Richard Verschoor took his maiden FIA Formula 2 victory in the second sprint race of the day at Silverstone, while Oscar Piastri took over at the top of the Drivers’ standings thanks to a fourth-place finish.
The MP Motorsport driver led from start to finish and survived two safety car periods for his first win and podium in Formula 2, while Marcus Armstrong and Daniel Ticktum completed the podium.
After taking victory in the earlier sprint race earlier in the day, Robert Shwartzman’s reward was to start from tenth for race two, with Verschoor taking pole position. The former Red Bull Junior Team driver was joined on the front row by DAMS’ Ferrari Driver Academy member Armstrong.
After his podium earlier in the day, Christian Lundgaard’s second sprint race started in the worst possible way as the ART Grand Prix driver stalled on the dummy grid and was pushed back into the pit lane by the marshals leaving his eighth-place spot on the grid vacant.
It was a good start by Verschoor, who comfortably held onto the lead at turn one ahead of Armstrong and Ticktum, while a fast-starting Piastri attacked Liam Lawson for fourth but to no avail.