Red Bull junior Pepe Marti secured victory in a heavily-delayed and red-flagged F2 sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix.
On lap two, the race was red-flagged after Sami Meguetounif rolled across the top of Luke Browning after contact with Arvid Lindblad at Turn 3, the Trident coming to rest upside down.
Fortunately everyone was okay and uninjured, with a safety car then called after the rolling start after Dino Beganovic was tipped into a Turn 3 spin by Oliver Goethe.
Once the timed race finally got going for real, Joshua Durksen was leading, but on lap 18, was passed by Red Bull junior Marti, who subsequently pulled away from an easy win.
Durksen finished second, with Roman Stanek third after a final lap incident involving multiple cars.
Amaury Cordeel tried to go around the outside of Durksen and Stanek at Turn 3, but spun his Rodin, collecting John Bennett, Leonardo Fornaroli, and Gabriele Mini, robbing all of a points finish.
The main beneficiary of this was McLaren junior Alex Dunne, who had started third and had an eventful race.
He was handed a five-second time penalty for a false start, but following the final lap incident, was still able to finish in the points, earning sixth place and three points.
There were 13 finishers overall, with Kush Maini a lapped 17th, explaining why he was classified behind the Cordeel, Bennett, Fornaroli, and Mini group despite the fact they did not finish and Maini did.
Spielberg F2 Sprint Race Results
Position | Driver | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Pepe Marti | Campos Racing | 10 |
2nd | Joshua Durksen | AIX Racing | 8 |
3rd | Roman Stanek | Invicta Racing | 6 |
4th | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 5 |
5th | Sebastian Montoya | Prema Racing | 4 |
6th | Alex Dunne | Rodin Motorsport | 3 |
7th | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 2 |
8th | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix | 1 |
9th | Rafael Villagomez | Van Amersfoort Racing | |
10th | Max Esterson | Trident | |
11th | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | |
12th | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | |
DNF | Amaury Cordeel | Rodin Motorsport | |
DNF | Gabriele Mini | Prema Racing | |
DNF | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | |
DNF | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing | |
17th | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil | |
DNF | Dino Beganovic | Hitech TGR | |
DNF | Luke Browning | Hitech TGR | |
DNF | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing | |
DNF | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | |
DNS | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil |
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