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

Juri Vips claimed his first Formula 2 victory of the season in a chaotic second sprint race in Azerbaijan.
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.

Click here for the full results from the second sp🤡rint race in Azerbaijan. 

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