Monaco compressed the whole Formula 2 weekend into one hard truth. Qualifying still ruled the order, but execution after the stop decided Sunday. Gabriele Minì led practice. Rafael Câmara rescued pole after hitting the wall. Noel León controlled the Sprint for Campos. Nikola Tsolov then seized the Feature when Câmara lost grip at Turn 1, leaving Monaco with the win and the title race suddenly tight again.

Practice Rewarded Clean Adaptation

Thursday gave the first clue, but not the full picture. Minì topped practice by 0.020s from Kush Maini after red flags for Oliver Goethe and Rafael Villagómez disrupted the session. He still warned that MP Motorsport were not yet perfect. In Monaco, that mattered. The circuit kept evolving and punished anyone who treated early pace as a guarantee.

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Objavu dijeli Gabriele Miní (@gabrieleminiofficial)

Qualifying Did the Heavy Lifting

Friday did most of the real damage. Câmara hit the wall early in Group A, got repaired, and still produced the pole lap. Tsolov topped Group B and secured the other front row spot, while Dunne and Beganovic stayed close behind. Split sessions already make Monaco narrow. Add traffic, changing grip and limited recovery time, and qualifying becomes the weekend’s central event again.

The interruptions mattered almost as much as the lap times. Both groups lost rhythm to red flags. Duerksen then took a three place grid drop for impeding, while Maini received the same for contact with van Hoepen. Bennett lost his fastest lap for causing a red flag, and Duerksen later dropped five more places after the Sprint for a tyre regulation issue.

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Objavu dijeli Rafael Chaves Câmara (@rafaccamara88)

León Owned the Sprint

Saturday belonged to León. He converted reverse grid pole into a clean, measured win and never gave Bilinski a real opening after the start phase. León later explained that the first laps were about building tyre temperature without overusing the rubber in warm conditions. Bilinski took a deserved maiden Formula 2 podium. Minì finished third and again banked points instead of chasing a low percentage move.

Sprint point takers:

1. N. León
2. R. Bilinski
3. G. Minì
4. J. Dürksen
5. D. Beganovic
6. M. Stenshorne
7. K. Maini
8. R. Câmara
9. A. Dunne
10. N. Tsolov

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Objavu dijeli Noel Leon (@noel_leon19)

Tsolov Turned Sunday

Sunday looked ready to hand Câmara his first Formula 2 win. He controlled the opening stint and covered Tsolov at the stop. Then Monaco bit. Câmara emerged ahead on Supersofts, struggled for grip, locked up into Turn 1, and ran straight on as Tsolov attacked. The Virtual Safety Car froze the lead fight, but not the podium scrap. Beganovic still passed Maini on the final lap for third.

Point takers:

1. N. Tsolov
2. A. Dunne
3. D. Beganovic
4. K. Maini
5. M. Stenshorne
6. R. Miyata
7. E. Fittipaldi
8. S. Montoya
9. N. León
10. R. Bilinski

Campos and the Title Race Shifted

Campos left Monaco with the biggest return. León won the Sprint. Tsolov won the Feature. The team now leads the standings on 107 points, ahead of Rodin on 96. Tsolov also cut Minì’s drivers lead to a single point after arriving in Monaco focused on consistency. Rodin still looked dangerous through Dunne and Stenshorne, while DAMS backed a strong recovery with Bilinski’s podium and Beganovic’s Sunday charge.

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Formula 2 returns June 12th in Barcelona, Spain.