Preview ROUND 4 SILVERSTONE GREAT BRITAIN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Silverstone Circuit SPRINT RACE 1 Grid set by reversing Top 10 of Q. Results >> 21 LAPS >> 123.577 KM 45 min. Start/Finish Offset SPRINT RACE 2 Grid set by reversing Top 10 of SR1 Results >> 21 LAPS >> 123.577 KM 45 min. 5.891 KM 0.134 km FEATURE RACE Grid set by Qualifying Results >> 29 LAPS >> 170.705 KM 60 min. AVERAGE TEMP. 21°/12° LAP RECORD WHEN TO WATCH AVERAGE RAINFALL 60 mm CLUB 18 WOODCOTE 1:38.182 (216.002 KM/H) LUFFIELD 7 8 ALL TIMES LOCAL (GMT +1) Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) in 2019 HAMILTON STRAIGHT BROOKLANDS 6 FRIDAY 16 JULY 17 16 NATIONAL PITS 2020 POLE POSITION VALE 1 ABBEY STRAIGHT 11:30 Practice Session . 45 min. 1:39.062 (214.084 KM/H) Qualifying Session . 30 min. WELLINGTON 16:50 STRAIGHT Callum Ilott (UNI-Virtuosi) SATURDAY 17 JULY Sector 3 2 FARM CURVE COUMPOUND ALLOCATION 08:50 Sprint Race 1 . 21 laps • 45 min. * STOWE VILLAGE 9 10:00 Press Conference DRS DETECTION 3 Sector 1 DRS ACTIVATION ZONE 15 DRS ACTIVATION ZONE ZONE 1 COPSE 14:45 Sprint Race 2 . 21 laps • 45 min. THE LOOP 5 MAGGOTS HARD MEDIUM * 4 10 Sector 2 15:55 Press Conference SPEED TRAP AINTREE HANGAR STRAIGHT DRS DETECTION SUNDAY 18 JULY ZONE 2 2020 FEATURE RACE 14 12 11 TYRE WINNING STRATEGY 10:50 Feature Race . 29 laps • 60 min. MAXIMUM SPEED CHAPEL BECKETTS 12:15 Press Conference* 310.0 KM/H 13 8 laps Medium >> 21 laps Hard *Note: You can join the Press Conference via Zoom upon request. Jordan King (MP Motorsport) in 2019 N. Mazepin (Hitech Grand Prix) from P7 Grid Position The story so far FROm THE GRID Dan Ticktum Carlin A spectacular start to the 2021 FIA Sprint Race 2 proved to be a momentous “When it comes overtaking. Other than that you’ve got Formula 2 season has given us seven race moment for both the Championship and to F2 tracks, to hope that people make a mistake. winners and twelve podium sitters in just first-time race winner Vips, who triumphed Silverstone is my If someone makes a small mistake out three rounds. Last time out Ferrari protégé in F2’s 100th race. The Red Bull Junior put favourite. It’s very of Stowe into the last chicane, you Robert Shwartzman claimed a dominant on a masterful display amongst multiple fast and flowing, can get them on the exit. There are win in Sprint Race 1, while Hitech Grand safety cars and six retirements to come so you’ve got to definitely a few places for overtaking, Prix’s Jüri Vips emerged victorious from home ahead of Charouz Racing System’s get into a good it’s not the best, but also not the worst, both Sprint Race 2, the 100th race in the David Beckmann and Carlin’s Jehan rhythm and so you need good pace in Qualifying, modern era of Formula 2, and Sunday’s Daruvala. carry a lot definitely. Feature Race. of speed. “Tyre degradation on the front left was Hitech Grand Prix cemented themselves The a big issue for us last year. Normally in car is as the team to beat around the streets of Formula 2, the rears are what you focus always Baku on Friday, with its duo of Red Bull on, but we saw front degradation in slightly Juniors sealing a one-two in Qualifying. Budapest and Silverstone particularly moving Rookie Liam Lawson stormed to a first pole last year. The front left is definitely underneath position in Formula 2, 0.138 seconds It would not be long before Vips’ name something we’ll have to keep an you because of ahead of teammate Vips. would be etched into the laurels once eye on. the high-speed Shwartzman delivered a controlled drive again, with the Hitech driver charging corners, so it is about getting close to the “As everyone always says, the UK is from reverse grid pole to collect his first to a second-consecutive victory in the limit. You’ve got lots of corners where one the home of motorsport. Seven of the win of the 2021 campaign in Saturday’s Feature Race on Sunday. The first driver leads directly onto another, so you’ve got Formula 1 teams are within around 50 miles of Silverstone. As a nation, first Sprint Race, bouncing back from a in the history of the Championship to to prepare things quite well. You can’t we love motorsport. We always have difficult start to the season to jumpstart his win two races in a single weekend, Vips push the entries, but you’ve also got to done. We’ve got a great history of title challenge. The Russian ace crossed beat out PREMA Racing duo Oscar Piastri carry speed. It’s a tough track, but always drivers and some very strong