Sunday's sprint race Formula 2 in Sochi, she was eventually canceled after a horrific accident in the eighth round. Jack aitken (Campos) and Luca Ghiotto are in fast turn no. 3 collided with each other and severely damaged safety fence. Both drivers exited the race car unscathed, but the safety fence was too damaged to continue the race.
Mick Schumacher (Prema) was in third place at the time, increasing his lead in the championship. Due to the short racing distance, only half points were awarded. The victory went to the Chinese To Guanyu Zhou (Virtuosi) before Nikito Mazepin (Hitech) and already mentioned Schumacher.
Nemec he came in fourth with a good start and then overtook another in the third lap Aitken. It seemed that British he can’t keep up with the pace of the leaders, and then he started threatening it even more Greedy.
The Italian came face to face with the exit from the second bend Aitken and there was contact. Both race cars catapulted into the safety fence, so they also broke through it at work. Ghiotto's the car even caught fire and eventually caught fire, Aitken's Campos but it was also just a wreck. Fortunately, both racers left the car unharmed. The race management immediately hung up red flag and stopped the race.
As the fence was practically destroyed and the restoration work took the organizers quite some time, there was no restart. The end of the fifth lap was considered the end of the race, so they are aitken in Greedy despite the accident she got points for fourth and fifth place. The other points winners are Yuki tsunoda (6./Carlin), Callum ilott (7./Virtuosi) and Daniel Ticktum (8./DAMS).