Nikola Tsolov has been handed a five-place grid penalty for the 2026 Hungarian GP F2 Feature Race following a crash with Sebastian Montoya in the Sprint contest on Saturday afternoon at the Hungaroring.
Having started on pole position, the Colombian had lost the lead on the 17th lap when Gabriele Mini got him on the switchback out of turn 1 as the PREMA driver had locked up after trying to cover the inside line.
Nikola Tsolov and Sebastian Montoya come together in the 2026 F2 Hungarian GP Sprint Race
With his pace starting to drop quite significantly, next up was the championship leader Nikola Tsolov. On lap 21, the Bulgarian sent it into turn 1 on the Colombian but got it all wrong as he was never getting it stopped. He hit the PREMA car hard, with both drivers picking up damage that ended their races.
The stewards unsurprisingly handed Nikola Tsolov a penalty for Sunday’s F2 Feature Race at the Hungarian GP; it would have been a 10-second time penalty but got converted into a grid drop as he failed to see the flag thanks to a broken suspension.
On Friday, he qualified down in P7, meaning he will now start 12th.
