Monaco GP2: Honda’s Matsushita dominates sprint race, Evans 4th

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Matsushita’s front row partner Marvin Kirchhofer inched ahead as they got off the line, but the Japanese driver braked later down the inside into Ste Devote and stayed ahead thereafter.

An early charge pulled him clear of Carlin’s GP3 graduate Kirchhofer, and by the end his winning margin was 13.6 seconds.

Kirchhofer fended off Russian Time’s Raffaele Marciello for the runner-up spot, with Mitch Evans fourth for Campos.

Alex Lynn kept a train of cars at bay for fifth, finishing with Friday’s podium finishers Norman Nato, Oliver Rowland and Artem Markelov on his tail.

In a processional race, only Sergio Canamasas seemed able to make progress up the order – surging past Pierre Gasly, Gustav Malja and Daniel de Jong with a string of bold moves to reach 10th.

Other drivers starting down the order struggled.

Sergey Sirotkin remains on zero points after parking at Casino Square early on, Jordan King was 16th and penalised for a tangle with Philo Paz Armand, and Antonio Giovinazzi spent the race last after stalling on the dummy grid.

SPRINT RACE RESULT

PosDriverTeamLapsGap
1Nobuharu MatsushitaART Grand Prix3041m59.392s
2Marvin KirchhoferCarlin3013.660s
3Raffaele MarcielloRUSSIAN TIME3015.453s
4Mitch EvansPertamina Campos Racing3020.894s
5Alex LynnDAMS3032.560s
6Norman NatoRacing Engineering3033.038s
7Oliver RowlandMP Motorsport3033.594s
8Artem MarkelovRUSSIAN TIME3033.874s
9Arthur PicRapax3036.777s
10Sergio CanamasasCarlin3047.646s
11Daniel de JongMP Motorsport3054.291s
12Gustav MaljaRapax3055.476s
13Pierre GaslyPrema Racing3055.981s
14Luca GhiottoTrident3056.501s
15Jimmy ErikssonArden International3058.682s
16Jordan KingRacing Engineering301m09.193s
17Nabil JeffriArden International301m17.922s
18Antonio GiovinazziPrema Racing301m17.997s
Nicholas LatifiDAMS13Retirement
Sergey SirotkinART Grand Prix10Retirement
Sean GelaelPertamina Campos Racing7Retirement
Philo Paz ArmandTrident3Retirement

Monaco GP2: Honda’s Matsushita dominates sprint race, Evans 4th

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