A mid-race safety car for a violent crash by Fabio Leimer at Eau Rouge recharged and transformed the Spa sprint race into an impressive display of clean on-track battles, giving an opportunity for Luca Filippi to complete an impressive surge from fift꧃h on the grid and past Josef ✅Kral for the race win.

Jules Bianchi seemed particularly reinvigorated by the 𝓀mid-race hiatus and was the man ജon the move in the second half, pulling off a penultimate lap move on Kral to claim a second consecutive second place for the Spa weekend.

Race results

1. #19 Luca Filippi Scuderia Coloni 39:34.834 after 18 laps
2. #5 Jules Bianchi Lotus ART + 4.476s
3. #14 Josef Kral Arden International + 6.857s
4. #11 Romain Grosjean DAMS + 7.685s
5. #9 Sam Bird iSport International + 8.993s
6. #7 Dani Clos Racing Engineering + 12.952s
7. #6 Esteban Gutierrez Lotus ART + 14.364s
8. #23 Johnny Cecotto Ocean Racing Technology + 19.360s
9. #22 Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology + 19.634s
10. #27 Davide Valsecchi Caterham Team AirAsia + 20.192s
11. #17 Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing + 21.472s
12. #10 Marcus Ericsson iSport International + 22.033s
13. #8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering + 22.348s
14. #15 Jolyon Palmer Arden International + 22.917s
15. #18 Michael Herck Scuderia Coloni + 23.672s
16. #24 Max Chilton Carlin + 27.960s
17. #20 Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident Racing + 28.510s
18. #12 Pal Varhaug DAMS + 28.540s
19. #3 Charles Pic Barwa Addax Team + 28.853s
20. #4 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team + 29.374s
21. #16 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing + 59.072s

Retirements

#2 Julian Leal Rapax (after 13 laps)#25 Mikhail Aleshin Carlin (after 13 laps)#26 Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia (after 12 laps)#1 Fabio Leimer Rapax (after 7 laps)