PREMA Racing has troubled race 1 in Hungary
PREMA Racing experienced a difficult race today at Hungaroring in race 1 of the FIA Formula 2 Championship at the Magyar venue.
Having a tough start from P3, Dennis Hauger found himself in a challenging three-wide situation which eventually turned for the worse on lap 1. The Norwegian was forced to retire due to contact damage and will have to do it all again from P8 on the feature race.
Jehan Daruvala had a positive start but soon began to struggle with tyre wear. Having jumped to P6 from P12 in the opening stages, he was passed by some of his contenders. After making contact with one of them, the Indian got a 10-second penalty, which he served during a late pit stop.
#1 DENNIS HAUGER
“A bad start in general, as I got some wheelspin. I have to try and make it better to get a good start tomorrow. From then on, we went three wide but Drugovich on the inside went a bit too deep and caught both me and Logan out. It was unfortunate, but mainly coming from the bad start. We will see what Jehan struggled with and try to go again tomorrow. It’s going to be a long race, so there are definitely going to be some opportunities.”
Qualifing: P8
Starting Position Race 1: P3
Fastest Lap: 1:28.604
Race 1: DNF
#2 JEHAN DARUVALA
“Not an easy session again. I think I could have done a better job, I made a mistake on my last lap but I was lacking a bit of pace. If I put it together I could have been in the top-8. Still not where we want to be in terms of pace. It’s definitely frustrating and I need to see what I can do from there tomorrow.”
Qualifing: P12
Starting Position Race 1: P2
Fastest Lap: 1:28.706
Race 1: P18
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