2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round

  2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 14 in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 9 July 2022 Laps 28 Podium First Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing Fastest lap Driver Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport Time 1:17.328 (on lap 7)
Feature Race
Date 10 July 2022 Laps 40 Pole position Driver Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix Time 1:14.123 Podium First Logan Sargeant Carlin Motorsport Second Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System Third Roberto Merhi Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing Time 1:16.536 (on lap 39)

The 2022 Spielberg FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 8 and 10 July 2022 at the Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria. It was the eighth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix.

Driver changes

Prior to the eighth round in Spielberg, Campos Racing announced on 6 July that Roberto Merhi would make his Formula 2 comeback by replacing Swiss driver Ralph Boschung due to the effects of a neck injury sustained at the third round in Imola. At the age of 31 years, Merhi became the oldest driver to compete in a Formula 2 round. ^[1]

In addition, Van Amersfoort Racing driver Amaury Cordeel made his comeback after his ban in the previous round in Silverstone following the collection of 12 penalty points.

Classification

Qualifying

Frederik Vesti took his maiden Formula 2 pole position and the first one for ART Grand Prix this season ahead of Jüri Vips and Silverstone feature race winner Logan Sargeant. ^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	1:14.123	10	1
2	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.035	9	2
3	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	+0.165	8	3
4	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.184	6	4
5	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	+0.192	5	5
6	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	+0.195	4	6
7	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.334	7 1	7
8	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.445	3	8
9	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.493	2	9
10	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.547	1	10
11	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+0.579	11	11
12	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+0.617	12	12
13	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	+0.642	13	13
14	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	+0.669	14	14
15	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+0.671	15	15
16	21	Calan Williams	Trident	+0.713	16	16
17	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+0.772	22 2	17
18	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	+0.813	17	18
19	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.882	18	19
20	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	+1.000	19	20
21	15	Roberto Merhi	Campos Racing	+1.077	20	21
22	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	+1.533	21	22
Source: [3]

Notes:

• ^1 – Amaury Cordeel originally qualified fourth for the Sprint Race, but was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Olli Caldwell at his latest round's Feature Race in Baku, which resulted in both drivers prematurely ending the race. ^[4]
• ^2 – Roy Nissany originally qualified seventeenth for the Sprint Race, but was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Dennis Hauger at the previous round's Feature Race in Silverstone, which resulted in both drivers prematurely ending the race. ^[5]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	28	36:38.856	1	10
2	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	28	+1.098	2	8
3	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	28	+2.169	4	6
4	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	28	+5.053	5	5 (1)
5	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	28	+11.972	9	4
6	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	28	+14.832	3	3
7	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	28	+15.291	8	2
8	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	28	+17.538	12	1
9	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	28	+19.337	15
10	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	28	+20.891 3	6
11	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	28	+21.644	11
12	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	28	+22.036 1	10
13	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	28	+31.700	22
14	21	Calan Williams	Trident	28	+34.565	16
15	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	28	+38.673	19
16	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+40.245	18
17	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	28	+53.559 1	21
18	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+1:10.121 1 4	7
19†	15	Roberto Merhi	Campos Racing	26	Mechanical	20
DNF	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	23	Mechanical	13
DNF	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	11	Gearbox	PL 2
DNF	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	2	Electronics	17
Fastest lap set by Felipe Drugovich : 1:17.328 (lap 9)
Source: [6] [7] [8]

Notes:

• ^1 – Frederik Vesti, Amaury Cordeel and Olli Caldwell all received a five-second time-penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits.
• ^2 – Liam Lawson was due to start from fourteenth place, but stalled on the grid and was forced to start from pit lane. Thus, his place at the starting grid was left vacant.
• ^3 – Ayumu Iwasa received a five-second time-penalty for forcing Logan Sargeant off track. ^[9]
• ^4 – Amaury Cordeel received a thirty-second time-penalty for overtaking under double-yellow flags. ^[9]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	40	55:44.500	3	25
2	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	40	+0.514	12	18
3	15	Roberto Merhi	Campos Racing	40	+1.618 1	21	15
4	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	40	+5.999	15	12
5	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	40	+10.137	19	10
6	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	40	+12.152	22	8
7	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	40	+13.145 1	4	6
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	40	+13.872	2	4
9	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	40	+14.442	17	2
10	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	40	+15.964 2	14	1
11	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	40	+19.006	5
12	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	40	+19.635 5	11
13	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	40	+19.842	9
14	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	40	+26.760 2 3	1	(2)
15	21	Calan Williams	Trident	40	+28.949 1	16
16	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	40	+32.056	18
17	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	40	+58.606	20
18	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	39	+1 lap	7
19	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	39	+1 lap	6
DNF	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	3	Collision damage	13
DNF	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	0	Spin/Collision	10
DSQ	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	40	(55:30.399) 4	8
Fastest lap set by Jack Doohan : 1:16.536 (lap 39)
Source: [10] [11] [12]

Notes:

• ^1 – Roberto Merhi, Ayumu Iwasa and Calan Williams all received a five-second time-penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits.
• ^2 – Liam Lawson and Frederik Vesti received a fifteen-second time-penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits.
• ^3 – Frederik Vesti received a five-second time-penalty for overtaking Olli Caldwell off the track.
• ^4 – Richard Verschoor finished first on track, but was disqualified for failing to provide a sufficient fuel sample after the race.
• ^5 – Jehan Daruvala received a twenty-second time-penalty after his team attempted to dry the track surface at his grid slot before the race.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Felipe Drugovich 154 1 2 Logan Sargeant 115 1 3 Théo Pourchaire 114 4 Jehan Daruvala 80 4 5 Enzo Fittipaldi 75

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 MP Motorsport 176 1 2 Carlin 175 1 3 ART Grand Prix 170 4 Prema Racing 147 5 Hitech Grand Prix 136

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

See also

• 2022 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round

References

1. "Campos confirms Roberto Merhi as Ralph Boschung's replacement for Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 6 July 2022.
2. "QUALIFYING: Vesti vanquishes Qualifying struggles to claim maiden F2 pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
3. "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 8: Spielberg, Austria 8-10 July 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
4. "Cordeel and Nissany penalised following Baku Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
5. "Nissany penalised following Silverstone Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
6. "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 8: Spielberg, Austria 8-10 July 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
7. "SPRINT RACE: Unassailable Armstrong reigns supreme with lights-to-flag display". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
8. "Iwasa and Cordeel penalised following Spielberg Sprint Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
9. "Iwasa and Cordeel penalised following Spielberg Sprint Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
10. "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 8: Spielberg, Austria 8-10 July 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
11. "Verschoor's grid gamble pays off with Feature Race win". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
12. "Verschoor disqualified from Spielberg Feature Race, Sargeant promoted to win". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

• Official website

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