Norris extends F2 standings lead
After a nightmare weekend for his rivals, Lando Norris extended his Formula 2 title lead at Monaco last weekend, although he also suffered two crashes, a drivethrough penalty and a virtual safety car infringement.
Norris apologised to his Carlin team after a crash in qualifying left him 17th on the grid. He’d attempted to take the Swimming Pool section flat, but carried too much speed into the exit and crashed.
In the race he started on supersoft tyres and multiple safety cars played to his favour. He punted Ralph Boschung at Anthony Noghes, earning a drivethrough, but recovered to sixth.
“I need to apologise to Ralph, I don’t want to wipe anyone out as that makes me look bad,” he said.
In the sprint race he took third after being second on the road. He exceeded the virtual safety car limit by over a second, which when applied dropped him behind Louis Deletraz. Ferrari junior Antonio Fuoco won the race.
Artem Markelov won the feature race and takes second in the standings, 27 points behind Norris.
Alexander Albon crashed into Nyck de Vries at the pitlane entry while leading the Dutchman, and both failed to score points over both races.
George Russell crashed twice, while his team-mate Jack Aitken was robbed of a good result when a throttle pedal sensor broke when he started second for the sprint race.