Official F1 Journal Formula 2 Sprint Race Round Up - British Grand Prix

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Andrea Antonelli (Mercedes backed) takes his first win in Silverstone as he leads the pack from start to finish. Zane Maloney (Sauber backed) finishes comfortably in p2 while Gabriel Bortoleto's (McLaren backed) final push is good enough to deprive his teammate from p3.

Wet weather got us 2 rolling start and many more yellow flags as six drivers ending their Saturday's early, including Championship leader Paul Aron and his closest rival Isack Hadjar and home favourite's Ollie Bearman and Zak O'sullivan.

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RESULTS
POINTS FINISHERS
(Gap to leader)

1. ​Antonelli          2:02.271
2. Maloney             +8.6
3. Bortoleto            +10.8
4. Maini                  +11.2
5. Colapinto           +18
6. Crawford            +18.7
7. Hauger              +20.1
8. Stanek               +20.9

Antonelli gets us on the way with a rolling start and with clear visability he starts distancing himself from the rest of the pack as Ollie Bearman picks up front wing damage as he battles Crawford and Bortoleto for p4.

Silverstone covered in spray but that doesn't stop Bortoleto from going round the outside to pass Crawford through Maggots and Becketts, but Bearman is struggling with damage is dropping down the order now in ninth. A brief yellow flag is waved to clear the track of Bearmans debri and Paul Aron is edging closer to points now in p10 and Josep Maria Marti also managing the wet weather climbing up the order from p19 to p12.

​Red flag waved by the end of the fourth lap following Correa aquaplaning across the final corner. This break benefiting Bearman who was in need of front wing repairs.

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Antonelli, Maloney and Maini leading the field back onto the track 10 minutes later, behind a safety car as they prepare for their second rolling start. The green flag gets waved once more as lap 7 of 21 gets on the way. 

Not long into the restart and Paul Aron, Pepe Marti and Isack Hadjar out! With Marti sending it into the back of Aron the pair came to a hault on Wellington straight, with Hadjar sending himself across the gravel into the barrier at Copse ruining his chances of taking the championship lead of Aron. Once again the yellow flag is waved, but this time the rain looks to have stopped.

The safety car goes in on Lap 12. Disaster for Bearman who flys of at Copse but is able to boot his car back onto the track to avoid the same fate as Hadjar, unfortunately he's now dropped to p18. Mean while Bortoleto and Maini not giving up on this battle for a podium, Antonelli three second clear of Maloney and Maloney four second clear from Maini currently winning the battle for p3. 

Lap 17 an unfortunate lap for British drivers as Bearman  parks his car, ending his sprint race and Zak O'sullivan goes into the pits to originally repair his car but ends in retirement after clipping Victor Martins who was sent spinning in tricky conditions. Martins race also ending early.

This wet weather testing the drivers abilities as Silverstone rookie Duerksen holds onto the track as he has a spin sending him to the back of the field.

Antonelli enters the final lap seven second clear of Maloney ahead of the ultimate teammate battle as Maini struggles to hold of Bortoleto who goes round the outside in the final corner to take p3 only meters before the line!.

Bronwen Jones