Silverstone F2: Tsunoda wins as Prema drivers collide

With just three laps to go, reverse-grid front row starters Shwartzman and Schumacher diced for the race lead, having run in formation for the previous 17 laps.

Schumacher had a look to the inside of Shwartzman at Village but was forced to wait until the Wellington Straight to make his move.

Schumacher was marginally ahead of F2 rookie Shwartzman into Brooklands, but moved across on his teammate and the duo collided, with Shwartzman damaging his front wing.

Tsunoda, who was denied a maiden F2 win earlier in the year at the Red Bull Ring as a result of team radio issues, vaulted into the race lead as Schumacher recovered to second place.

Reigning FIA Formula 3 champion Shwartzman ran in third place initially, but he struggled with his damaged car and dropped to 12th place at the chequered flag.

Schumacher had previously gone off at Brooklands earlier in the race, but recovered after a brief trip across the grass and closed on Shwartzman for his late-race assault.

Schumacher came home in a season-best second place, but was denied a first win in the championship since his maiden F2 victory at the Hungaroring last year.

Campos Racing’s Jack Aitken secured his second-consecutive third-place finish, but finished almost 18 seconds adrift of Tsunoda.

Haas F1 reserve driver Louis Deletraz capped off a strong weekend for Charouz in fourth place, fending off a last-lap assault from Renault junior Guanyu Zhou.

UNI-Virtuosi driver Zhou ran off the track at Club on the final lap, but recovered to take fifth place ahead of his teammate Callum Ilott – the dominant victor in Saturday’s feature race.

Championship leader Ilott made contact with Nikita Mazepin whilst passing the Hitech Grand Prix driver earlier in the race at Brooklands.

“What an idiot,” Ilott fumed over his team radio, while a watching Dan Ticktum labelled Mazepin’s defence as “really dangerous.”

DAMS driver Ticktum, who endured a turbulent run to 15th in the feature race, charged to finish in seventh place ahead of Mazepin.

ART Grand Prix’s Christian Lundgaard, who sits second in the drivers’ championship, lost a points finish after his front-left tyre burst and dropped him well down the order.

Race results:

Cla	#	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap
1	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	21
2	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	21	3.120
3	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	21	17.993
4	11	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	21	20.258
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	21	21.059
6	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	21	22.154
7	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	21	22.913
8	24	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	21	25.201
9	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	21	28.672
10	25	Luca Ghiotto	HitechGP	21	29.066
11	16	Artem Markelov	HWA AG	21	33.686
12	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	21	34.776
13	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Powerteam	21	36.362
14	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	21	37.995
15	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	21	40.151
16	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	21	43.748
17	23	Marino Sato	Trident	21	47.202
18	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	21	1'00.275
19	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	21	1'01.710
20	17	Giuliano Alesi	HWA AG	21	1'31.548
21	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	20	1 Lap
	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	0
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