[6][7] Drugovich also competed in the MRF Challenge, claiming his maiden single-seater victory in the second race of round two and finishing fourth overall.

[8] Drugovich stepped up to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing for the 2017 season finale at the Hockenheimring.

[9] Drugovich made his debut in the final round of the 2017 season as a guest driver with RP Motorsport, scoring a pole.

[12] He proceeded to dominate the championship finishing on the podium at all races, claiming a record fourteen wins and taking the title at Monza with two rounds to spare.

[15] Following the injuries sustained by Harrison Scott in Toronto, Drugovich was drafted in by RP to replace him for the 2018 Pro Mazda round at Mid-Ohio.

[30] Drugovich had a poor weekend in the second Red Bull Ring round, qualifying 10th and finishing 13th in both the feature and sprint races.

[35] Drugovich lined up second for the sprint race, but was passed by Christian Lundgaard and Louis Delétraz on the first lap, eventually ending up in sixth.

[36] In the second Silverstone weekend, Drugovich only managed to claim a point, by finishing tenth in the feature race from twelfth on the grid.

On lap 4, while battling for seventh place, Drugovich collided with teammate Matsushita, the Japanese driver slamming into the barrier and retiring on the spot.

However, Nikita Mazepin was penalised for track limits while defending against Yuki Tsunoda and Drugovich, which promoted the Brazilian driver to third.

[58][59] For the first sprint race, Drugovich initially ran in the top ten for the first two laps until he was forced to pit due to front wing damage.

Unfortunately, a late safety car brought out by Liam Lawson thwarted his efforts though, as drivers on new tyres passed him and dropped Drugovich down to 14th.

[64][65] For the second sprint race, on lap 11, a virtual safety car was deployed and Drugovich along with Zhou, made a gamble to put on slick tyres during mixed conditions.

During the feature race, he was running in a net sixth place when he was told to pit once again on lap 15, due to a confusion on front wing damage.

A slightly slow stop for Pourchaire saw Drugovich make a timely overtake on him just before the virtual safety car was called out.

[86] His clean performance in Abu Dhabi saw him jump Liam Lawson to eighth in the standings, with 105 points and help UNI-Virtuosi leapfrog Carlin as vice-champions.

However, since Pourchaire won the feature race, Drugovich lost the championship lead and fell to second place, trailing the Frenchman by two points.

[106] With reverse polesitter Calan Williams stalling, Drugovich stormed from third to first into the first corner, and led lights-to-flag for his second win of the year.

In Monaco, despite crashing, Drugovich qualified on pole after previous polesitter Liam Lawson was penalised for disobeying yellow flag conditions.

[118] In the feature race, having sat in fifth until the lap 15 safety car restart when Marcus Armstrong ahead suffered front wing damage which promoted Drugovich to fourth.

However the choice to start on wet tyres on a drying track during the feature race did not pay off, and was second last before he made his pit stop.

[132][133] In the sprint race, he moved into sixth at the start, remaining there until Sargeant brought out the safety car while Drugovich opted to pit for fresher tyres.

[140] Heading into Monza, Drugovich qualified fourth,[141] but was penalised five places to 12th for the sprint race for breaching yellow flags.

He had little pace, passing Cordeel late in the race to take seventh, later a post-race disqualification promoted Drugovich to sixth place.

[150] Drugovich ended the year as champion with 265 points, 101 ahead of nearest rival Pourchaire and claimed five wins, four poles and eleven podiums.

[152] He had his first contact with a Formula One car testing the AMR21 at Silverstone at the beginning of November, during which he met the necessary requirements to obtain the FIA Super Licence and drive in free practice at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

[156] Drugovich drove the Aston Martin AMR23 during the first session of pre-season testing at Bahrain, after regular driver Lance Stroll suffered an injury in a bike accident.

[157] Shortly after leaving the pits for the first time, Drugovich had to stop his car on track at turn 4 due to an electrical fault, bringing out the red flags.

[164][165] Another test came at the Hungaroring for him in September,[166] and at the Yas Marina Circuit for the first free practice session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November.

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