Points for Armstrong as Schumacher and Zhou win in Sochi

Feature Race

Mick Schumacher strengthened his grip on the Drivers’ Championship with arguably his most accomplished performance in Formula 2 machinery, clinching his second victory of the season in Sochi.

The PREMA racer beat out pole-sitter Yuki Tsunoda from third, with the Carlin racer finishing second in-front of fellow title rival Callum Ilott.

Having started 14th, Kiwi driver Marcus Armstrong finished in the points coming home ninth.

Tsunoda had looked comfortable for much of the race, but Schumacher had been shrewdly managing his tyres and made light work of dashing past with 10 laps to go. Ilott briefly challenged the German for the win, but ended up clinging onto third with little life left in his tyres.

It was a disappointing morning for the in-form Christian Lundgaard, as the ART Grand Prix driver was taken out of the race on the very first lap, after a tangle with Jüri Vips and Pedro Piquet.

It was a similarly frustrating race for another of the title contenders, Robert Shwartzman, as the Russian struggled to 11th on home soil, finishing out of the points for the third race in a row.

Sprint Race

Guanyu Zhou is finally a FIA Formula 2 race winner, but it’s not quite how the UNI-Virtuosi racer would have pictured it, after the Sochi Sprint Race ended early after a collision between Luca Ghiotto and Jack Aitken.

The duo crashed at Turn 3 on Lap 7 and ended up deep in the barriers. Both drivers walked away safely, but the scale of repairs needed meant that the decision was taken not to restart the race. With more than 25% of the 21 lap race left to run, only half points are awarded to the grid, leaving Zhou with a sense of frustration after a dominant start to the race.

Nikita Mazepin secured his fifth podium of the season at his home event, taking second, while Mick Schumacher claimed his 10th rostrum this year to further enhance his position at the top of the Drivers’ Championship.

Feature Race Result

Class.	Driver	Time
1	Mick Schumacher	55m02.871s
2	Yuki Tsunoda	+6.358s
3	Callum Ilott	+9.482s
4	Luca Ghiotto	+9.507s
5	Jehan Daruvala	+15.225s
6	Jack Aitken	+22.183s
7	Nikita Mazepin	+23.129s
8	Guanyu Zhou	+25.392s
9	Marcus Armstrong	+26.940s
10	Dan Ticktum	+29.525s
11	Robert Shwartzman	+33.582s
12	Jake Hughes	+37.535s
13	Marino Sato	+46.326s
14	Giuliano Alesi	+48.045s
15	Artem Markelov	+52.107s
16	Guilherme Samaia	+1m07.006s
17	Pedro Piquet	+1m08.704s
18	Louis Deletraz	+1m19.307s
Ret	Roy Nissany
Ret	Felipe Drugovich
Ret	Christian Lundgaard

Sprint Race Result

POS DRIVER TEAM
1/ Guanyu Zhou, UNI-Virtuosi
2/ Nikita Mazepin, Hitech Grand Prix
3/ Mick Schumacher, Prema Racing
4/ Jack Aitken, Campos Racing
5/ Luca Ghiotto, Hitech Grand Prix
6/ Yuki Tsunoda, Carlin
7/ Callum Ilott, UNI-Virtuosi
8/ Dan Ticktum, DAMS
9/ Pedro Piquet, Charouz Racing System
10/ Robert Shwartzman, Prema Racing
11/ Jehan Daruvala, Carlin
12/ Artem Markelov, BWT HWA RACELAB
13/ Christian Lundgaard, ART Grand Prix
14/ Marcus Armstrong, ART Grand Prix
15/ Marino Sato, Trident
16/ Giuliano Alesi, MP Motorsport
17/ Louis Deletraz, Charouz Racing System
18/ Juri Vips, DAMS
19/ Roy Nissany, Trident
20/ Felipe Drugovich, MP Motorsport