The French driver, who became the youngest ever F2 race winner in Monaco last season, took the lead for ART Grand Prix after both Juri Vips (Hitech Grand Prix) and polesitter Jack Doohan were struck by issues.
Vips suffered a catastrophic pitstop when swapping to the softs, dropping him back to 12th, leaving Doohan in the net lead for Virtuosi Racing. But the Australian’s hopes of victory were dashed following his pitstop, where he made contact with Pourchaire upon exiting the pits, damaging his front wing and forcing him to pit again.
Pourchaire was then in a position to stake his claim for victory, and cleared the early-stopping Felipe Drugovich to pick up the net lead of the race – as Ayumu Iwasa had gone long on his opening stint with soft tyres and sat in first place prior to his pitstop.
Once the DAMS driver called into the pitlane for the hard tyre, Pourchaire assumed control of the race, although had to keep enough life in his tyres to hold a gap over Liam Lawson once the…
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