Austria 2024, Sprint Race: Bearman wins. Aron on the podium remains leader – Results

Bearman and Prema finally on the shields

First Formula 2 victory of the season for the English driver of Prema, author of an excellent race led from the first corner, expertly managing tire wear. A breath of fresh air for the English driver but also for the According to which finally finds a result in line with its coat of arms, even if its second standard-bearer Kimi Antonelli he was the author of a colorless race, stuck in the middle of the group without any flashes and only collecting a fifteenth place finish. Paul Aron remains leader in the championship. The Hitech driver climbed back up to the bottom step of the podium with a very solid progression in the last five laps of the race.

Race report

Off we go Bearman shoots very well from second position and takes the lead from turn 1 while skirmishes break out behind him Tuesday which gains the second position and hands which slips to third place. However, the Spanish driver damaged a front wing deflector in the fight with Maini, damage that would slow him down until the end. Bearman for his part tries to take off but in the first laps he is unable to put more than a good second between himself and Marti. Antonelli made a regular start without getting involved in contacts in the center of the group, but stabilized in fourteenth position.
Behind the leading duo a train is formed consisting of Maini, Aron, Barnard and Bortoleto, with the latter overtaking Barnard on lap nine to attack championship leader Aron.
At the fourteenth of the twenty-eight laps of the sprint race the whole group of drivers remains compact also due to the need to manage the wear of the soft tyres and in this sense Bearman having always raced in the lead and in free air seems to have the best chances of winning. His teammate Kimi Antonelli instead continues to have difficulties in extracting the performance from his Prema, giving up his fourteenth position to Fittipaldi. A colourless race also for the Frenchman Hadjar, second in the championship, sailing without flashes in twelfth position.
Seven laps to go Aron breaks the ice and climbs to third place, overtaking Maini. The Indian driver appears to be having a tire crisis so much so that his teammate Bortoleto also overtakes him without too much difficulty, sticking to Aron’s exhausts. the Brazilian driver tries until the end to attack Aron’s third place but the Estonian driver closes all the spaces. At the checkered flag Berman celebrates in front of Martì and Aron who maintains the championship lead.

F2/ Austria 2024, Sprint Race: Finishing Order