{"id":825370,"date":"2026-07-25T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825370\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:33:08","slug":"f2-gabriele-mini-in-full-control-to-win-f2-sprint-race-and-close-points-gap-to-nikola-tsolov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825370\/","title":{"rendered":"F2: Gabriele Mini in full control to win F2 Sprint Race and close points gap to Nikola Tsolov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Gabriele Mini secured his second victory of the FIA Formula 2 season for MP Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The Italian went from second on the reverse grid and was patient in the opening stages, shadowing reverse grid polesitter Sebastian Montoya, saving the best of his tyres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">He pounced on Lap 17 of 28, forcing the PREMA Racing driver to defend through Turn 1 before getting a switchback completed at Turn 2 for the lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">From that point on, the Alpine Academy driver stretched his advantage to the tune of several seconds and claimed the additional point for fastest lap en route to victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">It was an important win too, with leader in the drivers&#8217; standings Nikola Tsolov failing to score despite running third for much of the Sprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The Campos Racing driver made a dive to the inside of Montoya at Turn 1 on Lap 21, but the pair made contact and suffered race ending damage. The incident is set to be investigated after the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Dino Beganovic secured his second-consecutive Sprint Race podium for DAMS Lucas Oil in P2. Laurens van Hoepen rebounded from his sizeable crash at Spa last week to complete the rostrum in third place for TRIDENT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Invicta Racing&#8217;s Rafael Camara also added to his tally in the title race with fourth place, while ART Grand Prix teammates Kush Maini and Tasanapol Intrahphuvasak followed in fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Rounding out the points were Invicta&#8217;s Joshua Duerksen in seventh, and Martinius Stenshorne in eighth for Rodin Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">For an in-depth report of the FIA Formula 2 Sprint Race in Budapest, head to the official website <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiaGVyZV9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5maWFmb3JtdWxhMi5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L2FydGljbGUvc3ByaW50LXJhY2UtbWluaS1mbGF3bGVzcy1pbi1idWRhcGVzdC13aW4tYXMtbW9udG95YS1hbmQtdHNvbG92LWNvbGxpZGUuMUxHcDlGVG1hRnpOQUVTcGNRS0t5RCIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiZXh0ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula2.com\/en\/latest\/article\/sprint-race-mini-flawless-in-budapest-win-as-montoya-and-tsolov-collide.1LGp9FTmaFzNAESpcQKKyD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gabriele Mini secured his second victory of the FIA Formula 2 season for MP Motorsport. The Italian went&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-825370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}