Robert Shwartzman won the FIA Formula 2 Feature Race for the second round in a row in sensational circumstances, at the Hungaroring today. Starting from 11th, the PREMA racer crossed the line with an unassailable lead of 15s over Nikita Mazepin in second.
Having qualified in seventh, Marcus Armstrong retired after five laps having earlier tangled with Russion Artem Markelov while avoiding a punctured Christian Lungaard.
Shwartzman’s win was thanks, in part, to the decision to place him on the Prime/Option strategy, which handed him fresh soft tyres at the end of the race, when the majority of the field were running on heavily degraded mediums.
Mazepin was another to enjoy the same luxury and took his first podium in F2. The Hitech racer begun the afternoon way back in 16th, but he made light work of charging through the pack in the closing laps, once he switched to the soft tyres.
Shwartzman’s teammate Mick Schumacher had initially looked set for his first Feature Race win, but he was lucky to cling on to third at the end of the race. The German was the final driver to change from softs to mediums and managed his tyres as best he could to hang on at the end.
Polesitter Callum Ilott wasn’t as lucky. The UNI-Virtuosi racer made his change early on, and by the end of the race, had nothing left to give, finishing eighth.
Feature Race Results
1 Robert Shwartzman
2 Nikita Mazepin
3 Mick Schumacher
4 Luca Ghiotto
5 Felipe Drugovich
6 Jehan Daruvala
7 Louis Deletraz
8 Callum Ilott
9 Dan Ticktum
10 Guanyu Zhou
11 Giuliano Alesi
12 Nobuharu Matsushita
13 Jack Aitken
14 Pedro Piquet
15 Guilherme Samaia
16 Yuki Tsunoda
17 Sean Gelael
Christian Lundgaard
Marcus Armstrong
Artem Markelov
Marino Sato
Roy Nissany
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