Mercedes Junior driver Kenzo Craigie made the most of pole position in Race 2, claiming his first victory of the weekend and his second of the season. The R-ace GP driver held the lead with an excellent start, this time resisting the challenge from Alp Aksoy (Prema Racing), who had been aiming to repeat his Race 1 success. Starting from third on the grid, the Turkish driver eventually settled for second place, unable to find an opening to launch a decisive attack.
Craigie showed outstanding pace throughout the race, remaining comfortably in control until taking the chequered flag with a margin of more than six seconds. With their first and second-place finishes, Craigie and Aksoy both reduce the gap to championship leader Luka Sammalisto.
The US Racing driver secured his podium with an excellent pass on Andy Consani in the penultimate lap. Starting from the fifth row, Sammalisto immediately gained one position off the line before patiently waiting for his opportunity, which finally came as the fight for the podium intensified in the closing stages.
Consani, the Mercedes Junior driver from R-ace GP, launched an attack on Aksoy for second place in the closing laps. While this allowed teammate Craigie to extend his advantage, it also brought the chasing group together and opened the door for Sammalisto. Carrying strong momentum out of the Mistral Chicane, the Finn drew alongside Consani and completed the overtake through the following corners.
After finishing second in Race 1, Consani crossed the line fourth in the opening race of Sunday.
Fifth place went to Edward Robinson (US Racing), who produced an excellent recovery drive after starting from the eighth row of the grid. Sixth was teammate Ary Bansal, who first entertained with a fierce battle against Sicilian driver Ludovico Busso before fighting with Christian Costoya (Prema Racing), eventually climbing to sixth.
Costoya, third among the Rookies, was once again one of the main protagonists inside the top ten, finishing seventh ahead of Busso.
Also putting on a show were Ferrari Driver Academy member Niccolò Maccagnani (Prema Racing), who repeatedly challenged for sixth place, and Florentin Hattemer (Trident Motorsport).
The Swiss driver enjoyed an entertaining fight with Thomas Bearman (Van Amersfoort Racing), who eventually finished eleventh behind him.
Twelfth place went to Oleksandr Bondarev, the Williams Driver Academy representative racing for Prema Racing, ahead of Philippe-Armand Karras (R-ace GP) and Oscar Repetto (PHM Racing). Teo Borenstein secured the final point for Jenzer Motorsport.
Just outside the points was Iacopo Martinese, racing for PHM Racing under the ACI Team Italia banner. The Italian had spent the opening stages inside the points-paying positions and was actively involved in the battle for twelfth with Bearman and Karras.
In the Women's Trophy, victory went to Ella Hakkinen (Jenzer Motorsport), the McLaren-supported Finnish driver who had been an innocent victim of the opening-lap incident in Race 1. She finished ahead of Ginevra Panzeri (PA Racing), who had won the category in Saturday's race.
Kenzo Craigie: "A great start to the day. Really good pace the whole race, I made a good start and didn’t really look back from then. The gap just got bigger and bigger until the end. I’m really happy. I can’t thank the team enough, Mercedes, and everyone who’s helped me get here. We struggled a bit at the start of the season. To be where we are now is really amazing. I can’t thank everyone enough."
Alp Aksoy: "We had a good launch again and on the first lap we were quite fast. After that we dropped off a bit because the tyres got overheated. I defended well and maximized everything we could. The car was good. Kenzo had more pace than us, so P2 was all we could do. We still have one more race, it's not over yet."
Luka Sammalisto: "The race was quite good overall. Kenzo was really fast and I tried to keep up with them at the beginning, but it was really hard. Around mid-race I had more pace as the others started to wear the tyres a bit more. I just tried to stay consistent and eventually got the chance to go side by side and make the overtake. Good points for the Championship."
Race 3, the final race of the second E4 Championship round, will get underway at 17:25. It will be contested over 30 minutes plus one lap and will be broadcast live on ACI Sport TV, streamed on the championship's official social media channels and distributed through the international network carrying the E4 Championship and Italian F4 worldwide.
Results remain provisional pending the completion of technical and sporting checks.