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Dennis Hauger became the first Formula 2 driver to stand on the top step in Melbourne, as he claimed the opening Sprint Race win of the weekend.

Bearman avenged his team mate Frederik Vesti’s early overtake to reclaim seventh on the final lap. Jak Crawford put Hauger under pressure to turn a front row start into his maiden points and podium finish in second. The Red Bull junior held on to the lead from reverse grid pole and didn’t relinquish it despite some late drizzle causing drama.

Dennis Hauger survived a late-race shower and safety car restart to take a lights-to-flag victory in the Formula 2 sprint race in Melbourne.

Ret With the shower now having passed, the wet tyre-shod runners were left stranded, Pourchaire running off the circuit as he fought to hang on. On lap 14, Doohan, caught in a midfield scrap with Trident’s Roman Stanek and the Van Amersfoort Racing duo of Correa and Richard Verschoor, was tipped into a spin at Turn 3 by the American. A spin from Virtuosi’s Jack Doohan after contact with Juan Manuel Correa brought out the safety car with eight laps remaining just as rain started to fall over the Albert Park circuit.

Despite a mid-race safety car and further rainfall, Hauger was able to hold off Jak Crawford and Kush Maini, with the two rookies completing the podium for ...

[PrimePrimeFIA F2 ](/fia-f2/news/ranking-the-10-best-drivers-from-f1s-junior-series-in-2022/10414312/) 1 Maloney emerged ahead in fifth, with Martins, Hadjar, Vesti and Bearman close behind.

Dennis Hauger has won his first race for MP Motorsport as he took a lights-to-flag victory in Melbourne. Hauger claimed reverse grid pole position on ...

The situation then became more complicated when a Safety Car was called on lap 14 following contact between Jack Doohan and Juan Manuel Correa. Equipped with the Soft tyre, Arthur Leclerc shaped up Kush Maini on lap seven for third place and briefly moved in front of the Indian driver. Hauger avoided mistakes and held on for the win, crossing the line in front of Crawford and Maini.

Dennis Hauger made history as he became Formula 2's first-ever winner on the streets of Melbourne. Starting on reverse grid pole, the MP Motorsport driver ...

Making his DAMS car as wide as possible, the Monégasque got his elbows out to hold on to fourth. Nailing his restart, Hauger held firm out front to bring home his third victory in the Championship ahead of Crawford and Maini. Really happy to finally get the win this season, so just got to keep on going for tomorrow.” Martins found himself stuck in the middle of a three-car pincer movement, with Bearman attempting to dive up the Alpine junior’s outside and Maloney around the outside. Still glued nose to tail, Maloney took full advantage of the DRS train. Brave on the brakes, the Campos Racing driver got the switchback done, regaining the place in the next corner.

Ayumu Iwasa secured Formula 2's first-ever pole position in Australia, making his final attempt count around a drenched Albert Park Circuit.

The session was halted five minutes in due to the heavy rain, with Oliver Bearman spinning sideways into the barrier between Turns 8 and 9. Having led at the halfway mark, Iwasa found his way back in front with a 1m 45.118s as Martins slid into the wall on the exit of Turn 5, concluding the session with over two minutes left on the clock. When running resumed as the rain eased, eight drivers traded turns in P1 with the likes of home hero Jack Doohan, Isack Hadjar, Frederick Vesti, Roman Stanek and Dennis Hauger all clocking in the fastest times.

Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa became the first repeat winner of the Formula 2 season as he converted pole position into victory in Sunday's feature race in ...

