Richard Verschoor took his fourth F2 race victory by topping the order of the Azerbaijan characteristic race.
The Dutchman began from pole place however his nerves had been examined after being compelled to attend half an hour for a restart after a hefty startline crash involving Pepe Marti (Campos) and Kush Maini (Invicta).
Changing into the sixteenth totally different winner of the season, Trident driver Verschoor repassed ART’s Victor Martins with a faster pitstop and absorbed strain till a late security automotive enabled him to coast to the chequered flag.
The beginning was an eventful one, as Maini didn’t launch from fifth, which induced drivers to scatter.
Unsighted, Oliver Goethe (MP Motorsport) tagged the rear of the Invicta, earlier than Marti made heavy contact with the rear left of the stricken automotive, inflicting his personal Campos to roll into the pitwall earlier than coming to a relaxation on its wheels.
With the race delayed by 34 minutes, it turned a time-certain affair, that means lowered factors had been on provide.
Upon the restart, Luke Browning (ART) was concerned in an intense tussle with Dennis Hauger (MP Motorsport), with the latter penalised for contact that induced injury to the previous’s entrance wing.
Following his cease, championship-chasing Zane Maloney (Rodin) tried to defend on chilly rubber from Andrea Kimi Antonelli into Flip 3, however locked up and slid helplessly into the runoff space.
With contact as he tried to take the nook, Antonelli was compelled to handle a broken automotive to the flag, however was nonetheless capable of path Verschoor and Martins to the flag. Maloney crossed the end line in fifteenth.
However forward of the ultimate two rounds, the championship image has modified considerably.
Beginning in twentieth attributable to his off in qualifying, Isack Hadjar (Campos) was unable to get better to the factors, that means he failed to attain for the second consecutive weekend.
In distinction, Gabriel Bortoleto (Invicta) recorded a quiet fourth-place end, shifting him to the highest of the standings by 4 and a half factors with simply two rounds remaining.
