After a victory at the Sprint Race 2 in Monza the day before, Jehan Daruvala finished P5 in the Feature RaceRed Bull

Jehan Daruvala finishes P5 in the F2 Monza Feature Race

After some tough fights, close contacts and a barrage of safety car sessions, Jehan Daruvala finished P5 at the Temple of Speed

After a victory at the Sprint Race 2 in Monza the day before, Jehan Daruvala finished P5 in the Feature Race and added 10 points to his championship belt. Daruvala had a rough start from P2, lost a few positions and came home fifth in a race filled with action and multiple safety car periods. At the end of the weekend at Monza, Daruvala has 81 points in the Formula 2 driver’s championship ahead of Sochi, Russia.

Daruvala had a bad start and it was suspected that his tyres were not up to the optimum temperature and consequently, he lost places in the opening lap. But the race was soon brought under the first safety car period with Guilherme Samaia’s crash. Daruvala lost a position to Felipe Drugovich on the restart but eventually managed to take the position back from the Brazilian.

Eventful race, ended up P5. I didn’t get off the line well but had the pace to stay in the fight. Some hard battles & a couple of trips to the gravel made it pretty difficult to maintain the tyres 😬 Bagged some good points this weekend ✅ Thanks for the support! See you in 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/41XoBufa5y
— Jehan Daruvala (@DaruvalaJehan) September 12, 2021

Lap 8 saw yet another safety car period and this time, the leading pack, including Daruvala, dived into the pits to complete their mandatory pit stop. Daruvala managed to gain a position on Liam Lawson during the pitstop. At the restart, Guanyu Zhou got the better start amongst the leading pack and after some wheel to wheel battling with Daruvala, squeezed the Indian driver out of P2.

Towards the end of the race, Daruvala started losing pace and came under attack from Théo Pourchaire and lost yet another position, coming down to P4. Finally, he had to concede a position to Dan Ticktum and ended up coming past the finish line in P5. Daruvala went home with 10 points added to his championship total.

Towards the end of the race, Daruvala started losing pace and came under attack from Théo PourchaireRed Bull

Jehan Daruvala currently stands P7 on the championship table with 81 points. He capitalised on 25 points over the weekend at Monza. With three more races to go on the calendar, Formula 2 will reach Sochi Autodrom on September 24 for Round 6.

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