Isack Hadjar secured his fourth win in the feature race around Spa-Francorchamps.

The Red Bull junior driver passed both his Championship rivals Gabriel Bortoleto and Jak Crawford on track who went on to finish in P2 and P3.​

Paul Aron, who started on pole, managed to hold the lead into the first corner, while further back, Hadjar overtook Bortoleto at the race start to get into second place.

Maloney had a terrible start and ended up between Oliver Bearman and Josep Maria Marti. But into Turn 1, Oliver Bearman and Maloney collided and spun into Josep Maria Marti, bringing out the safety car.

During the safety car, Colapinto's car also stopped at Malmedy, and the safety car picked up Colapinto, Bearman, and Maria Marti.

On lap four, the safety car comes in, and Aron retains the lap at the safety car restart. Hadjar is in second place, followed by Bortoleto, Crawford, Verschoor, Antonelli, and O'Sullivan.

But the racing doesn't last long, with the safety car being returned after a crash between Victor Martins and Rafael Villagomez in Malmedy.

Racing conditions continue on lap seven, with another safety car restart. Hadjar got a slipstream on lap eight and overtook Aron to lead the race along the Kemmel Straight.

Aron boxes while Hadjar continues. Verschoor overtakes Crawford for P3 on track, while Hadjar pits on lap nine. Hadjar comes back out behind Bortoleto but in front of Aron.

On lap 12, Aron overtakes Hadjar for the lead, but by lap 13, Hadjar takes back the lead. On lap 16, Antonelli pits, while Verschoor responds and returns in P9.

Hadjar was caught behind the yet-to-pit Barnard, with Bortoleto and Aron 1.2s behind him. On lap 22, Verschoor had a late dive to overtake Maloney for P6. Meanwhile, there is heartbreak for Aron on the final lap as his car comes to a stop on the Kemmel Straight, and his chances of a podium are dashed.

​Hadjar wins the Spa-Francorchamps feature race over two seconds clear of Bortoleto and Crawford, who round off the podium.​

Anny Wooldridge
​Writer F1 Journal

The Sprint race was meant to start at 14:15 local time, but heavy rain delayed the start and racing got underway at the rescheduled time of 18:15 local time but the formation lap didn't start until 18:25 local time.

ART Grand Prix driver Zak O'Sullivan started on reverse grid pole joined on the front row by MP Motorsport's Dennis Hauger.

ART Grand Prix driver Zak O'Sullivan started on reverse grid pole joined on the front row by MP Motorsport's Dennis Hauger.

O'Sullivan made a strong start staying ahead of Hauger and Verschoor. While further back Maloney took a dive inside and overtook Colapinto for P4.

On lap two and three Crawford, Antonelli and Bearman all also overtake Colapinto, for P5, P6 and P7. But running didn't last for very long after a safety car was brought out after Josep María Martí's Campos Racing car stopped on track.

Josep María Martí had already had issues earlier in the race and had to pit early. The safety car was still out on track on lap seven. During the safety car the rain started falling heavier and a decision was made it bring out a red flag.

The race was not resumed and O'Sullivan was announced as the winner ahead of Hauger, Verschoor, Maloney and Crawford.

1) Zak O'Sullivan                  2:19.889
2) Dennis Hauger                   +0.8
3) Richard Verschoor              +1.1
4) Zane Maloney                    +3.0
5) Jak Crawford                      +4.0​
6) Kimi Antonelli                      +5.2
7) Oliver Bearman                   +6.0
8) Franco Colapinto                +7.6
9) Isack Hadjar                       +8.9
10) ​Gabriel Bortoleto              +9.9
11) A Cordeel                         +11.1
12) V Martins                         +12.6
13) K Maini                            +14.0
14) E Fittipaldi                       +15.6
15) R Miyata                          +16.6
16) T Barnard                        +17.0
17) J Correa                          +17.8
18) Paul Aron                        +18.7
19) J Durksen                       +19.2
20) R Stanek                         +20.1
21) R Villagomez                   +21.2
22) J Marti                              +4 Laps

Anny Wooldridge
Writer at F1 Journal

Formula 2 returns this weekend for Round 10 at Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps for the last round before the summer break.

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium is a 7.004km track with 18 corners. Soft and medium tyres are used for F2, with last years feature winning strategy being 16 laps on medium tyres and 9 on soft tyres. Last year Doohan won the race after starting in P11.

The lap record for this circuit is 1:56.054 (De Vries, 2018). This years sprint race will consist of 18 laps and the feature race will consist of 25 laps.

Top Ten Results
1) Isack Hadjar                 1:58.730
2) Victor Martins                  +0.010
3) Kimi Antonelli                  +0.447
4) Paul Aron                        +0.584
5) Amaury Cordeel              +0.638
6) Dennis Hauger                +0.661
7) Zak O'Sullivan                 +0.808
8) Franco Colapinto            +0.865
9) Jak Crawford                   +0.901
10) Gabriel Bortoleto           +0.971

Isack Hadjar continued his domination in the practice session of the Spa-Francorchamps weekend. However Campos Racing still say there was still room for improvement before qualifying.

At the start of the session the track was damp and all the drivers staying in the pits until the track was fully dry, leaving little time at the end for drivers to do minimal laps.

There was a brief red flag with just 23 minutes to go as Rafael Villagomez hit the barriers out of Turn 9. With 14 minutes left in the session the green flag came out and there was a rush to get running underway again.

All drivers started the session on their soft tyres, but running didn't last long as Victor Martins stopped on the track, and the red flag came out briefly while Martins car was removed.

The red flag was terrible news for all the drivers already on flying laps when the red flag was brought out. Duerksen was one of those drivers, and once the red flag was cleared, his tyres had very little life left, and he went slower in the first sector than on his previous lap.

Hadjar was the first to top the leaderboard with a time of 1:56.803, ahead of Aron by one-tenth, Bortoleto, Antonelli and Maloney.

As Hadjar pits, Aron, Bearman, and Fittipaldi head back out for another flying lap. Bearman and Fittipaldi both improve, but Aron aborts his lap and heads into the pits.

With seven minutes to go the drivers headed back out, with Aron going fastest ahead of Crawford, Maloney and Hadjar. O'Sullivan can only manage 10th place and put himself on pole for the reverse grid.

Aron takes pole for Sunday's feature race for the second consecutive weekend, ahead of Bortoleto, Hadjar, Crawford, Antonelli, Maloney, Colapinto, Verschoor, Hauger and O'Sullivan.

1) Paul Aron                    1:56.959
2) Gabriel Bortoleto           +0.168
3) Isack Hadjar                  +0.282
4) Jak Crawford                 +0.423
5) Kimi Antonelli                +0.438
6) Zane Maloney                +0.547
7) Franco Colapinto           +0.724
8) Richard Verschoor         +0.789
9) Dennis Hauger              +0.815
10) Zak O'Sullivan             +0.823
11) A Cordeel                     +0.842
12) K Maini                         +0.845
13) E Fittipaldi                    +0.862
14) J Correa                       +0.954
15) O Bearman                  +1.020
16) R Miyata                      +1.104
17) J Marti                         +1.161
18) R Villagomez              +1.230
19) T Barnard                    +1.829
20) J Durksen                   +2.113
21) R Stanek                    +2.500

Anny Wooldridge
​Writer at F1 Journal