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F2 Spain: Drugovich reclaims title lead with dominant sprint race victory

The MP Motorsport driver, who started in fourth, was boosted to third after Calan Williams failed to get off the grid for the formation lap due to an issue and his Trident-run car was pushed to the pitlane.

He swept past Jake Hughes (Van Amersfoort Racing) and ART Grand Prix’s Theo Pourchaire before Turn 1 to take the lead, holding fast until the chequered flag to take the championship lead.

Both Drugovich and Iwasa had great starts, but the DAMS driver was forced to settle for second behind the Brazilian, who also won the feature race in Jeddah.

Felipe Drugovich, MP Motorsport (Photo by: Bryn Lennon - Formula 1)

While Hughes and Pourchaire fell down the order, Carlin’s Logan Sargeant slotted into third behind the leading pair, where he finished comfortably to take his first series podium.

Daruvala took fifth place from Pourchaire on the second lap, with Hitech’s Juri Vips also passing Pourchaire for sixth.

The Estonian, who took part in his first Formula 1 practice session on Friday for Red Bull, tried to challenge fellow junior Daruvala at Turn 1, but the Indian driver held him off.

Seconds later, Vips ended up in the gravel at Turn 4, ending his race and prompting a safety car.

The safety car ended on lap 10, with Daruvala closing in on Hughes for fourth place before eventually taking the position around the outside into Turn 1 on lap 20.

The Briton dropped down the order as his tyres faded and was passed by Pourchaire, Virtuosi Racing’s Jack Doohan and Frederik Vesti (ART) before eventually retiring on the penultimate lap with an issue.

There was a brief yellow flag on lap 25 when MP Motorsport’s Clement Novalak took a brief trip across the gravel, dropping him from 12th to 14th.

Pourchaire, who started in third, finished fifth, with Sunday’s feature race polesitter Doohan in sixth and Vesti in seventh.

Enzo Fittipaldi took the final points-paying place for Charouz Racing System, having held off threats from Carlin’s Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong (Hitech) into the last laps.

Formula 2 Barcelona sprint race results - 26 laps

Cla Driver Team Time Gap
1 Brazil Felipe Drugovich Netherlands MP Motorsport -  
2 Japan Ayumu Iwasa France DAMS 2.100 2.100
3 United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Carlin 4.100 4.100
4 India Jehan Daruvala Italy Prema Powerteam 8.400 8.400
5 France Theo Pourchaire France ART Grand Prix 9.200 9.200
6 Australia Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing 10.400 10.400
7 Denmark Frederik Vesti France ART Grand Prix 16.400 16.400
8 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 17.200 17.200
9 New Zealand Liam Lawson United Kingdom Carlin 17.700 17.700
10 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong United Kingdom HitechGP 18.500 18.500
11 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Italy Trident 25.300 25.300
12 Norway Dennis Hauger Italy Prema Powerteam 25.900 25.900
13 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Spain Campos Racing 26.400 26.400
14 Switzerland Clement Novalak Netherlands MP Motorsport 29.300 29.300
15 Israel Roy Nissany France DAMS 31.400 31.400
16 Australia Calan Williams Italy Trident 33.700 33.700
17 Japan Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing 37.400 37.400
18 Turkey Cem Bolukbasi Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 53.200 53.200
19 Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing 1'05.900 1'05.900
  United Kingdom Jake Hughes Van Amersfoort Racing 2 laps  
  Estonia Jüri Vips United Kingdom HitechGP 21 laps  
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