Verschoor passes Antonelli to become F2's 14th winner this year · RaceFans

Verschoor passes Antonelli to become F2’s 14th winner this year · RaceFans

July 20, 2024

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Richard Verschoor grew to become the 14th totally different race winner in Formulation 2 in 2024 by profitable a strategic Hungaroring dash race.

The Trident driver triumphed within the seventeenth race of the season to date after dropping the result in Mercedes junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli early on. The Mercedes lead a lot of the primary half of the race till his delicate tyres started to fade, permitting Verschoor to assault on his onerous rubber.

Regardless of dropping the result in Antonelli quickly after DRS was activated, Verschoor bided his time and finally caught the Prema driver with round 10 laps remaining, placing him beneath strain till Antonelli locked up and ran off at flip one.

Verschoor held onto the lead over the remaining laps to win by one-and-a-half seconds from Alpine juniors Kush Maini and Victor Martins. The latter was the primary driver residence on softs.

Championship chief Isack Hadjar handed a number of soft-shod rival to assert fourth and strengthen his benefit within the standings with fourth place. Dennis Hauger got here fifth, like Martins on a set of softs.

Williams junior driver Franco Colapinto took sixth forward of title contender Paul Aron who rose from tenth on the grid to complete seventh regardless of dropping a number of locations within the early laps. Taylor Barnard claimed the ultimate level in eighth forward of Juan Manuel Correa and Jak Crawford.

Oliver Bearman completed in eleventh on his delicate tyres, whereas staff mate Antonelli was pressured to pit for brand new tyres after dropping the lead, coming residence in fifteenth. Zane Maloney had been on account of begin third on the grid, however dropped to the rear after stalling on the formation lap, finally ending 14th. Each driver completed the race, although Enzo Fittipaldi struggling a front-left tyre delamination late on and completed final, a lap down.

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