Jehan Daruvala comes close to a podium at Silverstone

Jehan Daruvala (Sahara Force India Academy Racer), completed Round 2 of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at the famous Silverstone Circuit in the UK, with 2 strong finishes just outside the podium managing 5^th & 4th place.

Jehan had a horrific crash at the same Silverstone circuit last year where he came out unscathed as his head nearly missed the barriers. 

Jehan managed to qualify 6^th out of the 24 racers in Qualifying 1 and in  Qualifying 2, Jehan went one higher to qualify 5^th on the grid.

“After analysing all the data with the team, I know that I am right up there through the entire lap, I need to work on my speed through the last two corners, because I am losing most of my time just there.” reflected Jehan after Qualifying.

Race 1 saw Jehan get a decent start but he soon lost two positions. In two laps he made up one position by overtaking Alex Gill on the inside.

A few laps later Jehan made a fantastic and aggressive move down the inside of Keeffe. Keeffe slammed the door & the two made contact. Keeffe had to retire while Jehan suffered front wing damage & managed to eventually finish the race in fifth place. 

Jehan made a good start in Race 2 & held his fifth place. On lap three Jehan was all over the rear of Race 1 winner – Max Defourny. Jehan then made the most unbelievable move on the outside of Defourny into a sharp, downhill left hander. In what was certainly the overtaking move of the race, Jehan moved into fourth.

Jehan soon chased down Boccolacci & tried his best, but could not make a move as his tyres started to go off and finished in 4^th position. 

Jehan said after Race 2 “I need to find more time on brand new tyres in qualifying. My race pace has been decent but I have been losing out in qualifying this weekend. It’s something I will definitely be working on. I enjoyed the battle with Defourny, but then I pushed too hard, too soon, which meant that my tyres lost grip a little sooner than I would have liked. I had no choice but to give up on fighting for third & instead had to protect my fourth place”.

Jehan´s next race will be at the world famous Monaco Street Circuit as part of the support Race to Formula 1 on 28^th & 29^th May as part of the Formula Renault Eurocup.