Vips takes comfortable Formula 2 win in chaotic second Baku sprint race

꧟Starting third on the grid behind Bent Viscaal and David Beckmann, Vips was♈ unable to get ahead off the start.
Beckmann took the lead of the race with an impressive switch🍨back on Viscaal into Turn 4.
Once the first Safety Car period ended, V🎶ips got past Viscaal into Turn 2﷽ with a late lunge on Lap 4.
Another Safety Car 🍨was deployed shortly after when Roy Nissany hit the back of Richard Verschoor into Turn ꦑ3.
A brief Vir🎶tual Safety Car period halted Vips’ progress until Lap 11, when he finally got past Beckmann with the use of DRS into Turn 1.
The Red Bull-backed junior ran out a comfort𝕴ab♋le winner, beating Beckmann by over three seconds.
Jeꦛhan Daruvala maintained third ah♓ead of Viscaal and Robert Shwartzman.
Dan Ticktum was one of the stars of the afternoon after he was spun by Guan✅yu Zhou on the opening lap into Turn 1.
Ticktum was brilliant on the brakes throughout, recovering from the back to finish six🧜th ahead of Liam Lawson🃏 and Oscar Piastri.
Theo Pourchaire was left to rue contact with Verschoor ea🐻rly on𒊎 as he picked up wing damage on the opening lap.
🐈Pourchaire ultimately finished♊ ninth ahead of Felipe Drugovich in tenth.
Current points leader Zho🔜u failed to make the chequered flag and could be subjec🥀t to a penalty from the stewards after his contact with Ticktum on Lap 1.
It was another disappointing race for Marc💖us Armstrong and Christian Lundgaard. ♌;
Armstrong crashed out on Lap 4 while battling Viscaal into Turn 4, while Lundgaard was sp𝓡un at Turn 1 following the second Safety Car restart.
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