Marcus Armstrong

Marcus Armstrong (born 29 July 2000) is a New Zealand motor racing driver who competes in the 2020 FIA F2 Championship for ART Grand Prix.[1]

Marcus Armstrong
Nationality New Zealander
Born (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000
Christchurch, New Zealand
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number5
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
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
2017Italian F4 Championship

Career

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

In February 2017, it was announced Armstrong would race in both the ADAC F4 and Italian F4 championships with Prema Powerteam.[5] Claiming seven wins across both series, Armstrong finished runner-up in ADAC F4 and as 2017 Italian F4 champion.[6]

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[7][8] where he scored a race win at the Norisring and claimed fifth in the championship.[9] At the season ending Macau Grand Prix he finished ninth.[10]

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.[11][12] 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.[13] In April 2019, Armstrong joined Nicolas Todt's All Road Management scheme.[14] 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.[15][16][17][18] In November 2019, Armstrong returned to contest the Macau Grand Prix, finishing eighth in the overall race having started seventeenth on the grid.[19]

On 28 November 2019, it was announced Armstrong would graduate to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix[20] to partner F3 rival and Renault Sport Academy member Christian Lundgaard.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
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 12 2 34* 13th*

† As Armstrong was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

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 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 DC Points
2020 ART Grand Prix RBR1
FEA
2		 RBR1
SPR
Ret		 RBR2
FEA
7		 RBR2
SPR
3		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
9		 SIL1
FEA
16		 SIL1
SPR
10		 SIL2
FEA
14		 SIL2
SPR
14		 CAT
FEA
Ret		 CAT
SPR
15		 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 SOC
FEA
 SOC
SPR
 13th* 34*

* Season still in progress.

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References
  1. Benyon, Jack. "Ferrari Academy driver Marcus Armstrong gets 2019 Prema FIA F3 seat". Autosport.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "Ferrari evaluates five young drivers, including Enzo Fittipaldi". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "Armstrong, Fittipaldi join Ferrari Driver Academy". 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. "Marcus Armstrong to contest Toyota Racing Series with M2". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (20 February 2017). "Ferrari duo Fittipaldi and Armstrong get Prema F4 seats". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. "Ferrari junior Armstrong becomes Italian F4 champion". Motorsport.com. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. "Marcus Armstrong confirms bid for Toyota Racing Series title". 9 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. Simmons, Marcus (8 December 2017). "Ferrari protege Marcus Armstrong joins Prema for Euro F3 debut". Autosport. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  9. "F3 - ROOKIE MARCUS ARMSTRONG WINS AT NORISRING". 23 June 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. Simmons, Marcus (18 November 2018). "Macau GP: Ticktum takes dominant victory". Motorsport.Com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  11. "Marcus Armstrong joins Prema Racing". 4 December 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  12. "Kiwi Armstrong aiming to win". 4 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  13. Waring, Bethonie (10 February 2019). "Lawson defeats Armstrong in New Zealand GP to secure TRS title". FormulaScout. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  14. Simmons, Marcus (12 April 2019). "Ferrari-backed F3 racer Marcus Armstrong will be guided by Todt". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  15. "FORMULA 3: Armstrong takes first FIA F3 victory in reverse grid Hungary race". 4 August 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  16. Camp, Stephan (1 September 2019). "Marcus Armstrong claims lights-to-flag victory in Belgian F3 Sprint Race". Motorsportweek.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  17. "FORMULA 3: Armstrong wins, Shwartzman secures title on home soil". 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  18. "F3: Armstrong second in championship". 29 September 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  19. "A star is born as debutant Verschoor wins FIA F3 World Cup". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  20. Benyon, Jack (28 November 2019). "Ferrari places F2 drivers, Schumacher back at Prema". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Marcos Siebert		 Italian F4 Championship
Champion
2017		 Succeeded by
Enzo Fittipaldi
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