Red Bull F1 Training Driver Ayumu Iwasa Takes Victory in F2 Monaco Sprint Race

Ayumu Iwasa, a training driver of Red Bull F1, won the sprint race of F2 Monaco. Ewan Darbala, who at one point looked like a sure threat to victory, fell well behind in second place, but his sister Jack Crawford finished third and the Hitec GP doubled the podium.

Isaac Hajar comfortably held the lead from Ayumu Iwasa at the start, and all drivers survived the early exchanges relatively unscathed, leaving the top seven undisturbed. However, at the Nouvelle Chicane, Kush Maini, who was trying to overtake Amaury Amaury Cordille, was hit by Clement Novarak and spun. The Frenchman was immediately handed a 10 second time penalty for the incident and was soon found guilty of speeding in the pitlane and given a further 5 second time penalty. A safety car was introduced after the track was temporarily blocked by Maini’s Campos. After being speed-limited on four tracks, the safety car lights went out on lap five, returning to green flag conditions. However, pole sitter Hajar had engine trouble and left the race line at Turn 1, forcing him to retire. Hitech’s early retirement put fellow Red Bull nurturing driver Ayumu Iwasa in the lead and quickly began to pull away from the pack behind, creating a two-second buffer within three laps. However, Ayumu Iwasa’s margin was quickly chipped away by Darubara, who easily shook off the immediately following vehicle led by Crawford. An uneventful race was disrupted by the second safety car on lap 23 when Cordille crashed into the barrier at Mirabeau. The damaged Virtuosi car was quickly cleaned up and Ayumu Iwasa made a second perfect restart to build a decisive margin on Darubala behind and ensure a third trophy for 2023. Did. Instead of putting pressure on the top like he did before the safety car, Darbala complained of a brake problem and had to restart while looking in the mirrors. Despite complaining that the movement was slow, he was unable to attack Crawford throughout and missed the podium in the Duchy. Rodin Carlin scored the points with Zane Maloney in fifth, with Jack Doohan and ART Grand Prix, Victor Martins leading Theo Prucher.