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Liam Lawson showed impressive pace in damp conditions to win the second Formula 2 sprint race in Monaco.
Lawson was the lead car on the grid after Marcus Armstrong suffered a technical issue on his way to pole position and was forced to start from the pit lane.
Lawson relinquished the lead to Oscar Piastri, who took an early lead in the lead Prema.
Piastri struggled to get to grips with the wet track and it was immediately apparent the reigning F3 champion didn’t have the pace to maintain the lead.
The Hitech driver made his move on Lap 5 - first, a late lunge into the Nouvelle Chicane, but both drivers were forced to cut the corner, allowing Piastri to remain ahead.
Liam Lawson kept the pressure on Championship leader Guanyu Zhou with a second win of the season in Sprint Race 2 at Monte Carlo, the Hitech Grand Prix racer recovered from a tricky start to win out over Carlin’s Dan Ticktum and PREMA Racing’s Oscar Piastri.
Jumped by Piastri off the line, Lawson marshalled the wet conditions expertly, reclaiming the lead five laps in and controlling the rest of the race.
Piastri dropped down to third behind Ticktum, with the two-time Macau Grand Prix winner utilizing his street-race experience to pick off the PREMA and hunt down the Hitech. But Lawson refused to surrender, keeping the Briton at bay during a tumultuous middle part of the race, before going on to finish 8s ahead.