How Drugovich plans on becoming Brazil's first F1 driver since 2017
With a chaotic but “pretty much perfect” FIA Formula 2 weekend in Saudi Arabia behind him, Felipe Drugovich now leads the drivers’ standings in his third crack at the series. The Brazilian driver reveals how he ended up back on the grid after what he thought would be his last year in the series, and shares his F1 aspirations.
After one of “the most difficult years of my career” in 2021, Felipe Drugovich didn’t think he would be returning to Formula 2 in 2022.
A disappointing second season of F2 with Virtuosi Racing saw him finish eighth in the championship, with four podiums but no wins to his name, while teammate Zhou Guanyu challenged for the title with four wins on his way to third place and an Alfa Romeo Formula 1 seat. Behind the scenes too, things were not all rosy, Drugovich finding “nothing really melted together” despite his acknowledgement that Virtuosi is “a really good team.”
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