2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 11 of 14 in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
	Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date
Date	27 August 2022
Laps	18
Podium
First	Liam Lawson
Second	Jack Doohan
Third	Ralph Boschung
Fastest lap
Driver	Liam Lawson
Time	2:01.740 (on lap 2)
Feature Race
Date
Date	28 August 2022
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Felipe Drugovich
Time	1:58.232
Podium
First	Jack Doohan
Second	Felipe Drugovich
Third	Liam Lawson
Fastest lap
Driver	Jehan Daruvala
Time	2:00.677 (on lap 22)

Last updated August 09, 2025

The 2022 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 26 and 28 August 2022 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the eleventh round of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver changes

After competing in the previous two rounds, David Beckmann was announced to replace Jake Hughes at Van Amersfoort Racing for the remainder of the season.^[1] Beckmann was partnered by Amaury Cordeel, who returned to the series after serving his ban during the Hungary round.

Campos Racing driver Olli Caldwell was suspended from the eleventh round at Spa-Francorchamps after incurring twelve penalty points across the first ten rounds. This was second time a driver received a race ban in 2022, following Cordeel's in the previous round. Caldwell was replaced by Lirim Zendeli, who last raced in 2021 for MP Motorsport.^[2]^[3] Zendeli partnered Ralph Boschung, who returned from an extended period of injury.^[4]

Cem Bölükbaşı terminated his contract with Charouz Racing System by mutual consent prior to the Spa-Francorchamps round. His seat was taken by IndyCar Series racer Tatiana Calderón, who returned to Formula 2 after competing for BWT Arden in 2019.^[5]

Classification

Qualifying

Felipe Drugovich took his third pole position of this season by nearly four tenths of a second, ahead of fellow Brazilian driver Enzo Fittipaldi and Logan Sargeant.^[6]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:58.232	10	1
2	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+0.383	9	2
3	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	+0.549	8	3
4	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	+0.551	7	4
5	24	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.565	6	5
6	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	+0.744	5	6
7	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.786	4	7
8	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.829	3	8
9	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+0.882	2	9
10	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.894	1	10
11	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+0.929	11	11
12	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.945	12	12
13	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.947	13	13
14	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	+1.052	14	14
15	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+1.070	15	15
16	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	+1.148	16	16
17	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	+1.291	17	17
18	21	Calan Williams	Trident	+1.294	18	18
19	14	Lirim Zendeli	Campos Racing	+1.472	19	19
20	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.588	20	20
21	23	Tatiana Calderón	Charouz Racing System	+2.299	21	21
107% time: 2:06.508 (+8.276)
—	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+38.439	22	22
Source:^[7]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	18	40:22.343	5	10 (1)
2	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	18	+3.868	7	8
3	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	18	+5.718	1	6
4	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	18	+6.360	10	5
5	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	18	+8.407	4	4
6	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	18	+8.686	3	3
7	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+9.422	12	2
8	24	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+10.065	6	1
9	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	18	+10.833	13
10	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	18	+11.134	11
11	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	18	+11.615	15
12	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	18	+14.089	17
13	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	18	+15.801	9
14	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+16.393	22
15	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	18	+16.767	14
16	21	Calan Williams	Trident	18	+17.669	18
17	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	18	+18.552	16
18	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+18.594	20
19	23	Tatiana Calderón	Charouz Racing System	18	+19.044	21
20	14	Lirim Zendeli	Campos Racing	18	+23.207	19
DNF	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	10	Accident	8
DNS	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	—	Did not start¹	—
Fastest lap set by Liam Lawson : 2:01.740 (lap 2)
Source:^[7]^[8]

Notes

^1 – Jehan Daruvala was supposed to start from second place, but failed to start the Sprint Race due to stalling during the reconnaissance lap. Thus, his grid slot has been left vacant.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	25	52:16.133	4	25
2	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	25	+1.942	1	18 (2)
3	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	25	+8.714	6	15
4	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	25	+12.479	7	12
5	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	25	+21.266	3	10
6	24	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+22.365	5	8
7	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	25	+22.498	13	6
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	25	+23.899	22	4
9	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	25	+24.746	16	2
10	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	25	+25.481¹	2	1
11	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	25	+31.001	14
12	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	25	+37.471²	11
13	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	25	+39.756³	12
14	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	25	+40.683	10
15	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	25	+43.718	17
16	21	Calan Williams	Trident	25	+45.683	18
17	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+52.243	20
18	23	Tatiana Calderón	Charouz Racing System	25	+57.384	21
19	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	25	+1:02.827	15
20	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	25	+1:46.358	9
21†	14	Lirim Zendeli	Campos Racing	22	Mechanical	19
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	3	Gearbox	8
Fastest lap set by Jehan Daruvala : 2:00.677 (lap 36)
Source:^[7]^[9]

Notes:

^1 – Enzo Fittipaldi originally finished fifth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.^[10]
^2 – Dennis Hauger originally finished eleventh, but received a total penalty of ten seconds due to both forcing another driver off the track and exceeding track limits.
^3 – Marcus Armstrong received a five-second time-penalty for forcing another driver off the track.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Felipe Drugovich	205
	2	Théo Pourchaire	162
	3	Logan Sargeant	129
5	4	Jack Doohan	121
3	5	Liam Lawson	114

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	253
2	Carlin	243
3	MP Motorsport	233
4	Hitech Grand Prix	170
5	Prema Racing	161

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

References

↑ Wood, Ida (2022-08-23). "Hughes leaves VAR in F2, Beckmann get his seat for rest of season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
↑ Allen, Peter (31 July 2022). "Alpine junior Caldwell picks up F2 ban for Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
↑ "Zendeli to replace suspended Alpine junior Caldwell". Motorsport Week. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
↑ White, Megan (2022-08-23). "Boschung to attempt FIA Formula 2 return in Belgium". Autosport . Retrieved 2022-08-23.
↑ Rubino, Jacopo (2022-08-24). "Tatiana Calderon ritorna in F2: rimpiazza Bolukbasi nel team Charouz". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
↑ "QUALIFYING: Drugovich comfortably quickest at Spa for MP Motorsport". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
1 2 3 "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 11: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 26-28 August 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
↑ "SPRINT RACE: Lawson in a league of his own in dramatic final lap showdown". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
↑ "FEATURE RACE: Doohan takes his third victory of the season at Spa". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
↑ "Fittipaldi penalised following Spa-Francorchamps Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

External links

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[1] Wood, Ida (2022-08-23). "Hughes leaves VAR in F2, Beckmann get his seat for rest of season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-08-23.

[2] Allen, Peter (31 July 2022). "Alpine junior Caldwell picks up F2 ban for Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[3] "Zendeli to replace suspended Alpine junior Caldwell". Motorsport Week. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-08-22.

[4] White, Megan (2022-08-23). "Boschung to attempt FIA Formula 2 return in Belgium". Autosport . Retrieved 2022-08-23.

[5] Rubino, Jacopo (2022-08-24). "Tatiana Calderon ritorna in F2: rimpiazza Bolukbasi nel team Charouz". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[6] "QUALIFYING: Drugovich comfortably quickest at Spa for MP Motorsport". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[:0-7] 1 2 3 "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 11: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 26-28 August 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[8] "SPRINT RACE: Lawson in a league of his own in dramatic final lap showdown". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[9] "FEATURE RACE: Doohan takes his third victory of the season at Spa". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

[10] "Fittipaldi penalised following Spa-Francorchamps Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

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