[Trident](https://www.autosport.com/team/trident/36664/)). [PlusPlusFIA F2 ](/formula2/news/what-racing-in-australia-means-for-the-future-of-f1s-junior-series/10329551/) [PlusPlusFIA F2Baku ](/formula2/news/the-other-doohan-charting-his-way-to-motorsport-success/10322975/) [PlusPlusFIA F2 ](/formula2/news/the-on-form-f1-protege-carrying-americas-hopes-on-his-shoulders/10338610/) [PlusPlusFIA F2 ](/formula2/news/ranking-the-10-best-drivers-from-f1s-junior-series-in-2022/10413269/) [PlusPlusFIA F2Spa ](/formula2/news/what-the-future-holds-for-two-red-bull-juniors-fighting-in-the-f2-battleground/10357058/) [PlusPlusFIA F2 ](/formula2/news/ranking-the-10-best-drivers-of-an-f1-junior-series-stalwart/8541895/) [Jehan Daruvala](https://www.autosport.com/driver/jehan-daruvala/841988/) (MP) was sixth, followed by Richard Veschoor (VAR), while Hitech driver Hadjar was eighth on the road but handed a 10-second penalty for rejoining the track unsafely after being hit at Turn 13 by Nissany earlier in the race. [FIA F2 ](/formula2/news/iwasa-remains-with-dams-for-second-f2-season/10410437/) [More](/driver/ayumu-iwasa/875577/) [Ayumu Iwasa](/driver/ayumu-iwasa/875577/) [FIA F2Bahrain ](/formula2/news/iwasa-has-the-talent-to-win-2023-f2-title-says-dams-owner-pic/10431864/) [Ralph Boschung](https://www.autosport.com/driver/ralph-boschung/841631/), who had led the championship alongside Iwasa heading into the race, was an anonymous 18th ahead of Hauger, while Fittipaldi was classified 20th after spinning on his out-lap under caution and then crashing, only just missing the stricken car of Nissany. Iwasa initially ran sixth after his stop, but gained a place back after Doohan pitted.

The DAMS driver was quick from the off, tackling torrential downpours before setting a 1m45.118s to top the timesheets for his first pole position since Abu ...

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Ayumu Iwasa held his calm to win an incident-filled feature F2 race in Australia, as Gabriel Bortoleto does so in F3.

Contact on the final lap between Dino Beganovic and Caio Collet left them both with damage three corners from home, but the PREMA driver was able to take P8 ahead of a resurgent Martí in ninth. Unfortunately for the Swiss, Bortoleto managed the gap to the end to take the victory. The Spaniard went from 30th to 21st on the first lap alone, and he was battling Campos Racing teammate Mansell for 12th. Saucy began to close the gap to Bortoleto ahead with a fastest lap on Lap 17 and he was within half a second with three laps to go. But with the penalty to Hadjar, it helped Hadjar, Maini and Stanek in Top 10. The Van Amersfoort Racing man was handed a 10-second time penalty for the incident. Iwasa staight out of trouble from start to finish and wins the race. The MP Motorsport driver made brief contact with the Briton completing the move and sustained a puncture. Before anything more could happen, Nissany ran on the grass to have a spin and hit the wall to retire. There was another moment on the gravel for Bearman outside the Top 10 but caught well. It resulted in a safety car period where the pit stop saw incident between Hadjar and Bearman when the Frenchman was released. There was contact between Trident’s Clement Novalak and Van Amersfoort’s Juan Manuel Correa which forced Correa into the pits with a puncture and front wing damage.

FormulaNerds.com — Latest News — The first F2 feature race in Australia was underway. With the weather switching from sunshine to heavy rain all throughout ...

Roy Nissany hit the wall and caused his race to end with only 7 laps remaining. This caused even more problems for him as when he came out of the pits on the 6th lap he was a lap behind and had a lot of catching up to do. Theo Pourchaire came in second and Arthur Leclerc got his first podium finish after putting on a spectacular race. As Doohan continued to make his way up the pack, he went around the back of the Red Bull of Crawford. However, he came in fourth as Leclerc fought him off until the final turn. Victor Martins locked up after the safety car ended and it hit 3rd place runner Dennis Hauger. Crawford ended up not having enough space and it ultimately led to him to collide with the wall. This caused him to lose those positions he gained and dropped back down to 17th. Isack Hadjar set the fastest lap on the fourth lap and started gaining on the three in front of them. But that was not all as after race control looked at the incident between Hadjar and Bearman they deemed that he would receive another 5-second penalty. Jack Doohan who is starting down in 15th will be hoping to make an impression on the crowd in his first home Grand Prix After a disappointing weekend for both ART drivers in Jeddah, they will be looking to gain back the points they lost and hopefully gain an advantage in the Constructors and Championship board.

