106 Facts About Marcus Armstrong

Marcus Armstrong competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship between 2020 and 2022, and was the 2019 Formula 3 runner-up.

Marcus Armstrong was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy between 2017 and 2021.

Marcus Armstrong stepped to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2018, ending 5th.

The championship merged into the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2019, and Marcus Armstrong became runner-up to teammate Robert Shwartzman.

Marcus Armstrong was promoted to the 2020 Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix but a difficult season saw him finish 13th.

Marcus Armstrong finished in the same position in the following year with DAMS, and came 13th again in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix before making the switch to IndyCar.

Marcus Armstrong did not achieve much in international competitions, placing a highest of 12th during the Karting World Championship in the KF2 category in 2015.

In November 2015, Marcus Armstrong tested a Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 car in 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 post-season test.

In November 2016, Marcus Armstrong was among five drivers invited to join the Ferrari Driver Academy and was confirmed as a member the following month.

Marcus Armstrong won the season opener on his debut, but retired in the third race due to a collision.

Marcus Armstrong had a relatively slow start to the season, scoring three third-places and two non-scoring finishes across the opening two rounds.

Marcus Armstrong partook in all races, as the races did not clash with his Italian F4 campaign.

Marcus Armstrong had two non-scoring finishes in the first two rounds.

For 2018, Marcus Armstrong returned to the Toyota Racing Series with M2 Competition.

Marcus Armstrong started his season in perfect fashion, taking third in the first race and winning the other two, though those wins would be the only one of the season.

Marcus Armstrong continued his podium streak in Teretonga and Hampton, which increased his lead to 41 points.

Marcus Armstrong continued his collaboration with Prema, graduating to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, alongside fellow Ferrari juniors Robert Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou.

Marcus Armstrong scored a podium in just his second race at Pau, and a second place during the second round at the Hungaroring.

Marcus Armstrong continued his championship lead for the next two rounds, which yielded two podiums.

In Silverstone, Marcus Armstrong struggled with tyre wear and lost the lead of the standings to Dan Ticktum.

At Misano, Marcus Armstrong scored a second place in the first race, but did not score in the other two which included a retirement in the third race from pole due to being hit from behind.

Marcus Armstrong earned his ninth and last podium at the Red Bull Ring, but a triple retirement in the final round at the Hockenheimring saw him drop from 3rd to 5th in the standings, scoring 260 points.

At the season ending Macau Grand Prix, Marcus Armstrong finished eighth on his Macau debut having finished in the same position during the qualification race.

In 2019 before his main campaign, Marcus Armstrong returned to the 2019 Toyota Racing Series with M2 Competition.

Marcus Armstrong started the season by taking podiums in all three races, Marcus Armstrong would take his first win at the only race at Teretonga.

Marcus Armstrong took two wins in four races at Hampton Downs, which saw him take the lead of the championship from fellow Kiwi Liam Lawson.

Marcus Armstrong had a suspension issue during the fourth round at Taupo, yet still won the final race during the round but lost the championship lead heading into the final round by five points to Lawson.

Marcus Armstrong reunited with Prema Racing to contest the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering 2018 teammate Robert Shwartzman and Jehan Daruvala.

Marcus Armstrong finished in the same position having tried to challenge Shwartzman on the opening lap.

In Race 2, Marcus Armstrong made a strong start to take fourth on the opening lap, and later passed Max Fewtrell for third.

However, Marcus Armstrong would fall to fifth place at the end of the race.

Hughes was out on the spot, but Marcus Armstrong managed to continue and finish sixth.

Marcus Armstrong had bad luck in Race 2, where he stalled from starting third, but made a brilliant charge to take sixth place in the end.

At the Red Bull Ring, Marcus Armstrong topped practice and later took his first pole position of the year.

Marcus Armstrong lost the lead to Renault junior Max Fewtrell and re-took it back later.

Marcus Armstrong later stated that "it was a lot more difficult to overtake than [I] expected".

