The brilliant return of Roberto Merhi

“What anger…”. These are the first words Roberto Merhi published after a great performance on his return to Formula 2.

Four years ago, in 2018, the rider from Castellón he said goodbye to F2 with third place at Yas Marina along with Campos Vexatec. In 2022, he was able to return to this important category to make a historic comeback.

The On July 6, it was announced that Roberto Merhi was once again fighting in a Formula 2 race. This time Ralph Boschung will be replaced with severe facet syndrome, as the pilot himself reported on social networks.

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Just a day and a half of karting preparation, he boarded the Campos vehicle on Friday to play for free and classification of the Austrian Grand Prix. And although in free practice he showed that he could beat the best, in the standings he was twenty -one., which will complicate the race on Sunday. “After a very long time without a race in @Formula2 we had a very positive lap as a result of free training. But then, in Qualy, I had the car in front very close to me, which cost me a lot to lose downforce in the last two sectors, that’s also because our car is strong @CamposRacing “, the driver explained on Twitter.

On Saturday he returned to the track to compete in the ‘sprint’ race, but it didn’t end and was abandoned on the final lap. For all this, no one predicted what might happen on Sunday morning.

In some complex conditions and in the penultimate position, he became the main character of the day. Just seven laps passed when Merhi was in third placemaking double overtaking Fitipaldi and Hauger. After two laps and in a good fight against Daruvala he got the seconda position he could recover with just five laps.

In that last fight with Daruvala, the Spanish driver exceeded the track limits and he was punished by five seconds at the end of the racewhich finished him in fifth position after being placed in second starting twenty seconds.

A few minutes after it ended and everyone was left speechless in the show, Merhi offered a good message to the owner of the Campos team.

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The 31-year-old pilot has had a long career in the world of four wheels, though luck probably didn’t give him the place he deserved. But in Sunday’s race he showed he would take advantage of this opportunity in the single-seater silver category.