Monaco

Monaco was carnage. The Sprint, run from reversed-grid pole by Barnard, survived two safety cars, a VSC and a late red flag yet stayed in his hands throughout for his maiden F2 victory ahead of Bortoleto and Hauger. Martins crashed out at the start after contact at Sainte Devote, Martí hit the wall at the Swimming Pool, and Verschoor damaged his front wing at Mirabeau. With six laps left, contact involving Maloney, O'Sullivan and Correa spun the championship leader, and Maini stalled in avoidance to bring out the red flag; both Maloney and Maini were classified out. The Feature was a strategic masterstroke by O'Sullivan, who started fifteenth, ran a marathon stint on softs and pitted from the lead under a late VSC, triggered by a Dürksen-Maloney clash, to emerge ahead of Hadjar and win, his maiden F2 victory. Aron completed the podium and Bearman climbed from twelfth to fourth. Pole-sitter Verschoor, who had topped his qualifying group, retired with a driveshaft failure. Aron's points took him to the championship lead, two clear of Hadjar, as the principality once again rewarded patience and strategy over raw pace.