From sixth in Race 2, Marcus Armstrong quickly moved up into second behind Shwartzman and kept him honest for most of the race.

Marcus Armstrong re-passed Renault junior Christian Lundgaard and pressured Daruvala for second place, but ultimately settled for third.

In Race 2, Marcus Armstrong sat in seventh for most of the race until Daruvala and Pedro Piquet collided on the penultimate lap, and overtook Lundgaard to snatch fourth.

Marcus Armstrong was unable to progress through the field easily, during the first race and managed to take eighth place and claim reverse pole for Race 2.

Marcus Armstrong defended from Leonardo Pulcini at the start, but managed to take his first victory of the season, in a lights-to-flag manner.

Marcus Armstrong had his worst qualifying of the year in Spa-Francorchamps, securing only 19th.

In Race 1, Marcus Armstrong was up to 11th by lap 6, and cruised to eighth position to take reverse pole for the next race.

Marcus Armstrong took victory by winning Race 2 over Yuki Tsunoda, and he dedicated his win to Anthoine Hubert, who died in a crash the night before.

In Race 1, Marcus Armstrong bolted to second at the end of the opening lap when Lundgaard and Lirim Zendeli, before taking the lead on lap 4 from Richard Verschoor.

In Race 2, Marcus Armstrong moved up to third on lap 5 when Pulcini and Hughes collided.

Marcus Armstrong passed Piquet on lap 17 to take second in the final race of the year.

Marcus Armstrong's result meant he became vice-champion and overhauled Daruvala's tally by one point.

Marcus Armstrong returned to participate in the 2019 Macau Grand Prix.

Marcus Armstrong finished 17th in the qualification race, but recovered and claimed eighth place.

Marcus Armstrong pitted very early on lap 8 during the feature race and his gamble would pay off, as he ran in fourth place once all drivers had pitted.

When Guanyu Zhou and Mick Schumacher ahead encountered problems of their own, Marcus Armstrong capitalised on the opportunity and rushed to second placed podium on his debut.

Marcus Armstrong nearly overtook Louis Deletraz on lap 7, but suffered a mechanical issue on lap 14 and was forced to retire from the race.

Marcus Armstrong made progress in the feature race and made his way to seventh place.

Marcus Armstrong lost three places in the feature race, and his race worsened as he tried to avoid the slowing Lundgaard and tagged Artem Markelov, sending the Russian into the barriers.

Marcus Armstrong suffered damage and peeled into the pits to retire.

Marcus Armstrong made a rocket start in the sprint race, he was up to 14th by the first lap.

Marcus Armstrong overtook more of his rivals and narrowly missed out on points, in ninth as he lost the final points-paying position to Zhou on the last lap.

Marcus Armstrong made a decent start, passing Callum Ilott at the start, but was overtaken by Luca Ghiotto seconds later.

Marcus Armstrong ran in sixth place before the safety car periods, which he avoided the chaos following the first restart.

Marcus Armstrong managed to take his first points since Austria in ninth place.

In Russia, Marcus Armstrong started 14th and took another points finish, claiming ninth in the feature race.

Marcus Armstrong moved past Ticktum at the start, and later passed Ilott for second despite being on the harder tyres.

However, when Pedro Piquet had a mechanical issue, Marcus Armstrong went to finish fourth.

Marcus Armstrong ended his season by finishing 11th and 14th in the final race.

Marcus Armstrong scored two podiums and five more points finishes.

Marcus Armstrong impressively made his way up to sixth place by lap 13 but two laps later, the safety car was deployed due to a collision.

Marcus Armstrong stayed out, and dispatched Bent Viscaal for second place during the restart.

Marcus Armstrong made a timely pit stop under the safety car and led the field.

Marcus Armstrong lost a few more places and capped off the race in fifth place.

Unfortunately, Marcus Armstrong was forced to start from the pit lane due to a car problem.

Marcus Armstrong made up a position at the start on Ralph Boschung but was back in fifth after being overtaken by Dan Ticktum.

