Being with the right team has always been vital in Formula 2, and that’s no different in the 2026 season. Ahead of the fifth round of the season in Barcelona, Feeder Series spoke to Invicta Racing’s Rafael Câmara and Rodin Motorsport’s Martinius Stenshorne about the support they receive from their teams.

By Daniele Spadi

In the past six seasons, the outfit that captured the teams’ title also took the drivers’ crown with one of their pupils, highlighting how crucial the support from inside the garage is. The latest example of this is Invicta Racing, who have won both teams’ championships since F2 introduced its new car in 2024.

The British outfit, however, have enjoyed more mixed fortunes in 2026. After Joshua Dürksen claimed his fifth F2 victory in the season-opening sprint at Albert Park and Rafael Câmara took back-to-back feature race podiums in the opening two rounds, the team have struggled in the past four races.

In an action-packed feature race in Montréal, Câmara ended up outside of the points-paying positions after making contact twice in the second half of the race, with Dürksen also going scoreless the entire weekend. In Monaco, the Brazilian had scored pole despite touching the barriers and led much of the race. However, he ultimately retired on Sunday, as he failed to make the corner at Sainte Dévote on cold tyres while fighting for the net lead after his pit stop.

Despite scoring points with both cars in the sprint, Invicta lost vital ground in the teams’ championship on Sunday. Campos Racing have a lead of 47 points over the British outfit, who now sit in fourth place.

“The team [have been] very positive since the beginning of the season,” Câmara told Feeder Series.

“Already in Abu Dhabi [for post-season testing], I was feeling very good with them. Now it’s just putting the work together. Every weekend, I think we get to know each other better and improve as a team.

“It’s been very nice to work with Joshua.
 The team is in a very nice place, everyone is very well aligned. We just need to keep working together, and for sure we’re going to just get better and better.”

On the other hand, Rodin Motorsport are currently on the opposite trajectory. After failing to finish the first two feature races with any of their cars – with Martinius Stenshorne and Alex Dunne colliding in Melbourne while fighting for the lead – the UK-based outfit seems to have turned the page.

In Canada, the team took their first 1-2 on a Sunday since the first feature race of the 2018 season, with Stenshorne taking his maiden triumph ahead of Dunne. The Norwegian followed that up with two top-six finishes around the streets of Monte Carlo, thus climbing up to third in the drivers’ standings, 15 points adrift of championship leader Gabriele Minì.

Though Rodin Motorsport have finished only eighth and seventh since joining the series two years ago, they seem to have found their rhythm in 2026, as they sit in second position in the teams’ standings, just 11 points shy of the lead. Moreover, in the span of just eight races, they have already scored 80 points, more than half of the total of 155 they had obtained last season.

“It’s been good so far,” Stenshorne told Feeder Series when asked about his working relationship with Rodin. “The car’s been very good this year so far, and also having Alex as my teammate is good. He’s back for another year now, so he knows how things are, which I think also helped, just to have some references and stuff.”

The Norwegian, who just like Câmara raced in F3 last season, also notes the differences across the two championships regarding team relationships. “How the teams work is quite similar,” he said. “Obviously [there are] some small differences here and there, but overall, it’s not been too big of a jump.”

Both Câmara and Stenshorne have had heated moments with their teams at times throughout the first four rounds of the season. After his costly mistake in Monaco, the Ferrari Academy driver was subject of a strong radio message from his engineer Pau Rivera, given the amount of time he had lost to Nikola Tsolov during the Brazilian’s outlap. Stenshorne had a tense start to his season after he collided with Dunne in Melbourne, though both drivers seemed to have smoothed things over. Neither Câmara nor Stenshorne made reference to any such disputes or lasting tensions in the press session. 

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