Zhou wins first Monaco F2 sprint race as UNI-Virtuosi scores 1-2

Starting from pole position, Zhou maintained ♍the lead into Turn 1 as teammate Felipe Drugovich dropped behind Christian Lundgaard.
With overtaking so d🌞ifficult around the streets of Monaco, Zh🐈ou’s victory was never under threat.
A late Safety Car caused by Gianluca Petecof didn’t put Zhou under any press🌃ure as he nailed the restart.
Drugovich ensured UNI-Virtuos💯i scored its first 1-2 finish of the season, moving up a place thanks 𓂃to Lundgaard’s retirement.
Lundgaard’s ART car started smoking on Lap 13, ultimately coming to a halt at Mirabeau 𝔍two laps later.
Roy Nissany completed the podium, scoring his f💜irst points💛 of the season.
Ralph Boschung als🌌o picked up his first points of the campaign with fourth, finishing ahead of Juri Vips.
Dan Ticktum finished sixth ahead of Theo Pourchaire - wh🌠o made a fantastic start from tenth to move up to 🌄eighth on the opening lap.
The 17-year-old claimed a sensat꧟ional pole on Thursday, meaning he will start from first in Saturday’s feature race.
Oscar ✱Piastri was eighth🌱, while Liam Lawson secured a front-row start in the second sprint race with ninth.
Jehan Daruvala looked on course to finish tenth, but he was overtaken by Marcus Armstr💯ong into t♐he final couple of corners.
This means Armstrong will start on the reverse grid pol💟eꦆ for the second sprint race.
💧It was another torrid race for 🙈Prema’s Robert Shwartzman as he was forced to retire after a handful of laps.
The Ferrari junior picked up damage at C𒁏asino Square on the opening lap, leavi🗹ng his title chances in tatters after four races in 2021.
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