Sitting on the pitwall at Monza after the season finale feature race was red-flagged, the stress was visible on Victor Martins’ face. Having lined up fourth, the title was within his reach, with fellow contenders Zane Maloney and Oliver Bearman running ahead of him. All the 21-year-old needed to do was finish where he had started.
But then the race was halted, never to be resumed after a clash exiting the second Lesmo involving Kush Maini and Brad Benavides, and his future hung in the balance as it took almost 30 minutes to decide his fate. Things only went from bad to worse for the ART driver when he was handed a five-second penalty, having previously been waved the black and white flag for exceeding track limits on lap seven.
