Jak Crawford currently sits fourth in the F2 championship as fights for the title in his third year in the series in 2025.
With two years of experience in Formula 2, Jak Crawford is one of the more experienced drivers on the grid. In 2025, he continued his tenure with DAMS Lucas Oil, who he switched to in 2024. For Crawford, his eyes are on the 2025 F2 championship title, and after finishing the season in 2024, fifth, he’s desperate for the step-up.
Slow start to 2025
Despite coming into the season confident of the performance DAMS could provide Crawford, the season started slowly and not without difficulty. The two round saw Crawford leave with no points. In Australia, the American suffered a retirement in the sprint race, after qualifying third for the feature and seventh for the sprint.
While hopes were no doubt high for the second row start for the Melbourne feature race, the weather left the race cancelled and Crawford coming away with no points and frustrations over what could have been.
Coming into Bahrain, Crawford was immediately on the back foot. He qualified 14th, which left him with a mountain ahead if he wanted to leave the weekend with a significant result. Unfortunately, the American was unable to make up ground in either race, finishing the sprint race 12th and the feature race in 16th.
The driver with hopes of a championship, was heading into the third round with zero points on the board.
The turn around
Jeddah started phenomenally for Crawford, taking pole around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for just the second time in his F2 tenure. With no points on the board, what Crawford needed more than a good weekend was a clean one. At first, it seemed it wasn’t going to be that way.
The sprint race came with the same luck that had haunted Crawford through the first two rounds, suffering a collision on lap 15 which took him out of the race. However, the American was starting on pole for the feature race, an important opportunity to leave Jeddah with 25 points.
Crawford fought hard to fight off Vershcoor in the feature race, pushing for his first victory of the season, but he fell short. Crossing the line second. While most drivers see second as not good enough, the result was exactly what Crawford need to keep himself in the championship contention.
After Jeddah, something shifted. The Aston Martin test driver came to Imola with something to prove. He qualified ninth, which put him in second for the sprint race. In both races, he made up ground. The sprint saw Crawford take his first win of the season, holding off Arvid Lindblad behind.
The weekend wasn’t over for the American, who went from ninth to sixth in the feature race, leaving the weekend with a significant boost to his points tally.
Another win and consistency
In Monaco, Crawford qualified ninth and with the narrow streets making overtaking near impossible, it seemed as though his results were all but set. In the sprint race he managed a fourth with the reverse order, but the feature race was where the important points were.
Luckily for Crawford, in typical Monaco fashion, chaos ensued in the feature. With the front-runners quickly getting caught up in a turn one incident, Crawford found himself in the lead. He managed to hold onto it through the mistake punishing circuit and took his second win of the season in one of the most iconic locations.
Finally, in Barcelona, it felt as though Crawford had found his rhythm and unlocked the ability to not only have a great weekend or a disaster. But have a weekend that was strong, consistent and put him in a good place for the championship. Taking fourth place in both the sprint and the feature left Crawford with 73 points, just 14 points away from the championship lead.
Formula 2 is a volatile championship, with the order shifting drastically from round to round. If Crawford can keep to his rhythm, he’s in good stead to fight for the title.
