Ayumu Iwasa, who trained Red Bull F1, has retired from the FIA F2 Championship Round 5 Monaco feature race.
Round 5 of the FIA F2 Championship Monaco celebrated its feature race on Sunday, 29th. The race was held in dry conditions without being hit by the worrying rainfall. Ayumu Iwasa, whose best lime was erased by the penalty of qualifying, started from 12th in the 6th row.
At 10:05 am, the weather was cloudy, the temperature was 24 ° C, and the road surface temperature was 29 ° C, and the formation lap started. Ayumu Iwasa, who made a good dash, passed the first corner in 11th place. She moved up around the out side with a hairpin, and she finished the first lap in 10th place. Ayumu Iwasa, who started with super soft tires, made a pit stop on lap 8 and changed to soft tires. She dropped to 17th position due to this pit stop, but then the cars that pitted in continued, and on lap 15, she ran to 14th position.
On the 19th lap, a car that stopped on the course due to an accident came out and a safety car was introduced. Machines that adopted the strategy of starting with soft tires pitted one following another. All cars finished the pit stop when they restarted on lap 22, and Ayumu Iwasa was 10th in the winning range.
Ayumu Iwasa reached the end of the race in 10th place, although he was close to the car in front but might not raise his position. On turn 12 on the 37th lap, Ayumu Iwasa, who tried to pass the front in the approaching group, took off the line and allowed the lead to follow and went down to 11th. After that, Ayumu Iwasa continues to attack the car in front of him, aiming for points.
On the 42nd lap of the final lap, Ayumu Iwasa set up an overtake at the hairpin corner and struck the inn, but he came into contact with the car in front of him and stopped by plunging into the guardrail. Ayumu Iwasa finished the race without receiving the checkered flag.
“It wasn’t raining and the conditions were dry, so it was difficult to overtake, so I chose to raise my position strategically and started with super soft. As a result, the SC helped me with the opposite strategy. However, I think it was not bad that I was running 10th in the points range, “commented Ayumu Iwasa.
“In the group, I was able to ski in the previous battle and aimed for overtaking, but it was my mistake to miss the line and be overtaken behind. The last contact was to set up there. I think it was, and it is important to show an aggressive attitude toward the future, so I do not regret it and I think that it was a point that I should attack with the aim of earning points. “
“In Monaco this time, it is a positive point to be able to confirm that the machine has speed. However, it is a problem that it does not lead to results, and I recognize that it is a big problem, so of course I myself I would like to communicate with the team and prepare for the next time. “
