Josep María Martí on 2025 season that has thrown everything at him

It has been a year of “ups and downs” as Josep María Martí admits himself.

The Campos Racing driver recently sat down to reflect on his 2025 campaign to date, looking back on the highs and lows of the season so far, diving into what has gone well and what will be worked on ahead of Monza.

So here is the Red Bull Junior Team driver’s own analysis of the year, starting off with one area that he and Campos will be working on in particular going into the latter half of the season.

“We've had great success,” the Spaniard said. “We've had terrible weekends, we've had a bit of everything, I would say. Ideally, you learn from your mistakes, and you raise your chin when you've had a good weekend.

“But it’s been a bit confusing at times where we've been really, really quick, but we haven't really been able to find ourselves in a good position. So, it's been up and down. As a team, you try not to make the same mistake twice, as a driver as well. And there's things that I think I've improved quite a bit throughout the year.

“I'm still not happy with the qualifying performances. I think even generally, as a team, we've been struggling a bit more than we expected in qualifying, especially if you look at 2024 when we were very quick, but there's been weekends where, like I said before, it just didn't feel like it was all meshing together.

“So, there’s a bit of not everything going our way, or just not really understanding why. There's been times where we've been a bit behind. But to be honest, especially after Silverstone where we struggled and had a difficult weekend, we really delved deep and analysed what went wrong, and we think we found the reason for why.

“So, in that sense, I'm quite confident. We've been through 10 rounds this year. Six of them we’ve been really quick. So, there's no reason to believe why we shouldn't be quick going forward. We’ll just keep trying to find that positive momentum.”

One area that has been a strength of Martí’s however is his opening laps. The Spaniard has made a habit of scything his way through the pack on the first lap of a race, often making up multiple places while others look to consolidate their starting positions.

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He says it doesn’t come as a surprise, and has been part of his arsenal dating back to go-karts.

“I think I've always been quite a natural at good starts, and even go-karts, F4, F3, and now F2. I've always been quite good at starts and first laps and finding my feet.

“This year, I've found a sweet spot of where I know this is going to happen, I know this is where I have to be, this is the line I have to take. And we've had rocket ship launches as well. We've always been really good at starts and recently, we’ve really been using it in our advantage. We've been massive in that area.”

Martí, a winner of three Sprint Races this year, is pleased to be able to rely upon his abilities to make progress through the order. However, he is targeting a win on Sunday in the Feature Races going forward.

The biggest step to achieving that will be a strong position on Friday in Qualifying, but the margins are tight, as 2025 has been the closest an F2 field has been separated over a flying lap.

He hopes to be on the other side of the equation and benefitting from the slender margins for the remainder of the year as Campos have proven to be quick with both cars.

"It shows a lot of teams have done a really, really good job over the winter break"

“Races are very different starting from first or fourth, let alone 11th or 20th. But generally, I wouldn't say that it annoys me, because in the end, I know that I'm quicker.

“I know that I'm capable of doing it the same way on a Friday and on a Saturday and Sunday. But I feel just the way that the Championship is, especially this year, it's the closest margin so far in qualifying, between first, second and probably between the top 10 as well.

“It just shows that a lot of teams have done a really, really good job over the winter break. They've done a good job.

“We're one of the only teams that has two drivers in the top 10 in the standings. So, it shows that each team has managed to at least make one of their drivers feel very comfortable in the car and able to get good results.”

Looking ahead to Monza and the races beyond, Martí is focused on clawing back ground in the Drivers’ Championship and helping the team to fight for the Teams’ Title once again.

The Red Bull junior enjoyed an upturn in form last year in the second half of the season, and he has no doubts Campos will be able to replicate that once again.

“As a team, we know what our strengths are, and what our weaknesses are. As a driver, I know myself very well, so each person tries to do their job as best as possible, and as a team, I think we do.

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“We do fantastic job, and I'm hoping that we can take the fight in the Teams’ Championship, as we are doing so far, and take it to the end of the year. Hopefully by doing that, I can be higher up in the Drivers’ by the end of this the year, which I think is very, very doable.

“I don't really mind the summer break. It's good to disconnect. Ideally, I would love to keep on racing throughout the whole year consistently, but there's a bit of everything second half of the season coming up.

“There's a lot of tracks that we really enjoy driving at. There are tracks that I think we were strong around last year, and there's tracks where I did barely any laps, like Baku. So there's a bit of everything. I’m full of motivation, and I'm confident that we can secure more great results in the second half of the year.”