Antonelli scored his second Formula 2 race win in as many weekends with title rivals Aron and Hadjar stumbling
Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli backed up his success in the Formula 2 Silverstone sprint contest with his maiden feature race success in Hungary, in a race broken by a pair of safety car interventions. Starting in seventh as the highest-placed driver on hard tyres, Antonelli progressed to fifth in the opening exchanges but was promoted to the lead when the safety car was deployed for the first time on lap seven as polesitter Paul Aron collided with title rival Zane Maloney .
As a result of the problems of those at the top of the table, Antonelli climbed from ninth to sixth in the drivers’ standings and lies 55 points off the top spot. Hadjar remains at the top of the standings, with his 18-point lead over Aron unchanged. Bortoleto past Maloney climbs to third, 30 points back.
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