Alexander Albon passed Lucas Ghiotto on his w🍷ay to winning the Formula 2 sprint race at the Hungaroring. 

The DAMS driver jumped up♛ to second thanks to a great start from the second row as he avoided Sergio Sette Camara’s sluggish Carlin off the line, before pulling off a bold pass on reverse grid polesitter Artem Markelov at Turn 1. 

Albon then set about chasing down new🐓 race leader Ghiotto - who made the slightly better getaway to surge into the lead on the first lap - and completed the race-winning move on Lap 24, sweeping around the outside of the Campos racer at Turn 1. 

He stretched out a 9.4s advanta💖ge over Ghiotto by the time he crossed the line, marking his third win of the season to strengthen the British-Thai driver’s grasp over third place in the championship standings and keep him firmly in title contention. 

Despite bogging down as the lights went out and taking a hit to the rear of his car from Antonio Fuoco, Camara rec🍸overed to pa🐼ss Markelov in the early stages as he claimed the final podium spot. 

McLaren Formula 1 protege and championship hopeful Lando Norris rounded out his strong weekend by adding a fourth-place finish to hi🐭s earlier podium. 

The Briton, who impressed with a stunning performance in wet weath🃏er during Saturday’s race, made a sublime move stick around the outside of feature race winner Nyck de Vries and Markelov at Turn 2 to gain fourth.

That result sees Norr♍is further reduce championship leader George Russell’s advantage, after the ART Grand Prix driver endured a nightmare weekend, retiring from the opening race of the weekend with mechanical issues, though he recovered from the back of the grid on Sunday to claim the final point 🌸in eighth place.

Roberto Merhi charged through the field to secure a strong fifth place for MP Motorsport, while Arden’s Nirei Fukuzumi took his🔯 best result of the season in sixth a🌠s he pipped de Vries and Russell. 

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