Arvid Lindblad made the most of his pole position by delivering a commanding performance to claim his first Formula 2 Feature Race victory in Spain.
The Campos Racing driver controlled the race from start to finish, cementing his status as a title contender in this championship.
Sebastian Montoya came home in second place and Richard Verschoor secured another podium this race weekend in third.
Lindblad lined up on pole position after a superb qualifying performance, with the PREMA Racing driver joining him on the front row.
Montoya had been hit with a five-second time penalty following a collision with team-mate Gabriele Mini in the Sprint Race, dropping him from fifth to 11th in the final classification.
Saturday’s surprise winner, Richard Verschoor, started the Feature from fifth on the grid, while championship contenders Luke Browning and Alex Dunne lined up on the fourth row.
Dunne served a three-place grid drop for his pit-lane collision with Victor Martins during free practice, demoting him from fifth to eighth on the grid.
Red Bull junior maintains the race lead
The Invicta Racing of Leonardo Fornaroli was noted by the race stewards for a starting procedure infringement.
Lindblad covered off any threat from Montoya at the race start to protect his race lead from pole into Turn 1.
Verschoor climbed up into third place as Spanish favourite Pepe Marti into sixth place from 11th on the grid.
Hitech’s Browning climbed two positions to fifth, while Dunne slipped back to ninth.
Fornaroli was handed a 10-second time penalty for the incident — a further blow as the Italian had already fallen out of the points.
Capitalising on the situation, ART’s Ritomo Miyata snatched 10th from Fornaroli and quickly moved past Dunne to take ninth.
Starting from third on the grid, Kush Maini endured a disastrous getaway, falling ten places in the opening laps — a major setback for the DAMS Lucas Oil driver.
Out front, Lindblad had pulled nearly two seconds clear of Montoya by Lap 5, asserting early control over the race.
Among the top 10, Dunne and Jak Crawford were the only drivers on the Hard tyres, opting for the alternative strategy, while the rest of the frontrunners started on Softs.
Joshua Durksen was the first of the Soft tyre runners to switch onto the Hard tyres on Lap 7.
Lindblad preserves race lead after first round of pit stops
Meanwhile, Lindblad had opened up a near three-second gap to the Colombian driver behind, giving himself some breathing room and effectively nullifying the threat of an undercut.
Montoya pulled it back to two seconds in the following laps as Browning and Verschoor pulled into the pits for their stops on Lap 9.
Roman Stanek and Montoya were the next drivers to pull the trigger, diving into the pits on the following lap as Lindblad stayed out for another lap.
On Lap 11, Durksen closed in on Browning along the main straight and completed the move, but ran wide as he made the pass on the British driver.
The Paraguayan was ordered to give up the position by AIX Racing as Lindblad was called into the pits on Lap 12.
Verschoor applied the pressure to Montoya for an effective second-place position on track as the Campos driver returned to the circuit ahead of the pair.
Race control investigated Durksen for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, handing a five-second time penalty for the incident.
Most of the drivers on Soft tyres had already pitted, with the exception of Rafael Villagomez and Cian Shields, while those on the Hard tyres continued to lead the way.
However, Lindblad was just 12 seconds behind race leader Crawford, highlighting the relative inefficiency of the alternative strategy in Spain.
Mini on the Hard tyres held up the British driver, aiding his PREMA team-mate by reducing the gap between the leading pair.
Title contender Browning tumbles down the order
Browning and Miyata made contact on Lap 22, with the Japanese driver running wide and onto the gravel exiting Turn 4.
The Hitech driver sustained front wing damage and was forced to pit, taking on a fresh set of Soft tyres before rejoining at the back of the field.
Moments earlier, Crawford had also pitted for Softs, rejoining just behind Miyata in 11th.
This sequence elevated Lindblad to second place, seven seconds adrift of race leader Dunne, who had yet to make his stop.
Dunne pitted on Lap 26, leaving Beganovic as the last alternative strategy runner yet to stop.
Crawford and Durksen collided at Turn 3, with debris flying off the DAMS car.
Despite this, Crawford moved up to seventh and by Lap 30 had climbed to fourth, just five seconds behind Verschoor.
Verschoor trailed Montoya by half a second, both nearly four seconds behind the race leader.
British youngster claims victory in Spanish F2 Feature Race
Meanwhile, Soft tyre runners Dunne and Martins had advanced to sixth and ninth.
By Lap 35, Beganovic finally pitted and Crawford closed in within DRS range of Verschoor.
Fornaroli came to a stop at the side of the track at Turn 3 and the Safety Car was called out, effectively bringing the race to an end.
Lindblad crossed the line for his second win of 2025, jumping up from sixth to third in the standings, just behind Dunne and Verschoor.
Montoya crossed the line in second, followed by Verschoor in third, with Crawford narrowly missing out on the podium in fourth.
Dunne retained his championship lead by finishing fifth, while home favourite Marti secured sixth and Maini recovered to seventh despite a difficult start.
Martins impressively climbed from 15th to finish eighth, Miyata took ninth, and Mini rounded out the points in 10th.
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