Theo Pourchaire wins Imola F2 feature race under Safety Car
The race started in dramatic fashion with Juri Vips and Ayumu Iwasa makin🐎g sluggish starts from the front row of the grid, allowing Roy Nissany to take the lead into Turn 1.
The experienced Isra𒆙eli mai🍌ntained the lead on the opening lap as the Safety Car was deployed due to Dennis Hauger and Jack Doohan's collision at the start.
Hauger was sent into the pit wall on the start-finish straight as things🍎 got messy off the line due to Vips and Iwasa's poor starts.
The Safety Car soon ꩵmade a second appearance when Vips' unforced error left him the barriers.
T💜he Safety Car came at the perfect time as the soft runners could complete their mandatory pit stop, puttingꦿ them in the prime position to win.
This put Nissany in the net lead of ♏the race b🍸ut he soon found the barriers, losing control of his car at the final corner.
T💜his handed Pourchaire the lead of the race, which he controlled from the front to take his second feature race victory of the year.
Furthe🔴r behind, a mistake from Williams F1 junior Logan Sargeant left the door open for Ralph Boschung to move up to second, who was quickly overtaken by Enzo Fittipaldi in the closing laps.
Fittipaldi securedꦜ second ahead of Boschung as the race ended behind the Safety Car after Liam Lawson's sh🅘unt.
Clement Novalak finished fourthꦅ ahead of Vesti, while Frederik Vesti scored his first points of the year in sixth.
Sargeant recovered to seve♒nth after his mistake ahead of David Beckmann⛎ and Jehan Daruvala.
Felipe Drugovich rounded out the points at Imola.
Pourchaire takes points lead ahead of Drugovich
Pourchaire now leads the points standings ahead of Drugovich afterꦚ his latest feature race victory.
Juওst two points separate the pair a🐬fter the opening three rounds of the season.
Prema's Daruvala completes the top three on 36 points, 16🎃 points off Pourchaire.
Liam Lawson (35 points), Richard Verschoor (32 points), Boschung (32 points), Marcus Armstrong (30 points) and Vips (30 ♏points)﷽ complete the top eight.
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