Logan Sargeant won the Silverstone Formula 2 feature race which began with a dramatic crash involving Dennis Hauger and Roy Nissany.
Williams junior driver Sargeant had claimed his first Formula 2 pole and shared the front row with Vesti. The latter made a very poor start, allowing team mate Théo Pourchaire to immediately claim second place while Vesti slipped out of the top five runners.
Towards the end of lap one Dennis Hauger was forced wide by Roy Nissany on the approach to Club. The Red Bull junior’s car was launched off the sausage kerb and struck Nissany’s car at head height in the cockpit area. Both ended their race in the gravel trap and climbed out of their cars, Nissany having had an especially fortunate escape, while Hauger cradled his left wrist as he emerged.
The Safety Car was deployed at the start of lap two and remained out until the beginning of lap six. Sargeant once again got away with the lead, Pourchaire slotting in behind him and with Sargeant able to pull a one-and-a-half second lead despite Pourchaire setting the fastest lap.
The mandatory pit stops began on lap 10. Vesti pitted from sixth and emerged 14th. Sargeant, who had been warned for abusing track limits, and Pourchaire pitted from the lead a lap later, both emerging in the order they’d gone in.
Felipe Drugovich inherited the lead briefly, before pitting on lap 12. Sargeant and Pourchaire remained the net leaders, while Vips, Jehan Daruvala and Jack Doohan delayed their pit stops and temporarily hit the front.
It soon emerged ART were under investigation for Pourchaire and Vesti’s pit stops. The team has previously been cautioned for failed to lie its tyres flat in the pit lane during pit stops, however the infringement this time seems to be that the team fitted each driver’s tyres to their team mate’s car.
With eight laps to go, Sargeant and Pourchaire still sat in seventh and eighth. The cars ahead, however, were still battling despite not having pitted, Daruvala cutting into Vips’ lead.
Vips finally pitted on lap 22 but Daruvala, who was still setting faster laps than the cars who had pitted for hard tyres earlier, stayed out. Vips came out of the pits in 12th, after a relatively slow stop. Daruvala’s stop on the following lap was also slow, the Prema driver missing his mark, but he was still able to come out in ninth, ahead of Vips.
That left Doohan and Jake Hughes ahead of Sargeant. They pitted on lap 25 but a messy stop for Doohan removed much of the…
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