Formula Two: Parthiva Sureshwaren’s wait for point continues

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Parthiva Sureshwaren’s excruciating wait for a point continues at the Formula Two Championship.

At the fourth round of the FIA-certified series in Belgium on Sunday, the Indian came agonisingly close to scoring a point when he was running in top-10 only to be denied by a Chinese driver David Zhu in the final lap.

The second race too saw him finishing just outside the points bracket when the race was red-flagged due to treacherous conditions. At the start, Parthiva had passed four cars to be at seventh in the end of the third lap, but the order of second lap was taken into consideration for final classification.

Parthiva said the weekend was a big disappointment.

“I had one of my best starts to this weekend when I finished fourth in practice. The car felt really good and I was really confident going into qualifying. I made a mistake on my fast lap which left me in 10th position, which was a shame since we could have been in the top-six. In the race, I struggled with my rear tyres and ended up just outside the points,” he added.

The fifth round of the F2 will be held at Brands Hatch circuit in England and Parthiva hopes for a better luck there.

“While qualifying was run in dry conditions we always knew the race was going to be wet. For the first time this season the car felt comfortable in the wet and I seemed to have more grip than the guys around me. I managed to move up to seventh on the third lap while other cars were struggling to stay on track.

"When the race was red flagged I was happy I could at least move up to 7 th but was later told that results would be based on the previous lap. It is a shame but am really optimistic for the rest of the season after our performance at Spa,” added Parthiva.