British the line more than five seconds ahead of and Shwartzman to take 41 points out one that I really enjoy. Dan Ticktum and current Championship of a possible 65 over the course of the drivers in Formula 1 at the moment. “The end of the Hangar straight and leader Guanyu Zhou. weekend. Most of my fan base is British so it will the end of the Wellington straight be great to see some of my fans back are probably the best two places for at the circuit!” The CHALLENGERS After three rounds Zhou (78 points) ahead of Williams Development Driver STAT PACK remains in first place in the Drivers’ Ticktum (60) in fifth. Championship but has seen his lead PREMA lead the way in the Teams’ > The F2 Race lap record at Silverstone is > All 22 drivers on the grid have driven slashed down to five points, with Piastri Championship with 139 points after three 1:38.182, set by Guanyu Zhou with at Silverstone in either Formula 2 or (73) picking up 21 points last time out. podium finishes in Baku, overtaking the UNI-Virtuosi in 2019. Formula 3. The Alpine junior leads his PREMA now second-placed UNI-Virtuosi (119). teammate Shwartzman (66) who moves Hitech and Carlin (113) sit in third and > Two British drivers, Dan Ticktum and > Jüri Vips made history in Baku, by up three places after his Sprint Race win fourth respectively, with the former ahead Jack Aitken, and three British teams, claiming the 100th race victory and and Feature Race podium in Baku. Red on countback after a strong Round 3. Carlin, UNI-Virtuosi and Hitech Grand becoming the only driver in Formula 2 Bull Junior Vips (63) currently sits in fourth ART Grand Prix (73) currently sit in fifth. Prix, compete at their home race this history to win two races in one weekend. weekend. > Four of the current grid have previous TYRE TALK MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS: stood on the podium at Silverstone: Dan Ticktum, Jack Aitken, Christian Lundgaard and Guanyu Zhou. “The hardest compounds in the Formula 2 required in order to optimise performance, range have been chosen for Silverstone in especially if it is hot as has sometimes been order to cope with the exceptionally high the case.” energy loads generated by the track, which really test the performance of the tyre. The hard and medium compounds should enable the drivers to push hard even under > Hitech have claimed three wins so far these extreme circumstances, but some in 2021, equalling their record for the degree of tyre management may still be entire 2020 season. CONTACT Alexa Quintin - Head of Media and Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Katie McGuinness - Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0) 7929 731 457 For more information please visit www.fiaformula2.com Follow us @Formula2 @formula2 @formula2 ROUND 4 Preview SILVERSTONE GREAT BRITAIN ON-BOARD 2021 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS PREMA Racing 1 Robert Shwartzman SHW RUS 21 y/o 248 racing laps have been completed so far 2 Oscar Piastri PIA this season; Hitech Grand Prix have led almost AUS 20 y/o ROOKIE a third of those, at 76 laps. ZHO 76 UNI-Virtuosi 3 Guanyu Zhou CHN 22 y/o 4 Felipe Drugovich DRU Joint for the most podiums so far this season are BRA 21 y/o PREMA Racing and UNI-Virtuosi, who have both picked up six podiums in just three rounds. Carlin 5 Dan Ticktum TIC GBR 21 y/o 6 6 Jehan Daruvala DAR IND 22 y/o 12 drivers have finished on the rostrum in just three rounds, and seven drivers have won races Hitech 7 Liam Lawson LAW so far this season. Grand Prix NZL 19 y/o ROOKIE 12 VIP 8 Jüri Vips After 9/24 RACES EST 20 y/o 2021 CLASSIFICATIONS ART 9 Christian Lundgaard LUN drivers’ standings teams’ standings Grand Prix DNK 19 y/o POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE 10 Théo Pourchaire POU M M ............................. M ..... FRA 17 y/o ROOKIE 1. Guanyu Zhou ..................1 .....1 ......78 = 1. PREMA Racing 2 139 +1 2. Oscar Piastri ROOKIE ...................1M ......73 = 2. UNI-Virtuosi ...................... 1M ..... 1M .....119 -1 MP Motorsport 11 Richard Verschoor VER NLD 20 y/o ROOKIE 3. Robert Shwartzman ....................1M ......66 +3 3. Hitech Grand Prix ........... 1M ..... 2M .....113 +2 4. ............................. M..... M ...... 12 Lirim Zendeli ZEN Jüri Vips 1 1 63 +6 4. Carlin ............................................. 1M .....113 -1 DEU 21 y/o ROOKIE M 5. Dan Ticktum ................................1 ......60 -1 5. ART Grand Prix ..............