Podium, DARUVALA Jehan (ind), Prema Racing, Dallara F2, ARMSTRONG Marcus (nzl), Hitech Grand Prix, Dallara F2, HAUGER Dennis (nor), Prema Racing, Dallara F2, portrait during the 2nd round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship on the Imola Circuit, from April 22 to 24, 2022 in Imola, Italy - Photo Sebastian Rozendaal / Dutch Photo Agency / DPPI
FIA Formula 2: Well done to you. Jehan, You were very quick in this race and applied a lot of pressure on Marcus, but how close did you get to pulling a pass on him?
Jehan Daruvala: To be honest, I was always just close enough but never quite there. I was waiting for him to make a mistake. Which he didn’t the whole race. I was applying as much pressure as I could, especially a few laps after the Safety Car I was pushing a lot, trying to stay in DRS and trying to force an error because it was quite hard to follow him, especially in the last two corners. I used a lot of my rear tires early on in the race. Kind of took a breather and tried to come back at the end. But yeah, like one or two laps before the end, I lost my tires again, so it was difficult. I think we had a lot of pace, but we just couldn’t use it because it was hard to follow him in the middle sector.
FIA Formula 2: Jehan it has been a very consistent start to the year for you. How much are you thinking about the Championship at this stage in this season?
Daruvala: To be honest, it’s a really, really long championship. I’m not really thinking about it too much. All through the race I wanted to win the whole time, I wasn’t thinking about finishing second and scoring good points. Obviously, it’s good, but you know when I was in the car I was pushing as hard as I could to try and overtake Marcus.
