Duerksen goes back-to-back and sweeps Monza weekend

Joshua Duerksen claimed a record-equaling eighth win in F2 and fourth of the 2026 season, sweeping the Monza weekend and adding Feature victory to his Sprint success yesterday. The Paraguayan driver took the lead on the opening lap and after swapping with teammate Rafael Câmara prior to the pit stop phase, took command of the race after the mandatory stops. The Brazilian finished second to take important Championship points, while Campos Racing's Noel León continued his strong patch of form with third.

Câmara got a good launch but his teammate’s was better, and Duerksen claimed the lead after the Brazilian missed the first corner and cut across the chicane. Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak was up to third after dispatching both Rodin Motorsport cars at the first corner, with Alexander Dunne running fourth. León was able to get by Martinius Stenshorne for fifth place by the end of the first sector.

Onto Lap 4 and with DRS enabled, Câmara went down the inside of his teammate at the first corner to retake the lead. One lap later and it was roles reversed, with the Paraguayan taking the inside line at Turn 1 and the lead of the race once again. Lap 6 and Câmara repaid the favour at the opening corner as the Invictas looked to protect their positions from the chasing pack.

Duerksen was called in as soon as the pit stop window opened at the end of the lap, leaving Câmara over a second ahead of Inthraphuvasak as the Thai driver inherited P2. Dunne was into the pits for his mandatory stop on the following lap in response but with a major lock-up as he tried to get his car slowed, while the top two continued on their way.

The Rodin driver rejoined behind Duerksen, who claimed track position over the Irishman following his stop the lap prior. Race leader Câmara pitted at the end of Lap 8 with the majority of the top 10 following him in. The Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy talent filtered back out behind his teammate but ahead of Dunne, who jumped ahead of Inthraphuvasak following the ART driver’s stop. León relegated the Thai driver down another position with a dive to the inside of the first Lesmo on Lap 9.

John Bennett, Ritomo Miyata and then Nikola Tsolov and Stenshorne followed through on Inthraphuvasak on consecutive laps to drop him to P11. But the ART driver battled back through with a double overtake at Turn 1 to climb back up to eighth on Lap 12. The Safety Car was then deployed with Colton Herta in the gravel trap at Parabolica after a spin.

Racing resumed heading into Lap 17 with half the Feature Race to go, and Duerksen got a great restart to retain the lead. Câmara was under pressure into Turn 1 from Dunne, who set up a switchback on the run to Turn 4. But, the Rodin driver locked up and had to go through the runoff area, dropping him behind León and down to fourth. Lap 19 and Miyata used DRS to take sixth from Inthraphuvasak into Turn 1.

There was slight contact between Tsolov and Stenshorne exiting the second chicane on Lap 20, leaving the Norwegian with a missing front wing endplate. Duerksen had escaped beyond a second after the restart, but by Lap 23 the Brazilian was back to within half a second of the race leader and well within DRS range of the race lead. He was bringing León with him, equidistant behind in third.

Bennett was able to pass Dunne with DRS on Lap 25 to take fourth position at the first corner. Into the final three laps and the fight for P4 continued, with Dunne taking a look at Bennett into Turn 1, but Miyata and Tsolov were joining the battle.

Onto the penultimate tour and Câmara forced a defensive shape from Duerksen into the first corner as he closed to within 0.5s of the race leader. Câmara got the gap down to just 0.3s heading into Parabolica, but couldn’t find a route through and it was Duerksen doubling up in Monza to win the Feature Race.

León completed the podium ahead of Bennett and Miyata in the top five. Dunne held Tsolov off in the closing laps to hold sixth, while Inthraphuvasak, Oliver Goethe and Nico Varrone completed the points down to 10th.