F2 Feature Race Highlights | 2023 Italian Grand Prix

And F2 is gold in Italy with a good reaction time for Teo Porcher, who immediately looks in his mirrors to see where Oliver Behrmann is. And Behrmann in P2 is trying to go alongside. Can they pick their braking spot? There's a lock-up in the background for Owasso, but it'll make the corner. It's P1. Ostanek goes over the road, jumps into the lead. He'll have to feather out the throttle. The driver who started in third, Teo Porcher, still racing Oliver Behrmann. And it's wheel-to-wheel through Curva Grande on the first lap of 30. That was an elbow thrown by Ostanek to Victor Martins in the background. But Oliver Behrmann is moving ahead. And Oliver Behrmann takes the lead into the Roja. Very cautious on the brakes for Teo Porcher. Ostanek across the first chicane. And they're still battling. Wow, off-wide. Vesti, Vesti spinning. Vesti into the wall. And the driver who's second in the championship was squeezed by Ostanek. And that is a huge moment in the context of the championship. The man who is trying to deny Teo Porcher into the barrier. Watch the blue car of Victor Martins. So Behrmann gets the lead into second position, we see, for Porcher. That is very brave for Victor Martins. It then meant that the defensive move was out there. Vesti kept it planted and spins out of the race and potentially out of the title battle. The move from Martins, a nice one. Round the outside of the Roja chicane. Ostanek caught, shoveled wide. And then just comes across the road at us. Vesti, no time to react. You hear the car hit the limiter, spin up. He's lucky not to be collected. What is he doing? He put me directly into the wall. Mate! Frederik Vesti, your heart breaks for him. Deruval up, getting a good restart indeed. Jack Dewan in close pursuit. And it certainly seems to be the aero wash through the final corner, which is preventing drivers from attacking that hard down the Roja, down that first straight. Dewan, though, closing in with the tow. He's not the only one. Dewan going for the race lead. Owasa's going to join the party as well. Big crash. Big crash in the background as we have a crash on the restart. And that's a big moment for one of the Red Bull livery cars as Dewan got by. But we will obviously need. So Dewan has the lead. But we're going to have to neutralize the race after the crash of the start. Who holds the lead into the second chicane? Wheel to wheel we go. We are still racing. Deruval is there. Owasa's gone past both of them. Extraordinary. The lead changes three times in a matter of meters. And Owasa, third on the restart, goes into the lead of the feature race at Monza. It was Dewan. Then it was Deruval. By the time they get to the Les Mos, it's Owasa. That's Crawford being shuffled to the gravel. And Martins takes the place. Martins making the move. It's Maloney who's off down the Retafilo straight. And there surely will be a safety car. But they're still racing for now. These three drivers at the front of the field. And it's Behrman alongside Dewan. And has made it through there critically before the yellow flag was out. So that move being made by Behrman on Dewan. Let's have a look in the background of your shot for the incident for Zayn Maloney. And he's caught from behind. He's caught from behind and turned into that outside wall. Is it Nissani? I think it's Roy Nissani in the PHM who was running directly behind Maloney. It's a long angle there. But that is a huge accident. That is enormous speed on a restart. And thank goodness everyone was able to avoid the driver who was the runner-up here last year in Formula 3. Amazing title battle. We focus on the battle for second place. This is Dewan versus Poitier. These two have gone wheel-to-wheel many times. Poitier having to think about the championship. Dewan thinking about second place and defending it. He will go side-by-side through the Roja. And jumping over the chicane to maintain the place is Dewan. And there's the wave of frustration from Poitier. He will argue he was forced off the road. Poitier will argue that he cut the corner. Daruvala now with degrading tyres. Crawford with another attempted move at the first chicane. And another car deep. And that is Stanec in the Trident who will have to rejoin and drop back and give the places. Stanec who was penalised earlier on after shuffling Vesti into the wall. Not much from there. And contact! Contact between Crawford and Miney as he tries to slow it down. That's the front wing caught underneath the front tyres. That's such a scary moment for Miney. He'll have to slow that car right down. And clumsy stuff then as they head through Curva Grande. It promotes. Owasa up to 6th at the moment. But that will become 5th because Miney is off the road. And a fine drive is undone. How does this story end? Behrmann versus Poitier. And once again, Oliver Behrmann is the master of the restart at Monza. What's his gap across the line? That's superb stuff. Six tenths of a second on Poitier. Who is coming under the attentions of Ayumu Owasa. The Red Bull Junior driver. Car number 11. Flashing through your picture. Forcing the defence of Poitier. Who needs to take points from this race. And he's risking it wheel to wheel. Owasa will send it to the inside. Poitier has to open the steering wheel. And is 2nd place for Ayumu Owasa. Here comes Jack Doohan though. Looking down the inside. So Doohan with the chance on Correa. And he's up to 7th position now, Doohan. Who is really effectively making these tyres run. They don't have great performance for too long. But they are superior compared to the others that he's racing. Doohan up to 4th as it stands in the championship. Looking nicely plugged in that Invicta Virtuosi. Really changed direction beautifully in the Ascari chicane. Crawford's off the road. Crawford has parked it at the exit of Ascari. On the penultimate lap of the race. Jack Crawford and Stanec going into Ascari. And only one of them made the exit. He's either lost the engine over the run-off. No, the left rear tyre, look. The left rear wheel, left rear suspension damaged. And there's the car grabbing to a halt. So, yeah, just the tiniest left rear suspension. What happened? Did you have contact? Yeah, no space on Ascari entry. No space. Theo Poitier will head to the final round of the season. With 25 points his lead in the standings. It's another podium for him. Owassa has climbed 13 places to second. But the day belongs to the British driver. Oliver Behrmann looks up and sees the chequered flag first. Oliver Behrmann wins Monza after a masterful drive on a day of high drama. Oliver Behrmann wins once again in Formula 2. A feature race victory for the third time this season. Ayumu Owassa climbing through the field from 15th to second. Theo Poitier puts one hand on the championship trophy. A 25 point lead with 39 still on the table. Wow, incredible stuff all the way through. From the first lap to the last. Oliver Behrmann had it in control though. It was entertaining, if not always clean driving. But there are smiles all round. One man for taking his fourth in the force win in his rookie championship. One for climbing through the field. And Theo Poitier had one objective at the start of the season. That was to take the championship trophy. He has a 25 point lead heading in to the final event at Yas Marina.