Mick Schumacher has, in the third season of the formula 2 race, the podium, just barely missed. The 21-Year-old from the Prema Team took on Saturday morning in Spielberg after a strong final phase in fourth place-his best result of the season, 0.1 seconds were missing at the end on rank three. The victory went to his team-mate Robert Schwarzman from Russia.
the son of The formula 1-record world champion Michael Schumacher will now start the sprint race on Sunday (11.10 PM/Sky) from the fifth rank, the first Eight of the main race in the reverse order to the Start.
The formula-2-run was in Spielberg’s the conclusion of a rainy Saturday. In the morning, the race of the formula 3 had been canceled, the third free practice session of the formula 1 was the Qualifying session started later than planned.
at the beginning of the formula 2-race one the conditions were still difficult. The first round completed the field behind the Safety Car, then the race was released. Schumacher had been in Qualifying over start space nine, and held these first, just before half of the race, he overtook the Indian Jehan Daruvala (Carlin).
During the pit stop Phase, Schumacher was rinsed with a rank forward, the track dried more and more, and the German also walked past the Briton Jack Aitken (Campos). The ride of the other competitors brought to rank five, on the penultimate lap he overtook in addition, the British Callum Ilott (Uni-Virtuosi Racing), such as Schumacher, a Ferrari Junior. On the last kilometers of the German continued to Ilotts team colleague, Zhou Guanyu (China) are under pressure, but it’s not quite enough.
On the first Season last weekend in Spielberg, Schumacher had been racing only in the sprint on Sunday as the Seventh two championship points taken. On Sunday, he can top up his account now.
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