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Lawson Wins Third Sprint Of The Season At Spa

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Liam Lawson Sprint Race winner
Credit: Formula Motorsport Limited

Liam Lawson has won his third Sprint Race of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 season after starting from fifth on the grid at Circuit de SpaFrancorchamps.

The Red Bull Reserve Driver was joined on the podium by Jack Doohan and Ralph Boschung who battled for the second spot on the podium in the late stages of the race.

Felipe Drugovich and Richard Verschoor rounded out the top five respectively, with Théo Pourchaire in sixth and Marcus Armstrong in seventh.

David Beckmann doubled his point-tally for the season as he clinched the final points paying position of the race in eighth place.

As the five lights went out, Lawson made a hugely committed move and took to the grass to take second place at turn one behind pole-sitter Boschung who got away cleanly.

It didn’t take the Kiwi driver long to take the lead of the race with him making use of the slip stream on the second lap down the long Kemmel Straight to blast past the Campos Racing driver.

Verschoor, Doohan and Pourchaire rounded out the top five as the rest of the grid settled into their track positions.

Credit: Formula Motorsport Limited

It wasn’t long before the order was shaken up again with Doohan making use of the added DRS to take third place away from Verschoor into Les Combes on lap six.

The two championship rivals of Drugovich and Pourchaire were hot onto the gearbox of the Trident ahead of them while Lawson stretched out a five second lead on Boschung.

That lead was instantly evaporated after his Carlin team-mate Logan Sargeant lost the back end whilst sending it around Pouhon and ended up in the barriers which resulted in a Safety Car.

Some drivers took the opportunity of a free pit-stop under the Safety Car to bolt on some fresh tyres for the remaining laps, including Drugovich who dropped from sixth place to twelfth on track.

The SC limped back into the pits for four laps of green flag racing and Lawson led them away in a calm and collected restart.

The championship leader, Drugovich, put in a championship winning performance in those final four laps, climbing all the way up to fourth position on the soft tyres. Four laps, eight positions gained.

That wasn’t the only action in the final few laps, with Doohan snatching second place from Boschung on the final lap of the race after going around the outside at Les Combes.

Sunday’s Feature race will see Drugovich line up on pole against his compatriot Enzo Fittipaldi in second place with Logan Sargeant starting from third.

POSNO.NAMENATTEAMTIME (18 Laps)
15Liam LawsonNZLCarlin40:22.343
23Jack DoohanAUSVirtuosi Racing+3.868
315Ralph BoschungCHECampos Racing+5.718
411Felipe DrugovichBRAMP Motorsport+6.360
520Richard VerschoorNLDTrident+8.407
610Théo PourchaireFRAART Grand Prix+8.686
77Marcus ArmstrongNZLHitech Grand Prix+9.422
824David BeckmannGERVan Amersfoort Racing+10.065
917Ayumu IwasaJPNDAMS +10.833
101Dennis HaugerNORPREMA Racing+11.134
1116Roy NissanyISRDAMS+11.615
124Marino SatoJPNVirtuosi Racing+14.089
1322Enzo FittipaldiBRACharouz Racing System+15.801
148Jüri VipsESTHitech Grand Prix+16.393
159Frederik VestiDNKART Grand Prix+16.767
1621Calan WilliamsAUSTrident+17.669
1712Clément NovalakFRAMP Motorsport+18.553
1825Amaury CordeelBELVan Amersfoort Racing+18.594
1923Tatiana CalderonCOLCharouz Racing System+19.044
2014Lirim ZendeliGERCampos Racing+23.207
216Logan SargeantUSACarlinDNF
222Jehan DaruvalaINDPREMA RacingDNS
F2: Spa-Francorchamps – Sprint Race Classification
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