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Round 4 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Temporary racing facility 3.337 km (2.074 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Monaco FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 25 and 26 May 2018 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. [1]
Circuit de Monaco is a street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the principality of Monaco. It is commonly referred to as "Monte Carlo" because it is largely inside the Monte Carlo neighbourhood of Monaco.
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state, country, and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea.
The FIA Formula 2 Championship is a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2017 following the rebranding of the long-term Formula One feeder series, GP2 Series.
For qualifying, the field was split into two groups due to the short nature of the circuit.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | 5 | DAMS | 1:21.727 | — | 1 | |
2 | 1 | Russian Time | 1:21.834 | +0.107 | 3 | |
3 | 21 | Charouz Racing System | 1:21.948 | +0.221 | 4 | |
DSQ | 11 | BWT Arden | 1:22.194 | +0.467 | PL 2 | |
4 | 17 | Trident | 1:22.408 | +0.681 | 6 | |
5 | 9 | MP Motorsport | 1:22.569 | +0.842 | 8 | |
6 | 7 | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.597 | +0.870 | 10 | |
7 | 3 | Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing | 1:22.654 | +0.927 | 12 | |
8 | 19 | Carlin | 1:22.663 | +0.936 | 17 1 | |
9 | 15 | Campos Vexatec Racing | 1:23.796 | +2.069 | 15 | |
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Lando Norris is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One, for McLaren. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2016. He also received the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award that year. He subsequently won the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. He was a member of the McLaren young driver programme.
Alexander Albon is a Thai-British racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Maximilian Günther is a German racing driver currently competing in Formula 2 for Arden International.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | 4 | Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing | 1:21.737 | — | 2 | |
2 | 18 | Carlin | 1:21.901 | +0.326 | WD 3 | |
3 | 14 | Campos Vexatec Racing | 1:22.241 | +0.504 | 5 | |
4 | 16 | Trident | 1:22.263 | +0.526 | 7 | |
5 | 10 | MP Motorsport | 1:22.307 | +0.570 | 9 | |
6 | 2 | Russian Time | 1:22.420 | +0.683 | 11 | |
7 | 12 | BWT Arden | 1:22.707 | +0.970 | 13 | |
8 | 20 | Charouz Racing System | 1:22.717 | +0.980 | 14 | |
9 | 8 | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.977 | +1.240 | 16 | |
10 | 6 | DAMS | 1:23.157 | +1.420 | 18 | |
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Sérgio Sette Câmara Filho is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in Formula 2, for DAMS. He is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team. he is test and development driver for McLaren.
Artem Valeryevich Markelov is a Russian racing driver currently competing in Formula 2 for Russian Time.
Antonio Fuoco is a professional Italian racing driver who currently competes in Formula 2 for Charouz Racing System. He is a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Roberto Merhi Muntan is a Spanish racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam. In 2018, he drove for MP Motorsport and Campos Vexatec Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Arjun Maini is an Indian racing driver, who currently competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident Racing.
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Charles Leclerc is a Monégasque racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. Leclerc won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017. He made his Formula One debut in 2018 for Sauber, a team affiliated with Ferrari, for which he was part of its driver academy. With Sauber having finished last the year before, Leclerc led the charge to improve the finishing position in the constructors' championship to eighth, being the highest ranked of the two Sauber drivers.
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