Silverstone F2: Aitken wins after audacious pass on Deletraz

Campos driver Aitken made a demon start to run third behind Carlin's Deletraz and Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) in the early stages.

Deletraz was able to move one second clear while de Vries and Aitken battled, but Aitken made a late move at Village stick on lap seven of 21 edged clear of de Vries.

The British-South Korean driver began eating into Deletraz’s margin, and came from over a second back with five laps to go, launching himself up the inside at Brooklands in a daring move.

Aitken then pulled away and was over three seconds clear at the finish, wrapping up his second victory of the season.

De Vries appeared to struggle once passed by Aitken, and slow-starting pole-sitter Callum Ilott (Sauber Junior Team) was on his tail for much of the race. But Ilott struggled to remain close to de Vries in the quick corners and was unable to make a move.

Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) took fifth, after feature race winner Luca Ghiotto (UNI-Virtuosi) suffered a left-rear puncture in the closing stages and had to pit.

As Ghiotto fell to 15th place, Latifi had to hold off the charging Mick Schumacher who came from 11th to take sixth at the end, despite getting air as Latifi edged him wide at the exit of Stowe.

The Ferrari junior was alone in representing Prema after teammate Sean Gelael withdrew, but continued his strong form in sprint races to score points.

Honda junior Nobuharu Matsushita ensured two Carlins reached the top seven, by jumping Ghiotto’s Virtuosi teammate Guan Yu Zhou. The latter had tried to pass Schumacher but was then vulnerable himself and Matsushita edged ahead of him at Copse.

Behind Zhou – who took the final point – Jordan King (MP Motorsport) and Juan Manuel Correa (Sauber) made up the top 10.

Race results:

Cla	#	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap
1	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	21
2	1	Louis Deletraz	Carlin	21	4.997
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	21	8.194
4	11	Callum Ilott	Charouz Racing System	21	8.850
5	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	16.203
6	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	21	19.222
7	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	21	19.666
8	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	21	20.181
9	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	21	21.731
10	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Charouz Racing System	21	25.820
11	19	Anthoine Hubert	Arden International	21	34.309
12	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	21	37.426
13	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	21	40.581
14	21	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident	21	47.259
15	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	21	57.696
16	18	Tatiana Calderon	Arden International	21	59.998
17	5	Sergio Sette Camara	DAMS	21	1'09.991
18	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	21	1'10.157
	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1	20 Laps
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