Maciej Gladysz's Spa-Francorchamps Debrief

ART Grand Prix's Maciej Gladysz was in the points on Sunday despite a tricky Qualifying session that left him further back in the pack.

Reflecting on his weekend overall, the Polish driver was happy to have fought his way back through the field into the top five in the Feature Race, but believes more was on the table had Friday gone to plan.

Here's what he made of his weekend in Spa-Francorchamps.

HIGH STANDARDS

“Not too happy with the weekend overall. FP went really well and then in Qualifying it started to rain just before the green light. We did a completely different warm-up sequence, instead of doing out-push we did out-push-push and to be honest we weren't prepared for that.

"Then we did the sequence we were supposed to do so it was fine, but then the crash happened on the exit of T14, so it was a bit disappointing because I qualified outside the top 12, close to being on reverse grid pole for the Sprint Race.

"Races went pretty well because in the Sprint Race, our pace was good, but a lot of Safety Cars hurt us.

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"Then Feature Race, had a good start, I was up to P8 and then after Safety Car I managed to do many overtakes. Last three laps could have been better.

"I made too many mistakes in T1 and then I didn't manage to overtake Mattia and Freddie. Maybe it would have been easier because obviously he didn't have DRS so maybe I would have overtaken him."

HIGHLIGHT REEL MOMENT

"The one on Stromsted I think was a good move, it was a bit unexpected. I thought about this move in T6, I was like maybe I will actually try the move this time, so I decided to just send it and I think it worked pretty well.

"It may have destroyed his race a tiny bit because obviously he went a tiny bit wide, I didn't put him in the gravel, it was a clean move but then I managed to overtake Tuukka and then I was in my head like 'jeez we can actually be on the podium,' but we didn't quite get there.

"But anyway, good points scored and we need to keep pushing like that. Maybe another lap, I would have been there."

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"Starting from P10 and finishing in P5 is honestly another great result, we're showing that our pace in races is amazing, I just need to work much more on the qualifying pace and then we can be in the fight for top three in the championship.

"It was a good amount of points scored and now we're going to the track I really enjoy racing at, it's my favourite track of the calendar so I will try to do my best and qualify at the top."