FIA Formula 2 – Boya and Montoya narrowly miss out on points in Madrid Feature Race

Mari Boya and Sebastian Montoya both brought their PREMA Racing cars home in the top half of the field in Sunday’s Feature Race, with Boya eleventh and Montoya thirteenth, agonisingly just outside the points after both were involved in midfield battles throughout the closing laps.

Boya ran an alternative strategy, starting on the hard tyre and pitting early before rejoining and setting some of the quickest laps on track, at one stage running over two seconds per lap faster than race leader Beganovic. That pace helped him work his way back through the field, passing Rafael Câmara, Martinius Stenshorne and Nikola Tsolov in the second half of the race, before a fight through the final sector with Tsolov and Roman Bilinski cost him a couple of positions back.

He ultimately crossed the line eleventh, just 0.8 seconds outside the points. Montoya, meanwhile, made steady progress from the midfield after his difficult Saturday, picking up places late on including a move on Tsolov at Turn 20 on the final lap, to finish thirteenth.

F2 now heads to Baku for Round 12 of the 2026 season, from September 24–26.

#11 – SEBASTIAN MONTOYA
“A difficult Feature Race today, but honestly I’m really happy with the speed of the car. The step we made from yesterday to today was really big, and I want to say a big thank you to the engineers and the mechanics, they did a great job all week.

“We were one of the quickest cars at the end of the race on the option tyre, so I’m really happy with that. We were a bit unlucky with the safety car coming out just after I’d stopped, but that’s how it goes. It wasn’t an easy week and there were things we could have done better, but we just need to keep working and keep going bit by bit. I really enjoyed the track, it was a fun weekend, and I think we made a good step forward and showed some good speed today, so I’m really pleased with that.”

#12 – MARI BOYA
“We did our best today and maximised our strategy even though we had a bit of bad luck with the final safety car.

“The race itself was really enjoyable, and it was great to see all the crowd supporting me, it felt really special.”

Mari Boya e Sebastian Montoya hanno chiuso la Feature Race di domenica rispettivamente all’undicesimo e al tredicesimo posto con le loro vetture del team PREMA Racing, sfiorando la zona punti dopo aver lottato a centro gruppo nelle fasi finali. Boya ha adottato una strategia diversa, partendo con gomme dure ed effettuando un pit-stop anticipato. Ha registrato alcuni dei giri più veloci, arrivando a girare oltre due secondi più rapidamente del leader della gara, Beganovic. Ciò gli ha permesso di rimontare, superando piloti come Rafael Câmara, Martinius Stenshorne e Nikola Tsolov. Tuttavia, un duello nell’ultimo settore con Tsolov e Roman Bilinski gli è costato alcune posizioni, facendolo chiudere a soli 0,8 secondi dalla zona punti.

Montoya si è riscattato dopo la difficile gara del sabato, guadagnando posizioni gradualmente – incluso un sorpasso su Tsolov all’ultimo giro – e conquistando il tredicesimo posto. Si è detto soddisfatto della velocità della vettura e ha ringraziato ingegneri e meccanici per il lavoro svolto durante la settimana. Montoya ha ritenuto che la squadra avesse compiuto progressi significativi e mostrato un buon passo, nonostante la sfortuna legata al momento dell’ingresso della safety car.

Anche Boya ha commentato la gara, affermando di aver ottimizzato la strategia nonostante la sfortuna con la safety car e di aver apprezzato il sostegno del pubblico, che ha reso l’esperienza speciale. Il prossimo appuntamento per la serie F2 si terrà a Baku, dal 24 al 26 settembre.