2024 Lusail Formula 2 round

  2024 Lusail Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 13 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar
Course	Street Circuit 5.419 km (3.367 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 30 November 2024 Laps 23 Podium First Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Second Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Third Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Time 1:38.630 (on lap 20)
Feature Race
Date 1 December 2024 Laps 32 Pole position Driver Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:35.115 Podium First Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight Second Isack Hadjar Campos Racing Third Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing Fastest lap Driver Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Time 1:37.997 (on lap 30)

The 2024 Lusail FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 29 November and 1 December 2024 and was the first time Formula 2 raced at the Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar. It was the penultimate round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix.

Driver Changes

Four drivers left the Formula 2 grid ahead of the Lusail round. Juan Manuel Correa left DAMS Lucas Oil and was replaced by Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic, who finished the F3 championship in sixth position. ^[1]

Dennis Hauger was confirmed to join Andretti Global for the 2025 Indy NXT season ^[2] and decided to leave MP Motorsport for the last two rounds of the season to focus on next year. Richard Verschoor, who has driven for MP Motorsport in previous seasons, returned to the team to replace Hauger until the end of next season. ^[3] Verschoor's seat at Trident was filled by American F3 graduate Max Esterson. ^[4]

Cian Shields joined AIX Racing for the remainder of the season, after the departure of Niels Koolen, who replaced Taylor Barnard for the Monza and Baku rounds. ^[5]

Van Amersfoort Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi left F2 before the final two rounds following his appointment by Arrow McLaren as an evaluation test driver for IndyCar. ^[6] In his place, the team announced John Bennett, the runner-up of the GB3 Championship. ^[7]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:35.115	9	1
2	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+0.335	8	2
3	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.455	7	3
4	8	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.657	6	4
5	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.732	5	5
6	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.980	4	6
7	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.985	12 1	7
8	12	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+1.036	3	8
9	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+1.072	2	9
10	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+1.099	1	10
11	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+1.321	10	11
12	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.361	11	12
13	22	Max Esterson	Trident	+1.610	13	13
14	2	Luke Browning	ART Grand Prix	+1.614	14	14
15	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+1.641	15	15
16	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+1.730	16	16
17	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+1.746	17	17
18	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.926	18	18
19	14	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.163	19	19
20	23	Christian Mansell	Trident	+2.274	20	20
21	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.937	21	21
22	25	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+3.221	22	22
Source: [8] [9]

Notes

• ^1 – Kush Maini received a five-place grid penalty in the previous round for causing a collision at the start of the feature race. ^[10] He was handed an additional three-place grid penalty for impeding John Bennett during qualifying. ^[11]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	23	40:51.281	1	10
2	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+0.295	4	8
3	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	23	+0.580	5	6 (1)
4	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	23	+0.910	2	5
5	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	23	+1.227	8	4
6	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	23	+1.751	17	3
7	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+1.059 1	9	2
8	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	23	+1.905	16	1
9	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	23	+2.868	7
10	8	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+3.223	6
11	2	Luke Browning	ART Grand Prix	23	+3.532	14
12	14	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+4.151	19
13	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	23	+1.544 2	15
14	22	Max Esterson	Trident	23	+4.760	13
15	23	Christian Mansell	Trident	23	+5.340	20
16	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+6.053	19
17	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+6.517	21
18	25	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	23	+6.966	22
19 3	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	20	Collision	10
20 3	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	20	Collision	12
DNF	12	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	4	Engine	3
DNS	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	0	Malfunction	11
Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor : 1:38.630 (lap 20)
Source: [12] [13]

Notes

• ^1 - Paul Aron received a two-place penalty for causing a collision with Victor Martins. ^[14]
• ^2 - Ritomo Miyata received two penalties: a four-place penalty for causing a collision with Dino Beganovic ^[15] and a two-place penalty for causing a collision with Andrea Kimi Antonelli. ^[16]
• ^3 - Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Kush Maini did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	30	55:45.433	1	25 (3)
2	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	30	+2.763	9	18
3	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	30	+3.175 1	2	15
4	12	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	30	+3.796	8	12
5	8	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	30	+5.727	4	10
6	23	Christian Mansell	Trident	30	+11.509	12	8
7	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	30	+12.556	18	6
8	14	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	30	+18.862	19	4
9	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	30	+19.818	17	2
10	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	30	+23.297	15	1
11	25	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	30	+32.320	22
12	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	30	+33.737	10
13	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	30	+46.123	16
14	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	30	+51.909	7
15	2	Luke Browning	ART Grand Prix	30	+53.372	14
16	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	30	+65.023	12
17	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	30	+69.043 2	14
18	22	Max Esterson	Trident	30	+75.033	13
NC 3	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	25	+5 laps	3
DNF	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	13	Accident damage	6
DNF	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	Collision	21
DNF	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	7	Accident damage	11
Fastest lap set by Oliver Bearman : 1:37.997 (lap 30)
Source: [17] [18]

Notes

• ^1 - Gabriel Bortoleto finished first on the road, but received a five-second penalty for crossing the pit lane line after the bollard, which dropped him down to third place. ^[19]
• ^2 - Richard Verschoor received a ten-second penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane ^[20] and a ten second stop-and-go penalty for unlapping himself during a Safety Car period without authorisation; because the penalty was not served during the race, it was converted into a 30 second time penalty. ^[21]
• ^3 - Victor Martins took the chequered flag, but was not classified as he only completed 25 laps of racing, which constituted less than 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 188.5 2 Isack Hadjar 188 1 3 Paul Aron 163 1 4 Zane Maloney 140 5 Jak Crawford 124

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 262.5 2 Campos Racing 231 3 MP Motorsport 200.5 2 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 198 1 5 Prema Racing 179

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

See also

• 2024 Qatar Grand Prix

References

1. "DAMS Lucas Oil confirm Dino Beganovic for the rest of the 2024 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 7 November 2024.
2. "Andretti Global Adds Rookie Hauger to 2025 Lineup". INDY NXT - The Official Site of the INDY NXT. 18 October 2024.
3. "Richard Verschoor switches to MP Motorsport for remainder of season and 2025 campaign". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 9 November 2024.
4. "Max Esterson to finish 2024 season with Trident". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 11 November 2024.
5. "AIX Racing confirm Cian Shields for the rest of the 2024 Formula 2 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 23 November 2024.
6. "Enzo Fittipaldi to run IndyCar test with McLaren later this month". MotorsportWeek. 1 November 2024.
7. "John Bennett to finish Formula 2 season with Van Amersfoort Racing". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 26 November 2024.
8. "2024 Doha Event - F2 Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
9. "QUALIFYING: Aron unbeatable in Lusail". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 November 2024.
10. "Kush Maini penalised following Baku Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
11. "Maini handed grid penalty after Lusail Qualifying". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
12. "SPRINT: Bearman wins in Lusail with late-race pass on Hadjar". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
13. "2024 Doha Event - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
14. "Doc 41 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 17 - causing a collision with Car 1" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
15. "Doc 42 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 6 - causing a collision with Car 8 at Turn 10" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
16. "Doc 43 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 6 - causing a collision with Car 4at Turn 10" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
17. "FEATURE RACE: Aron claims first Formula 2 victory in action-packed Lusail affair". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
18. "2024 Doha Event - F2 Race 1 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
19. "Doc 62 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 10 - pit lane entry violation" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
20. "Doc 60 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 11 - Unsafe release involving Car 4" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
21. "Doc 63 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 11 - unlapped during Safety Car period 1 without authorisation" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

External links

• Official website

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