Round 4 Post Feature Race Press Conference

FIA Formula 3: Hello and welcome to Monaco, where it's time for our post Feature Race press conference with the top three finishers in FIA Formula 3, in third place today, Mari Boya from Campos Racing, in second place is Roman Bilinski from Rodin Motorsport and taking the victory is Nikola Tsolov also from Campos Racing. Nikola, victory in Monaco, a record breaking fifth win in F3, how do you feel right now?

Nikola Tsolov: Yeah, I couldn't feel any better. I think it's the best track to do it on. We've had the pace since Free Practice, which obviously kept my confidence high after yesterday. We had a few issues, unfortunately, with some technical stuff, and that got into my head a little bit for today, but I managed to stay clear minded and do my job as I have to. And the race was good.

FIA Formula 3: You seemed to have great pace not just today but this entire weekend. Seemed like you and Campos nailed things for Monaco

Tsolov: Yeah definitely. I think I always felt confident around here. We finally know now a lot of things in Quali. So we managed to extract everything and start at the front. Since the beginning if we start up there, we're going to be fighting for wins.

FIA Formula 3: - You are now third in the Championship, heading to Barcelona, a track you have good history at. How confident are you for next week and the rounds to come?

Tsolov: Yeah, I can be confident. I think it’s a good track for me, good track for the team. So it's only down to just waiting a week and seeing what happens. But of course, the focus is going to be the same, mainly in qualifying and then manage the rest of the weekend.

FIA Formula 3: Thanks Nikola, Roman to you, a second podium of the year for you, and it’s in Monaco, what are your emotions right now?

Roman Bilinski: Yeah, definitely. It's a good thing. The team and I have made a big step forward, and especially in Monaco, being a rookie as well this year. So it's a good thing, but now we need to keep pushing forward, and we will see in a week's time, as Nikola said in Barcelona, and see how we get on.

FIA Formula 3: Talk us through the start, how critical was your fight with Boya and your teammate Callum Voisin to your race?

Bilinski: Yeah, the start off the line was not great, but I just very quickly went to the inside to stop any attack from Mari and yeah, just very quickly had to get on with the job and get pushing.

FIA Formula 3: It’s been a great start to the season for you and Rodin. How are you all as a team feeling for the rest of the season?

Bikinski: Yeah, I would say everything's really happy, and the morale is really high in the team. So this is a really nice thing. You know, everyone in the team gets on very well, also with my teammates. So this is good. And like I said, let's see what we can do in these next few rounds.

FIA Formula 3: Thank you, Mari thanks for waiting, P3 today, a first podium of the season, you must be really happy with your result?

Mari Boya: I'm quite happy. To be honest, we didn't start of the Championship as I hoped, or maybe even deserve, but it is what it is. We are changing a bit the dynamic of how we work, and I think we are starting to get better. So I'm really happy with it.

FIA Formula 3 Talk us through the race then, how tough was it to manage the tyres in traffic while trying to keep Callum Voisin behind?

Mari Boya: Yeah that race was all about the start. I would say I tried to put some pressure on at the beginning to Roman, which I felt I was faster than him. At that point, I saw he was not making any mistakes. So I decided to go for fastest lap, which I did quite early on in the race. And in the last lap, I had it but then Nikola made it on his last lap. And then I saw Roman, maybe seven laps before the safety car came out, he started with the tire, so I knew I had the chance to watch that moment, so I tried to push. I was following him quite easily. He didn't make any mistakes. So then I had to maybe defend a bit. I used a bit too much of the front tires and didn’t have that pace.

FIA Formula 3: - Next up your home race. You won the Sprint Race there last year, and you guys as a team have qualified better this week. You must be feeling confident ahead of Round 5.

Mari Boya: Yeah every time I'm having more and more confidence, every round I'm getting more and more points. For sure Imola was a bit unlucky for us, but yeah the base confidence is super high.

FIA Formula 3: Nice one, thank you all.