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Mugello F2: Lundgaard dominates sprint race, Vips on podium
Renault junior Christian Lundgaard controlled proceedings in the final Formula 2 race of the weekend at Mugello to take his second victory of the season.
Josh Suttill
Published: Sep 13, 2020, 10:48 AM
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Lundgaard was leading Saturday’s feature race from pole position before two late safety car periods produced chaotic scenes that resulted in the ART Grand Prix driver been shuffled down to sixth place.
He immediately bounced back at the start of the reverse-grid race on Sunday by charging past Red Bull junior Juri Vips and reverse-grid polesitter Artem Markelov to vault from third on the grid into the race lead.
As Markelov held up the chasing pack, Lundgaard sprinted clear out front and established an early race advantage that he’d maintain all the way to the chequered flag.
It caps off a successful day for Renault juniors after Lundgaard’s Renault stablemate Oscar Piastri clinched the FIA Formula 3 title in the last race of the season earlier on Sunday.
Haas Formula 1 reserve driver Louis Deletraz made his way from sixth on the grid to third place on the opening lap and passed Markelov around the outside of the first corner on the sixth lap to move into second place.
Charouz’s Deletraz was unable to make an impression on Lundgaard’s lead but did secure his second podium of the weekend – the first time he’s scored a double-podium in his four years in the series.
DAMS’ Vips completed the podium positions to earn his maiden F2 podium in only his third weekend deputising for the injured Sean Gelael.
Mick Schumacher had a muted run to fourth place to extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ championship, while Hitech GP pair Nikita Mazepin and Luca Ghiotto came to blows behind him.
Mazepin, the winner of yesterday’s feature race, locked up at Turn 1 whilst defending from Ghiotto and slid into his teammate.
A virtual safety car was required to recover Ghiotto’s stricken car while Mazepin pitted from fifth place just as the race restarted for repairs and his misery was compounded when he was slapped with a 10-second penalty.
Renault junior Guanyu Zhou charged from 20th on the grid to finish in fifth place, just behind his ex-Formula 3 teammate Schumacher.
Zhou’s UNI-Virtuosi teammate Callum Ilott, who lost the points lead to Schumacher on Saturday, finished in sixth place from 12th on the grid.
Carlin’s Jehan Daruvala pipped reigning Euroformula Open champion Marino Sato to seventh place by just 0.037 seconds, but eighth place still marks Sato’s first points finish in F2.
Red Bull and Honda protege Yuki Tsunoda lost a likely points finish after breaking his front wing following contact with MP Motorsport’s Felipe Drugovich at the Luco left-hander.
DAMS’ Dan Ticktum, who made contact with Tsunoda in the feature race, was forced to pit for repairs on the opening lap after tangling with Prema’s Robert Shwartzman.
Shwartzman’s charge from the back of the grid was curtailed by a trip through the gravel whilst fighting for a place just outside the points with fellow Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong (ART).
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Mugello F2 - Sprint race results:
Cla # Driver Team Time 1 6 Christian Lundgaard
ART Grand Prix 2 11
Louis Deletraz
Charouz Racing System 14.300 3 1
Jüri Vips
DAMS 14.800 4 20
Mick Schumacher
Prema Powerteam 18.000 5 3
Guanyu Zhou
UNI-Virtuosi 18.300 6 4
Callum Ilott
UNI-Virtuosi 24.400 7 8
Jehan Daruvala
Carlin 26.200 8 23
Marino Sato
Trident 26.300 9 21
Robert Shwartzman
Prema Powerteam 31.400 10 22
Roy Nissany
Trident 32.900 11 5
Marcus Armstrong
ART Grand Prix 34.900 12 12
Pedro Piquet
Charouz Racing System 35.000 13 9
Jack Aitken
Campos Racing 35.200 14 14
Nobuharu Matsushita
MP Motorsport 36.900 15 15
Felipe Drugovich
MP Motorsport 39.000 16 10
Guilherme Samaia
Campos Racing 48.400 17 2
Dan Ticktum
DAMS 48.400 18 24
Nikita Mazepin
HitechGP 50.700 19 7
Yuki Tsunoda
Carlin 1'09.600 20 16
Artem Markelov
HWA AG 1'21.800 25
Luca Ghiotto
HitechGP 9 laps 17
Giuliano Alesi
HWA AG 9 laps View full results
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