Spa F2: Latifi wins, Norris stars and reduces Russell's points lead

Feature race winner Nyck de Vries got a fantastic start, launching past his wheelspinning rivals to take third from eighth on the partially-reversed grid.

The Dutch driver - calling this weekend his home race - took five tours to despatch Luca Ghiotto for second.

But after that, Prema driver de Vries made no further progress and could only watch as Latifi disappeared into the distance for DAMS' fourth win of the season.

De Vries then began to fall back, and with two laps of the 18 remaining, his tyres were destroyed.

Norris honed in and, on the last lap, took second on the Kemmel Straight with the assistance of DRS.

Alexander Albon, whose tyres were in far better condition, followed Norris passed de Vries and began attacking Norris instantly.

But Norris defended brilliantly and held off Albon for second in a tense half-a-lap, as de Vries beat the closing Artem Markelov to the line for fourth.

Norris had been the prime early mover. He passed Markelov at the start but immediately lost the spot at the end of the Kemmel Straight on lap one.

Norris had another go at Markelov on lap four, with the two side by side for three corners, before Markelov eased back away at the exit of Malmedy.

But Norris's move was completed a lap later and he took Luca Ghiotto two laps after that to set up a podium spot, made all the more valuable by points leader George Russell's inability to move forwards.

Having lost and then retaken seventh from Roy Nissany in the opening laps, Mercedes junior Russell was unable to move forward.

He'd already struggled with set-up the day before and finished behind Ghiotto in seventh on Sunday.

It means Russell's championship lead is reduced to five points with six races remaining.

Sergio Sette Camara really struggled on the medium tyres, after taking second in the previous day's feature race. He lost eighth late-on to a charging Arjun Maini who took the final point, with Russell's ART team-mate Jack Aitken rounding out the top 10 behind Sette Camara.

Sprint race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap
1	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	18	37m13.659s
2	Lando Norris	Carlin	18	10.402s
3	Alexander Albon	DAMS	18	10.766s
4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	18	13.210s
5	Artem Markelov	RUSSIAN TIME	18	13.448s
6	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	22.179s
7	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	18	23.357s
8	Arjun Maini	Trident	18	31.864s
9	Sergio Sette Camara	Carlin	18	33.578s
10	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	18	34.567s
11	Tadasuke Makino	RUSSIAN TIME	18	40.032s
12	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	40.100s
13	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	18	42.899s
14	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	44.631s
15	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	18	52.568s
16	Maximilian Guenther	BWT Arden	18	55.305s
17	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	18	59.007s
18	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	18	1m00.115s
19	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	18	1m06.936s
-	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	2	Retirement

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	George Russell	188
2	Lando Norris	183
3	Alexander Albon	161
4	Nyck de Vries	153
5	Artem Markelov	128
6	Sergio Sette Camara	124
7	Antonio Fuoco	112
8	Luca Ghiotto	89
9	Louis Deletraz	62
10	Jack Aitken	61
11	Nicholas Latifi	55
12	Maximilian Guenther	41
13	Roberto Merhi	41
14	Sean Gelael	29
15	Arjun Maini	24
16	Tadasuke Makino	20
17	Ralph Boschung	13
18	Nirei Fukuzumi	11
19	Santino Ferrucci	7
20	Roy Nissany	1
21	Alessio Lorandi	0
22	Dorian Boccolacci	0