| Marcus Armstrong | ||
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| File:Marcus Armstrong.png | ||
| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  New Zealander
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| P.o.B. | Christchurch, New Zealand
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| D.o.B. | 29 July 2000 | |
| Début |  2020 Red Bull Ring Feature Race
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| Formula Two Career | ||
| Entries | 63 (63 Starts) | |
| Wins | 3 | |
| Poles | 0 | |
| FLs | 0 | |
| Podiums | 7 | |
| Points | 101 | |
| Current Season | ||
| Team |  ART Grand Prix
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| Number | Standings | Points |
| 5 | 13th | 93 |
Marcus Armstrong (born 29 July 2000 in Christchurch, New Zealand), is a New Zealand born racing driver, who will compete in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship.[1] A member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, Armstrong arrived in F2 having finished as runner-up to fellow FDA member Robert Shwartzman in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[2][3]
Background
Armstrong began karting at the age of ten in his native New Zealand, and would claim his maiden Championship title in 2011.[4] After a further three seasons Armstrong secured his first seat in a single-seater, taking part in the 2014-15 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship, albeit while remaining in his various karting series.[4] After claiming a single win Armstrong dovetailed a season in the 2014-15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship alongside another year in karting, claiming three wins in the former series.[4]
European Endeavours: 2016
For the 2016 season Armstrong fully committed to racing in Europe, competing in various series including the German Kart Championship, Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and NEC.[4] He would also get a run in the Autumn edition of the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, although he would fail to win in any of his single-seater series.[4] Regardless, Armstrong was one of five young drivers to be selected for a young driver test with the Ferrari Driver Academy in November 2016, and duly earned a spot in the FDA.[2][4]
Ferrari Formula: 2017-2019
With Ferrari backing Armstrong joined the Prema Powerteam in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship for 2017, finishing second.[4] Armstrong also competed in the Italian F4 Championship, claiming the title, while also starting the season with a run to fourth in the Toyota Racing Series.[4] As a result, Armstrong was promoted to Prema's FIA Formula 3 European Championship team for 2018, while also getting the chance to run in the TRS for a second season.[4]
Armstrong would claim a single win in his maiden F3 campaign with Prema, battling to fifth in the Championship as teammate Mick Schumacher claimed the crown.[4][5] Armstrong would remain in F3 for the 2019 season, staying with Prema, and duly diced for the title with teammate and fellow FDA member Robert Shwartzman.[3] That duel was ultimately won by Shwartzman, although both the Russian racer and Armstrong would be promoted to F2 for 2020.[3]
Formula Two History
Armstrong got his first taste of the FIA Formula 2 Championship at the 2019 End of Season Test at Yas Marina, driving for ART Grand Prix, partnered by Christian Lundgaard.[6] Armstrong and Lundgaard performed well at the test, and were both signed by ART as their full time drivers for the 2020 Season, replacing defending F2 Champion Nyck de Vries and Nikita Mazepin.[1]
Post Formula Two Career
Full Formula Two Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining Marcus Armstrong's career in Formula Two in statistical form.
Formula Two Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Marcus Armstrong during their F2 career:
| Marcus Armstrong's Overall Formula Two Record | |||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. |
| 2020 | ART Grand Prix[1]
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5 | Dallara F2 2018 | ||
Career Results
Below is a table showing Marcus Armstrong's full Formula Two record.
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| Year | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |||
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13th | 52 | ||||||||||||
| F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | F | S | |||
| 2nd | Ret | 7th | 3rd | Ret | 9th | 16th | 10th | 14th | 14th | Ret | 15th | 15th | Ret | 14th | 18th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 14th | 7th | 4th | 11th | 14th | |||
References
Videos and Images:
References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Young Kiwi Marcus Armstrong to race alongside Michael Schumacher's son after F2 promotion', tvnz.co.uz, (TVNZ: 1 News, 28/11/2019), https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/motorsport/young-kiwi-marcus-armstrong-race-alongside-michael-schumachers-son-after-f2-promotion, (Accessed 04/03/2020)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Two new drivers at the FDA', fda.ferrari.com, (Ferrari S.p.A., 23/12/2016), https://fda.ferrari.com/en/two-new-drivers-at-the-fda/, (Accessed 04/03/2020)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedF319Title - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 'Marcus Armstrong', driverdb.com, (Driver Database, 2020), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/marcus-armstrong/, (Accessed 04/03/2020)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedMSCF318 - ↑ 'FIA F2 RETURNS FOR POST-SEASON TESTS IN ABU DHABI', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula Two, 04/12/2019), http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/12_December/FIA-F2-returns-for-post-season-tests-in-Abu-Dhabi/, (Accessed 04/03/2020)