Third F2 season confirmed for Williams reserve Aitken

Williams Formula 1 reserve driver Jack Aitken has targeted the Formula 2 title after confirming he has re-signed with the Campos Racing team.

Aitken recently announced his departure from Renault, a relationship which began in 2016, and almost immediately revealed he had joined Williams as part of a host of new signings including ex-Red Bull junior Dan Ticktum and Roy Nissany.

After finishing 11th in his debut year of F2 with ART Grand Prix in 2018 – the same season his teammate and former GP3 title rival George Russell won the championship – Aitken rebounded with fifth in the championship after helping Campos to move up the grid.

The Campos-Aitken partnership yielded three wins and four podiums in 2019 and the British—South Korean driver is buoyant ahead of this season.

“Last year we were fifth in the championship but we were challenging for wins and the championship throughout the whole season, so that’s what we need to try and do again: build the season as a whole and make progress step by step,” said Aitken.

“Last year we did a great job of taking the challenge to the bigger teams, winning three times.

“This year we will carry on that work by going for even more wins and the championship itself.”

It is not yet clear who will join Aitken at Campos. The second seat at the team was rotated between multiple drivers last year, and Euroformula Open champion Marino Sato is expected to switch to Trident – alongside Nissany – having occupied the Campos seat for the second half of the season.

On his decision to stick with the team, Aitken added: “It was logical to build on the excellent work we did with Campos last year to go for another season.

“Campos is a team made up of excellent individuals and I look forward to a new way of working with my race engineer Miguel and all of the rest of the guys.”

2020 F2 line-up so far:

Related video

Source: Read Full Article