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F2: Stanek inherits victory of a wet Spa-Francorchamps Feature Race

Roman Stanek took his Formula 2 Feature Race victory after a penalty for Alexander Dunne and a disqualification for Arvid Lindblad.

SPA, BELGIUM - JULY 27: Third placed Roman Stanek of Czech Republic and Invicta Racing (2) on the

Roman Stanek achieved his FIA Formula 2 Feature Race victory after a penalty for Alexander Dunne, and a disqualification for Arvid Lindblad, promoted the Invicta Racing driver on to the top step.

Starting from pole, Dunne was in fine form throughout and crossed the line in P1 ahead of Lindblad and Stanek.

However, after the race, the Rodin Motorsport driver was found to have breached the FIA Formula 2 Technical Regulations having not engaged the starting procedure. As a result, he dropped down the order to P9.

As for Lindblad, the Campos Racing driver was set to inherit the victory having come through for fifth to finish second. But he was disqualified post-race after a technical infringement on his car.

That promoted Stanek to P1, and ART Grand Prix driver Ritomo Miyata to second, with Hitech TGR’s Luke Browning going from P12 to the final spot on the podium.

Red Bull Junior Josep María Martí now moves up to fourth, ahead of Invicta’s Leonardo Fornaroli, who now takes the lead of the Drivers’ Championship.

Alpine Academy junior Gabriele Minì is sixth for PREMA Racing, with Hitech’s Dino Beganovic seventh and ART driver Victor Martins in eighth.

Rodin round out the points with Dunne in ninth and Amaury Cordeel in 10th.

But for an in-depth report of the Formula 2 Feature Race, visit the official website here.