2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round

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Round details
Round 7 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
LocationRed Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 29 June 2024
Laps 28
Podium
First United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing
Second Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing
Third Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight
Fastest lap
Driver Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport
Time 1:18.708 (on lap 25)
Feature Race
Date 30 June 2024
Laps 40
Pole position
Driver Norway Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport
Time 1:15.487
Podium
First Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing
Second Argentina Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport
Third France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport
Time 1:17.868 (on lap 35)

The 2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 June 2024 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the seventh round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

While Isack Hadjar was on top for the early stages of the session, an issue with his car resulted in him only being able to complete 7 laps. MP Motorsport's Dennis Hauger secured his second pole of the season ahead of Joshua Dürksen by only 8 thousandths of a second.

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Time Grid
SR
Grid
FR
1 11 Norway Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 1:15.487 10 1
2 24 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing +0.008 9 2
3 10 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing +0.114 8 3
4 12 Argentina Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport +0.161 7 4
5 17 Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight +0.234 6 5
6 25 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard AIX Racing +0.320 5 6
7 20 France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing +0.341 4 7
8 21 Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing +0.406 3 8
9 3 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing +0.413 2 9
10 9 India Kush Maini Invicta Racing +0.424 1 10
11 16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight +0.433 11 11
12 2 United Kingdom Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix +0.482 12 12
13 1 France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix +0.508 13 13
14 7 United States Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil +0.520 14 14
15 14 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing +0.560 15 15
16 4 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing +0.671 16 16
17 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Trident +0.730 17 17
18 15 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing +0.783 18 18
19 8 United States Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil +0.803 19 19
20 5 Barbados Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport +0.805 20 20
21 6 Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport +0.861 21 21
22 23 Czech Republic Roman Staněk Trident +0.975 22 22
Source:[1]

Sprint race

Oliver Bearman took his first podium and win of the season at the Sprint Race, after having a better start than pole-sitter Kush Maini, who also lost a position to Pepe Martí during the first lap of the race after making a contact that broke the Spanish driver's front wing. During the first half of the race, Bearman built a strong advantage to Martí, who was then able to reduce the gap to less than a second.

Maini, who ran in third position for the majority of the race, started to struggle due to his defensive driving, eventually dropping to 7th place. Bearman was able to hold Martí off for the win, with championship leader Paul Aron completing the podium and taking an extra point for the fastest lap in the points-paying positions.

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 28 37:22.959 2 10
2 21 Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing 28 +1.751 3 8
3 17 Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 28 +3.003 6 6 (1)
4 10 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 28 +3.655 8 5
5 11 Norway Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 28 +11.030 10 4
6 7 United States Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil 28 +11.677 14 3
7 9 India Kush Maini Invicta Virtuosi Racing 28 +13.703 1 2
8 24 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing 28 +13.887 9 1
9 2 United Kingdom Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix 28 +15.866 12
10 1 France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 28 +19.852 13
11 12 Argentina Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 28 +21.546 7
12 25 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard AIX Racing 28 +22.305 5
13 20 France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 28 +22.857 4
14 14 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 28 +23.629 15
15 4 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing 28 +23.728 16
16 8 United States Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil 28 +26.445 19
17 5 Barbados Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 28 +27.184 20
18 16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 28 +27.597 11
19 15 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 28 +28.250 18
20 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Trident 28 +29.804 17
21 23 Czech Republic Roman Staněk Trident 28 +29.884 22
22 6 Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 28 +46.914 21
Fastest lap set by Japan Ritomo Miyata: 1:18.708 (lap 25)
Source:[2][3]

Feature race

At the beginning of the formation lap, pole-sitter Dennis Hauger, Kush Maini and Jak Crawford stalled, being pushed to the pit lane for the race start and leaving their grid positions vacant. Paraguayan driver Joshua Dürksen was left as the virtual leader, but was not credited with the pole position. He led Gabriel Bortoleto and Franco Colapinto for the first laps of the race, but was overtaken by the Brazilian driver on lap 4 and by Colapinto on lap 5.

A virtual safety car was deployed on lap 6 as Zane Maloney, who had stalled his car at the race start, had an engine failure and had to stop his car. Pepe Martí had been advised to pit, but was 2 meters away from crossing the Safety Car line before the VSC was deployed, which resulted in a post-race investigation and penalty for the Spaniard.

Bortoleto, Dürksen, Aron and Hadjar all subsequently pitted and came out behind Martí for the virtual lead of the race. They squabbled, with Bortoleto taking the virtual lead from Martí, who let his Campos Racing teammate, Hadjar, through to a virtual second place to try to attack Bortoletto. Hadjar had struggled to overtake Aron, who was given a five-second penalty for moving under braking while defending against the Frenchman.

Fittipaldi and Colapinto, who had started the race with the harder available compound, drove long initial stints, only pitting on the last 10 laps. They came out of their pit stop 6th and 8th, respectively, with Dürksen in between them. With fresher supersoft tyres, they were able to charge through the pack, eventually finishing 6th and 2nd on the road, with the Argentine driver securing the fastest lap of the race, but not able to catch eventual winner, Gabriel Bortoleto, who won for the first time in Formula 2.

After Colapinto's late charge, the Campos drivers argued over the radio due to team orders, with Hadjar finally crossing the finish line ahead in third position. Martí and Aron finished fourth and fifth on track, but their penalties dropped them to 15th and 5th, respectively, with Fittipaldi inheriting the fourth position.

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 40 53:59.322 3 25
2 12 Argentina Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 40 +4.296 4 18 (1)
3 20 France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 40 +5.553 7 15
4 14 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 40 +11.399 15 12
5 17 Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 40 +11.4371 5 10
6 24 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing 40 +12.562 2 8
7 16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 40 +22.557 11 6
8 25 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard AIX Racing 40 +27.634 6 4
9 2 United Kingdom Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix 40 +32.180 12 2
10 7 United States Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil 40 +32.224 PL4 1
11 1 France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 40 +32.613 13
12 11 Norway Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 40 +33.470 PL4 (2)
13 4 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing 40 +34.724 16
14 8 United States Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil 40 +35.1432 19
15 21 Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing 40 +36.0353 8
16 15 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 40 +49.792 18
17 9 India Kush Maini Invicta Racing 40 +51.433 PL4
18 23 Czech Republic Roman Staněk Trident 40 +55.494 22
DNF 6 Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 34 21
DNF 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Trident 21 17
DNF 3 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 20 Engine 9
DNF 5 Barbados Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 4 Engine 20
Fastest lap set by Argentina Franco Colapinto: 1:17.868 (lap 35)
Source:[4][5]

Notes

  • ^1 Paul Aron received a five-second time penalty for failing to leave enough space to Isack Hadjar.
  • ^2 Juan Manuel Correa received a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at pit entry.
  • ^3 Pepe Martí finished fourth on track. He received a post-race ten-second stop and go penalty for pitting during a virtual safety car period. This was converted to a 30-second time penalty after the race which dropped him to 15th place.[6]
  • ^4 Dennis Hauger, Kush Maini and Jak Crawford all stalled at the beginning of the formation lap, being required to start from the pit lane. Their places on the grid (1st, 10th and 14th, respectively) were left vacant. Hauger was still credited with pole position and received two championship points.

Standings after the event

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Formula 2 2024 Result for Round 7: Spielberg, Austria 28-30 June 2024". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Spielberg Event - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). FIA Official Website. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ "SPRINT RACE: Bearman holds off Martí to take victory in Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Spielberg Event - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). FIA Official Website. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ "FEATURE RACE: Bortoleto seals maiden Formula 2 victory in Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Martí handed post-Feature Race penalty in Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.


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