Amlin Aguri started the race in Berlin on the back foot after they had a dreadful qualifying with Antonio Felix Da Costa in 19th and Salvador Duran in 18th.

However, the team showed great race pace, as Antonio Felix da Costa was able to move quickly through the field and was running in a points scoring position before being told that he had a drive-through penalty as the team miscalculated the pit stop minimum time by one second.

Despite the results, Mark Preston, Team Principal for Amlin Aguri remained upbeat about the improvements his team has been making.

“Yet again Da Costa drove brilliantly with a lot of overtakes. The problem came in the pitstop where both cars were one second too fast, giving both of them drive-through penalties. Qualifying was also a problem for us as the high-grip surface here didn’t suit our setup but I think, given our pace in Monaco and what we saw today, we should fair much better in Moscow,” said Mark Preston

Despite starting 19th on the grid and receiving a drive-through penalty, Antonio Felix Da Costa, managed to claw back eight places during the course of the race to finish in 12th place. The Portuguese driver was happy with his race pace in Berlin, but he knows the team needs to work on qualifying.

“It’s a very frustrating result as the car was very good,” said da Costa. “I was able to move up the places in the first car so I was aiming for the top five. I got the penalty but kept pushing for the front as the second car was great as well.”

Meanwhile, Duran started 16th on the grid. He managed to maintain his position but, like da Costa, also received a drive-through penalty for being one second under time in the pits during the car change over. He came out of the pits in 20th place but managed to make up two places, ending the race 18th.

”We had a good pace at the beginning so I was ready to push hard once in the second car,” said Duran. “Unfortunately, we got a drive-through penalty and after that it was hard to get back into the game – I got stuck in the traffic.”

Amlin Aguri currently sits in seventh in the team championship with 48 points. The British team will be aiming for three strong races to close out the season.