Sebastián Montoya, Colombian pilot competing in Formula 2
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Sebastián Montoya continues to take firm steps in its consolidation within the Formula 2. This Sunday, the 20 -year -old pilot closed a notable weekend in Silverstone at the end fifth in the main raceadding important points and showing consistency in all kinds of conditions.
On Saturday he had left an outstanding performance at the end Second in the Esprint raceafter leaving sixth and climbing positions with clean and aggressive maneuvers. In that test, he also marked the fastest lap, which allowed him to add an additional point for a total of nine units.
This Sunday, Montoya demonstrated maturity and temper again. It started from the fifth position on a track complicated by the rain, which conditioned the rhythm of all the pilots. Although he lost ground at the start and fell to eighth place, he knew how to stay concentrated while several rivals made mistakes.
The race was marked by multiple incidents and the appearance of Safety Car on more than one occasion. In the restart of the last turns, Montoya took advantage of chaos intelligence. Executed a precise maneuver to avoid and crossed the goal in fifth placeadding 10 more points to the championship.
With that result, the Colombian reached the 72 points in the general classificationclimbing to the seventh place of the championship. In total, he has achieved four top 5 in the last five races: It was third in Monaco, second in Barcelona, fourth in Austria and now fifth in Great Britain.
The victory of the day went to the American Like Crawfordfollowed bylex Dunne, Luke Browning y Dino Beganovic. Montoya, meanwhile, continues to profile as one of the strongest talents of the season, as it adapts and improves in its first full year in the category.
The next appointment will be in the circuit of SPA franccocampsin Belgium, of the July 25 to 27. With six races ahead, the goal of Montoya is clear: continue adding, stay among the best and approach his first triumph in Formula 2.
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