It was a case of seven times lucky for Mick Schumacher, who has blown the drivers’ title fight wide open with his first victory of 2020, and his first ever in a Feature Race. The Ferrari junior took his fourth consecutive podium finish, and his seventh overall this season, to move within three points of first place in the standings.
Marcus Armstrong’s difficult season continues. Having qualified in 15, he finished the race in 14th.
Italian Luca Ghiotto overcame a difficult start to take his third F2 podium on home soil in Monza, ahead of ART Grand Prix’s Christian Lundgaard.
Schumacher owes much of his victory to a sublime start off the line, as he fired up from seventh to second before the opening corner.
The German was then aided by a disastrous pitstop for pole-sitter Callum Ilott, who had looked so assured out in front, but stalled in the pits and plummeted down the field from P1. Ilott managed a sterling recovery drive, but was forced to settle for sixth place.
His P6 finish ties him in first place for the Championship lead with Robert Shwartzman, who finished P9 having started from 16th.
Feature Race Results
1/ Mick Schumacher Prema Powerteam
2/ Luca Ghiotto HitechGP
3/ Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix
4/ Yuki Tsunoda Carlin
5/ Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi
6/ Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi
7/ Dan Ticktum DAMS
8/ Louis Deletraz Charouz Racing System
9/ Robert Shwartzman Prema Powerteam
10/ Jehan Daruvala Carlin
11/ Jüri Vips DAMS
12/ Pedro Piquet Charouz Racing System
13/ Jack Aitken Campos Racing
14/ Marcus Armstrong ART Grand Prix
15/ Nobuharu Matsushita MP Motorsport
16/ Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport
17/ Artem Markelov HWA AG
18/ Giuliano Alesi HWA AG
19/ Roy Nissany Trident
20/ Marino Sato Trident
21/ Guilherme Samaia Campos Racing
Nikita Mazepin HitechGP
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