Verschoor passes Antonelli to become F2’s 14th winner this year · RaceFans

Richard Verschoor became the 14th different race winner in Formula 2 in 2024 by winning a strategic Hungaroring sprint race.

The Trident driver triumphed in the 17th race of the season so far after losing the lead to Mercedes junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli early on. The Mercedes lead much of the first half of the race until his soft tyres began to fade, allowing Verschoor to attack on his hard rubber.

Despite losing the lead to Antonelli soon after DRS was activated, Verschoor bided his time and eventually caught the Prema driver with around 10 laps remaining, putting him under pressure until Antonelli locked up and ran off at turn one.

Verschoor held onto the lead over the remaining laps to win by one-and-a-half seconds from Alpine juniors Kush Maini and Victor Martins. The latter was the first driver home on softs.

Championship leader Isack Hadjar passed several soft-shod rival to claim fourth and strengthen his advantage in the standings with fourth place. Dennis Hauger came fifth, like Martins on a set of softs.

Williams junior driver Franco Colapinto took sixth ahead of title contender Paul Aron who rose from tenth on the grid to finish seventh despite losing several places in the early laps. Taylor Barnard claimed the final point in eighth ahead of Juan Manuel Correa and Jak Crawford.

Oliver Bearman finished in 11th on his soft tyres, while team mate Antonelli was forced to pit for new tyres after losing the lead, coming home in 15th. Zane Maloney had been due to start third on the grid, but dropped to the rear after stalling on the formation lap, eventually finishing 14th. Every driver finished the race, though Enzo Fittipaldi suffering a front-left tyre delamination late on and finished last, a lap down.

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