2019 Sochi Formula 2 round

  2019 Sochi Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 12 in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Location	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.848 km (3.630 mi)
Feature race
Date 28 September 2019 Laps 28 Pole position Driver Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Time 1:47.440 Podium First Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Second Nicholas Latifi DAMS Third Louis Delétraz Carlin Fastest lap Driver Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing Time 1:51.104 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date 29 September 2019 Laps 21 Podium First Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing Second Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Third Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz Fastest lap Driver Nicholas Latifi DAMS Time 1:52.272 (on lap 12)

The 2019 Sochi FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 September 2019 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the tenth and penultimate round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Russian Grand Prix. ^[1]

ART Grand Prix driver Nyck de Vries won the feature race; in doing so, he mathematically clinched the drivers' championship with three races remaining. ^[2] De Vries is also the first non-rookie driver to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:47.440	–	1
2	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:47.700	+0.260	2
3	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:47.737	+0.297	3
4	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:47.767	0.327	4
5	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:47.843	+0.403	5
6	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:48.031	+0.591	6
7	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:48.188	+0.748	7
8	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:48.226	+0.786	8
9	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:48.320	+0.880	9
10	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:48.396	+0.956	10
11	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:48.444	+1.004	11
12	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:48.477	+1.037	12
13	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:48.567	+1.127	13
14	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:48.850	+1.410	14
15	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	1:48.880	+1.440	15
16	22	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	1:49.244	+1.804	16
17	12	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:49.497	+2.057	17
18	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:50.255	+2.815	18
19	14	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	1:50.311	+2.871	19
20	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	1:51.949	+4.509	20
Source: [3]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	28	54:12.087	1	25 (4)
2	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+4.918	2	18
3	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	28	+5.995	7	15
4	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	28	+7.607	4	12 (2)
5	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	28	+11.378	6	10
6	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	28	+20.364	10	8
7	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	28	+27.403	12	6
8	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	28	+28.572	8	4
9	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	28	+32.394	3	2
10	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	28	+33.756	5	1
11	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	28	+43.365	13
12	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	28	+47.493	9
13	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	28	+48.620	14
14	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	28	+59.021	15
15	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	28	+1:09.884	18
16	14	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	28	+1:46.218	19
17	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	27	+1 lap	20
18	12	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	27	+1 lap	17
DNF	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	19	Oil Leak	11
DNF	22	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	0	Accident	16
Fastest lap: Luca Ghiotto (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) 1:51.104 (on lap 26)
Source: [3]

Sprint Race

The race was supposed to last for 21 laps but because of the collision between Nikita Mazepin and Nobuharu Matsushita that lead to a red flag, the race was shorted to just 15 laps.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	15	1:18:21.329	5	15
2	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	15	+0.712	8	12
3	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	15	+1.672	9	10
4	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	15	+3.383	7	8 (2)
5	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	15	+3.820	10	6
6	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	15	+7.336	4	4
7	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	15	+10.343	11	2
8	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	15	+13.108	13	1
9	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	15	+14.851	12
10	22	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	15	+16.769	20
11	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	15	+23.898	2
12	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	15	+26.558	14
13	12	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	15	+27.414	18
14	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	15	+31.933	6
15	14	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	15	+36.472	16
16	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	15	+43.057	15
17	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	15	+1:01.506	17
DNF	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	7	Collision damage	19
DNF	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	1
DNF	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	0	Collision	3
Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) 1:52.272 (on lap 12)
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Nyck de Vries 266 2 Nicholas Latifi 194 3 Luca Ghiotto 184 4 Sérgio Sette Câmara 161 5 Jack Aitken 159

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 DAMS 359 2 UNI-Virtuosi 306 3 ART Grand Prix 276 4 Carlin 200 5 Campos Racing 189

See also

• 2019 Russian Grand Prix
• 2019 Sochi Formula 3 round

References

1. "Preview Round 11". Formula 2 . Formula Motorsport Limited. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
2. "De Vries storms to Championship title with Sochi Feature Race victory". Formula 2 . Formula Motorsport Limited. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. "Results". Formula 2 . Formula Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

External links

• Official website

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