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FIA F2 Spa
F2 Spa: Doohan holds off Drugovich for first feature win
Jack Doohan took his first FIA Formula 2 feature race win at Spa, holding off championship leader Felipe Drugovich for his second podium of the weekend.
Megan White
Edited: Aug 28, 2022, 11:58 AM
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The Virtuosi driver started fourth before a great launch moved him up to second by Turn 1, with an undercut on the pitstop putting him ahead of his MP Motorsport rival.
Despite polesitter Drugovich closing in as Doohan tackled traffic, the Australian held fast to cross the line almost two seconds ahead of the Brazilian.
Drugovich’s secondplace finish came as title rival Theo Pourchaire had a heartbreaking retirement on lap three, leaving the ART driver unable to score at a crucial juncture in the championship.
Liam Lawson finished in third to take his second podium of the weekend for Carlin, having started in sixth.
Doohan’s stellar weekend moves him up to fourth in the drivers’ standings, behind Sargeant and ahead of Lawson.
Enzo Fittipaldi, starting second on an all-Brazilian front row, missed out off the line as he was passed by Doohan, with David Beckmann moving up into fourth for Van Amersfoort Racing.
Beckmann took third from Fittipaldi into Les Combes before the Charouz driver faced fierce competition from Lawson, running wide at the run-off and having to give the place back two laps later.
Richard Verschoor made it past Fittipaldi down the Kemmel straight, before the latter pitted with Logan Sargeant, Marcus Armstrong and Ralph Boschung at the end of lap seven.
Fittipaldi led those who had stopped back out on track, while Doohan ran one second behind Drugovich before their stops.
It was Doohan who pitted first, coming out ninth ahead of his rival, with Drugovich following suit a lap later and emerging behind Doohan.
Further back, Fittipaldi and Lawson had a rematch of their earlier battle, an identical outcome resulting for the pair and prompting frustration from the New Zealander.
By lap 14, the Alpine Academy junior had pulled a four-second gap to Drugovich, but a battle with Amaury Cordeel for seventh on the road slashed his lead, bringing the Brazilian back into contention.
A brief tussle ensued at Les Combes, but Doohan held his lead before rebuilding his lead to 1.3s by lap 18.
Fittipaldi cleared Cordeel for sixth at Les Combes, but Verschoor, on the alternate strategy, was on the charge, eventually passing Fittipaldi on lap 21 on the Kemmel straight for fourth place.
Sargeant, who lined up third, settled for sixth, with Beckmann and Ayumu Iwasa (DAMS) in seventh and eighth respectively.
Juri Vips took ninth, having started last after a spin in qualifying, with Drugovich’s teammate Clement Novalak claiming the final point from reigning FIA Formula 3 champion Dennis Hauger (Prema) on the final lap.
F2 Spa - Feature race results:
Cla # Driver Team Gap 1 3 Jack Doohan
UNI-Virtuosi 2 11
Felipe Drugovich
MP Motorsport 1.942 3 5
Liam Lawson
Carlin 8.714 4 20
Richard Verschoor
Trident 12.479 5 22
Enzo Fittipaldi
Charouz Racing System 20.481 6 6
Logan Sargeant
Carlin 21.266 7 24
David Beckmann
Van Amersfoort Racing 22.365 8 17
Ayumu Iwasa
DAMS 22.498 9 8
Jüri Vips
HitechGP 23.899 10 12
Clement Novalak
MP Motorsport 24.746 11 9
Frederik Vesti
ART Grand Prix 31.001 12 1
Dennis Hauger
Prema Powerteam 37.471 13 7
Marcus Armstrong
HitechGP 39.756 14 15
Ralph Boschung
Campos Racing 40.683 15 4
Marino Sato
UNI-Virtuosi 43.718 16 21
Calan Williams
Trident 45.683 17 25
Amaury Cordeel
Van Amersfoort Racing 52.243 18 23
Tatiana Calderon
Charouz Racing System 57.384 19 16
Roy Nissany
DAMS 1'02.827 20 2
Jehan Daruvala
Prema Powerteam 1'46.358 21 14
Lirim Zendeli
Campos Racing 3 Laps 10
Theo Pourchaire
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