Mick Schumacher was able to retain second place at the chequered flag, and avoided a penalty as Race Control deemed the collision with PREMA teammate Robert Shwartzman to be a racing incident. Shwartzman suffered damage from their clash and dropped out of the top ten entirely. This promoted Jack Aitken up to third for his second podium of both the weekend, and the season.
Callum Ilott, who took the Championship lead in the Feature Race on Saturday, managed sixth place to stretch his lead at the top of the table by a further four points. Ilott retains first in the Drivers’ Championship on 106 points, with neither of his main challengers finishing in the points. Lundgaard is second on 87, with Shwartzman third on 85. Mazepin and Delétraz sit fourth and fifth. In the Teams’ Championship, UNI-Virtuosi lead with 167 points, 21 ahead of PREMA Racing. ART Grand Prix are third, ahead of Hitech Grand Prix and Carlin.
Shwartzman will have the chance to react in just a weeks’ time, as the field head to Barcelona for Round 6 of the season. Ilott will be wanting to carry the momentum over to Catalonia and strengthen his grip on the Championship.
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