Leonardo Fornaroli put in an excellent drive to move to within eight points of the F2 championship lead with victory in the Belgian GP Sprint race.
The reigning F3 champion was never troubled after seizing the lead at Turn 1 on the opening lap, where three of his title rivals collided.
Luke Browning was out on the spot after being squeezed by Jak Crawford to the outside and title leader Richard Verschoor to the inside at La Source.
Verschoor made it back to the pits, but retired in the pit-lane with damage.
A late safety car allowed some of the field to pit for softs, with the top four, including Fornaroli staying out, with Alex Dunne among those to swap to scrubbed soft rubber.
Although he showed strong pace, the feature race pole-sitter was only seventh, after being passed by Roman Stanek late on whilst attacking Pepe Marti.
It means the F2 points situation has closed up with Verschoor on 122, Crawford (who was 11th) on 116, Fornaroli on 114, Dunne on 112 and Browning back on 98.
Red Bull's junior Arvid Lindblad was ninth, the first driver to score any points in the reversed grid race, and sits sixth in the standings on 84 points.
2025 F2 Belgian Grand Prix - Spa Sprint results
| Position | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing |
| 2 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix |
| 3 | Gabriele Mini | Prema Racing |
| 4 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport |
| 5 | Pepe Marti | Campos Racing |
| 6 | Roman Stanek | Invicta Racing |
| 7 | Alex Dunne | Rodin Motorsport |
| 8 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix |
| 9 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing |
| 10 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 11 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil |
| 12 | Joshua Durksen | AIX Racing |
| 13 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing |
| 14 | Max Esterson | Trident |
| 15 | Sebastian Montoya | Prema Racing |
| 16 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech TGR |
| 17 | Rafael Villagomez | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| DNF | Sami Meguetounif | Trident |
| 19 | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil |
| DNF | Amaury Cordeel | Rodin Motorsport |
| DNF | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport |
| DNF | Luke Browning | Hitech TGR |
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