Marcus Armstrong
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Marcus Armstrong | |
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Nationality | New Zealander |
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 29 July 2000
FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2020 |
Current team | DAMS |
Car number | 17 |
Former teams | ART Grand Prix |
Starts | 39 (39 entries) |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 3 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2020 |
Previous series | |
2019 2018 2017–19 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 | FIA Formula 3 Championship FIA Formula 3 European Toyota Racing Series ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC BRDC British F3 Autumn Trophy |
Championship titles | |
2017 | Italian F4 Championship |
Marcus Armstrong (born 29 July 2000) is a New Zealand motor racing driver who competes in the Formula 2 Championship for DAMS. He is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Career[]
Karting and lower formulae[]
Born in Christchurch, Armstrong began karting in 2010, winning major titles from 2011 onwards. While still karting, Armstrong graduated to single seaters in 2014 in the 2014–15 season of New Zealand Formula Ford Championship.
In 2016, Armstrong once again diversified his karting with stints in BRDC British Formula 3 and the two Formula Renault 2.0 series.
In November 2016, Armstrong was among five drivers invited to join the Ferrari Driver Academy and was confirmed as a member the following month.[1][2] That same month, he was confirmed to race in the 2017 Toyota Racing Series with M2 Competition, where he took three wins and finished fourth overall.[3]
In February 2017, it was announced Armstrong would race in both the ADAC F4 and Italian F4 championships with Prema Powerteam.[4] Claiming seven wins across both series, Armstrong finished runner-up in ADAC F4 and as 2017 Italian F4 champion.[5]
FIA Formula 3 Championship[]
For 2018, Armstrong returned to the Toyota Racing Series and continued his collaboration with Prema, graduating to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, alongside fellow Ferrari juniors Robert Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou[6][7] where he scored a race win at the Norisring and claimed fifth in the championship.[8] At the season ending Macau Grand Prix he finished ninth.[9]
The following year, Armstrong reunited with both Prema and M2 Competition to contest the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship and the Toyota Racing Series with the respective teams.[10][11] In TRS, Armstrong took five victories, but missed out on the title in the season ending New Zealand Grand Prix to fellow countryman Liam Lawson.[12] In April 2019, Armstrong joined Nicolas Todt's All Road Management scheme.[13] In the championship, Armstrong scored two back-to-back sprint race wins at the Hungaroring and Spa-Francorchamps and a feature race victory at Sochi along with consistent podium and points finishes to finish as championship runner-up to teammate Robert Shwartzman.[14][15][16][17] In November 2019, Armstrong returned to contest the Macau Grand Prix, finishing eighth in the overall race having started seventeenth on the grid.[18]
Formula 2 Championship[]
On 28 November 2019, it was announced Armstrong would graduate to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix to partner F3 rival and Renault Sport Academy member Christian Lundgaard.[19] At the first two rounds in Spielberg, the Kiwi scored two podiums, with second place in the first race of his Formula 2 career.[20][21] Following that however, Armstrong went pointless until the feature race in Mugello, and fell out of the top ten in the standings. After four more points finishes he ended up 13th in the standings, his worst ever placing in a full-time series.[22]
For the 2021 season, Armstrong moved to DAMS to partner Roy Nissany.[23] Armstrong won his first Formula 2 race at round 7 of the championship, taking the victory on December 4, 2021 during the first sprint race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.[24]
Formula One[]
Armstrong has been a part of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2017.
