Iron Dame Doriane Pin led the race from start to finish to make a glorious F1 Academy comeback, claiming the Race 2 victory in Zandvoort.
The Mercedes Junior Driver made an excellent recovery after suffering from fractured ribs and pulling out of Le Mans, holding off Maya Weug and Abbi Pulling for the win.
Championship leader Pulling lost the second slot off the line, failing to regain the second podium slot from Weug.
Polesitter Pin got off to a fantastic start while the Alpine Junior Driver Pulling dropped to third off the line with a slow start.
Ferrari Academy Driver Weug snatched the second podium slot from Pulling at her home race in Zandvoort.
Nerea Marti ran wide at Turn 1 after contact with Emely De Heus on the outside of the first corner but recovered quickly.
Lia Block and Jessica Edgar both suffered stalled starts on the opening lap which dropped them to 15th and 16th place respectively.
Hamda Al Qubaisi made up two places on the opening stages of the race, climbing to sixth place on the hunt for Nina Gademan’s spot.
The Wild Card driver Gademan finished Race 1 in sixth place and became the best-placed Wild Card driver in F1 Academy so far.
Gademan fell under pressure from Al Qubaisi, locking up heading into Turn 6 on Lap 3 as she attempted a move on Aurelia Nobels in fourth place.
A three-way battle for fourth place continued on Lap 4 between Nobels, Gademan, and Al Qubaisi as the Emirati driver pressured the Wild Card driver.
Meanwhile, at the front of the pack, the Iron Dame led Weug by 1.2s heading into Lap 5 as the Ferrari Academy Driver fought off Pulling in third.
Gademan attempted another overtake on Nobels around Turn 5 on Lap 7, but the young Brazilian driver displayed an excellent defence.
The gap between the three-way battle and the podium sitters extended to 6.8 seconds by Lap 7 as the trio fought hard for the positions.
By Lap 8, Pin pulled 1.4s away from Weug who fell within 0.4s of Pulling hoping to regain the second slot on the podium.
The Dutch driver finally moved up into fourth position on Lap 10 as Nobels was pushed off the track heading down to Turn 6.
Falling under extra pressure, Nobels lost another position to the Red Bull Junior driver Al Qubaisi after the contact was made.
Gademan picked up a 10-second time penalty for the collision at Turn 6 on Lap 10, as Nobels was forced into the gravel.
Bianca Bustamante fought for the last points-scoring position after starting at the back of the pack, fighting Aston Martin Academy driver Tina Haussman.
The two Red Bull Junior drivers went side by side heading into Turn 14 on Lap 14 as De Heus pulled off an overtake on the inside of Amna Al Qubaisi for 13th place.
Meanwhile, Pin set the fastest lap heading into Lap 16 as she led Dutch driver Weug by two seconds on her comeback victory.
The Frenchwoman claimed her second victory in the series, making a comeback after suffering from fractured ribs.
Weug and Pulling filled the second and third podium slots, as Weug secured two podiums at her home race in Zandvoort.
Hamda Al Qubaisi climbed up to fourth place after an impressive drive, finishing ahead of Nobels in fifth place.
Schreiner took sixth place after Gademan was dropped to 10th due to her time penalty, sitting ahead of Lola Lovinfosse.
Marti fell to eighth place after failing to recover from the early contact but finished in the points-scoring positions with Hausmann in eighth.
Gademan rounded off the last spot in the points, prohibiting Bustamante from scoring points this weekend in Zandvoort.
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