Nikola Tsolov defeated F2 championship rival Gabriele Mini in a thrilling battle for victory in the sprint race at Silverstone, taking the chequered flag just 1.2 seconds ahead of the MP Motorsport driver after a last-lap overtake.
Rafael Villagomez rounded out the podium in the British Grand Prix support race, for a second-successive trip to the rostrum in the shorter F2 race
Kush Maini and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak came home in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Dino Beganovic, Roman Bilinski and Joshua Durksen completed the points-paying positions, whilst Rafael Camara took the extra point for setting the fastest lap of those who finished in the top 10 during the 21-lap race.
Tsolov, who is heavily linked with a move to Racing Bulls in F1, pulled level with Mini in the standings, taking top spot on countback with more victories.
Whilst there is still a long way to go, it is a valuable result with the title fight being fiercely contested between the pair.
John Bennett stopped on the main straight on lap 6, bringing out the safety car after an incident with Sebastian Montoya, who also retired, and Colton Herta.
Nicolas Varrone was handed a five-second time penalty for causing a collision, and Martinius Stenshorne was given a 10-second punishment for his battle with Camara.
Check out the full F2 sprint race results from the British Grand Prix below! Results are provisional. Table is being updated...
2026 British GP F2 Silverstone Sprint race results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Tsolov | Campos Racing | 10 |
| 2 | Gabriele Mini | MP Motorsport | 8 |
| 3 | Rafael Villagomez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 6 |
| 4 | Kush Maini | ART Grand Prix | 5 |
| 5 | Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak | ART Grand Prix | 4 |
| 6 | Dino Beganovic | DAMS Lucas Oil | 3 |
| 7 | Roman Bilinski | DAMS Lucas Oil | 2 |
| 8 | Joshua Dürksen | Invicta Racing | 1 |
| 9 | Alex Dunne | Rodin Motorsport | |
| 10 | Rafael Camara | Invicta Racing | 1 (FL point) |
| 11 | Ritomo Miyata | Hitech | |
| 12 | Mari Boya | Prema Racing | |
| 13 | Noel Leon | Campos Racing | |
| 14 | Laurens van Hoepen | Trident | |
| 15 | Colton Herta | Hitech | |
| 16 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. | AIX Racing | |
| 18 | Nicolas Varrone | Van Amersfoort Racing | |
| 19 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | |
| 20 | Martinius Stenshorne | Rodin Motorsport | |
| OUT | Sebastian Montoya | Prema Racing | |
| OUT | John Bennett | Trident |
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