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Pierre Gasly takes second GP2 win in Hungary feature race

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Pierre Gasly (FRA, PREMA, Racing) leads the field. 2016 GP2 Series Round 6 Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary Saturday 23 July 2016 Photo: /GP2 Series Media Service ref: Digital Image _ONY3476

Red Bull junior driver Pierre Gasly swept to his second GP2 Series victory in the space of two weeks with a dominant display at the Hungaroring on Saturday afternoon.

Victory in the feature race at Silverstone saw Gasly end a win drought dating back almost three years to his Formula Renault 2.0 days and move back into contention for the championship.

The Frenchman would have to wait just 14 days for his second GP2 win to come about as he fended off charges from Antonio Giovinazzi, Sergey Sirotkin and Raffaele Marciello to win in Budapest.

A good start allowed Gasly to control the early part of the race before pitting to the hard tire, at which point he was left to battle with cars running an alternate strategy.

Ex-Ferrari academy member Marciello looked to extend his prime stint before making the switch to the soft compound late on. The Italian put his fresh rubber to good use, cutting the gap to Gasly, Giovinazzi and Sirotkin after emerging from the pits behind the trio.

Arden’s Jimmy Eriksson rolled the dice on an ambitious strategy, pitting from the lead with just two laps remaining. The Swede came back out in eighth place, but retired after running out of fuel just half a lap from the finish.

Gasly had kept his cool, regaining the lead when Eriksson finally pitted with Giovinazzi and Sirotkin two seconds further back before crossing the line to claim his second victory in the space of two weeks.

Giovinazzi held Sirotkin off to complete a one-two finish for Prema, leaving the Russian to settle for P3. Marciello finished fourth ahead of Arthur Pic and Nobuharu Matsushita, while Norman Nato was seventh. Jordan King finished eighth for the third feature race in a row, giving him pole for Sunday’s sprint race in Hungary.

Victory gives Gasly a seven-point lead in the drivers’ standings ahead of Giovinazzi, with Marciello a further 12 points behind.

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