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Jolyon Palmer and Philippe Eng took victory in 2010 Formula 2 championship rounds 1 and 2 this week-end in Silverstone.
Jolyon Palmer took a historic maiden win in Formula Two in the opening race of the season at Silverstone on Saturday, the Briton keeping a cool head to control the race from lights-to-flag.
Dean Stoneman was able to exert steady pressure on Palmer during the opening series of laps, but lost ground after a spin at Becketts in the mid stages. Such was the dominance of the top two however, that Stoneman was able to return to the track and maintain second position, eventually finishing the race little over three seconds behind Palmer.
Palmer's victory is the first for a British driver in the new era of Formula Two and he becomes the first Brit to take a win since his father Jonathan won in Mugello, Italy, in 1983. The former F2 champion and Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision was at Silverstone today to witness his son's success and hand an ecstatic Jolyon his trophy at the end of the race.
Philipp Eng resisted a spirited challenge by Jolyon Palmer to clinch his first victory of 2010, the Austrian taking the chequered flag by just 0.8 seconds. Eng, who started from pole, enjoyed a solid start to carry his lead into the first corner and build a gap on the opening lap. He was soon pegged back, first by Dean Stoneman and later by Palmer, but he remained calm to seal victory.
With the championship next visiting Marrakech, Morocco, for its first ever street race and maiden event outside of Europe in two weeks time, Jolyon Palmer currently heads the standings ahead of Philipp Eng and Sergey Afanasiev.
Silverstone – Race 1:
1. Jolyon Palmer in 23 tours
2. Dean Stoneman + 3’’011
3. Sergey Afanasiev +7’’084
4. Philippe Eng+9’’932
5. Kazim Vasiliauskas+11’’581
etc.
Silverstone – Race 2:
1. Philipp Engin 23 tours
2. Jolyon Palmer+0’’807
3. Johen Jokinen+16’’230
4. Jack Clarke+20’’571
5. Will Bratt+21’’418
etc.
Championship provisional classification:
1. Palmer 43 pts, 2. Eng 37, 3. Afanasiev 23, 4. Stoneman 18, 5. Bratt 18, 6. Vasiliauskas 16, 7. Jokinen 15, 8. Clarke 12, 9. Marinescu 10, 10. Ebrahim 6, etc.
Jolyon Palmer and Philippe Eng took victory in 2010 Formula 2 championship rounds 1 and 2 this week-end in Silverstone.
Jolyon Palmer took a historic maiden win in Formula Two in the opening race of the season at Silverstone on Saturday, the Briton keeping a cool head to control the race from lights-to-flag.
Dean Stoneman was able to exert steady pressure on Palmer during the opening series of laps, but lost ground after a spin at Becketts in the mid stages. Such was the dominance of the top two however, that Stoneman was able to return to the track and maintain second position, eventually finishing the race little over three seconds behind Palmer.
Palmer's victory is the first for a British driver in the new era of Formula Two and he becomes the first Brit to take a win since his father Jonathan won in Mugello, Italy, in 1983. The former F2 champion and Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision was at Silverstone today to witness his son's success and hand an ecstatic Jolyon his trophy at the end of the race.
Philipp Eng resisted a spirited challenge by Jolyon Palmer to clinch his first victory of 2010, the Austrian taking the chequered flag by just 0.8 seconds. Eng, who started from pole, enjoyed a solid start to carry his lead into the first corner and build a gap on the opening lap. He was soon pegged back, first by Dean Stoneman and later by Palmer, but he remained calm to seal victory.
With the championship next visiting Marrakech, Morocco, for its first ever street race and maiden event outside of Europe in two weeks time, Jolyon Palmer currently heads the standings ahead of Philipp Eng and Sergey Afanasiev.
Silverstone – Race 1:
1. Jolyon Palmer in 23 tours
2. Dean Stoneman + 3’’011
3. Sergey Afanasiev +7’’084
4. Philippe Eng+9’’932
5. Kazim Vasiliauskas+11’’581
etc.
Silverstone – Race 2:
1. Philipp Engin 23 tours
2. Jolyon Palmer+0’’807
3. Johen Jokinen+16’’230
4. Jack Clarke+20’’571
5. Will Bratt+21’’418
etc.
Championship provisional classification:
1. Palmer 43 pts, 2. Eng 37, 3. Afanasiev 23, 4. Stoneman 18, 5. Bratt 18, 6. Vasiliauskas 16, 7. Jokinen 15, 8. Clarke 12, 9. Marinescu 10, 10. Ebrahim 6, etc.