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Joshua Duerksen – how ‘risky’ early move helped hand him F2 Sprint victory

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Joshua Duerksen explained after he took a dominant victory in the first Formula 2 Sprint Race of the 2026 season in Melbourne. Starting the race in second, Duerksen got ahead of Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak early into the race and held onto the lead through a Safety Car restart to take victory. The Paraguayan driver admitted it was a “very good race,” explaining how moving ahead of Inthraphuvsak early was key to taking the win. “For sure, it was a v…

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The Argentine driver Nicolás Varrone had a crazy, crazy debut in Formula 2. After finishing last on Saturday in the sprint race in Melbourne (Australia) and committing a spin in the standings, Varrone left at 19th and finished only two places later: it was 17th. In the middle it happened everything: it was first for several laps, he took advantage of a security car that entered the track through the middle of the platoon and suffered a penalty o…

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Buenos Aires, 7 March (NA) – Nicolás Varrone had an outstanding performance this Saturday in the main Formula 2 race in Melbourne, where he took off from the 19th position and managed to get in full swing in the fight after a comeback that led him even to lead the competition. The Argentine crossed the goal in the eleventh place, but a five-second penalty finally relegated him to the 17th, in the framework of his premiere in the pre-Folion 1 cat…

It's also the recovery for Formula 2 this weekend, and Friday Beganovic - who starts his second full season in the category - has signed the pole position, ahead of Stenshorne and Dunne. But this Saturday is the sprint race, with the top 10 inverted qualifying: it's therefore Inthraphuvasak who starts the first ahead of Duerksen and Goethe. If the Thai keeps the lead in the first turn, Duerksen loses his position in favour of Goethe. But the Par…

Noel León took second place of the Sprint in Australia in Formula 2. He debuted with his right foot in the category and with Campos Racing. Best of all is that Leon will leave fourth in the main race. So he has a lot of chances to repeat the podium and even aspire to victory. And to think that Red Bull fired him from his academy in 2022 remember? Photograph @Formula2 via X First podium of Noel León in F2 Noel León not only climbed his first podi…

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