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2010 | Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship — Cadet | 14th | |
2011 | Kartsport NZ Schools Championship — 100cc Junior Restricted | 2nd | |
Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship — Cadet | 1st | ||
2012 | SKUSA SuperNationals — S5 Junior | Aluminos | 21st |
Kartsport NZ South Island Sprint Championship — 100cc Junior Yamaha | 2nd | ||
Kartsport NZ Schools Championship — 100cc Junior Restricted | 1st | ||
Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship — 100cc Junior Restricted Yamaha | 4th | ||
NZ Top Half Series — JR 100cc Yamaha | 9th | ||
2013 | SKUSA SuperNationals — S5 Junior | Aluminos | 3rd |
Kartsport NZ South Island Sprint Championship — 100cc Junior Yamaha | 1st | ||
Kartsport NZ Schools Championship — 100cc Junior Yamaha | 4th | ||
Kartsport NZ Schools Championship — Formula Junior | 1st | ||
Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship — 100cc Junior Yamaha | 1st | ||
Rotax Max Challenge NZ — Junior | 1st | ||
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | Matthew Hamilton | 52nd | |
2014 | Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship — Junior Rotax | 1st | |
Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship — 100cc Junior Yamaha | 3rd | ||
Rotax International Open — Junior | 4th | ||
Rotax Euro Challenge — Junior | Dan Holland Racing | 7th | |
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ | Kosmic Racing Dept | 22nd | |
2015 | South Garda Winter Cup — KF | Tony Kart Racing Team | 2nd |
WSK Champions Cup — KF | 13th | ||
WSK Super Master Series — KF | 6th | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF | 9th | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — KF | 12th | ||
WSK Final Cup — KF | 8th | ||
2016 | WSK Champions Cup — KZ2 | Tony Kart Racing Team | 17th |
South Garda Winter Cup — KZ2 | 12th | ||
WSK Super Master Series — KZ | 15th | ||
German Karting Championship — DSKM | 9th | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ | 15th | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — KZ | 15th | ||
WSK Final Cup — KZ2 | 18th |
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2013–14 | Toyota Finance 86 Championship | Neale Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 8th |
2014–15 | Toyota Finance 86 Championship | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 482 | 7th | |
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | N/A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† | |
2015–16 | Toyota Finance 86 Championship | Neale Motorsport Auckland City Toyota | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 17th |
2016 | BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy | Double R Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | R-ace GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 24th | ||
2017 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 283 | 1st |
ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 241 | 2nd | ||
Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 792 | 4th | |
2018 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Prema Theodore Racing | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 260 | 5th |
Macau Grand Prix | SJM Theodore Racing by Prema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | |
Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 901 | 3rd | |
2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Prema Racing | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 158 | 2nd |
Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 346 | 2nd | |
Macau Grand Prix | SJM Theodore Racing by Prema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | |
2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | ART Grand Prix | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 13th |
2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | DAMS | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 13th |
† As Armstrong was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
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2017 | Prema Powerteam | MIS 1 5 |
MIS 2 3 |
MIS 3 23 |
ADR 1 3 |
ADR 2 Ret |
ADR 3 3 |
VLL 1 2 |
VLL 2 1 |
VLL 3 5 |
MUG1 1 1 |
MUG1 2 2 |
MUG1 3 8 |
IMO 1 1 |
IMO 2 4 |
IMO 3 3 |
MUG2 1 2 |
MUG2 2 1 |
MUG2 3 3 |
MNZ 1 2 |
MNZ 2 4 |
MNZ 3 10 |
1st | 283 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
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2017 | Prema Powerteam | OSC1 1 9 |
OSC1 2 6 |
OSC1 3 Ret |
LAU 1 3 |
LAU 2 2 |
LAU 3 11 |
RBR 1 1 |
RBR 2 3 |
RBR 3 3 |
OSC2 1 1 |
OSC2 2 2 |
OSC2 3 6 |
NÜR 1 10 |
NÜR 2 8 |
NÜR 3 1 |
SAC 1 3 |
SAC 2 2 |
SAC 3 6 |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 9 |
HOC 3 2 |
2nd | 241 |
Complete Toyota Racing Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | M2 Competition | RUA 1 1 |
RUA 2 3 |
RUA 3 Ret |
TER 1 11 |
TER 2 4 |
TER 3 4 |
HMP 1 1 |
HMP 2 4 |
HMP 3 Ret |
TAU 1 2 |
TAU 2 4 |
TAU 3 1 |
MAN 1 3 |
MAN 2 2 |
MAN 3 2 |
4th | 792 | ||
2018 | M2 Competition | RUA 1 3 |
RUA 2 1 |
RUA 3 1 |
TER 1 3 |
TER 2 3 |
TER 3 2 |
HMP 1 2 |
HMP 2 3 |
HMP 3 2 |
TAU 1 5 |
TAU 2 4 |
TAU 3 2 |
MAN 1 5 |
MAN 2 5 |
MAN 3 7 |
3rd | 901 | ||
2019 | M2 Competition | HIG 1 2 |
HIG 2 3 |
HIG 3 2 |
TER 1 1 |
TER 2 C |
TER 3 C |
HMP 1 10 |
HMP 2 1 |
HMP 3 4 |
HMP 4 1 |
TAU 1 3 |
TAU 2 NC |
TAU 3 8 |
