Armstrong goes faster
Saving the best for last, Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong set third fastest time in the final session of FIA Formula 2’s post season test at Sakhir in Bahrain.
Lapping consistently in the top ten on both days, Ferrari Driver Academy racer Armstrong (20) was running with the DAMS team. Relishing the chance to log track time with a fresh team and new engineer/mechanic line-up, he finished the two days with third fastest in the final session. He was first to break into the 1:43 second lap time bracket.
The sessions were as much about gathering information on car set-up as outright lapping. Most of the drivers and teams were logging extensive track time to refine car setups.
Being so instantly on the pace is an encouraging development for Marcus Armstrong coming out of his first season in Formula 2. He goes into 2021 with an extensive volume of data and experience on the new 18-inch wheel and tyre combination introduced this year and being rolled across into Formula One in 2021.
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