Vips takes comfortable Formula 2 win in chaotic second Baku sprint race

Starting third on the grid behind Bent Viscaal and David Beckmann, 💯Vips was unable to get 🃏ahead off the start.
Beckmann took the lead of the rac👍e with an impressive switchback on Viscaal into Turn 4.&ꦜnbsp;
Once the first Safety Car period ended, 🍌Vips got past Viscaal into Turn 2 with a late lung𒉰e on Lap 4.
Another Safety Car was deployed shortly ♌af𒐪ter when Roy Nissany hit the back of Richard Verschoor into Turn 3.
A brief ﷺVirtual Safety Car period halted Vips’ progress until Lap 11, when he finally got past Beckmann with the use of DRS into Turn 1.
The Red Bull-backed junior ran out ಌa comfortable winner, beatin🍎g Beckmann by over three seconds.
Je♛han Daruvala maintained third ahead of Viscaal and Robert Shwartzman.
Dan Ticktum was one o🌄f the stars of the afternoon after he was spun by Guanyu Zhou on the opening lap into Turn 1.
Ticktum was brilliant on the brakes throughout, recovering from the back෴ to finish sixth ahead of Liam Lawson and Oscar Piastri.
Th♏eo Pourchaire was left to rue contact with Verschoor early on as he picked up wing damage on the opening lap🌳.
Pourchaire ultimately finished ninth ahead of Felipe Drꩵugovich 🌱in tenth.
Current points leader Zhou failed to make the chequered flag and could be subject to a penalty from the stewards afteℱr his contact with Ticktꦺum on Lap 1.
It was another disappointing rac🐭e for Marcus Armstrong a♑nd Christian Lundgaard.
Armstrong crashed out on Lap 4 while battling Viscaal into Turn 4, while Lundgaard was spun at Turn 1 follow💃ing the second Safety Car restart.
Click here for the full results fr♎om 𒆙the second sprint race in Azerbaijan.

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