Liam Lawson has finished third in the FIA Formula 2 Championship Feature Race at the British F1 Grand Prix. Logan Sargeant controlled the race, winning from Théo Pourchaire as Liam Lawson gave Carlin another reason to celebrate, securing a double podium for the team on home soil.
“Overall I would say it was an OK weekend,” commented Lawson. “The speed was very good from the car all weekend. In Qualifying I didn’t quite put everything together and that’s on me, we definitely had the car for more. Obviously Logan showed that with Pole.”
Felipe Drugovich got the better of Frederik Vesti on the last lap for fourth. Meanwhile, Jüri Vips made the alternative strategy work to take sixth, ahead of Jehan Daruvala. Marcus Armstrong climbed up from 11th to eighth to secure two points-finishes for Hitech Grand Prix. Jack Doohan and Jake Hughes left their stop late to take the final points, as the Van Amersfoort Racing driver ended his home weekend in 10th.
Lawson had a disappointing Sprint Race on Saturday, finishing last after having to pit for a new nose-cone.
“In the first race it was pretty disappointing, had the (front) wing knocked off in an incident, a tiny bit of contact. I left plenty of space but I guess Theo (Pourchaire) understeered out into me and it wasn’t a bad collision but just the perfect angle to take off my wing so I had to pit, disappointing.”
“Then today, had a good start, just missed a bit of speed in the mid part of the race. I started to come back a bit I think but then had a big lock up towards the end and had to defend a little bit for P3 but it was nice to finally put some points on the board.”
“It seems like it was the first time I’ve done that properly since Bahrain so it was nice to do that.”
Felipe Drugovich continues to stand well-clear at the top of the Drivers’ Championship on 148 points, although Théo Pourchaire has clawed back some ground in second. Victory sends Logan Sargeant into the hunt in third, eight points ahead of Daruvala. A podium finish moves Lawson up five places to fifth on 59 points.
In the Teams’ Championship, ART Grand Prix’s run of points finishes has allowed them to cut MP Motorsport’s advantage at the top of the standings to only 10 points – as 170 points play 160. Carlin skyrocket up from fifth to third on 147, as PREMA Racing fall to fourth. Hitech Grand Prix are in fifth on 118 points.
The FIA Formula 2 heads to hills for Round 8 of the 2022 season. Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring plays host to all the action from July 8-10.
Feature Race Results
1/ Logan Sargeant Carlin
2/ Theo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix
3/ Liam Lawson Carlin
4/ Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport
5/ Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix
6/ Jüri Vips HitechGP
7/ Jehan Daruvala Prema Powerteam
8/ Marcus Armstrong HitechGP
9/ Jack Doohan UNI-Virtuosi
10/ Jake Hughes Van Amersfoort Racing
11/ Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System
12/ Ayumu Iwasa DAMS
13/ Clement Novalak MP Motorsport
14/ Richard Verschoor Trident
15/ Marino Sato UNI-Virtuosi
16/ Calan Williams Trident
17/ Olli Caldwell Campos Racing
18/ Cem Bolukbasi Charouz Racing System
19/ David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing
Roy Nissany DAMS
Dennis Hauger Prema Powerteam
Sprint Race Results
1/ Jack Doohan UNI-Virtuosi
2/ Ayumu Iwasa DAMS
3/ Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System
4/ Theo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix
5/ Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport
6/ Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix
7/ Logan Sargeant Carlin
8/ Jehan Daruvala Prema Powerteam
9/ Marcus Armstrong HitechGP
10/ Richard Verschoor Trident
11/ Jake Hughes Van Amersfoort Racing
12/ Jüri Vips HitechGP
13/ Clement Novalak MP Motorsport
14/ Roy Nissany DAMS
15/ Dennis Hauger Prema Powerteam
16/ David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing
17/ Calan Williams Trident
18/ Olli Caldwell Campos Racing
19/ Cem Bolukbasi Charouz Racing System
20/ Liam Lawson Carlin
Marino Sato UNI-Virtuosi
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