Marcus Armstrong lost two positions on the penultimate lap to end seventh, and was nearly passed by Vips on the line.

Marcus Armstrong had an uneventful feature race, he finished 12th.

Marcus Armstrong managed to overtake fellow Kiwi Liam Lawson into the first corner.

On his win, Marcus Armstrong stated that the win was "a reward for the work done by [his] DAMS team during a difficult 2021 season".

In Yas Marina, Marcus Armstrong finished sprint race 1 in tenth having started 11th, giving him reverse pole for the second time that year.

Marcus Armstrong would be on course for his third podium of the season in the second sprint race, but had to retire due to an engine failure whilst leading the race.

Marcus Armstrong ended his F2 campaign in 13th with 49 points, two podiums, five other points finishes while beating teammate Nissany.

Shortly before the season, Marcus Armstrong commented that he "not going to give up" F1 seat and "[did] not want to leave anything off the table in 2022".

Marcus Armstrong had a much better feature race, starting on the softs saw the Kiwi up to third by lap 11.

Marcus Armstrong made a decent start to jump Logan Sargeant off the line, and never looked back to take his first win of the year and second overall ahead of both Prema cars, despite having no radio for the entire race.

Marcus Armstrong would remain in the position for the remainder of the race and claim another podium.

Marcus Armstrong proceeded to dominate the sprint race, leading every lap to claim victory.

At Turn 3, Marcus Armstrong ran wide to avoid Richard Verschoor but was hit by another rival, and came to a halt moments later.

On lap 19, Marcus Armstrong made an unsuccessful overtake and collided with Daruvala which opened the door for Pourchaire, and the Frenchman forced him wide which dropped Marcus Armstrong to sixth.

Marcus Armstrong was again forced off by Vips and he eventually finished in ninth, before being dropped to 14th for colliding with Daruvala.

Drivers behind passed him on fresher tyres, and Marcus Armstrong had to settle with sixth place in the end.

Marcus Armstrong was able to jump polesitter Clement Novalak and lead every remaining lap to claim his third win of the season.

Marcus Armstrong pitted shortly after the safety car withdrew and he finished 14th.

Marcus Armstrong initially finished sixth in the sprint race, but was given a five-second time penalty for gaining an advantage off-track.

Marcus Armstrong was up to second before the pit stops and pitted during the lap 8 safety car but entered beyond the pit lane entry bollard which earned a ten-second stop and go penalty, and was added by another of the same penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Marcus Armstrong had an uneventful Abu Dhabi weekend, he quietly achieved points in the feature race with ninth place.

Once again, Marcus Armstrong ended 13th in the standings, with 93 points.

In November 2023, Marcus Armstrong returned to Formula 3 to the Macau Grand Prix with MP Motorsport.

Marcus Armstrong finished the main race in 18th place, behind both teammates Dennis Hauger and Mari Boya.

At the start of 2017 Marcus Armstrong became a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Marcus Armstrong made his F1 test debut in January at the Fiorano, driving the 2018 Ferrari SF71H, stating that "the car was not too difficult to drive".

In October 2022, Marcus Armstrong tested an IndyCar car for the first time with Dale Coyne Racing at the Sebring International Raceway.

On 2 December 2022, it was announced that Chip Ganassi Racing signed Marcus Armstrong to drive the No 11 entry on the road courses and street circuits in 2023.

Marcus Armstrong finished his debut in St Petersburg in a respectable 11th place, only three places behind his nearby teammate.

In just his second race at Long Beach, Marcus Armstrong finished in eighth.

Marcus Armstrong then partook in his first oval test just after the season finale.

Marcus Armstrong extended his contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, becoming a full-time driver for the 2024 season.

At the Sonsio Grand Prix, Marcus Armstrong finished in fifth place having been in the fight for the lead.

In November 2022, Marcus Armstrong tested an endurance racing car for the first time, testing the LMP2 Alpine car at the Bahrain International Circuit.