Antonelli storms to first function race win because of Security Automotive · RaceFans

Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli handed 4 rivals in little greater than two laps to win his first Formulation 2 function race on the Hungaroring.

Antonelli took benefit of a well-timed Security Automotive to pit for tender tyres and move 4 vehicles forward on the restart to assert his second F2 race win within the final two rounds.

Victor Martins completed second, whereas Richard Verschoor claimed the ultimate podium place after profitable a closing lap battle with Gabriel Bortoleto.

Championship chief Isack Hadjar ruined his possibilities of including to his factors tally with a weird mistake earlier than the race started. The Pink Bull junior driver didn’t exit the pit lane in time earlier than the exit was closed.

In consequence, he dropped from third on the grid to the very again of the sphere. Pole winner Paul Aron due to this fact began the race dealing with an open purpose with an enormous alternative to achieve on the championship chief.

Nonetheless, when the lights went out, Aron made a poor getaway after which locked up closely into flip one, falling all the way down to seventh place. Martins took the lead adopted by Enzo Fittipaldi and Gabriel Bortoleto.

Fittipaldi challenged for the lead when DRS was activated, however the Alpine junior rebuffed his efforts. Fourth-placed Zane Maloney was the highest-placed driver on the onerous tyres with Antonelli additionally on hards behind him.

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Antonelli managed to pressure his means by the Rodin driver by means of flip 11, however initially of the following lap, Aron misjudged his velocity into flip two and clipped the rear of Maloney’s automobile, sending each spinning out of the race.

The Security Automotive was deployed to get better the stranded Dallaras, providing the right alternative for all who had began on the softs to pit for onerous tyres, together with leaders Martins, Fittipaldi and Bortoleto. When the race restarted, Antonelli led the sphere away forward of Richard Verschoor and Kush Maini, who had all began on the onerous tyres.

Martins handed Maini and Verschoor and was six seconds behind chief Antonelli when the Security Automotive was abruptly deployed for a second time on lap 22 on account of Amaury Cordeel crashing on the exit of flip 4. This allowed the onerous starters to make their stops for softs, together with Antonelli.

Martins led when the race restarted, forward of Bortoleto, Fittipaldi, Dennis Hauger and Antonelli in fifth. However with the benefit of soppy tyres, Antonelli instantly took benefit to move Hauger into flip one earlier than transferring previous Fittipaldi in flip two.

Antonelli picked off Bortoleto for second on the following lap, then set his sights on chief Martins. He took the lead initially of the next lap, finishing his rise from fifth to first in simply over two laps of inexperienced flag racing.

Having taken the lead, Antonelli continued to drag away on his tender rubber and took by 12 seconds from Martins. Verschoor took the ultimate podium place in third after profitable a closing lap battle with Bortoleto.

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Fittipaldi crossed the road in fifth forward of Hauger with dash race winner Kush Maini in seventh. Ritomo Miyata scored 4 factors in eighth, with Taylor Barnard and Rafael Villagomez finishing the factors scorers.

With neither Hadjar nor Aron scoring factors within the race, Hadjar continues to guide the championship with 140 factors, 18 forward of Aron. Bortoleto strikes into third forward of Maloney, whereas Antonelli strikes as much as sixth because of his win.

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