Formula 2: Alex Duncan won the race in Spa through the rain.

      Unlike the earlier morning hours, when due to unpredictable Belgian weather the F3 race could not be held, by the start of the Sunday Formula 2 race the rain had stopped, albeit temporarily. But most importantly, the cars lined up on the grid, and by decision of the race director, it began behind a safety car.

      At the end of qualifying, the peloton was led by Alex Dann, who earned a couple of bonus points for pole position on Friday. He was followed by Ritomu Miata, for whom this was the best starting position of the season, with Roman Stanek in third place, and Viktor Marten, who had stepped onto the podium yesterday, in fourth.

      Richard Fershor, who was leading the youth series before the Spa round, started outside the top ten, as did Jack Crawford, who was second in the personal rankings. In these conditions, the best chances to overtake and oust them belonged, of course, to Dann, although Leonardo Fornaroli, the winner of Saturday's sprint, started seventh and was also likely harboring aggressive plans – he's currently third in the championship.

      The race started cleanly, overall proceeding smoothly. On the very first lap, Stanek overtook Miata, but it was evident that the drivers were finding it difficult to keep the cars on the track. Meanwhile, teams radioed them that rain would resume soon and continue for about fifteen minutes.

      Under these conditions, Dann chose to immediately create maximum possible gap and, after two laps, extended it to 2.3 seconds. Meanwhile, Miata managed to regain second place because Stanek made a mistake at Eau Rouge, after which Japanese ART driver increased his pace and reduced the gap to the leader to one and a half seconds.

      Fornaroli rose to sixth position but made a mistake near the same Eau Rouge turn, which was exploited by Pepe Marti, who overtook the Italian on the Kemmel straight. In seventh place, Leonardo couldn't hold his position either; Gabriele Mini overtook him.

      By the seventh lap, Dann had lost almost all his advantage—probably, the tires were already worse at gripping the track, or there was more water on the asphalt, or both factors combined. As confirmation, the first pit stops began—they were made by Sebastian Montoya, Sami Meguetuni, and Kush Maini, who then found themselves at the tail end of the peloton.

      On the eighth lap, Miata nearly caught Dann and noticeably increased pressure, but a real attack didn’t materialize, although the interval between the cars shrank to just three tenths. On the same lap, Luke Brawning overtook Fornaroli, pushing him down to ninth.

      Marten was warned with a black-and-white flag to be more careful on the track and to respect its limits. Soon, Mini received the same warning over radio, and Stanek complained about Miata, who, according to the Czech driver, had already violated track limits three times.

      However, the stewards had yet to notice the Japanese driver—unlike his teammate Viktor Marten, who was penalized with a five-second time penalty for such violations. The French ART driver was closely chased by Lindblad, who was practically overtaking him as Marten had to serve his penalty. Soon, this penalty was doubled for the same infringements, meaning Marten would fall out of the top ten.

      He went to the pits on the 12th lap, serving a ten-second penalty, and rejoined the race in fifteenth position.

      The race leader, Alex Dann, was called to a pit stop by his Rodin Motorsport team on the 13th lap. Other leaders’ group drivers also entered the pits, but then a surprise occurred: Luke Brawning, exiting the pits on cold tires, lost control of his car , spun, and lost several positions but managed to continue.

      Meanwhile, Dann was running third, but he was now pressured not by Miata, but by Stanek. On the 14th lap, some unusual events unfolded: Amori Cordil, who was in second place, pitted onto the pit lane, allowing Dann to move up to second position and decide to attack Oliver Gote, who was leading at the time but had not yet pitted.

      Countering Dann’s attacks made little sense for Gote, but he gave the Irishman an unexpectedly tough defense, and their duel continued over several turns. Both found it difficult on the wet track but acted fairly correctly, and eventually, Alex moved ahead.

      He then immediately began to extend his lead from the nearest pursuer, quickly bringing it up to nearly 3.5 seconds. By then, the pursuer was no longer Stanek, who was losing pace, but again Miata. The Czech driver from Invicta Racing was only fourth, though this didn't last long—the Japanese driver's car was spun around, allowing Lindblad and Stanek to pass him easily, moving into second and third positions, respectively.

      Luke Brawning, who had also been spun around several laps earlier, gradually started to catch up, passing Marti with a bold maneuver and beginning to chase Miata.

      On the 17th lap, the race was neutralized by the appearance of the safety car because Sebastian Montoya, losing control on the slippery track in Eau Rouge, did several pirouettes on the roadside and stopped near the barriers, as his Dallara's engine had stalled.

      Seizing the opportunity, Richard Fershor, who had nothing to lose, pitted for another set of rain tires.

      Of course, the safety car led the peloton, and the gap that Dann had extended to over four seconds evaporated completely. There were only three laps remaining until the finish. The rain intensified, and the leading Rodin Motorsport driver radioed that under these conditions, in each lap at Eau Rouge, he was on the verge of an accident.

      It was clear he would prefer the race to end behind the safety car. Moreover, when the peloton was behind a green Aston Martin driven by Bernd Mayländer, a thick cloud of smoke erupted from Oliver Gote's engine, forcing MP Motorsport's German driver to stop on the Kemmel straight.

      There was no time to evacuate his Red Bull-colored Dallara, so the race director decided to stop it with red flags. This happened on the 22nd of 23 laps. Accordingly, points were awarded fully to the racers who had distinguished themselves today, and Alex Dann received congratulations not only on his victory but also on returning to the lead in the personal standings.

      Second place went to Arvid Lindblad, and Roman Stanek finished on the podium for the third time this season. Ritomu Miata took fourth, his best finish so far in F2. He performed well in qualifying and raced aggressively, but he was just a bit unlucky.

      Thus, after the Belgian round, Dann once again took the lead in the championship with 137 points. Fershor is now second, and he didn’t score anything today, so he still has 122 points. Meanwhile, Fornaroli is only one point behind, making the fight for the top three positions even more intense. Next week, during the event in Hungary, the developments in Formula 2 will continue.