F2 Spain: Drugovich dominates to take second victory of season

The MP Motorsport driver, who started in fourth, was boosted to third after Calan Williams failed to get off the grid for the formation lap due to an issue and his Trident-run car was pushed to the pitlane.

He swept past Jake Hughes (Van Amersfoort Racing) and ART Grand Prix's Theo Pourchaire before Turn 1 to take the lead, holding fast until the chequered flag to take the championship lead.

Both Drugovich and Iwasa had great starts, but the DAMS driver was forced to settle for second behind the Brazilian, who also won the feature race in Jeddah.

While Hughes and Pourchaire fell down the order, Carlin's Logan Sargeant slotted into third behind the leading pair, where he finished comfortably to take his first series podium.

Daruvala took fifth place from Pourchaire on the second lap, with Hitech's Juri Vips also passing Pourchaire for sixth.

The Estonian, who took part in his first Formula 1 practice session on Friday for Red Bull, tried to challenge fellow junior Daruvala, but the Indian driver held him off.

Seconds later, Vips ended up in the gravel at Turn 4, ending his race and prompting a safety car.

The safety car ended on lap 10, with Daruvala closing in on Hughes for fourth place before eventually taking the position around the outside into Turn 1 on lap 20.

The Briton dropped down the order and was passed by Pourchaire, Virtuosi Racing's Jack Doohan and Frederik Vesti (ART) before eventually retiring on the penultimate lap with an issue.

There was a brief yellow flag on lap 25 when MP Motorsport's Clement Novalak took a brief trip across the gravel, dropping him from 12th to 14th.

Pourchaire, who started in third, finished fifth, with Sunday's feature race polesitter Doohan in sixth and Vesti in seventh.

Enzo Fittipaldi took the final points-paying place for Charouz Racing System, having held off threats from Carlin's Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong (Hitech) into the last laps.

Race results:

Cla	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap
1	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	26
2	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	26	2.109
3	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	26	4.165
4	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Powerteam	26	8.493
5	Theo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	26	9.251
6	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	26	10.481
7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	26	16.430
8	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	26	17.256
9	Liam Lawson	Carlin	26	17.705
10	Marcus Armstrong	HitechGP	26	18.524
11	Richard Verschoor	Trident	26	25.321
12	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	26	25.997
13	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	26	26.476
14	Clement Novalak	MP Motorsport	26	29.315
15	Roy Nissany	DAMS	26	31.490
16	Calan Williams	Trident	26	33.781
17	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	26	37.436
18	Cem Bolukbasi	Charouz Racing System	26	53.281
19	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	1'05.926
20	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	2 Laps
	Jüri Vips	HitechGP	5
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