The news of the Sprint F2 in Austria: after a long fast, Ollie Bearman WINS! Martì and Aron on the podium, Kimi Antonelli 15th (with engine problems)
Finally Prema, finally Bearman! A great victory for the English driver, who maintained the lead of the race from the first to the last lap: it is a triumph that feels like a relief for the driver in the Ferrari orbit, who was facing a very difficult period culminating with the flop in Spain. Pepe Martì and Paul Aron complete the podiumleader of the world championship, who is trying to escape for the drivers’ championship.
So the first (possible) turning point at Prema is for the probable future Haas driver: a car, that of the Grisignano di Zocco team, which still seemed better than the last outings, despite the 15th place for Kimi Antonelliwho however reported power problems at the beginning of the race. Behind complete the points area Bortoleto (4th), Hauger, Crawford, Maini and Durksen.
The match report
THE DEPARTURE – Maini gets off to a bad start from pole: the lead of the race is in the hands of Bearmanfollowed by Pepe Marti (who however has a damaged front wing). Maini drops to third, followed by Barnard and the championship leader Aron. Antonelli is 14thtwo positions ahead of the starting position after yesterday’s qualifying flop.
Barnard then collapseswho dropped to seventh place: same thing for Isack Hadjar, who finished in 12th place and compromised by the possibility of obtaining important points on Aron. Kimi also loses a position: Fittipaldi overtakes him, dropping to fifteenth place. Power problem for Antonellias communicated by Prema.
Fast lap in the hands of Paul Aron, while he is at the back great duel between O’Sullivan, Barnard and Crawford: Barnard also suffers the same problem as Kimi, thus abandoning his hopes of scoring points. A final duel between Aron and Bortoleto: the two exchanged lines several times, without however giving the Brazilian driver any overtaking opportunities. He also shortens Martì on Bearman, while Colapinto overtakes Maini for fifth position.
Problems for Colapinto himself at the end: it even loses 6 positions, finishing in eleventh place.
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