Australia – Sprint: Perfect copy of Hadjar who wins, Martins in the points

• It's only one victory in the Sprint Race but it will do him a lot of good. Unlucky since the start of the season, Isack Hadjar (Campos) produced a perfect copy this Saturday to open his account in this 2024 campaign.
• Left since 3^e place on the grid, the Ile-de-France resident took advantage of the bad starts of “poleman” Roman Stanek (Trident) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Invicta Racing) to immediately take the lead. But again, everything almost ended very quickly for him since he was caught in a triple contact with Gabriel Bortoleto and Josep María Marti (Campos) which knocked the latter two to the ground.
• After escaping the disaster, Isack Hadar simply rolled on, despite the two additional safety cars during the 23 laps. Well helped by Roman Stanek who served as a stopper, the protégé of Red Bull was never caught again taking the checkerboard with almost 7 seconds in advance.

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CHAOS AT THE START!

Both Pepe Martí and Gabriel Bortoleto crash out before they even get to T1 😱#AusGP #F2 pic.twitter.com/o46qAzsksE

- Formula 2 (@ Formula2) March 23, 2024

• First in Zandvoort last year during a Sprint which did not really take place due to the rain, Isack Hadjar can this time celebrate his first real victory in F2.
• Author of pole position and starting 10th this Saturday, Dennis Hauger (MP Motorsport) got the better of Kush Maini (Invicta Racing) on ​​the penultimate lap to take the podium. With this result and the 11th place of leader Zane Maloney (Rodin Motorsport), the Norwegian is 8 lengths behind the Barbadian.
• Second Frenchman entered, Victor Martins (ART Grand Prix) was unable to fight for victory but he still managed a very good race. Starting 21st and penultimate after his mistake in qualifying the day before, the Habs did not let the challenge get them down and climbed to 7th place to leave with 2 points, their first in this 2024 season.

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