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Alisha Palmowski kept a charging Alba Larsen at bay to take her fourth win of the season and extend her championship lead, with home favourite Nina Gademan completing the podium on F1 Academy’s final visit to Zandvoort.

Credit: F1 Academy via X After a long break F1 Academy is back in action in the Netherlands, kickstarting the official weekend with the Qualifying. After the first Free Practice session, hometown hero and 2025 race winner Nina Gademan topped the board to showcase her dominance once again at the Circuit Zandvoort. However, championship leader Alisha Palmowski who struggled in Free Practice coming in 10th, made an impressive response in Qualifying taking another pole position f

To date, there have been nine F2 champions, with each of them carving their own path in the racing world. While some were fortunate enough to get promoted to F1, others have had more success in series like Formula E, the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IndyCar.

As we enter the second half of the 2026 F1 Academy season in Zandvoort, here’s everything you need to know about the weekend from championship storylines and top news to session timings and more.

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Formula 2 experienced a defining weekend at the Hungaroring, with an element of quick thinking by Campos bringing them a big victory, while the lead at the head of the F2 standings was cut by a significant margin. DIVEBOMB delves into the major winners and losers from the latest weekend at the Hungaroring.

Campos racer Noel León capitalised on a key opportunity to pit before the VSC was called out around the Hungaroring, fending off a chasing pole-sitter Kush Maini and Invicta's Rafa Câmara to take his first F2 Feature Race win of the season.

Credit: Formula 3 via X Freddie Slater held off championship rival Ugo Ugochukwu to claim his maiden Formula 3 victory in a strong drive amidst several safety cars being called during the race. How it happened As lights went out at the Hungaroring, the 30-car grid charged down into Turn 1. Tuukka Taponen’s historic pole position was maintained as the Finnish driver held a strong launch off the start. As the opening lap continued, championship leader Ugochukwu made surged up t

“ART are back,” remarked Kush Maini on the radio after qualifying in Hungary. It was a special moment to celebrate for the French manufacturer, marking their first F2 pole in Hungary since Nyck de Vries in 2019. In what marked one of the team’s best qualifying sessions, the other ART car of Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak will start fifth for the Sunday Feature Race.

Trident’s Laurens van Hoepen took his third Formula 2 podium in the Hungarian sprint race, fending off Invicta’s Rafa Câmara towards the end. It was a third F2 podium for the Dutchman, and the first since he last appeared on a podium in the Miami sprint race in May.

“Do it when you’re sure to do it.” This was the key radio message relayed to MP Motorsport’s Gabriele Minì on Lap 9 of the Formula 2 sprint race at Hungary. The all-important command that gave the Italian driver leverage to go for the move, but to do it clinically. Track position has always been key in F2 around the Hungaroring, and on Saturday, it would be more of the same.

Credit: Formula 2 via X A clean race and strong pace from Gabriele Mini saw him take the win in Hungary in the Formula 2 Sprint Race at the Hungaroring, claiming his second win for the season. How it happened Off the line it was Sebastian Montoya who had a strong start maintaining his reverse grid pole position. Meanwhile, the remainder of the grid were wheel-to-wheel as cars ran two-to-three-wide around Hamiliton corner. Into Lap 2, in his Alpine livery Mini held steady in s

Credit: Formula 2 via X ART's Kush Maini capitalised on his strengths around the Hungaroring to take a second Formula 2 pole in 2026 for the latest weekend in Hungary. In a close shootout towards the end, he would prevail by 0.117 seconds from Invicta's Rafa Câmara, with Campos' Noel León shooting up to third on his final run in a tricky qualifying session for F2's challengers. The other Invicta of Joshua Dürksen ended up fourth, ahead of ART's Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak in fif

Tuukka Taponen of MP Motorsport took his maiden F3 pole position at Hungary. He is followed by Freddie Slater of Trident and Mattia Colnaghi of MP Motorsport.

Formula 2 and Formula 3 take on the Hungaroring this weekend as the support series for Formula 1. Find out everything you need to know about the Feeder Series weekend in DIVEBOMB's preview.

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