• Latest
  • Trending
Armstrong falls to 11th, Lundgaard obliterates field in dominant win

Armstrong falls to 11th, Lundgaard obliterates field in dominant win

September 13, 2020
“We’ve got to keep chipping away”: Van Gisbergen reflects on victory streak and big title lead

“We’ve got to keep chipping away”: Van Gisbergen reflects on victory streak and big title lead

February 28, 2021
Watch: Shane van Gisbergen makes perfect start, claims second Mount Panorama win

Watch: Shane van Gisbergen makes perfect start, claims second Mount Panorama win

February 28, 2021
Watch: Shane van Gisbergen claims pole after dramatic Bathurst 500 shootout

Watch: Shane van Gisbergen claims pole after dramatic Bathurst 500 shootout

February 28, 2021
Speed Works Events confirm postponement of Pukekohe event due to Auckland lockdown

Speed Works Events confirm postponement of Pukekohe event due to Auckland lockdown

February 28, 2021
Cassidy demoted from fifth to 14th after post-race penalty

Cassidy demoted from fifth to 14th after post-race penalty

February 28, 2021
Evans recounts his role in “aeroplane crash”

Evans recounts his role in “aeroplane crash”

February 28, 2021
Cassidy storms to fifth as scary crash ends Formula E race early

Cassidy storms to fifth as scary crash ends Formula E race early

February 28, 2021
Van Gisbergen opens Supercars championship account with win

Van Gisbergen opens Supercars championship account with win

February 27, 2021
Waters beats Slade for pole

Waters beats Slade for pole

February 27, 2021
De Pasquale on provisional pole, van Gisbergen makes shootout

De Pasquale on provisional pole, van Gisbergen makes shootout

February 27, 2021
Cassidy to come out fighting after tough Formula E opener

Cassidy to come out fighting after tough Formula E opener

February 27, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
VelocityNews
Classifieds
Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
VelocityNews
No Result
View All Result

Armstrong falls to 11th, Lundgaard obliterates field in dominant win

by Zane Shackleton
September 13, 2020
in Formula 2, International, News
0

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Cassidy demoted from fifth to 14th after post-race penalty

Evans recounts his role in “aeroplane crash”

Marcus Armstrong’s disappointing Tuscan Grand Prix weekend has ended with an 11th place finish as the Formula 2 rookie struggled to match the pace of his rivals on fresher tyres, falling outside the points-paying positions to cap off an up-and-down round.

It will be a completely different emotion on the other side of the ART team garage, however, as Armstrong’s teammate Christian Lundgaard dominated proceedings to win by over 14-seconds in a one-way affair of the final 23-lap sprint race.

A blinding launch by Lundgaard from the second row of the grid had him blast into an early lead by the time the field surged downhill into Turn 1. It was a similarly strong start by his ART stablemate Armstrong who moved himself up two places into seventh after the first lap.

Lundgaard appeared to be in a league of his own at the head of the field, lapping over a second faster than Artem Markelov in second. The Russian was the cork in the bottle of a lengthy train which had the rest of the top-10 covered by less than five seconds.

Markelov was finally demoted to third on lap five by Louis Deletraz into Turn 1 with Armstrong falling victim of a similar move just a handful of places behind as Luca Ghiotto got past the Kiwi. Yesterday’s feature race winner Nikita Mazepin would then execute the same manoeuvre on Armstrong one tour later as the ART driver slipped back to ninth.

Unfortunately, Armstrong was unable to unlock his earlier race pace and dropped another position to Jeehan Daruvala but held onto ninth on the road as Markelov flustered under pressure and was compelled to pit with damage to his front wing after a clumsy tangle with Mick Schumacher in the duel for third.

Armstrong was beginning to struggle with tyre life and was swiftly overtaken by Callum Ilott and Yuki Tsunoda in successive laps just as the two Hitech cars came together at Turn 1. Mazepin spotted a closing door up the inside of Ghiotto but his unsuspecting teammate would turn in onto Mazepin’s line. The pair collided and the Italian was eliminated on the spot.

The resulting Virtual Safety Car saw a flurry of cars come into the lane to ditch their ageing hard tyres for a set of the softer rubber.

It promoted Armstrong into eighth, but he immediately relinquished the position to Guanyu Zhou into Turn 1. The Kiwi looked weak on his defence and his heavily worn tyres did little to aid his pace as he slumped to 11th at the chequered flag.

Lundgaard, meanwhile, was entirely unchallenged upfront and he crossed the stripe with a hefty margin over the field to claim the maximum 17 points from the weekend and puts him firmly in contention for the championship with three rounds remaining.

The next round of the F2 season will be from the Sochi Autodrome on September 25-27 for the Russian Grand Prix.

PosDriverGap
1Christian Lundgaard37m51.980s
2Louis Deletraz+14.321s
3Juri Vips+14.870s
4Mick Schumacher+18.018s
5Guanyu Zhou+18.382s
6Callum Ilott+24.421s
7Jehan Daruvala+26.264s
8Marino Sato+26.301s
9Robert Shwartzman+31.425s
10Roy Nissany+32.942s
11Marcus Armstrong+34.902s
12Pedro Piquet+35.040s
13Jack Aitken+35.254s
14Nobuharu Matsushita+36.983s
15Felipe Drugovich+39.072s
16Guilherme Samaia+48.433s
17Dan Ticktum+48.483s
18Nikita Mazepin+50.793s
19Yuki Tsunoda+1m09.649s
20Artem Markelov+1m21.885s
RetLuca Ghiotto
RetGiuliano Alesi

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

“We’ve got to keep chipping away”: Van Gisbergen reflects on victory streak and big title lead

Watch: Shane van Gisbergen makes perfect start, claims second Mount Panorama win

Watch: Shane van Gisbergen claims pole after dramatic Bathurst 500 shootout

Speed Works Events confirm postponement of Pukekohe event due to Auckland lockdown

Cassidy demoted from fifth to 14th after post-race penalty

Evans recounts his role in “aeroplane crash”

Bringing you the latest motorsport news in New Zealand and around the world

Managing editor and publisher:
Mark Petch mark@velocitynews.co.nz

Motorsport Editor:
Matthew Hansen matt@velocitynews.co.nz

Motorsport Editor:
Alex Schultz alex@velocitynews.co.nz

Motor Racing Editor:
Zane Shackleton zane@velocitynews.co.nz

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2020 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • International
      • Formula 1
      • Formula 2
      • Formula 3
      • Formula E
      • Esports
      • Super GT
      • Super Formula
      • TCR
      • WEC
      • GT
      • Porsche Carrera Cup
      • BTCC
      • DTM
      • IMSA
      • IndyCar
      • NASCAR
      • WRC
      • MotoGP
      • Motorcycle Racing
      • Classic
    • New Zealand
      • Toyota Race Series
      • Toyota 86
      • Rally
      • Speedway
      • Drifting
      • Formula Ford
      • Formula First
      • TCR NZ
      • TransTasman V8 Series
      • V8 Utes
      • GTRNZ
      • Central Muscle Cars
      • Pirelli Porsche
      • Mazda Racing Series
      • NIERDC
      • SIERDC
      • SsangYong Utes
      • Kartsport
      • NZ General
    • Australia
      • Supercars
      • Super2
      • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
      • S5000
      • Australian GT
      • TCR AU
    • General
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Calendar
  • Results
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Classifieds
    • Classifieds
    • Post Classified
    • Manage your listings
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard

© 2020 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.