GP SAKHIRJA, main race: Victory for TSUNODA, SCHUMACHER retains advantage over ILOTT

Author of the article: , published on December 5, 2020.

Yuki tsunoda he won another win this season, followed by him Guanyu-Zhou, which has a great finish on soft tires and despite five-second penalty due to speeding in the pits managed to keep on the second podium. Nikita mazepin is after a great fight with Felipe Drugovich finished in third place.

He finished the race in fifth place Robert Schwartzman, Callum ilott however, he finished the race a place before Mick Schumacher, who managed to advance to 7th place with an excellent soft tire stint and has the best chance of winning the title tomorrow, as he will start from the second starting position. Jehan daruvala, Dan ticktum in Pedro Piquet they ranked tenth.

Just like last weekend mazepin he started badly again, but by entering the first turn he still managed to get the lead on the inside of the track. tsunoda started well but still fell to third place for Schwartzman. The biggest loser at the start was Christian Lundagaard, who dropped to 21st place.

Despite a poor starting position, Mick Schumacher managed to maintain the advantage over Callum Ilott before tomorrow's sprint race, which will give the Formula 2 champion.

We saw the biggest battle in the middle of the column, namely between Deletraz, Sat, Boschung, Alesi in Schumacher, which almost collided on the plane from turn no. 3. Later it was tsunoda managed to break through before Schwartzman, who managed to break into second place in the 13th round, while Ticket overtook Ilotta, who dropped to ninth place. A round later he joined the fight for points as well leader in the championship.

In the 15th round, the leaders started with stops in the pits. They were among the first Daruvala, Mazepin in Schwartzman. Schumacher he overtook another in the 16th round Armstrong and found himself directly behind To the Ilots. The Briton started to struggle with the tires and went to the pits to get the tires of the hard compound on which the German started.

Mazepin, Tsunoda in Schwartzman they found themselves in a struggle to split the podium after replacing the tires. Japanese found himself in front Russians, but soon ended up behind both of them due to problems with heating the tires. Although it is ilott got rid of the soft tires, he stuck for a while Jehanom Daruvalo, but he still managed to get ahead in the middle of the race.

Schumacher entered boxing in lap 30 and took the softest tires and returned to the track in 13th place, for Dan Ticktum. tsunoda he finally found the right pace and got completely close Schwartzman and managed to get to second place. Four laps to go we saw a great fight to win. tsunoda he approached Mazepin and him despite a good Russian ride on also overtook the start-finish plane. When it's mazepin entered the first bend, his wheels were blocked so they got a chance Zhou in Drugovich, which overtook the future driver of the team Haas.

Rus he didn’t give up and managed to overtake in the penultimate round Brazilian. Drugovich had DRS at his disposal and tried to get back to third position, but mazepin he showed his teeth again and on the start-finish plane squeezed the Brazilian all the way to the wall separating the pits and the track. It's a little later Drugovich drove off the track and finally lost the fight for third place. Schumacher overtook in the last lap It was a gift and finished the race in seventh place with just two seconds behind To the Ilots.

Tomorrow’s sprint race, which starts at 12.30pm our time, will bring us a new Formula 2 champion. Schumacher, who will start from second position, has a 14-point advantage over Ilott, who will start from third place.

For the Prema team, the new team champions of Formula 2. Mick Schumacher and Robert Schwartzman scored 382 points in first place. in second place is UNI-Virtuosi with 342,5 points, third Hitech Grand Prix with 28. Followed by Carlin (241) and ART Grand Prix (201).

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