Leonardo Fornaroli put together a dominant display during the F2 sprint at the British Grand Prix to win his first race since 2021, when he was competing in Italian F4.
The 2024 F3 champion started from first but lost the lead to Kush Maini, setting up a superb wheel-to-wheel battle over the first lap.
However, the young Italian prevailed, building a comfortable advantage, which he retained until the chequered flag.
Sebastian Montoya finished in second, with Roman Stanek completing the podium places. Maini fell back to fourth, and Joshua Durksen rounded out the top five.
Jak Crawford, Luke Browning and Richard Verschoor crossed the line in sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively, the last of the points-paying places.
However, a post-race 10-second time penalty was awarded to Browning for his tussle with Victor Martins, dropping him to P12 whilst the Frenchman inherited eighth.
Prior to being moved up to seventh, championship leader Verschoor had a difficult race, slipping outside down the order at the start.
Alex Dunne also endured a disappointing afternoon after a puncture saw him fall to the bottom of the order before retiring.
Check out the full F2 sprint race results from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone below.
Silverstone F2 Sprint Race Results
| Position | Driver | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing | 10 |
| 2 | Sebastian Montoya | Prema Racing | 9 (inc. FL) |
| 3 | Roman Stanek | Invicta Racing | 6 |
| 4 | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil | 5 |
| 5 | Joshua Durksen | AIX Racing | 4 |
| 6 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | 3 |
| 7 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 2 |
| 8 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 1 |
| 9 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing | |
| 10 | Pepe Marti | Campos Racing | |
| 11 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | |
| 12 | Luke Browning | Hitech TGR | |
| 13 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | |
| 14 | Gabriele Mini | Prema Racing | |
| 15 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | |
| 16 | Rafael Villagomez | Van Amersfoort Racing | |
| 17 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | |
| 18 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech TGR | |
| 19 | Amaury Cordeel | Rodin Motorsport | |
| 20 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix | |
| 21 | Max Esterson | Trident | |
| OUT | Alex Dunne | Rodin Motorsport |
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