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Round 8 of 11 in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round were a pair of motor races held on 26 and 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix.
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is also referred to as Spa and is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, and the Spa 24 Hours and 1000 km Spa endurance races.
Stavelot is a Walloon municipality in the Belgian province of Liège. In 2006, Stavelot had a population of 6,671 and an area of 85.07 km2 (32.85 sq mi), giving a population density of 78 inhabitants per square kilometre (200/sq mi).
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 square kilometres (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.
Charles Leclerc, once again, entered the round as the championship leader with a significant margin over nearest rival, Oliver Rowland. Rowland had closed the gap in the previous round in Hungary, but nevertheless was still 54 points behind the Monégasque driver.
For this round, Rapax had inherited an entirely new driver lineup with Sergio Canamasas and Nyck de Vries making way for Louis Delétraz and Roberto Merhi. Nyck de Vries and Louis Delétraz effectively switched seats with de Vries going from Rapax to Racing Engineering and Delétraz vice versa. [1]
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | 1 | Prema Racing | 2:20.842 | — | 1 | |
2 | 10 | DAMS | 2:21.510 | +0.668 | 2 | |
3 | 9 | DAMS | 2:21.578 | +0.736 | 3 | |
4 | 4 | Racing Engineering | 2:22.069 | +1.227 | 4 | |
5 | 2 | Prema Racing | 2:22.073 | +1.231 | 5 | |
6 | 3 | Racing Engineering | 2:22.534 | +1.692 | 6 | |
7 | 5 | Russian Time | 2:22.952 | +2.110 | 7 | |
8 | 19 | Rapax | 2:23.132 | +2.290 | 8 | |
9 | 6 | Russian Time | 2:23.180 | +2.338 | 9 | |
10 | 8 | ART Grand Prix | 2:23.409 | +2.567 | 10 | |
11 | 14 | MP Motorsport | 2:23.424 | +2.582 | 11 | |
12 | 17 | Trident | 2:23.459 | +2.617 | 12 | |
13 | 18 | Rapax | 2:23.470 | +2.628 | 13 | |
14 | 11 | Campos Racing | 2:23.737 | +2.895 | 14 | |
15 | 7 | ART Grand Prix | 2:23.788 | +2.946 | 15 | |
16 | 15 | MP Motorsport | 2:24.127 | +3.285 | 16 | |
17 | 12 | Campos Racing | 2:24.215 | +3.373 | 17 | |
18 | 20 | Arden International | 2:24.437 | +3.595 | 18 | |
19 | 21 | Arden International | 2:25.039 | +4.197 | 19 | |
20 | 16 | Trident | 2:27.008 | +6.166 | 20 | |
Source: [2] | ||||||
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 14 | MP Motorsport | 18 | 39:40.215 | 1 | 15 | |
2 | 3 | Racing Engineering | 18 | +0.623 | 2 | 12 (2) | |
3 | 5 | Russian Time | 18 | +2.403 | 5 | 10 | |
4 | 20 | Arden International | 18 | +3.109 | 10 | 8 | |
5 | 1 | Prema Racing | 18 | +3.820 | 8 | 6 | |
6 | 19 | Rapax | 18 | +4.894 | 9 | 4 | |
7 | 2 | Prema Racing | 18 | +5.448 | 4 | 2 | |
8 | 9 | DAMS | 18 | +5.828 | 6 | 1 | |
9 | 10 | DAMS | 18 | +6.690 | 20 | ||
10 | 17 | Trident | 18 | +9.202 | 11 | ||
11 | 4 | Racing Engineering | 18 | +9.629 | 3 | ||
12 | 18 | Rapax | 18 | +10.556 | 16 | ||
13 | 11 | Campos Racing | 18 | +10.865 | 15 | ||
14 | 15 | MP Motorsport | 18 | +11.095 | 19 | ||
15 | 16 | Trident | 18 | +12.070 | 13 | ||
16 | 12 | Campos Racing | 18 | +13.709 | 12 | ||
17 | 21 | Arden International | 18 | +14.121 | 17 | ||
18 | 8 | ART Grand Prix | 18 | +17.543 | 14 | ||
Ret | 7 | ART Grand Prix | 14 | Accident | 18 | ||
Ret | 6 | Russian Time | 12 | Engine | 7 | ||
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Source: [2] | |||||||
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