Formula 2 gives, once again, a tachycardia race. The weather conditions are perfect compared to those of the past few days, but it's the Albert Park circuit to give spice up the Feature Race. To get out of it vincitore he's just the pole sitter Iwasa. To keep him company on the podium they go up Pourchaire and teammate Leclerc.
Iwasa to conquer Australia
The Japanese is the first pilot to get a double podium this season. A perfect race, No error but a lot of patience. He had demonstrated his driving skills by winning the Sprint in Saudi Arabia. A further confirmation but of that it has come Friday, with the conquest of the pole position between rain and cold wind.
A great start immediately allowed him to distance himself from the group. The tire change under the Safety Car regime it turns out to be the right choice. The number #11 of DAMS has no time to lose and on lap 20 of 33, he overtakes Maini, who hadn't yet made the mandatory pit stop. Upon Vesti's return to the pits, Ayumu Iwasa takes charge of the group againdragging him to the finish line. Iwasa takes home another victory, becoming the new reigning champion!
Kissed by bad luck
The contact between Novalak and Correa on the first lap was only the first of a long series. However, the first Safety Car was sent onto the track when the home driver, jack doohan, in attempting the overtaking on Crawford he touched it. The American first found the gravel, then the barriers that ended his race.
Bearman it was instead buffered by Hadjar in the pit lane, causing him to puncture the tires he had just fitted. PHM pilot, Roy nissany, after having become the protagonist of several wheel-to-wheel and contacts, he finds himself first in the grass and then into the wall after a sensational spin.
The Safety Car was entering the track when Enzo Fittipaldi, due to a malfunction of his car, hits the wall violentlyjust in front of the Israeli driver's car which had not yet been removed.
One step away from you(rzo)
After yesterday's victory, Dennis Hauger rd hungry for another podium finish, which he touched with a finger. On lap 15 he found himself overtaking the Frenchman Martins, taking sixth position. He overtook Fittipaldi and Maini without too many problems, dragging the ART driver behind him. At the restart after the Safety the perfect weekend is shattered. Martins bumps him and Hauger is forced to retire.
He redeems himself, after the quiet weekend in Jeddah, Theo Pourchaire, which conquers the second step. Fantastic Arthur Leclerc, which after Hauger and Martins went off the track, moved into third position, fighting up to the last centimeter with News and thus conquering his own first podium in Formula 2.
An interesting weekend is expected to Baku, hopefully less dramatic!
