Bulgaria’s Nikola Tsolov took his third FIA Formula 2 victory in the  Feature Race in Monaco, beating Rodin’s Alex Dunne to the chequered flag, to re-energise his title challenge.

The Campos driver profited from pole-sitter and long-time leader, Rafael Câmara, sliding off the track as drivers struggled to build tyre temperature after their mandatory pit stops in Monte Carlo.

Tsolov’s win moves him up to second in the Drivers’ Standings, a point behind pace-setter Gabrielle Minì, who finished 11th and scored no points.

It’s the Red Bull Junior driver’s second consecutive Monaco Feature Race win, after he won the equivalent race in Formula 3 last season.

It also completes a Monaco clean sweep for Campos, who won Saturday’s Sprint Race with Mexican Noel Léon.

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Second place for Dunne, who pitted after Tsolov but lost the place on cold tyres, continues his momentum for a title challenge, while Dino Beganovic finished third for DAMS after a frantic final lap where he passed Kush Maini in the ART.

The Swede was forced to cut the chicane after the tunnel as Maini, lacking any grip on his cold tyres, slid off the track.

Maini finished fourth, ahead of Rodin’s Martinius Stenshorne, Hitech’s Ritomo Miyata, AIX’s Emerson Fittipaldi, PREMA’s Sebastian Montoya, Noel Léon in the Campos and DAMS’ Roman Bilinski.

Round 4, over and out ?

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Bulgarian Lion pounces on winning opportunity

Tsolov had spent much of the race tracking the leading Invicta of Câmara, and had told his Campos team he felt he had more pace than the Brazilian in front. 

But Monaco is notorious for being almost impossible to make an overtake and it wasn’t until Lap 33 that the Bulgarian made his pit stop, switching from the soft to the super-soft tyres. 

The low grip surface, lack of high-energy corners, and lack of ambient temperatures made it incredibly difficult to heat up the tyres following a pit stop, with the top three finishers saying after that race that it was like driving on ice. 

But Tsolov managed to get enough temperature into his Pirelli rubber to find a way past Dunne, who pitted at the same time as Câmara on Lap 34, before charging after the Invicta driver, who was visibly struggling. 

He caught the race leader by the end of the lap and challenged for the race lead into Sainte Devote, Turn 1, on the outside. 

Câmara locked up and slid off the track into the escape road, before eventually retiring and could easily have taken Tsolov with him. 

CAMARA GOES DEEP!! ?

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But the Bulgarian kept his composure to avoid disaster and secure the effective race lead, as others were still yet to stop. 

Tsolov was made to wait until the very last lap of the race to move into first place, but if you’re going to lead any lap at Monaco, make sure it’s the last one. 

He crossed the line to secure a critical win, as well as the fastest lap bonus point, meaning the 19-year-old bagged a 27-point haul this weekend.

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Tyre troubles provide frantic finale

As usual in Monaco, overtaking was at a premium, although Van Amersfoort Racing’s Rafael Villagomez pulled off a stylish move early on at the Rascasse, passing one of the AIX cars on the outside. 

But much of the overtaking action came from drivers with ice-cold rubber trying to fend off those behind who had hot tyres and plentiful grip.

Pitting early and passing others on cold tyres worked beautifully for Fittipaldi and Montoya, who rose from lowly grid positions to finish in the points as they made ground on fresh rubber and then passed those leaving the pit lane – including championship leader Gabrielle Minì.

There was the flashpoint between Tsolov and Câmara with 10 laps to go, but the final lap saw a dramatic finish for Dino Beganovic and Kush Maini. 

Maini had waited until the end of Lap 41 to pit, his team perhaps waiting for a Safety Car intervention late on to snatch a win or podium place. 

When the Indian driver exited the pit lane, he was several seconds clear of the Swede – but he was soon under heavy pressure from the DAMS driver. 

Beganovic attempted a pass as they entered the tunnel, but thought better of it, before launching an attack on the outside as they headed for the chicane. 

LAP 42/42

Maini rejoins in P3 and has to defend from Beganovic! ?

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Maini, who was sliding all over the place, had to cut the corner, meaning Beganovic, who was arguably marginally ahead, had to do the same. 

The Ferrari Academy Driver took the place once they rejoined the circuit, and left Maini to fend off Miyata and Stenshorne. 

The trio were battling hard into the final corners, with Stenshorne stealing fifth from Miyata at the final corner, although he couldn’t pinch fourth from Maini.

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