Rain hampered some but allowed others to shine through the downpour, but as always, we were treated to some incredible action and wheel-to-wheel racing.
As the FIA Formula 2 season enjoyed more twists in the Championship battle, we look at the biggest points and moments from the weekend, and how they might impact our final round before the summer break.
BROWNING AND HITECH SING IN THE RAIN
For the second race weekend in a row, the rain arrived in time for the Feature Race, and it allowed Hitech TGR and Luke Browning in particular to shine.
As others struggled to find the grip around the 7-Kilometres of Spa, the Williams Racing Development Driver was making overtakes look easy, fighting through from P12 on the grid to comfortably end up inside the top 10 by the time of the pit stop period.
Unfortunately for the Briton, he suffered a spin on exit, leaving him several seconds, and positions, behind where he could have been, but that didn’t stop his charge.
He rebounded quickly and scythed back through the pack up to fifth position by the chequered flag, and was promoted to third following post-race penalties for Alexander Dunne and Arvid Lindblad.
Speaking after the race, Browning said that without the pirouette, he would have been fighting for the top places.
“I think without the spin, we would have been right there. But unfortunately, these things happen. Obviously, it’s difficult for everyone out there to not make mistakes.
“If it had gone green to the end, I think I could have won it. But unfortunately, when we qualify 12th, it’s the nature of a comeback drive.
“It takes that win off the cards for me, so you really need some extra luck and circumstance and everything to go right for that to come together. But even so, I think we did a brilliant job.”
All eyes on Budapest then where it’s looking like rain could be on the menu once again.
ALL BETS ARE OFF
For a while it looked as though Dunne was about to make a big statement in the title fight until a post-race penalty demoted him to ninth position.
Then, Lindblad inherited the victory for a brief time before he too fell foul of Technical Regulations, with the Campos Racing driver was disqualified from the Feature Race.
It meant that, after all was said and done, Leonardo Fornaroli moved to the top of the Drivers’ Championship heading to Budapest.
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The Championship complexion has been shaken up once again, with first to fifth separated by just 12 points. Fornaroli, on 125 points, heads up Richard Verschoor by three points, with Jak Crawford following in third on 116 points, two ahead of Dunne, who is a further point clear of Browning in P5.
It means any one of them could take the lead of the Championship going into the summer break, and it’s anyone’s guess as to who will hold the initiative this time next week.
It’s turning into a title fight you cannot take your eyes off.
MAKING A HABIT OF WINNING
It took a bit of time for Fornaroli to earn a victory, but he seems to have well and truly made a breakthrough now.
The Invicta Racing driver claimed back-to-back Sprint Race victories which helped propel him to the top of the Standings leaving Spa, and he is riding a wave of confidence as we barrel towards the summer break.
With the weight of the lack of a win off his shoulders, he has been performing at the top and consistently so.
It will be interesting to see him implement the lessons of Silverstone at the first time of asking around Spa, as he himself explained after the race on Saturday.
“Like Silverstone, I managed to be quick at the start but without destroying the tyres,” he explained in the post-race press conference.
“After the Safety Car restart, I was able to push and improve my lap times. We managed to stay in front and take the win, so I am very happy again with this one.”
Can he make it three weekends in a row on the top step around Budapest?