Jehan Daruvala shows strong pace in Zandvoort to overcome qualifying setback in Dutch Formula 2 championship

After
having
been
the
quickest
driver
of
the
field
in
race
pace
over
the
first
half
of
the
season
Jehan
and
the
team
struggled
to
match
the
race
pace
after
the
summer
break.
After
the
frustration
of
the
5
earlier
rounds,
the
car
was
back
on
pace
in
qualifying
and
in
the
race.

A
rare
error
around
the
tricky
Zandvoort
track
denied
Jehan
the
chance
of
a
top-three
start.
With
the
narrow,
twisting
4-km
long
layout
of
the
seaside
track
notoriously
difficult
to
overtake
on,
Jehan
was
unable
to
make
much
headway
during
Saturday’s
shorter
Sprint
race
while
being
one
of
only
2
drivers
making
an
overtaking
move
in
the
race.

But
he
combined
strategy
with
maturity
behind
the
wheel
to
climb
from
17th
to
10th
in
Sunday’s
main
Feature
event.

Jehan
said,
“It’s
a
shame
I
made
that
mistake
in
qualifying
as
we
had
the
pace
to
fight
at
the
front
this
weekend.
Still,
even
if
the
end
result
isn’t
what
we
wanted,
there
are
positives
to
take.
We
seem
to
have
turned
the
page
on
our
recent
struggles
and
rediscovered
our
speed.
So
it’s
going
to
be
maximum
push
now
heading
into
the
final
couple
of
rounds.”

Formula
2
now
heads
to
Monza
in
Italy
for
the
penultimate
round
of
the
season.
Jehan
has
shown
strong
form
around
the
high-speed
track
throughout
his
junior
career
including
a
dominant
pole-to-flag
win
around
the
layout
in
2021.

The
Mumbai-based
driver
began
karting
at
the
age
of
10
in
2009
and
two
years
later,
he
was
picked
as
one
of
the
three
winners
of
Force
India’s
‘One
From
a
Billion’ talent
hunt.

Jehan
became
the
first
Asian
to
win
the
British
KF3
karting
championship
in
2013.
A
proven
winner,
Jehan
has
won
in
every
category
he
has
competed
in.
He
is
currently
racing
in
the
FIA
Formula
2
Championship,
which
is
a
feeder
series
to
Formula
1
and
takes
place
on
the
same
weekends.