Nicholas Latifi has extended his Formula 2 championship lead to 26 points with a▨ flawless victory in the Spain feature rꩲace at Circuit de Catalunya.

The DAMS driver avoided the first-la𒁃p clashes, which triggered an early safety car following Giuliano Alesi’s retirement after hitting Mick Schumacher, before moving up to second place following early leader Guanyu 🌼Zhou after pole-sitter Luca Ghiotto dropped from first to seventh.

With tyre strategy coming into play, both Jordan Kℱing and Anthoine Hubert moved to the front as the leaders pitted. On the tough harder tyres, Latifi found a key pace ad⛦vantage to reel in Zhou and overtake the Chinese driver with six laps to go blasting around the outside at Turn 1.

After King and Hubert pitted, Latifi had a clear track ahead to storm to victꦚory, while Jack Aitken claimed s💎econd place by overtaking Zhou on the penultimate lap at Turn 1. Despite the disappointment, Zhou did claim his maiden F2 podium ahead of a recovering Ghiotto in fourth place.

Nyck de Vries had to settle for fifth place after being caught by Ghiotto in the clos🐈ing stages, while Hubert’s alternative strategy paid off for sixth place just ahead of King in seventh.

Callum Ilott claimed eighth place as Sean Gelael and R🐻alph Boschung rounded out the points pl🍬aces.

It was a racಌe to forget for Schumacher who, following his opening-lap hit wi🍰th Alesi, made contact with Juan Manuel Correa at Turn 4 on Lap 29.