Ugo Ugochukwu Ready for 'Good Fight to the End' in F3 Title Battle

Ugo Ugochukwu has spent his second Formula 3 campaign in a title battle against Freddie Slater. After the Hungarian GP, the Campos driver finds himself eight points behind, but he remains optimistic.

Ugochukwu entered the Budapest weekend on top of the standings, but after the Sprint Race, the two rivals were tied. In the Feature Race, Slater took victory while Ugo Ugochukwu finished P2, leaving him trailing for the first time this season.

“I'm feeling good still. It's been a pretty consistent, straightforward year. I had scored points at every round pretty much up until Spa,” said the American. “Spa was the one weekend which didn't really go our way. A messy qualifying as we expected and a few grid penalties didn't help.”

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Ugochukwu's consistency has been impressive since Melbourne, but the Spa weekend was a setback. He retired from the Sprint after contact with Slater and finished at the back in the Feature Race. “I think we can definitely learn and take a lot of stuff from the last few weekends,” he added.

“You need to try to maximise Fridays because in F3, a good quali just makes the weekend a lot easier. So we have to look into it, and we'll try to have strong Fridays to put ourselves in a good position,” he explained.

With two rounds remaining, including a Madrid double-header worth over 50 points, the title fight is far from over. “I think it's good to be honest. It's actually been a really enjoyable year. I think every weekend we push each other to be better, to be faster. I'm sure it's going to be a really good fight to the end,” Ugochukwu said.

“I'm sure it will come down to the wire anyway. The doubleheader in Madrid will make the difference, so it's just about being in the fight going into it. I just need to try to perform as well as possible, to be back in the front consistently like we had been, fighting for podiums and wins,” he concluded.