Jun 21, 2024, 09:39 ET
The Colombian will start on the second row in the sprint race on the fifth date and will look for his first victory of the season this Saturday. Matías Zagazeta was 22nd.
In an irregular year, in which the classification complicated most of his weekends, Sebastián Montoya has a great chance to fight for his first victory in the 2023 Formula 3 season and just in what will be the 100th race in the history of the category. The Colombian was tenth in the Barcelona classification, fifth round, and will start third in the sprint competition on Saturday (the first 12 positions in the classification results are reversed).
The Campos Racing team driver clocked 1m28s748 in his last attempted attempt and he was tenth in the table, 285 thousandths behind Christian Mansell, the polesitter, who has nothing to do with Nigel Mansell, the 1992 F1 champion. Thus, the son of Juan Pablo Montoya will occupy the third starting box, behind Sami Meguetounif and Mari Boya, who will occupy the initial row.
If something stood out to Montoya in his career, and especially this year, it is his race pace. That’s why, Starting so far forward, the Colombian is a great candidate for victoryalthough if something characterizes the Barcelona route it is the little overtaking option it offers.
While, the Peruvian Matías Zagazetaon his return to competition after missing the Monaco event (he had appendicitis surgery), he placed 22nd with the Jenzer team car, a location from which he will start in both races.
