Felipe Drugovich stamped his authority on the 2022 Formula 2 Championship, winning at Zandvoort in Holland over the weekend ahead of Richard Verschoor, who claimed a home race podium. Ayumu Iwasa made an overcut work to round out the podium. Both Kiwi drivers finished outside the points, Lawson in 13th and Armstrong in 14th positions.
“Well, obviously not a good end to the weekend,” commented Lawson. “Qualifying was OK, just very narrowly missed out on P3. It was very very close but a slight mistake in the first sector cost us.
“Race 1 was OK, made a nice pass on the first lap, but there was no overtaking after that. Today we went for a strategy that was looking really really good, we had great stints, with great form after the Red Flag.
“Then we got the Safety Car that ruined our race!”
An early red flag and multiple Safety Car restarts led to the race going to time rather than the allotted 40-lap distance. Jack Doohan had been in contention for victory until contact on the second Safety Car resumption put him out of the running.
Felipe Drugovich is on the brink of being crowned Champion in 2022. His lead over Pourchaire now stands at 70 points, all but ending the Frenchman’s hopes of fighting back to take the battle to Abu Dhabi. A hard-fought point for the ART Grand Prix driver brings his total to 163. The rest of the top five failed to score in the Feature Race, meaning Sargeant remains ahead of Doohan and Lawson in third, fourth and fifth places respectively.
In the Teams’ Standings, MP jumps up from third to first to lead the way, now on 269 points. ART now sits on 254 points in second ahead of Carlin, third on 249.
Formula 2 heads to Monza next weekend for the penultimate weekend of the Championship from September 9-11.
Feature Race Results
1/ Felipe Drugovich
2/ Richard Verschoor
3/ Ayumu Iwasa
4/ Dennis Hauger
5/ Enzo Fittipaldi
6/ Amaury Cordeel
7/ Jüri Vips
8/ David Beckmann
9/ Olli Caldwell
10/ Theo Pourchaire
11/ Jehan Daruvala
12/ Calan Williams
13/ Liam Lawson
14/ Marcus Armstrong
15/ Roy Nissany
16/ Frederik Vesti
17/ Ralph Boschung
Tatiana Calderon
Clement Novalak
Jack Doohan
Marino Sato
Logan Sargeant
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