TAU 4 1 |
MAN 1 1 |
MAN 2 9 |
MAN 3 2 |
2nd | 346 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Prema Theodore Racing | Mercedes | PAU 1 5 |
PAU 2 3 |
PAU 3 Ret |
HUN 1 Ret |
HUN 2 2 |
HUN 3 Ret |
NOR 1 1 |
NOR 2 2 |
NOR 3 3 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 2 |
ZAN 3 16 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 6 |
SPA 3 3 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 5 |
SIL 3 Ret |
MIS 1 2 |
MIS 2 13 |
MIS 3 Ret |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 4 |
NÜR 3 5 |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 2 |
RBR 3 5 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 Ret |
HOC 3 Ret |
5th | 260 |
Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]
Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | SJM Theodore Racing by Prema | Dallara F317 | 8th | 8th | 8th |
2019 | SJM Theodore Racing by Prema | Dallara F3 2019 | 9th | 17th | 8th |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Prema Racing | CAT FEA 3 |
CAT SPR 5 |
LEC FEA 6 |
LEC SPR 6 |
RBR FEA 3 |
RBR SPR 19 |
SIL FEA 3 |
SIL SPR 4 |
HUN FEA 8 |
HUN SPR 1 |
SPA FEA 8 |
SPA SPR 1 |
MNZ FEA 21 |
MNZ SPR 14 |
SOC FEA 1 |
SOC SPR 2 |
2nd | 158 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | ART Grand Prix | RBR FEA 2 |
RBR SPR Ret |
RBR FEA 7 |
RBR SPR 3 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 9 |
SIL FEA 16 |
SIL SPR 10 |
SIL FEA 14 |
SIL SPR 14 |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 15 |
SPA FEA 15 |
SPA SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA 14 |
MNZ SPR 18 |
MUG FEA 9 |
MUG SPR 11 |
SOC FEA 9 |
SOC SPR 14 |
BHR FEA 7 |
BHR SPR 4 |
BHR FEA 11 |
BHR SPR 14 |
13th | 52 |
2021 | DAMS | BHR SP1 Ret |
BHR SP2 10 |
BHR FEA 5 |
MCO SP1 10 |
MCO SP2 Ret |
MCO FEA Ret |
BAK SP1 7 |
BAK SP2 Ret |
BAK FEA Ret |
SIL SP1 9 |
SIL SP2 2 |
SIL FEA 12 |
MNZ SP1 11 |
MNZ SP2 15 |
MNZ FEA 9 |
SOC SP1 11 |
SOC SP2 C |
SOC FEA 11 |
JED SP1 1 |
JED SP2 Ret |
JED FEA 8‡ |
YMC SP1 10 |
YMC SP2 Ret |
YMC FEA 7 |
13th | 49 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
References[]
- ^ "Ferrari evaluates five young drivers, including Enzo Fittipaldi". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Armstrong, Fittipaldi join Ferrari Driver Academy". 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Marcus Armstrong to contest Toyota Racing Series with M2". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (20 February 2017). "Ferrari duo Fittipaldi and Armstrong get Prema F4 seats". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Ferrari junior Armstrong becomes Italian F4 champion". Motorsport.com. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Marcus Armstrong confirms bid for Toyota Racing Series title". 9 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Simmons, Marcus (8 December 2017). "Ferrari protege Marcus Armstrong joins Prema for Euro F3 debut". Autosport. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "F3 - ROOKIE MARCUS ARMSTRONG WINS AT NORISRING". 23 June 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Simmons, Marcus (18 November 2018). "Macau GP: Ticktum takes dominant victory". Motorsport.Com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Marcus Armstrong joins Prema Racing". 4 December 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Kiwi Armstrong aiming to win". 4 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (10 February 2019). "Lawson defeats Armstrong in New Zealand GP to secure TRS title". FormulaScout. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Simmons, Marcus (12 April 2019). "Ferrari-backed F3 racer Marcus Armstrong will be guided by Todt". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "FORMULA 3: Armstrong takes first FIA F3 victory in reverse grid Hungary race". 4 August 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ Camp, Stephan (1 September 2019). "Marcus Armstrong claims lights-to-flag victory in Belgian F3 Sprint Race". Motorsportweek.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "FORMULA 3: Armstrong wins, Shwartzman secures title on home soil". 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "F3: Armstrong second in championship". 29 September 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "A star is born as debutant Verschoor wins FIA F3 World Cup". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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- ^ Wood, Ida (1 January 2021). "Armstrong: Formula 2 form was grip-dependant in 2020". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (22 January 2021). "Ferrari junior Armstrong moves to DAMS for second year in F2". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "F2 Jeddah: Armstrong claims maiden win as Zhou hits trouble".
External links[]
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- Marcus Armstrong career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Christchurch
- New Zealand racing drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Toyota Racing Series drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- ADAC Formula 4 drivers
- FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
- FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
- Double R Racing drivers
- R-ace GP drivers
- M2 Competition drivers
- Prema Powerteam drivers
- ART Grand Prix drivers
- DAMS drivers