race has no “It’s a high-speed track which usually mandatory pitstop but, as most drivers DRS zone. You have to be quick through to take pole position for UNI-Virtuosi. demands a high-downforce setup, but stopped for new tyres, Ghiotto was one you’ve also got some long straights, Maggots and Becketts though. It’s quite Tactics and tyre deg were crucial during of only two racers to stay out. The Italian so for overtaking chances you need to hard to follow a car through that section. Saturday’s action-packed Feature Race. did just enough to prevent Ilott, who was trim out some of that downforce and “I hope we can make a step forward as Shwartzman started superbly from P11, 5s per lap quicker on fresh rubber, from maximise your straight-line speed. As a team. We’re going to have changes in opting for the alternate strategy that saw passing him on the final lap to claim a driver, it’s about getting a car you’re place, and I’m hoping to put on a good him carve through the field to build an victory. Schumacher made it back-to-back comfortable with and can throw around show for my home crowd, even if they’re incredible lead by the time he crossed podiums in third. into those corners. not physically at the circuit.”

The CHALLENGERS STAT PACK

Consecutive Feature Race victories for > The F2 race lap record at Silverstone > Two drivers on the current grid took Shwartzman (81 pts) extends his lead is 1:39.993, set by Jack Aitken with F2 wins at Silverstone in 2019. in the Drivers’ Championship. Ilott (63) Campos Racing in 2019. Ghiotto won the Feature Race, while has moved up into second place, while Aitken was victorious in the Sprint (43) occupies third. > Robert Shwartzman became the first Race. Schumacher (39) is four points further double winner of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship in the > There are three drivers having their back in fourth, with (38) in Teams will compete using a combination Budapest Feature Race. home race at Silverstone. Dan fifth. of Pirelli’s hard and medium compounds Ticktum, Callum Ilott and Aitken are 58-points from the sees for the first time this season at Silverstone. > Luca Ghiotto took his 6th FIA due to race for DAMS, UNI-Virtuosi PREMA Racing (120) climb to first in the A popular ‘Drivers’ circuit’, requiring Formula 2 win in the Hungarian and Campos Racing respectively this Teams’ Championship. UNI-Virtuosi (94) a good mix of pace and precision, the Sprint Race, putting him level with weekend. are in second place, with ART Grand Prix track is one of the fastest on the calendar. 2020 Formula 1 graduate Nicholas (77) dropping into third. Hitech Grand If what we’ve seen so far this season is Latifi. Prix (54) and DAMS (41) sit fourth and anything to go by, it promises to be yet fifth, respectively. another exciting F2 weekend.

TYRE TALK Mario Isola (Pirelli head of F1 and car racing) SAYS: > There are also three British teams “It’s been a very interesting start to the We have to keep the hard choice during having their home event this season in Formula 2, especially thanks to both weekends for F2, but we do have weekend. Carlin, UNI-Virtuosi and the performance of the new 18-inch tyres some flexibility with the softer tyre – . and the impact they have had on strategy. moving from medium at the first race to Moving onto another double-header, we soft at the second race. This presents a > Ghiotto’s win meant he has now been > A win for PREMA Racing or DAMS have again looked to mix up the tyre different challenge for the drivers in terms on the podium at least once in every this weekend would see them match nominations for each weekend in F2 to of lap preparation and higher ultimate season of the modern era of FIA ART Grand Prix’s record of 15 wins add an extra element of unpredictability. performance.” Formula 2. in the modern era of F2.

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ON-BOARD 2020 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS

DAMS 1 GEL IDN 23 y/o 197 racing laps have been completed so far this 2 Dan Ticktum TIC GBR 21 y/o Rookie season. UNI-Virtuosi have led the most with 55.

ZHO 197 UNI-Virtuosi 3 Guanyu Zhou CHN 21 y/o

4 Callum Ilott ILO GBR 21 y/o Whoever wins the Feature Race will claim the 75th victory in the modern era of FIA Formula 2. ART Grand Prix 5 ARM NZL 20 y/o Rookie 75

6 Christian Lundgaard LUN DNK 19 y/o Rookie Hitech Grand Prix became the 12th team to win in FIA Formula 2 with victory in the Sprint Race in Carlin 7 TSU Budapest. JPN 20 y/o Rookie 12 DAR 8 After 6 RACES IND 21 y/o Rookie 2020 CLASSIFICATIONS

