La Dutch stage of Formula 2 continues to amaze and leave you speechless. After the neutralization of Sprint Race on Saturday, today's race he paid back with interest all the show that we couldn't witness yesterday. To succeed Clement Novalak, who wins his first victory in the category, followed on the podium by Maloney e Crawford.
Novalak triumphs in the chaos of Zandvoort
Clement Novalak he has been waiting for this day for a long time and today he finally succeededfeat of climbing to the top step of the podium. Unexpected victory from taste of revenge, after that podium stolen of Austrian Sprint Race due to the disqualification of the pilot of the Trident and a early pit stop , caution to stay out of trouble turned out to be there winning key.
Novalak left 13esimo, finds himself seventh at the first corner, behind Pourchaire. Then the tire change andexpectation that the opponents returned to the pits. On lap 17, the French driver becomes race leader ed take advantage of overtaking attempts of the poleman Crawford su Maloney to extend his gap and thus win his first Formula 2 race.
Great race both of Crawford that of Maloney. Although the American was unable to remain at the head of the group, he attempted to overtake Maloney several times, trying to regain the second position that the Carlin driver had he tore him away with a phenomenal overtaking on the outside.
An elimination race
Il Zandvoort circuit bids farewell in style la Formula 2, that will not run on this track in the 2024 season. Everything happened, starting from the first corner of the first lap, where due to the wet asphalt, Vesti and Doohan they go head to tail, while Bearman is buffered from Correa. Doohan is the first to exit the race, while the two Prema drivers manage to rejoin.
Il leader of the championship Pourchaire, has the opportunity to extend his gap from Vesti in the standings. The ART GP driver returns to the pits behind Hadjar, but thanks to the excellent pit stop, he returns ahead of his compatriot. Pourchaire pushes, but the cold tires play a bad joke on him, the Frenchman goes long and ends up in the barriers of curve 7.
Prema pilots take advantage of the Safety Car resulting from the Pourchaire accident to clear the pit stop, but something goes wrong for Vesti. Number #7 loses both rear tires, this is how his race ends too. Same fate for teammate Bearman, who is out after a duel with Martins, who carries him off the track.
With the title contenders out of the game and Martins' penalty, are no changes in the rankings. It will be up to Monza revive the championship fortunes!
