DAMS Lucas Oil’s Jak Crawford has enjoyed an impressive FIA Formula 2 campaign in 2025. From the Jeddah round onwards, the American secured a podium finish at every event—until the Barcelona weekend, where that consistent run was brought to an end.
Crawford’s podium hopes dashed by safety car timing
Jak Crawford could not replicate his Monaco success for DAMS Lucas Oil at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Having started the Feature Race from seventh on the grid, he made strong progress and ultimately crossed the line in fourth place—just short of another podium result.
His forward charge on fresh soft tyres following his pit stop was curtailed by a safety car intervention, which neutralised the field and eliminated his pace advantage.
“Pretty disappointed at the end to not get P2. I think if it stayed green, I would have got Richard [Verschoor] that lap and then with Montoya the one without DRS, I could have got him. But that’s how it goes.
“I guess sometimes that’s the risk of not having track position. It was a good race though, I kept a good position at the beginning of the race, had lots of clean air and had really good pace on the Hard. Then also on the Soft coming through the field was lots of fun.”
Race disrupted by rival’s error
Shortly after rejoining the race, the Aston Martin development driver encountered a setback when Joshua Dürksen’s AIX Racing car slid unexpectedly in front of him, forcing Crawford to take evasive action and costing valuable time. Crawford blames his rival’s mistake for costing him a podium.
“That moment with Dürksen probably cost me P2 because I lost about two seconds there with his mistake in front of me. The rest of the moves were all pretty calm, nothing crazy and no big dive bombs or anything like that. It was crazy though how much more grip you have, you just drive right by everyone.”
Consistent points keep Crawford in championship mix
Although he missed out on the podium, Crawford welcomed the solid haul of points, which strengthened his position in the Drivers’ Championship. He currently sits fourth in the championship with 73 points.
“It’s still good to score some good points. It’s pretty fun coming through the field. I came out the pits in ninth or 10th and I fought my way back up to fourth. I was on the opposite end of the luck yesterday, losing out but then today, it was the other way around and the others lost out.”
With consistent points scoring bringing him into title contention this year, Crawford is looking forward to the double header in Austria and the UK.
“We’ve scored the most amount of points ever since Jeddah so it’s been a good couple of races. We’ve gotten consistent points every weekend in the past four or five rounds. So looking ahead to those two tracks, we’re feeling really good.”
