Luca Ghiotto closes out F2 season with Abu Dhabi Sprint Race win
Luca Ghiotto scored a✃ swansong Formula 2 victory in the final race of the 2019 season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, but could not beat Formula 1-bound Nicholas Latifi to second place in the final standings.
Ghiottoꦛ grabbed the lead from reverse grid pole-sitter Giuliano Alesi in the opening stages before pulling clear of DAMS rival Latifi, surviving two Virtual Safety Car periods and some front tyre concerns to cross the line seven seconds clear of the field.

Luca Ghiotto scored a swansong💖 Formula 2 victory in the final race of the 2019 season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, but could not beat Formula 1-bound Nicholas Latifi to second place in the final standings.
Ghiotto grabbed the lead from reverse grid pole-sitter Giuliano Alesi in the opening stages before pulling clear of💧 DAMS rival Latifi, surviving two Virtual Safety Car periods and some frontꦑ tyre concerns to cross the line seven seconds clear of the field.
It marked Ghiotto's fiไfth and fi🍸nal victory in F2, having already confirmed he will move into sports car racing for 2020. Ghiotto made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut earlier this year with Ginetta, but is yet to formalise a program.
The result gav💜e Ghiotto a chance of൲ grabbing second place in the final standings, but Latifi managed to hold on to second to secure P2 by seven points ahead of his move into F1 for 2020 with Williams.
Latifi's DAMS teammate, Sergio Sette Camara, followed his Feature Race victory up with a charge through the field to take third place from P8 ono the grid. He en🌌ds the year P4 in the standings behind Ghiotto, securing enough Super Licence points in the process.
Callum Ilott took fourth in h🗹is final start for Sauber Junior Team by Charouz ahead of Ales෴i and Louis Deletraz, while Nobuharu Matsushita and Guanyu Zhou rounded out the points-paying positions.
2019 champi🀅on Nyck de Vries finished a lowly 🐼13th, making Abu Dhabi his only scoreless round of the season.
The 2020 Formula 2 season gets underway in ꦍSಞakhir, Bahrain on March 21.