{"id":34425,"date":"2025-05-30T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T20:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=34425"},"modified":"2025-05-30T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T20:19:07","slug":"invicta-racing-eyes-top-spot-as-f2-heads-to-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/30\/invicta-racing-eyes-top-spot-as-f2-heads-to-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Invicta Racing Eyes Top Spot as F2 Heads to Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Invicta Racing is setting sights on ending the F2 European triple-header on a high note in Spain, following a strong start to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<h2>Invicta Racing to Aim to Close the Gaps in the Standings as F2 Heads to Spain<\/h2>\n<p>Last weekend, the English team left <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/26\/f2-monaco-gp-review-chaos-reigns-on-the-iconic-street-circuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Monte Carlo<\/a> with a podium and a double-point finish in the Feature Race. On this occasion, Leonardo Fornaroli came very close to giving the team its first win of the season, but in the end, he had to settle for a bittersweet second place. In Barcelona, the team will want to end the European triple-header on a high note, especially closing the gap for the leadership of the teams&#8217; championship.<\/p>\n<h3>Leonardo Fornaroli in Search of the First Victory<\/h3>\n<p>The Italian driver currently sits in third place in the drivers&#8217; standings. He is the only driver who has scored points in every race of every round. The 2024 F3 champion has continued with the consistency that allowed him to win last year&#8217;s title. However, the driver is conscious that, in a field as competitive as this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/03\/25\/top-5-title-contenders-for-the-2025-f2-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">F2<\/a> is, being consistently in the points is not the only way to stay close to the leadership.<\/p>\n<p>To be on top, podiums and victories are needed. Both for showcasing his pure speed and to earn a boost in points, putting some distance between him and the other opponents. In the Feature Race in Monaco, Fornaroli came very close to getting his first victory, but a late call for a safety car meant he had to settle for second place, behind Jak Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian&#8217;s last victory was in the Italian F4 championship in 2021. Since then, he came very close to that highest step of the podium, but something always stood in the way. Last year in Barcelona, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/14\/f2-exclusive-leonardo-fornaroli-on-f3-fight-and-f2-ambitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Fornaroli<\/a> achieved his fourth podium of the F3 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/12\/the-story-of-the-2024-formula-3-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">2024 season<\/a> while starting in sixth place. For this season, the Invicta racing driver will look for a better result, to finally get his hands on the first-place trophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/30\/f2-set-to-wrap-up-thrilling-2025-triple-header-in-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">F2 Set to Wrap Up Thrilling 2025 Triple-Header in Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Roman Stanek is Steadily Progressing<\/h3>\n<p>For his third year in the series, Stanek decided to change teams and move to Invicta Racing. Given the good results of the English team <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/12\/13\/how-gabriel-bortoleto-secured-the-2024-f2-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">last year<\/a>, and even in this first part of the season, it is clear that it was a good choice. Since the start of the season, the Czech driver has reached the points on four occasions, with fifth place as his best result.<\/p>\n<p>In Monte Carlo, he avoided the initial chaos of the Feature Race. At the end of the day, he brought more points home thanks to a seventh place. Although his performances have often been inconsistent and varied, this year the Invicta Racing driver appears to have taken a step up. His third season in F2 could be his best start yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/30\/formula-e-returns-to-shanghai-for-a-double-header\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Formula E Returns to Shanghai for a Double Header<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Invicta Racing To Close the Gap in the F2 Standings<\/h3>\n<p>Invicta Racing will work with its drivers to close the gap to the first position in the teams&#8217; standings. Currently, the distance is 23 points, but if they manage to work together and perform well in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/27\/ferrari-will-only-bring-minor-update-for-spanish-gp\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a>, it could be easily achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Leonardo Fornaroli, too, will be looking at those six points that separate him from the top. The Italian driver will aim to leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula2.com\/Latest\/heFeMsfrYCEwPenigLvvU\/williams-racing-confirm-victor-martins-for-spanish-grand-prix-fp1-outing\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spain<\/a> on top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/05\/30\/mclaren-head-to-spanish-grand-prix-chasing-consistency\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">McLaren Head to Spanish Grand Prix Chasing Consistency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Photo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Credit: <strong>IMAGO \/\u00a0PsnewZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recording Date: 25.05.2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invicta Racing is setting sights on ending the F2 European triple-header on a high note in Spain, following a strong start to the 2025 season. Invicta Racing to Aim to Close the Gaps in the Standings as F2 Heads to Spain Last weekend, the English team left Monte Carlo with a podium and a double-point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4754,"featured_media":34534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,544],"tags":[2440,913,2081,2096,1774,914],"class_list":["post-34425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-formula-2","tag-2025-formula-2-season","tag-barcelona","tag-invicta-virtuosi-racing","tag-leonardo-fornaroli","tag-roman-stanek","tag-spain"],"modified_by":"Emma Fisher","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34425"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34538,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34425\/revisions\/34538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}