Iwasa got here out on prime towards Theo Pourchaire on the finish of a frenetic 33-lap encounter with not solely his first function race of the season however the lead of the championship, the DAMS driver now holding an eight-point benefit over ART Grand Prix’s Pourchaire.
A late collision between Victor Martins and dash race winner Dennis Hauger in the meantime handed the ultimate spot on the rostrum to Arthur Leclerc within the second DAMS automobile.
Iwasa made a robust getaway from pole to carry the lead on the opening lap, as Pourchaire repelled a fleeting problem from fellow countryman Martins to carry second.
The highest runners remained in that order till the security automobile was scrambled when Jak Crawford crashed at Flip 11 whereas battling for place with Jack Doohan.
Martins led a pack of 5 drivers that pitted to vary from gentle tyres to mediums simply earlier than the security automobile was referred to as, with the opposite runners on the standard technique coming within the following lap after the warning interval had began.
Isack Hadjar and Oliver Bearman, who had been working fourth and fifth, made contact in a congested pitlane, leaving the latter with a puncture.
At this stage, Frederik Vesti was promoted into the lead, opting to remain out on his prime tyres together with Roy Nissany, Enzo Fittipaldi and Kush Maini, whereas Doohan opted to ditch his mediums for gentle rubber after which got here in a single lap later to return to primes. Iwasa initially ran sixth after his cease, however gained a spot again after Doohan pitted.
Vesti was capable of construct a lead out entrance as Nissany held up the chasing pack, with the Israeli driver holding second till he tried in useless to withstand an assault by Fittipaldi via Turns 9 and 10, which allowed Maini to leap each and snatch second.
Iwasa managed to comply with Maini via to seize third, and later handed the Indian driver for second, the place he would stay till Vesti pitted from the lead on lap 26.
Prema driver Vesti timed his pitstop to coincide with the second and closing security automobile, triggered by Nissany crashing on the run all the way down to Flip 3, slipping all the way down to seventh within the course of.
However the Danish driver gained two locations again simply previous to the restart as ART driver Martins bumped into the again of the MP Motorsport automobile of Hauger, who had made his method from tenth on the grid into third, on the penultimate nook.
That promoted Leclerc from fifth to 3rd, the place he would stay to attain his first F2 podium, whereas Vesti used the benefit of his gentle tyres for the restart to cross Zane Maloney’s Rodin Carlin automobile for fourth place.
Jehan Daruvala (MP) was sixth, adopted by Richard Veschoor (VAR), whereas Hitech driver Hadjar was eighth on the highway however handed a 10-second penalty for rejoining the monitor unsafely after being hit at Flip 13 by Nissany earlier within the race.
That promoted Doohan’s Virtuosi entry to eighth forward of Maini (Campos) and Roman Stanek (Trident). Hadjar’s penalty dropped him to seventeenth place behind Martins.
Ralph Boschung, who had led the championship alongside Iwasa heading into the race, was an nameless 18th forward of Hauger, whereas Fittipaldi was categorized twentieth after spinning on his out lap below warning after which crashing, solely simply lacking the stricken automobile of Nissany.
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