There Sprint Race of the third round of the 2022 season ad Imola ended with the affirmation of the New Zealander Marcus Armstrong, able to take his second career victory in Formula 2 after a brilliant start at the start. Thanks to a better sprint than Logan Sargeant, who started from the first square of the starting grid, the number 7 of the Hitech team managed to maintain the leadership of the race uninterruptedly up to the checkered flag, repelling the attacks of the two Prema di Jehan Daruvala and Dennis Haugherjoints respectively 2nd and 3rd at the finish.
A race that was in fact resolved precisely at departure, with Armstrong’s aforementioned start which earned him the first place finish. Quite the opposite, or almost, for the American Sargeantin turn protagonist of a route that ruined his leadership on the starting grid: thanks to an inefficient start, the Carlin driver was relegated to 5th place behind the Israeli too Roy Nissanyalso quick at the green light and even threatening towards Daruvala al Tambourineonly to give up a complex overtaking maneuver on the outside on the Indian driver.
Shortly after, in that same stretch, the Race Direction decreed the regime of Safety Car for the contact between Novalak and Beckmann, with the latter stopped in the middle of the track after a spin. Problems also for the poleman of tomorrow, Juri Vips, dropped from 10th to 19th position. Before the fastest lap signed by Drugovich, the Estonian had placed his signature on the best time in the middle of his comeback, which then closed at 15th place. The race, resumed regularly on lap 5, did not however reserve any other overtaking or twists, except for the retirement of Ralph Boschung, forced to park his Campos on the tenth lap due to a technical problem. Thanks also to this episode, and to the subsequent overtaking on Sargeant, Felipe Drugovich he secured the 5th place in the race, which allows him to temporarily maintain his leadership in the drivers’ standings.
In this way, despite Daruvala’s attempts to shorten the gap on Armstrong, the New Zealander signs his second victory after the success obtained in Jeddah last season, also in that case during the Sprint Race. The next round of Formula 2 is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:20 for the Feature Race.
F2 / Order of arrival Sprint Race Imola 2022
POS. | PILOT | TEAM | TURNS | TIME / WITHDRAWAL | GpV |
1 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech | 25 | 40: 50.545 | |
2 | Jehan Daruvala | Press | 25 | +1,431 | |
3 | Dennis Haugher | Press | 25 | +2,243 | |
4 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | 25 | +2,803 | |
5 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 25 | +7,045 | 1: 29.516 |
6 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | 25 | +9.821 | |
7 | Theo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | 25 | +12,372 | |
8 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | 25 | +12,826 | |
9 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | 25 | +13,436 | |
10 | Frederik Dress up | Van Amersfoort | 25 | +17.714 | |
11 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi Racing | 25 | +20,179 | |
12 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz | 25 | +21,059 | |
13 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | 25 | +21,493 | |
14 | Calan Williams | Trident | 25 | +22,942 | |
15 | Juri Vips | Hitech | 25 | +23,275 | |
16 | Marine Sato | Virtuosi Racing | 25 | +24,216 | |
17 | Olli Caldwell | Campos | 25 | +24,637 | |
18 | Jake Hughes | Van Amersfoort | 25 | +25,856 | |
19 | Clement Novalak | MP Motorsport | 25 | +26,399 | |
20 | Ralph Boschung | Campos | 10 | Withdrawn | |
21 | David Beckmann | Charouz | 1 | Withdrawn | |
22 | Amaury Cordeel | Van Amersfoort | 1 | Withdrawn |
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