FIA stewards punished Nikola Tsolov and Ritomo Miyata after the main race of the third round of the 2026 Formula 2 season, held this Sunday (24) at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada. The Bulgarian received a ten-second penalty for gaining an advantage by going off track, while the Japanese driver received a five-second addition after a collision.
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Tsolov, from Campos Racing, was battling for position with Oliver Goethe when, at turns 13 and 14 of the Canadian circuit, he cut the track, not yielding the position to the German driver. For this reason, the Bulgarian driver had ten seconds added to his final race time, dropping from fourth to 12th place, leaving the points zone.
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Miyata, who races for Hitech in the main feeder category to Formula 1, was involved in an accident with Goethe, MP Motorsport driver, in the final moments of the race. The stewards ruled that the Japanese driver was at fault for the incident that occurred at turn 11 of the track. With the five seconds added to his final race time, Miyata dropped to 16th in the race.
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The next round of Formula 2 is scheduled for June 4 to 7, in Monaco.