FormulaNerds.com — Latest News — The first F2 feature race in Australia was underway. With the weather switching from sunshine to heavy rain all throughout ...

Roy Nissany hit the wall and caused his race to end with only 7 laps remaining. This caused even more problems for him as when he came out of the pits on the 6th lap he was a lap behind and had a lot of catching up to do. Theo Pourchaire came in second and Arthur Leclerc got his first podium finish after putting on a spectacular race. As Doohan continued to make his way up the pack, he went around the back of the Red Bull of Crawford. However, he came in fourth as Leclerc fought him off until the final turn. Victor Martins locked up after the safety car ended and it hit 3rd place runner Dennis Hauger. Crawford ended up not having enough space and it ultimately led to him to collide with the wall. This caused him to lose those positions he gained and dropped back down to 17th. Isack Hadjar set the fastest lap on the fourth lap and started gaining on the three in front of them. But that was not all as after race control looked at the incident between Hadjar and Bearman they deemed that he would receive another 5-second penalty. Jack Doohan who is starting down in 15th will be hoping to make an impression on the crowd in his first home Grand Prix After a disappointing weekend for both ART drivers in Jeddah, they will be looking to gain back the points they lost and hopefully gain an advantage in the Constructors and Championship board.

Ayumu Iwasa put in a measured performance from pole to take his fourth Formula 2 win and assume the lead of the championship for the first time.

Iwasa now leads the drivers’ championship on 58 points, eight points ahead of Theo Pourchaire, whilst DAMS’ 1-3 finish gives them the lead of the teams’ standings on 91. With four laps to go, Martins and Hauger were knocked out of the fight for the final podium spot. Assuming the lead when Iwasa pitted, Vesti waited until Lap 26 to make his stop behind a second Safety Car after Roy Nissany spun into the barriers ahead of Turn 13. Vesti made swift work of Zane Maloney for fourth ahead of Daruvala, Verschoor, Doohan, Maini and Stanek, who secured his first F2 points for Trident. Theo Pourchaire kept in touch but had to settle for second and Ferrari junior Arthur Leclerc scored his maiden F2 podium from seventh. After starting P15, home hero Jack Doohan attempted to get into the points, going deep across the kerb trying to pass Jak Crawford.

Ayumu Iwasa reigned triumphant in the Melbourne Feature Race, claiming his fourth victory in Formula 2. The pole-sitter charted his way through two Safety ...

Their 1-3 finish awards DAMS the lead of the Teams’ Standings on 91 points. Iwasa managed the restart to become the first repeat winner in 2023 ahead of Pourchaire. A final burst of action came as the Safety Car was withdrawn on Lap 30. Vesti reached the chequered flag in fourth having started 13th, ahead of Maloney and Daruvala. On Lap 5, Frederik Vesti found his way past Crawford around the outside of Turn 14, whilst home hero Jack Doohan was on a charge of his own. Fittipaldi also used the opportunity to box, but a spin at pit exit was followed up by a crash, extending the Safety Car period.

Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa became the first repeat winner of the Formula 2 season as he converted pole position into victory in Sunday's feature race in ...

[PrimePrimeFIA F2 ](/fia-f2/news/ranking-the-10-best-drivers-of-an-junior-series-stalwart-dams/8543586/) Hadjar’s penalty dropped him to 17th place behind Martins. Iwasa initially ran sixth after his stop, but gained a place back after Doohan pitted.