Ferrari junior Bearman finally takes first win of 2024 in Austria sprint race · RaceFans

June 29, 2024

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Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman took his first victory in Method 2 in 2024 forward of Crimson Bull junior Pepe Marti.

Bearman took the lead off the beginning line from Kush Maini and by no means regarded again, profitable by just below two seconds.

Championship chief Paul Aron completed third to additional prolong his benefit on the prime of the standings.

Bearman began alongside partial-reverse-grid pole winner Kush Maini. However the Ferrari junior leapt out into the lead of the race when the lights went out.

Maini then fell to 3rd behind Pepe Marti after a three-way battle between the pair of them and Taylor Barnard, with Marti dropping his left-hand entrance wing endplate following minor contact with Maini into flip three.

Regardless of his minor injury, Marti caught inside a second of the race chief, permitting him to proceed to make use of DRS. The race entered a section of tyre administration, with Bearman maintaining out of attain of his pursuer.

With eight laps remaining, championship chief Aron made a transfer on Maini for third, dropping his rival into the clutches of Invicta staff mate Gabriel Bortoleto, who demoted him to fourth. Within the closing laps, Bortoleto started to stress Aron for third, however the Hitech driver saved his nerve and managed to carry onto his place.

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Out entrance, Bearman didn’t provide Marti behind him any sniff of the lead and held him off over the road to safe his first race victory of 2024 and the primary podium for Prema with F2’s new chassis for 2024. Marti completed just below two seconds behind in second place, with Aron taking one more podium in third.

Bortoleto took fourth forward of Dennis Hauger in fifth after he was concerned in a collision with MP staff mate Franco Colapinto at flip 4 on the ultimate lap. As Colapinto spun out, Jak Crawford completed sixth forward of Maini. Joshua Duerksen, Zak O’Sullivan and Victor Martins accomplished the highest ten.