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Round 9 of 14 in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Permanent racing circuit 5.842 km (3.630 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Le Castellet FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 22 and 24 July 2022 at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France. It was the ninth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 French Grand Prix.
David Beckmann replaced Jake Hughes for the Le Castellet round at Van Amersfoort Racing after Hughes tested positive for COVID-19. [1]
Logan Sargeant took his second pole position of the season, beating out DAMS driver Ayumu Iwasa by only 0.006 seconds. Frederik Vesti qualified in P3 for the Feature Race right ahead of championship leader Felipe Drugovich, who later was demoted to sixth after his fastest lap time was deleted due to exceeding track limits. [2] [3]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Time | Grid SR | Grid FR |
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1 | 6 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | 1:43.871 | 10 | 1 |
2 | 17 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | +0.006 | 9 | 2 |
3 | 9 | Frederik Vesti | ART Grand Prix | +0.029 | 8 | 3 |
4 | 3 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi Racing | +0.163 | 7 | 4 |
5 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | +0.290 | 6 | 5 |
6 | 11 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | +0.370 | 5 | 6 |
7 | 8 | Jüri Vips | Hitech Grand Prix | +0.437 | 4 | 7 |
8 | 7 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech Grand Prix | +0.506 | 3 | 8 |
9 | 5 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | +0.612 | 2 | 9 |
10 | 2 | Jehan Daruvala | Prema Racing | +0.755 | 1 | 10 |
11 | 20 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | +0.887 | 11 | 11 |
12 | 4 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi Racing | +0.968 | 12 | 12 |
13 | 21 | Calan Williams | Trident | +1.047 | 13 | 13 |
14 | 22 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz Racing System | +1.164 | 14 | 14 |
15 | 15 | Roberto Merhi | Campos Racing | +1.230 | 15 | 15 |
16 | 12 | Clément Novalak | MP Motorsport | +1.246 | 16 | 16 |
17 | 24 | David Beckmann | Van Amersfoort Racing | +1.432 | 17 | 17 |
18 | 1 | Dennis Hauger | Prema Racing | +1.526 | 18 | 18 |
19 | 25 | Amaury Cordeel | Van Amersfoort Racing | +1.634 | 19 | 19 |
20 | 16 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | +1.871 | 22 1 | 20 |
21 | 14 | Olli Caldwell | Campos Racing | +1.872 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | Cem Bölükbaşı | Charouz Racing System | +1.902 | 21 | 22 |
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