Jak Crawford pulled off the perfect hold-up at the end of the FIA Formula 2 Championship Feature Main Race on Sunday, thanks to a strategic move by his French team, DAMS Lucas Oil. The Briton beat the reigning Formula 3 champion, Italy’s Leonardo Fornaroli (Invicta Racing), who was the main beneficiary of the first-turn pile-up at Sainte Dévote caused by the championship leader, Ireland’s Alexander Dunne (Rodin Motorsport).

The podium was completed by Juan Pablo Montoya’s son Sebastian (Prema Racing), in front of his father, a former F1 winner with Williams and McLaren (94 GPs contested, 7 wins, 13 pole positions, 12 fastest laps). The youngster has a lot to live up to and, above all, he escaped unscathed from the pile-up on the first lap, caused by Dunne’s ill-considered attack on Frenchman Victor Martins (ART GP), who had started better than him from the front row.

The Irishman couldn’t take it and deliberately harpooned the Frenchman, causing a huge pile-up and, above all, a 45-minute interruption before the race could be restarted, at around 10.30am, behind the safety car, for just 30 minutes instead of the one hour originally scheduled. Fornaroli, back in the lead, thought he had won the race until a final incident with far-reaching consequences.

The Swede Dino Beganovic (HiTech) shot straight into the safety rail at the Casino, all on his own, and the safety car came out again, causing a rush to the pits. Crawford, who had stopped earlier, took advantage of the situation to take an unexpected victory, ahead of Fornaroli and Montoya.

In the championship standings, Crawford enjoys a fine recovery to a very provisional 5th place, even if only half the points were distributed because the race only lasted half an hour instead of an hour. That was some consolation for Martins, who has never had any luck in the Principality. The leader of the series is now another British driver, Luke Browning (70 points), ahead of Dunne (65) and Fornaroli (64).

🏆 JAK CRAWFORD WINS FEATURE RACE IN F2 🏆

Leonardo Fornaroli finishes 2nd and Sebastian Montoya grabs P3 after a 5 second time penalty for Arvid Lindblad

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🏆 JAK CRAWFORD REMPORTE LA COURSE PRINCIPALE EN F2 🏆

Leonardo Fornaroli termine 2e et Sebastian Montoya prend la 3e… pic.twitter.com/zJEej4rViD

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