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Lawson survives the drama to win in Saudi Arabia

by Zane Shackleton
March 27, 2022
in Formula 2, International, News
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Liam Lawson survived the chaos and avoided the walls to win the first Formula 2 race of the weekend in Saudi Arabia.

The Kiwi went from fifth to the lead in only a handful of racing laps, wisely picking off his opponents on safety cat restarts before hunting down Jake Hughes to snare victory in the final moments.

Lawson’s win elevates him into the championship lead.

“It’s always nice to be in front, but it’s so early that it’s completely irrelevant,” he said.

“We just take it race by race, it’s definitely a good result for today.”

Saudi Arabia has only made one previous appearance on the Formula 2 calendar. Even so, it’s quickly become synonymous with big crashes and bizarre mishaps.

Several drivers either bit concrete or crashed into each other on the restarts, meaning most of the race was spent under yellow.

“I was in third before I’d even made a single overtake because of the incidents,” Lawson said.

Dennis Hauger initially led the race before entering the pitlane when the safety car was deployed a second time.

The team argued they were told all cars had to drive through the pitlane behind the safety car. This wouldn’t be the case, and Hauger was penalised for entering the pits when they were closed.

Lawson would have to make one or two overtakes under green. First was a cunning switch back on a safety car restart. But the most important was on lap 18 of 20, zipping past Hughes into turn one.

Hughes used the soft tyres for the race, whereas Lawson ran mediums.

“It was surprising how quickly the softs fell away,” Hughes said.

The Brit would lose one more position at the death as Juri Vips edged his nose in front at the finish stripe.

“I don’t think it’s possible against an experienced guy like Jake to overtake around the outside of the [final] corner,” Vips said.

“I thought my only chance was really to cut back, exit in his diffuser and try with the DRS. It worked surprisingly well.”

Update: Hughes has been disqualified from the race because of a technical infringement.

Marcus Armstrong was in for a solid points haul but spun with a few laps remaining. He stalled his engine and wouldn’t reach the chequered flag.

He’ll go for redemption in tomorrow’s feature race, where he starts third.

Lawson starts that race from fifth.

PosNameGap
1Liam Lawson47m55.487s
2Juri Vips+3.166s
3Felipe Drugovich+4.846s
4Calan Williams+6.277s
5Richard Verschoor+12.121s
6Ayumu Iwasa+13.520s
7Ralph Boschung+14.454s
8Jehan Daruvala+15.237s
9Marino Sato+16.040s
10Roy Nissany+17.390d
11Enzo Fittipaldi+17.441s
12Clement Novalak+18.739s
13Frederik Vesti+20.298s
14Theo Pourchaire+20.569s
15Olli Caldwell+25.495s
16Dennis Hauger+51.495s
DNFMarcus Armstrong 
DNFLogan Sargeant 
DNFJack Doohan 
DNFAmaury Cordeel 
DNSCem Bolukbasi 
DSQJake Hughes

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