F2: Crwaford secures his second win in a dramatic F2 race

F1 Grand Prix, GP Monaco, Monte Carlo Circuit

Although Leonardo Fornaroli led the majority of the F2 Feature race at Monte Carlo, Jak Crawford secured his second win of the season in dramatic fashion around the streets of Monte Carlo for DAMS Lucas Oil.

Following his race victory at last Sunday's Imola F2 race, McLaren junior Alexander Dunne started from pole position at Monte Carlo. The Irish driver had a slow getaway, and Victor Martins, who started from P2 on the grid, was able to get alongside Dunne.

However, Rodin Motorsport driver was reluctant to yield, and the pair made contact that left both in the wall at Sainte Devote and resulted in several drivers behind getting caught up in the incident, bringing out the red flags.

Along with Dunne and Martins, Richard Verschoor, Gabriele Minì, Ritomo Miyata, Josep María Martí, Max Esterson were all involved in the incident and out of the race. With the stoppage taking a long period of time, the rest of the race was running to time instead of the originally scheduled 42 laps.

The race direction elected the restart the race with a rolling start. Italian driver Leonardo Fornaroli found himself on top of the pack,

Fornaroli led the pack at the rolling restart ahead of the remaining 14 cars. However, there was another drama soon after the restart as Joshua Duerksen and Kush Maini made contact at Rascasse, with the incident leaving the former stranded at the penultimate corner.

The incident required a virtual safety car. Following the short interruption, Fornaroli led from Montoya and Lindblad while Jack Crawford occupied P4 on the road.

Ferrari junior driver Dino Beganovic tapped the wall at Sainte Devote, and with his car picking up damage, he went into the barriers at Casino Square, bringing out the Virtual Safety Car once more.

The VSC was quickly upgraded to a full Safety Car. Crawford was able to pit to complete his mandatory tyre service immediately, but the top three passed pit entry prior to the deployment.

The top three then also made their stops, with Lindblad having jumped Montoya with a quicker pitstop from Campos. However, the trio rejoined the track behind Crawford who benefitted from the safety car to jump to the front of the field.

The American took his second win of 2025 ahead of Fornaroli. Although Lindblad crossed the line in third, he received a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane which meant that Montoya grabbed a third-place finish in the end.

Luke Browning was fourth ahead of Lindblad, who fell to fifth. Kush Maini was P6 ahead of Roman Stanek, Amaury Cordeel, Rafael Villagómez, and Oliver Goethe in the top 10.

Commenting on his victory at Monte Carlo, Crawford said: “Oh my gosh. That was the race of my dreams! Avoiding the crash at the start was just the first bit.

"Around the Safety Car and trying to get into the pits… Oh my god! It was the craziest thing ever. I’m so lucky, the pace was good too. It was an incredible day.”

As for the championship standings, Luke Browning has moved into the lead of the Drivers’ Championship, sitting on top with 70 points. Alexander Dunne fell to second on 67, with Leonardo Fornaroli in the top three with 64. Richard Verschoor stays on 59 points in fourth, while Jak Crawford jumps up to fifth with 56 points.

Hitech TGR lead in the Teams’ Standings on 99 points, with Campos Racing second on 92. Invicta Racing are third on 76 points, DAMS Lucas Oil and MP Motorsport are tied on 71 points apiece on fourth and fifth places.