The highest three have been all in on the identical lap for his or her stops, however sadly for the Alpine Academy driver, his was slower than his direct rivals’, and he got here out behind each Verschoor and Antonelli.
An overcut try from title contender Zane Maloney regarded to have moved him as much as an efficient second place forward of the Mercedes Junior Staff driver.
Nevertheless, a lock-up at Flip 3 despatched him deep into the nook and minor contact between the pair resulted in a spin for Maloney, dropping him down the order and permitting Martins to slide by way of on Antonelli and again into P2.
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Into the closing laps and the ART driver was looking down Verschoor, slicing a three-second hole down to only 1.1s, however a late-race crash for rookie Gabriele Minì meant the shortened Function Race was neutralised by a Security Automobile, permitting Verschoor to cruise throughout the road to take victory.
Gabriel Bortoleto completed P4 and moved into the lead of the Drivers’ Championship as Isack Hadjar failed to attain throughout the Baku weekend.
For a full report of the Components 2 Function Race from Baku, head to the official web site right here.
