Colapinto became the 6th different winner so far this season

Finlay McSporran
Published: 16:04, 18th May 2024

The Argentinian driver took his maiden F2 win in today’s F2 sprint race amid a stewards investigation for a first lap incident

Race Start

Hitech driver Paul Aron made a lightning start from P3, passing Colapinto and teammate Cordeel to take the lead into turn one. Behind him however, chaos ensued as contact between Roman Stanek and Isack Hadjar led to several other incidents.

This contact send Hadjar into a spin, as he collided with Joshua Durksen and Enzo Fittipaldi. Further back Dennis Hauger collided with Stanek while trying to take avoiding action.

Mid Race

Racing resumed on lap 6 as Aron extended the gap over his teammate, the Belgian driver clearly struggling as he went wide at turn 17 allowing Colapinto to take 2nd on lap 7.

After being stuck behind him for most of the race, Maloney managed to get pass Cordeel on lap 22 to take a spot on the podium, while Colapinto was now within DRS range of race leader Aron.

Final Lap

On the last lap of the race Colapinto made the move on Aron, going around the outside to take the lead on the last lap.

While Aron managed to reduce the points deficit to Maloney by finishing 2nd, he was visibly frustrated to have lead every lap only to miss out on a maiden F2 win on the final lap, as he left the podium early.

Full Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	41m43.964s
2	Paul Aron	Hitech GP	+1.706s
3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+6.618s
4	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech GP	+8.173s
5	Ollie Bearman	Prema	+11.125s
6	Gabriel Bortoleto	Virtuosi Racing	+11.589s
7	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	+11.920s
8	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+14.254s
9	Kush Maini	Virtuosi Racing	+16.330s
10	Zak O’Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+17.427s
11	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema	+18.286s
12	Rafael Villagomez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+18.960s
13	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+19.396s
14	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+19.788s
15	Jak Crawford	DAMS	+20.089s
16	Juan Manuel Correa	Trident	+20.587s
17	Pepe Marti	Campos Racing	+55.602s
Ret	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport
Ret	Roman Stanek	Trident
Ret	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing
Ret	Joshua Duerksen	AIX Racing
Ret	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing
Fastest lap: Colapinto, 1m20.352ssChampionship standings 1 Maloney 68   2 Aron 55   3 Hauger 41   4 Hadjar 34   5 Maini 33   6 Fittipaldi 32   7 Marti 26   8 Crawford 26   9 Colapinto 24   10 Antonelli 24

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