Lawson takes Monaco F2 sprint race two victory in damp conditions

Liam Lawson showed impressive pace in damp conditions to win the second Formula 2 sprint race in Monaco.
Lawson takes Monaco F2 sprint race two victory in damp conditions

Lawson was the lead car on the grid after Marcus Armstrong suffered a technical issue on his way to ജp🅠ole position and was forced to start from the pit lane.

Lawson relinquishe𝔍d the lead to Oscar Piastri, who took an earl🐎y lead in the lead Prema.

Piastri struggled to get to grips with the wet track and it was immed♐iately apparent the reigning F3 champion didn’t have the pace to mainta🌌in the lead.

The Hitech driver made his move on Lap 5 - first, a late lunge into tജhe Nouvelle Chicane, but both drivers were forced to cut the ꦛcorner, allowing Piastri to remain ahead.

Lawson got through later on in the lap with an impressive over🐈take into La Ras꧟casse.

The Red Bull-backed junior controlled the pace from the front to claim his second victory o💖f the season.

Dan Ticktum finish💫ed secondꦑ, having overtaken Piastri into the Nouvelle chicane on Lap 15.

Ticktum looked to be on course for the win at one point, reducing the gap to🥂 Lawson to under a second.

A late Safety Car didn’t ruin Laws♑on’s chances of the victory as he ran out a comfortable winner, over eight seconds clear of Ticktum i𓃲n second.

Even though the track was drying considerably, 🌳very few opted to switch to dry tyres.

Piastriܫ managed to cling onto th🍸e final podium spot, just ahead of Juri Vips.

Vips pulled off a stunning move on Theo Pourchaire into Mirabeau on Lap 24, just before t💮he brief Safety Car period a lap later.

Bent Viscaal and David Be✱ckmann’s contact into Turn 1 caused a Safety Car with five laps to go. 

Vips pressur൩ed Piastri for the final podium spot but the Prema driver held 🐲on.

Pourchaire finished fifth ahead of Ralph Boschung, Richard Verschoor and Jehan Daruva🅰la.

Jack Aitken finished tenth on👍ಌ his second race back in F2.

Robert Shwartzman finished 11th, having made a late swit🧜ch to soft tyre๊s.

Series leader Guanyu Zhou finished last of the classified runners after an opt𒈔imistic switch to slicks on Lap 11. 

The Chinese driver was ultimately lapped twice in a disappoin💫ting race.

Click here to find🐷 the full sprint race two results from Monaco.

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