F2: Fornaroli dominates to take maiden Formula 2 victory at Silverstone

Leonardo Fornaroli converted pole position into an impressive maiden Formula 2 victory at the Silverstone Sprint Race.

The Invicta Racing driver lost the lead at the start to Kush Maini, but pulled off an impressive overtake on the run down to Copse corner to retake the position on Lap 1.

From then on, Fornaroli went off into the distance, crossing the line to claim his first win of the season, and a victory on home soil for his Invicta team.

PREMA Racing’s Sebastián Montoya fought through from sixth on the grid to finish second, while Roman Stanek made it a double podium for Invicta by taking P3.

Alpine Academy driver Maini had done his best to hold on to a spot on the podium, but lost out to Stanek on the penultimate lap, before ending up in fourth place.

AIX Racing’s Joshua Duerksen held off Maini’s DAMS Lucas Oil teammate Jak Crawford across the line by a thousandth to finish in fifth.

A post-race penalty for causing a collision with fellow Williams Driver Academy member Victor Martins on the final lap caused Hitech TGR’s Luke Browning to drop from seventh to 12th in the final classification.

This promoted Championship leader Richard Verschoor up to seventh for MP Motorsport, with ART Grand Prix driver Martins taking the last point in P8.

Martins is also set to start from pole position in Sunday’s Feature Race, where he will be joined on the front row by Rodin Motorsport’s Alexander Dunne.

Lights out is set for 11:05 local time on Sunday, but until then, you can read an in-depth report of the FIA Formula 2 Sprint Race from Silverstone on the official website here.