Yuki Tsunoda took a brilliant third victory of the season from pole, but it wasn’t as simple as lights-to-flag, with the Carlin racer locked in a race-long dogfight with the entirety of the top five. Guanyu Zhou came out of that brawl in second, after a magnificent charge through the field from 11th, while Nikita Mazepin was forced to settle for third, despite leading for large parts of the afternoon.
Kiwi driver Marcus Armstrong, who qualified 15th, finished in 11th.
Zhou’s efforts weren’t enough to prevent PREMA from sealing the Teams’ Title, as Robert Shwartzman finished fifth, behind Felipe Drugovich, confirming the Italian outfit as Champions with one race to go.
Tsunoda’s win may not have been enough to keep him in the Drivers’ Title fight, but the battle between Callum Ilott and Mick Schumacher for the crown will go down to the wire. The pair had started the day in ninth and 18th after a tough Qualifying session but recovered strongly to finish in sixth and seventh.
Feature Race Result
1/ Yuki Tsunoda Carlin
2/ Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi
3/ Nikita Mazepin HitechGP
4/ Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport
5/ Robert Shwartzman Prema Powerteam
6/ Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi
7/ Mick Schumacher Prema Powerteam
8/ Jehan Daruvala Carlin
9/ Dan Ticktum DAMS
10/ Pedro Piquet Charouz Racing System
11/ Marcus Armstrong ART Grand Prix
12/ Louis Deletraz Charouz Racing System
13/ Artem Markelov HWA AG
14/ Ralph Boschung Campos Racing
15/ Giuliano Alesi MP Motorsport
16/ Luca Ghiotto HitechGP
17/ Marino Sato Trident
18/ Theo Pourchaire HWA AG
19/ Sean Gelael DAMS
20/ Roy Nissany Trident
21/ Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix
22/ Guilherme Samaia Campos Racing
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