New championship leader Shwartzman wins wheelchair sprint race

Robert Shwartzman easily won the sprint race at the Formula 2 Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. He took the opportunity to take back the lead of the championship from Callum Ilott.

Published on 30/08/2020 à 12:07

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New championship leader Shwartzman wins wheelchair sprint race

It’s what we call a Sunday stroll, and a dream day for Robert Shwartzman (Prema). Starting very quickly from 3rd place, the Russian took advantage of the collision between Daniel Ticktum and Roy Nissany to take control of the race on the 3rd lap. Behind, the champion of F3 in title simply took advantage of the traffic jam created by Ticktum, whose front wing was damaged, to fly away and seek a third victory this season.

The Russian therefore won without forcing, for the third time this season. But he also had the pleasure of seeing championship leader Callum Ilott (UNI-Virtuosi) being knocked out in the first round by a stroller guilty of Yuki tsunoda (Carlin), winner of the main race on Saturday. The Prema driver therefore took the opportunity to regain the lead (for ten points) in the drivers' standings from the Briton, who only scored one point this weekend.

The good operation is complete for Prema since Mick Schumacher (Prema) also signed a new podium, the sixth of the season, a record. He is accompanied by Guanyu-Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi), 3rd this Sunday. Difficult day for Ticktum (DAMS) on the other hand, who fell to 10th position despite defensive prowess with a damaged wing.