2018 Spielberg Formula 2 round

2018 Red Bull Ring Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 6 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
	Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location	Red Bull Ring ; Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing circuit ; 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Feature race
Date
Date	30 June 2018
Laps	40
Pole position
Driver	George Russell
Time	1:13.541
Podium
First	George Russell
Second	Lando Norris
Third	Antonio Fuoco
Fastest lap
Driver	Artem Markelov
Time	1:17.062 (on lap 38)
Sprint race
Date
Date	1 July 2018
Laps	28
Podium
First	Artem Markelov
Second	George Russell
Third	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Fastest lap
Driver	Artem Markelov
Time	1:17.365 (on lap 6)

Last updated August 09, 2025

The 2018 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 30 June and 1 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.^[1]

Background

The round saw the introduction of rolling starts following a series of drivers stalling on the grid in previous rounds.^[2]^[3] The procedure was introduced in response to a start-line accident in a Formula 3 race that saw a driver crash into a car that had stalled on the grid.^[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:13.541	–	1
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:13.779	+0.238	2
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:13.823	+0.282	3
4	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:13.961	+0.420	4
5	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:13.999	+0.458	5
6	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:14.014	+0.563	6
7	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:14.104	+0.653	7
8	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:14.115	+0.574	8
9	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:14.171	+0.630	9
10	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:14.201	+0.660	10
11	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:14.309	+0.768	11
12	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:14.323	+0.782	12
13	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:14.330	+0.789	13
14	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1:14.334	+0.793	14
15	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:14.363	+0.822	15
16	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:14.389	+0.848	16
17	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:14.400	+0.859	17
18	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:14.589	+1.048	18
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:14.700	+1.159	19
20	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:15.436	+1.895	20
Source:^[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	40	56:16.865	1	25 (4)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	40	+5.131	2	18
3	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	40	+9.633	13	15
4	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	40	+11.796	12	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	40	+14.643	8	10
6	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	40	+16.900	3	8
7	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	40	+18.834	10	6
8	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	40	+24.690	18	4 (2)
9	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	40	+25.528	17	2
10	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	40	+26.585	14	1
11	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	40	+27.406	19
12	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	40	+29.485	11
13	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	40	+37.135	15
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	40	+39.355	5
15	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	40	+49.153¹	6
DNF	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	32	Engine	7
DNF	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	19	Engine	4
DNF	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	7	Puncture	9
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	4	Mechanical	16
DNF	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	3	Accident	20
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) 1:17.062 (on lap 38)
Source:^[5]

Notes

^1 – Maximilian Günther had 20 seconds (equivalent to a stop and go penalty) added to his race time for an unsafe release.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	28	36:41.950	1	15 (2)
2	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	28	+5.601	8	12
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	28	+8.543	3	10
4	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	28	+17.189	6	8
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	28	+17.925	4	6
6	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	28	+22.580	2	4
7	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	28	+24.588	10	2
8	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+27.286	11	1
9	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	28	+28.046	9
10	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	28	+28.665	14
11	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	28	+30.190	7
12	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	28	+30.800	15
13	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+32.189	12
14	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	28	+32.953	18
15	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	28	+36.952	19
16	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	28	+38.895	5
17	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+44.100	20
18	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	28	+44.249	17
DNF	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	23	Collision Damage	16
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	22	Puncture	13
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) 1:17.365 (on lap 6)
Source:^[5]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	George Russell	132
1	2	Lando Norris	122
2	3	Artem Markelov	94
	4	Alexander Albon	89
1	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	86

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Carlin	208
	2	ART Grand Prix	181
2	3	Charouz Racing System	126
1	4	DAMS	123
1	5	Russian Time	112

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

References

↑ Di Zinno, Tony (6 November 2017). "F2, GP3 2018 schedules released". motorsports.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
↑ Benyon, Jack (29 June 2018). "Rolling safety car starts for Red Bull Ring, Silverstone F2 races". autosport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 29 June 2018.
↑ Herrero, Dan (30 June 2018). "Rolling starts for F2 due to clutch issues". speedcafe.com . Speedcafe . Retrieved 30 June 2018.
↑ Benyon, Jack (30 June 2018). "The real reason Formula 2 has switched to rolling starts". autosport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 30 June 2018.
1 2 3 "2018 FIA Formula 2 Red Bull Ring results". FIA Formula 2 Championship . FIA Formula 2. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

External links

Official website

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[Calendar-1] Di Zinno, Tony (6 November 2017). "F2, GP3 2018 schedules released". motorsports.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[2] Benyon, Jack (29 June 2018). "Rolling safety car starts for Red Bull Ring, Silverstone F2 races". autosport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[3] Herrero, Dan (30 June 2018). "Rolling starts for F2 due to clutch issues". speedcafe.com . Speedcafe . Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[4] Benyon, Jack (30 June 2018). "The real reason Formula 2 has switched to rolling starts". autosport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[Results-5] 1 2 3 "2018 FIA Formula 2 Red Bull Ring results". FIA Formula 2 Championship . FIA Formula 2. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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