Jak Crawford believes his victory within the Components 2 function race at Silverstone is a show of what he’s able to to each Aston Martin and potential suitors at Cadillac.
The American is a improvement driver for Aston Martin, and is known to be within the body to get FP1 outings later this yr as he fights for the F2 title. Crawford has additionally been linked with the brand new Cadillac crew, which has but to finalize its driver line-up for 2026, so he feels his win in moist circumstances underneath extreme strain from McLaren teen Alex Dunne at Silverstone was completely timed.
“I believe a race like [Silverstone] is ideal to indicate what I’ve bought,” Crawford stated. “[It was] one of many trickiest races with Alex, who’s extremely rated, and Luke [Browning] proper behind me. So I believe it was an ideal race for that to indicate that I can drive in moist climate circumstances, and I can take care of adversity. So I hope all of them see that.”
The victory moved Crawford as much as second place within the F2 drivers’ championship, along with his third win of the season leaving him simply six factors behind chief Richard Verschoor.
“Wonderful timing as properly, proper after I wanted to make a push for the championship,” he famous. “It felt like an enormous weekend within the championship with me and Alex beginning on the entrance row, mainly tied on factors, and Richard beginning down the sphere.
“I used to be capable of execute and get the win. What a day for the championship, what a day typically. My second residence race – clearly not having any races within the U.S. – so it was an awesome day.
“After the subsequent race we do, I might be main the championship. So we’re in it now. After Austria, I felt like I used to be behind. We would have liked to return to Silverstone and make an announcement and get huge factors. And that is precisely what we did.”
On high of his F2 title bid, Crawford has additionally been appearing as a reserve driver for Andretti’s Components E crew, showing within the Berlin rookie check this week for the TWG Motorsports-owned crew.
