2024 Monza Formula 2 round

  2024 Monza Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Monza Circuit Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.599 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 31 August 2024 Laps 21 Podium First Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:33.086 (on lap 21)
Feature Race
Date 1 September 2024 Laps 30 Pole position Driver Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport Time 1:32.160 Podium First Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing Second Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport Third Richard Verschoor Trident Fastest lap Driver Kush Maini Invicta Racing Time 1:32.717 (on lap 30)

The 2024 Monza Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 30 August and 1 September 2024 at the Monza Circuit. It was the eleventh round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.

The Feature Race of this round was notable for Gabriel Bortoleto's charge through the field as he won the race from a record-setting 22nd place on the starting grid. This allowed him to cut title rival Isack Hadjar's lead from 35.5 points to 10.5 points reigniting the title race with three rounds to go.

Driver Changes

Following Franco Colapinto's promotion to Formula One, ^[1] Red Bull Junior Oliver Goethe, who was competing in Formula 3, was promoted to the no. 12 MP Motorsport car. ^[2]

Niels Koolen took the no. 25 AIX Racing car, previously driven by Taylor Barnard, after the latter was announced as a full-time Formula E driver for next season. ^[3]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	1:32.160	9	1
2	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+0.089	7	2
3	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.162	6	3
4	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.181	5	4
5	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.188	4	5
6	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.214	15 1	6
7	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.348	3	7
8	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.359	8 2	8
9	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.452	2	9
10	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.460	1	10
11	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.468	10	11
12	12	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.512	11	12
13	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+0.565	12	13
14	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.620	13	14
15	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.664	14	15
16	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.726	16	16
17	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+0.736	17	17
18	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.796	18	18
19	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.816	19	19
20	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+1.031	20	20
21	25	Niels Koolen	AIX Racing	+2.081	21	21
107% time: 1:38.611 (+6.451)
—	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+19.647	22 3	22 3
Source: [4] [5]

• ^1 - Andrea Kimi Antonelli received two separate five-place grid penalties for technical nonconformities involving the use of dry ice, one from Silverstone and the other at Spa.
• ^2 - Oliver Bearman received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous round.
• ^3 - Gabriel Bortoleto crashed out during qualifying and could not set a meaningful time. He was given permission from the stewards to start both races from the last grid position.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	21	35:37.225	8	10
2	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	21	+1.694	4	8 (1)
3	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	21	+7.254	10	6
4	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	21	+12.880	3	5
5	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	21	+13.442	9	4
6	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	21	+13.486	13	3
7	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+13.587	1	2
8 1	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	21	+14.840 1	5	0.5 1
	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	21		22
10	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	21	+16.126	7
11	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	21	+17.120	14
12	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+19.164	2
13	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	21	+22.808	17
14	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	21	+23.376	19
15	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	21	+24.990	20
16	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+29.441	16
17	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	21	+29.713	18
18	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	21	+35.510	15
19	25	Niels Koolen	AIX Racing	21	+48.820	21
20	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+1 Lap 2	6
DNF	12	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	11
DNF	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision 3	12
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:33.086 (lap 21)
Source: [6] [7]

Notes

• ^1 - Dennis Hauger and Gabriel Bortoleto finished the race in a dead heat. They shared the point for eighth place, receiving 0.5 points each.
• ^2 - Paul Aron received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision. It did not affect his position. ^[8]
• ^3 - Zak O'Sullivan was handed a 5-second time penalty for a false start. It did not affect his position, as he crashed out. ^[8]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	30	50:30.337	22	25
2	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	30	+9.436	1	18 (2)
3	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	30	+11.628	19	15
4	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	30	+14.173	6	12
5	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	30	+14.558	11	10 (1)
6	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	30	+15.047	5	8
7	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	30	+15.399	8	6
8	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	30	+15.753	16	4
9	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	30	+17.054	14	2
10	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	30	+17.372	10	1
11	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	30	+17.864	2
12	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	30	+18.600	7
13	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	30	+25.424	13
14	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	30	+31.720 1	17
15	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	30	+46.981	15
16	12	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	30	+51.605	12
17	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	30	+1:02.455	20
18	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	30	+1:21.694	9
19	25	Niels Koolen	AIX Racing	30	+1:26.773	21
DNF	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	16	Collision damage	18
DNF	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	7	Collision	4
DNF	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision	3
Fastest lap set by Kush Maini: 1:32.717 (lap 30)
Source: [9] [10]

Notes

• ^1 - Ritomo Miyata received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision and a 5-second time penalty for failing to follow the Race Director's instructions. ^[9]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Isack Hadjar 165 2 Gabriel Bortoleto 154.5 1 3 Zane Maloney 135 1 4 Paul Aron 124 5 Jak Crawford 105

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Invicta Racing 228.5 1 2 Campos Racing 208 3 MP Motorsport 179.5 1 4 Rodin Motorsport 164 1 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 153

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

See also

• 2024 Italian Grand Prix
• 2024 Monza Formula 3 round

References

1. "Franco Colapinto to step up to Formula 1 with Williams for the rest of the 2024 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
2. "Goethe reflects on the 'crazy' 24 hours following Monza call-up with MP Motorsport". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
3. "AIX Racing confirm Niels Koolen for Monza and Baku Rounds". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
4. "QUALIFYING: Maloney beats Hadjar to take maiden F2 pole position in Monza". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
5. "Doc 27 - F2 Qualifying - final results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
6. "Doc 57 - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
7. "SPRINT RACE: Bearman dominates to take victory in entertaining Monza battle". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
8. "Aron and O'Sullivan penalised following Monza Sprint Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
9. "Doc 67 - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
10. "FEATURE RACE: Bortoleto goes from last to first to take stunning Monza victory". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

External links

• Official website

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