Felipe Drugovich continued his Formula 2 resurgence with MP Motorsport, running a smart race to convert pole into a first victory since Round 6 of the 2020 campaign. With title challengers, Liam Lawson and Théo Pourchaire both retiring, the MP Motorsport racer leaps to the summit of the Drivers’ Championship.
F2 – DRUGOVICH TAKES JEDDAH POLE WITH STUNNING LATE LAP
A late showing from Felipe Drugovich saw the MP Motorsport racer snatch pole in the final minute of Qualifying with a time of 1:40.422. The Brazilian finished ahead of Trident’s Richard Verschoor and Virtuosi racing’s Jack Doohan to take his first pole since Silverstone 2020 in another red-flag hampered session.
Drugovich’s Guest Column: We had to work on ourselves
Felipe Drugovich won for the second time in Formula 2 in Round 6, taking a Sprint Race victory around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Brazilian racer takes control of this week’s guest column to pen his thoughts on a successful weekend. He delves into the pace that MP Motorsport had this weekend, looks at the…
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F2 Interview with Rosanna Tennant
Rosanna is a broadcast journalist and presenter working in and around the motorsport world. In this interview Felipe Drugovich tells her about his first win in the championship and his career.
Felipe Drugovich takes second F2 sprint race win at Barcelona
Felipe Drugovich clinched a double victory for MP Motorsport in the Barcelona Formula 2 round with a dominant display in the sprint race. Drugovich, who was furious that team-mate Nobuharu Matsushita was pitted before him near the end of Saturday’s feature race, started second on the reversed-grid and got the jump on Luca Ghiotto before…
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ROAD TO F1: Rookie Drugovich takes first F2 pole as Sargeant tops F3 qualifying
Formula 2 rookie Felipe Drugovich’s sublime start to life in the top-tier of junior motorsport continued in Great Britain, as he took his, and MP Motorsport’s, first-ever pole position in the Championship. While in Formula 3, Logan Sargeant beat Red Bull junior Liam Lawson to pole by just four-hundredths of a second. In the four…
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Red Bull Ring F2: Drugovich grabs dominant first win
Formula 2 rookie Felipe Drugovich took a surprise first victory during Sunday morning’s sprint race, putting in a flawless drive from the reverse-grid pole position. MP Motorsport’s Drugovich made the most of his starting spot that he earned by finishing eighth during Saturday’s opener, taking an early lead from Louis Deletraz. From there, the Brazilian…
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Drugovich: first F2 win was “perfect”
Felipe Drugovich will have dreamt up a thousand scenarios in his head of how his first Formula 2 weekend would go, but you can bet that none of them lived up to the reality, as the Brazilian got off to a fairy-tale start in Spielberg, winning the Sprint Race. Few, if any, would have had…
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Drugovich joins MP Motorsport for F2 move
MP Motorsport has signed 2018 Euroformula Open and MRF Challenge title winner Felipe Drugovich to its Formula 2 team for 2020. Brazilian driver Drugovich raced for Carlin in the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship last season, but the team struggled to adapt to the new series. He finished 16th in FIA F3, well ahead of…
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Felipe Drugovich is the early champion in EuroFormula F3 Open
Felipe Drugovich won the two Euroformula F3 Open races at the weekend in Monza, Italy, winning the 2018 title in anticipation. Felipe, who had won the Saturday stage of the double round, started in pole position and won from end to end on Sunday with an incredible performance. He made two great starts and kept…
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