After the summer break, the season resumes with Campos Racing’s two drivers determined to remain among the frontrunners in the championship. The Spaniard, with three wins this year, and the Briton, with two, will both be looking to climb further up the Drivers’ standings. Meanwhile, in the Teams’ standings, Campos Racing currently sits in second place
The 2025 FIA Formula 2 season, now entering its final third, gets back underway this weekend following the summer break. The action will take place in Italy at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the ultra-fast Lombardy circuit widely regarded as a true cathedral of speed. Campos Racing will head north to the Italian Peninsula with its two F2 cars once again entrusted to Pepe Martí and Arvid Lindblad.
The entire Alzira-based outfit approaches these two upcoming races with maximum motivation, fully aware of the different challenges compared to the previous round at the Hungaroring. While the Hungarian venue demands maximum downforce, Monza represents the complete opposite. After ten race meetings, Martí and Lindblad currently occupy sixth and seventh place in the overall standings. Martí, now in his second season in the series, has collected 97 points so far, taking three race wins in Bahrain, Austria, and Hungary. The Spaniard, who also finished runner-up in Jeddah, bounced back to winning ways after two difficult rounds in Imola and Monaco. His teammate Lindblad has also claimed two victories, one in Saudi Arabia and the other in Spain and currently sits 7th on 92 points. Both drivers are eager to continue scoring heavily in order to move up in the championship.
In the Teams’ standings, Campos Racing holds second place with 189 points, and depending on the outcome in Italy, the main target will be to close the gap to the current leaders.
Monza, measuring 5.793 km, is another iconic venue on the FIA Formula 2 calendar. Opened in 1922, making it the third permanent circuit ever built in the world, the track is a sequence of long straights broken up by chicanes—among them the famous Variante Ascari—and high-speed corners such as the double right-hander at Lesmo or the legendary Parabolica. Thanks to the slipstream effect and the use of DRS, overtaking opportunities are plentiful at Monza, which means that starting position is not as decisive as at other circuits.
Free practice will begin on Friday at 11:00, with qualifying scheduled for 15:55. On Saturday, the Sprint Race will get underway at 14:15, while on Sunday the Feature Race is set to start at 09:45. All times are CET.
Adrián Campos (Team Principal of Campos Racing): “After the summer break, we are very eager to get back to action in FIA Formula 2. It’s a circuit with extremely high average speeds, very different from where we finished before the break in Hungary. Monza is a track where we’ve always had a competitive package, and with Pepe and Arvid performing strongly, I’m confident we can leave on Sunday afternoon with a good result and as many points as possible.”
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