Luke Browning penalized, Victor Martins in the points

Among the highlights of this race, the F2 During the weekend at Silverstone, Victor Martins (ART GP) and Luke Browning (Hitech) were certainly the main drivers. Battling from start to finish, the two drivers supported by Williams were engaged in a fierce but clean duel, until contact occurred between the two men during the last lap. The Frenchman saw his front wing damaged, leading him to a very frustrating ninth place, the first without points. He was seventh before this unfortunate collision.

Early in the evening, Luke Browning was finally given a ten-second penalty for the crash. Deemed responsible for the accident, the Briton was thus ejected from the top eight, allowing Martins to score the final point at stake.

The official FIA document states: “ The Stewards summoned (Documents 34 and 35) and heard the drivers of cars No. 7 (Browning) and No. 14 (Martins), as well as team representatives, and examined the video evidence, positioning data and the signalling system.

Car No. 7 attempted to pass Car No. 14 around the outside of Turn 7, a long radius corner. At no point in the corner was Car No. 7's front axle in front of Car No. 14's. Car No. 7 remained to the outside of Car No. 14 as it approached the corner's exit, and contact occurred. The driver of Car No. 14 stated that he followed his normal racing line into Turn 7. The driver of Car No. 7 stated that because Car No. 14 had left space on the outside, he believed he could continue to have that space through the corner's exit.

Car No. 7 was not entitled to any space on the exit. However, at the time of the collision, car No. 7 had a significant amount of space on its left. After a thorough review of the situation, the stewards concluded that the driver of car No. 7 was solely responsible for the collision.

Competitors are reminded that they have the right to appeal certain decisions of the stewards, in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA ​​International Sporting Code and Chapter 4 of the FIA ​​Judicial and Disciplinary Regulations, within the applicable time limits.

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