F2: Fornaroli overcomes penalty to lead Invicta Racing 1-2 in Budapest

Leonardo Fornaroli overcame a five-second time penalty to seal his third win in as many rounds, taking a maiden FIA Formula 2 Feature Race victory in Budapest.

Starting in second behind Invicta Racing team mate Roman Stanek, Fornaroli maintained the position for the first stint. He then used the overcut to perfection, getting ahead of the Czech driver to take the net race lead.

However, the championship leader was soon given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane, just as Stanek had closed to within one second of him.

But Fornaroli was able to pull out a 7.2s gap on his team mate across the line to seal the victory.

Stanek was made to hold off Jak Crawford in the closing stages of the race, before taking the chequered flag in second, while the DAMS Lucas Oil driver settled for third.

Williams Driver Academy member Luke Browning took fourth for Hitech TGR, ahead of his title rival Richard Verschoor in fifth for MP Motorsport.

Campos Racing’s Arvid Lindblad held off the second Hitech of Dino Beganovic across the line to take P6 ahead of the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy prospect.

The second MP car of Oliver Goethe was also made to work for his position, finishing eighth after holding off a late attack from Rodin Motorsport’s Alexander Dunne.

Josep María Martí made sure both Campos cars and all three Red Bull Junior drivers finished in the points, as he followed up his Sprint Race victory with a run to 10th in the Feature.

For an in-depth report of the Formula 2 Feature Race, visit the official website here.