La Sprint Race di Formula 2 took place this afternoon at Barcelona, a match characterized, at least for the first half, by a abundant rain which reduced the visibility of the pilots to a minimum. Frederick News he graduates on wet asphalt, winning the first race of the weekend.
Dress flies in the wet
The rain that hit the track meant that there was one departure launched behind Safety Car. The Danish is the beneficiary News who succeeds in team up with Jak Crawfordmomentarily second. The touch between the two sends the driver of the Prema off the track, but manages to return without losing position. The RedBull Junior Driver instead realizes he has a puncture, returns to the pits where the Hitech single-seater is withdrawn for the arm breaking.
With very poor visibility, Dress up succeeds to do magic and to surpass Cordeel which seems to be having difficulty. There Safety Car nullifies the advantage earned by the Mercedes Junior Driver compared to the group, he must therefore give his all in the closing laps to defend his first position. Dress is followed by Pourchaire, but it is the Dane who achieves another victory, one week after the one obtained in the Feature Races of Monte-Carlo
Strategy pays off (and well too)
in yesterday's qualifications, the pilot of the ART Theo Pourchaire, had finished fifth, but due to the impeding incident with Dennis Hauger, he received a penalty of 3 positions on today's starting grid. Already in the first round of the Sprint Race of today, Pourchaire stumbles upon a contact with the Japanese Iwasa, who does everything to avoid a picnic in the gravel.
On lap 11, the Frenchman relives the times of karting when pass outside of curve 12 jack doohan for fifth position. In the crosshairs of her then enters Coordelwhich doesn't make life difficult for him. The virtual Safety Car on lap 20 for via di Correa in the gravel constitutes an important opportunity for Pourchaire, who decides to risk his P4 to mount the soft tyres.
The following lap the Safety Car was sent out and the other drivers on the grid also returned for a pit stop. a round, just one more lap compared to the others, it allowed to Pourchaire to have the warmer rubber. At the restart he makes Hauger a bite and goes to get the teammate Martins and surpasses it. Pourchaire is hungry, he hits Vesti against the clock as he tries to reach him, but fails. Finish second with the additional point for the quick ride, is already a small victory for him.
The rain has put a bit of pepper to tender today, who knows what will happen in the Feature Races of tomorrow!