Campos Racing 9 Jack Aitken AIT drivers’ standings teams’ standings GBR 24 y/o POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS Shuffle POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS Shuffle SAM 10 Rookie M BRA 23 y/o Rookie 1. Robert Shwartzman ....2M...... 81 = 1. PREMA Racing...... 2 ...... 120 +2

2. Callum Ilott...... 1M...... 63 +1 2. UNI-Virtuosi...... 1M...... 94 = Charouz Racing Sytem 11 Louis Delétraz DEL CHE 23 y/o 3. Christian Lundgaard R...... 1M...... 43 -1 3. ART Grand Prix...... 1M...... 77 -2 12 PIQ 4. ...... 39 +6 4. Hitech Grand Prix...... 1M...... 54 +6 BRA 22 y/o Rookie 5. Dan Ticktum R...... 38 -1 5. DAMS...... 41 -1 MAT MP Motorsport 14 6. Marcus Armstrong R...... 34 -1 6. MP Motorsport...... 1M...... 37 -1 JPN 26 y/o 7. R...... 1M...... 31 +1 7. Carlin...... 34 -1 15 Felipe Drugovich DRU BRA 20 y/o Rookie 8. Guanyu Zhou...... 31 -2 8. ...... 28 -1

9. Louis Delétraz...... 28 = 9. BWT HWA RACELAB...... 8 -1 BWT HWA RACELAB 16 MAR RUS 25 y/o 10. Luca Ghiotto...... 1M...... 27 +8 10. Campos Racing...... 7 -1 17 Giuliano Alesi ALE 11. ...... 27 +4 11. Trident...... 1 = FRA 20 y/o 12. Yuki Tsunoda R...... 24 -5 SCH PREMA Racing 20 Mick Schumacher 13. Jehan Daruvala R...... 10 +4 DEU 21 y/o 14. Giuliano Alesi...... 8 -3 21 Robert Shwartzman SHW MOST IMPROVED RUS 20 y/o Rookie 15. Jack Aitken...... 7 -3

16. Nobuharu Matsushita...... 6 -3 Trident 22 NIS ISR 25 y/o 17. Sean Gelael...... 3 -3 LUCA GHIOTTO 23 SAT 18. Roy Nissany...... 1 -2 Hitech Grand Prix JPN 21 y/o 19. Pedro Piquet R...... 0 = +8 places MAZ Hitech Grand Prix 24 Nikita Mazepin 20. Artem Markelov...... 0 +2 gained in the drivers’ RUS 21 y/o R standings between 21. Guilherme Samaia ...... 0 -1 Round 2 (Spielberg) and Ghiotto GHI 25 Luca ...... -1 ITA 25 y/o 22. Marino Sato 0 Round 3 (Budapest).

FEATURE RACE Bonus points SPRINT RACE Bonus points 2020 SEASOn RECAP* Pole Position M Fastest Lap M Fastest Lap *Further rounds to be announced Winner for Fastest Lap Winner for Fastest Lap

AUSTRIA 1 03-04-05 July Spielberg Guanyu Zhou Callum Ilott Guanyu Zhou Callum Ilott Felipe Drugovich Felipe Drugovich Felipe Drugovich Ring UNI-Virtuosi UNI-Virtuosi UNI- UNI-Virtuosi MP Motorsport MP Motorsport MP Motorsport

AUSTRIA Robert Christian Christian Spielberg Yuki Tsunoda Shwartzman Roy Nissany Yuki Tsunoda Lundgaard Roy Nissany Lundgaard 2 10-11-12 July Carlin Trident Carlin Trident PREMA Racing ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix

HUNGARY Robert Budapest Callum Ilott Shwartzman Nikita Mazepin Nikita Mazepin Luca Ghiotto Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Zhou 3 17-18-19 July UNI-Virtuosi Hitech Grand Prix Hitech Grand Prix UNI-Virtuosi Hungaroring PREMA Racing Hitech Grand Prix UNI-Virtuosi

GREAT BRITAIN 4 31 July - 01-02 August Silverstone ...... ......

GREAT BRITAIN 5 07-08-09 August Silverstone ...... Silverstone Circuit ......

SPAIN 6 14-15-16 August Barcelona ...... Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ......

BELGIUM 7 28-29-30 August Spa-Francorchamps ...... Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ......

ITALY 8 04-05-06 September ...... Autodromo Nazionale Monza ......

ITALY New Venue 9 11-12-13 September Mugello ...... Autodromo del Mugello ......

Russia 10 25-26-27 September ...... ......

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