Richard Verschoor has taken his second victory in Formula 2, and Trident’s first victory at this level since 2016, after leading every lap of the sprint race.
Felipe Drugovich started the race on pole, having qualified tenth yesterday. However, he made a poor getaway and fell to sixth within the first few turns. Verschoor, who started alongside him on the front row, immediately grabbed the lead and held it for the first lap.
Ralph Boschung also had a good launch, claiming second place, and stayed with Verschoor over the opening laps. Drugovich began his recovery on the second lap, overtaking Jake Hughes, the pair briefly running wheel-to-wheel.
Hughes slipped down the order until, on lap five, he was overtaken by Marcus Armstrong for tenth. Hughes clipped Armstrong’s rear and sent the Hitech car spinning around on track, triggering a safety car period and forcing Armstrong to retire from the race.
Behind the safety car, Drugovich observed Theo Pourchaire’s car ahead of him…