(Motorsports news) A straightforward sprint race saw the Indian driver close the gap to the championship-leader Felipe Drugovich’s points advantage. Saturday couldn’t have gone any more perfect for Prema Racing, as they took a 1-2 finish with Jehan Daruvala finishing a strong second and his teammate from the fellow Red Bull junior driver program, Dennis Hauger, took his maiden win in F2.

Daruvala started third on the grid for the 30-lap race and the Indian driver took full advantage of polesitter Jake Hughes’ car stalling on the grid and instantly moved up to second place. Daruvala did his best to get that elusive victory this season by trying to maintain pressure on his teammate Hauger early on, but with the tight nature of the Monaco street circuit and making a move on this circuit is very difficult, ultimately settled for a good second place and a chunk of points. In the end, the Indian driver had to settle for second position at the chequered flag and  with the championship-leader Felipe Drugovich’s DNF from the sprint race, the result allowed Jehan Daruvala to close the  gap up a little bit in the drivers standings for the time being as Drugovich maintained a healthy advantage. The Indian driver didn’t have a promising qualifying session as he started eighth for the feature race..

In the feature race, Pole-sitter Felipe Drugovich made no mistake and made it three wins in four races to extend his lead at the top of the Drivers’ Championship in Formula 2. After a disappointing retirement in the Sprint Race, the MP Motorsport driver turned around his fortunes and brilliantly held off Theo Pourchaire for 22 laps on the supersoft tyres around the challenging Monte Carlo streets. A late gasp move from Juri Vips wasn’t enough to bring him into the contention to fight for the win as the Hitech Grand Prix driver settled for third. Jack Doohan finished in fourth, ahead of Enzo Fittipaldi and Marcus Armstrong.

Sprint Race winner Dennis Hauger finished seventh and Jehan Daruvala was eighth taking home 4 points along with a point for the fastest lap also, as Logan Sargeant recovered into the points Another dominant performance by Drugovich saw the Brazilian driver to increase his lead in Drivers’ Championship to 113 points, 32 points clear of his nearest rival Theo Pourchaire whose in second followed by Jehan Daruvala who remained in third with 53 points ahead of Marcus Armstrong and Juri Vips who climbed up two places to fifth.

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