2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round

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Flag of Austria.svg   2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 7 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Spielberg bare map numbers contextless Formula One 2017 to 2021.svg
Location Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 29 June 2024
Laps 28
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing
Second Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing
Third Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport
Time 1:18.708 (on lap 25)
Feature Race
Date 30 June 2024
Laps 40
Pole position
Driver Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport
Time 1:15.487
Podium
First Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing
Second Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport
Third Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport
Time 1:17.868 (on lap 35)

The 2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 June 2024 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the seventh round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix.

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Classification

Qualifying

While Isack Hadjar was on top for the early stages of the session, an issue with his car resulted in him only being able to complete 7 laps. MP Motorsport's Dennis Hauger secured his second pole of the season ahead of Joshua Dürksen by only 8 thousandths of a second.

Pos.No.DriverEntrantTimeGrid
SR
Grid
FR
111 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 1:15.487101
224 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing +0.00892
310 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing +0.11483
412 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport +0.16174
517 Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight +0.23465
625 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard AIX Racing +0.32056
720 Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing +0.34147
821 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing +0.40638
93 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing +0.41329
109 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini Invicta Racing +0.424110
1116 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight +0.4331111
122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix +0.4821212
131 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins ART Grand Prix +0.5081313
147 Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil +0.5201414
1514 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing +0.5601515
164 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing +0.6711616
1722 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Trident +0.7301717
1815 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing +0.7831818
198 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil +0.8031919
205 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport +0.8052020
216 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport +0.8612121
2223 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Trident +0.9752222
Source: [1]

Sprint race

Oliver Bearman took his first podium and win of the season at the Sprint Race, after having a better start than pole-sitter Kush Maini, who also lost a position to Pepe Martí during the first lap of the race after making a contact that broke the Spanish driver's front wing. During the first half of the race, Bearman built a strong advantage to Martí, who was then able to reduce the gap to less than a second.

Maini, who ran in third position for the majority of the race, started to struggle due to his defensive driving, eventually dropping to 7th place. Bearman was able to hold Martí off for the win, with championship leader Paul Aron completing the podium and taking an extra point for the fastest lap in the points-paying positions.

Pos.No.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 2837:22.959210
221 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing 28+1.75138
317 Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 28+3.00366 (1)
410 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 28+3.65585
511 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 28+11.030104
67 Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil 28+11.677143
79 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini Invicta Virtuosi Racing 28+13.70312
824 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing 28+13.88791
92 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix 28+15.86612
101 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 28+19.85213
1112 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 28+21.5467
1225 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard AIX Racing 28+22.3055
1320 Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 28+22.8574
1414 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 28+23.62915
154 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing 28+23.72816
168 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil 28+26.44519
175 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 28+27.18420
1816 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 28+27.59711
1915 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 28+28.25018
2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Trident 28+29.80417
2123 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Trident 28+29.88422
226 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 28+46.91421
Fastest lap set by Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata : 1:18.708 (lap 25)
Source: [2] [3]

Feature race

At the beginning of the formation lap, pole-sitter Dennis Hauger, Kush Maini and Jak Crawford stalled, being pushed to the pit lane for the race start and leaving their grid positions vacant. Paraguayan driver Joshua Dürksen was left as the virtual leader, but was not credited with the pole position. He led Gabriel Bortoleto and Franco Colapinto for the first laps of the race, but was overtaken by the Brazilian driver on lap 4 and by Colapinto on lap 5.

A virtual safety car was deployed on lap 6 as Zane Maloney, who had stalled his car at the race start, had an engine failure and had to stop his car. Pepe Martí had been advised to pit, but was 2 meters away from crossing the Safety Car line before the VSC was deployed, which resulted in a post-race investigation and penalty for the Spaniard.

Bortoleto, Dürksen, Aron and Hadjar all subsequently pitted and came out behind Martí for the virtual lead of the race. They squabbled, with Bortoleto taking the virtual lead from Martí, who let his Campos Racing teammate, Hadjar, through to a virtual second place to try to attack Bortoleto. Hadjar had struggled to overtake Aron, who was given a five-second penalty for moving under braking while defending against the Frenchman.

Fittipaldi and Colapinto, who had started the race with the harder available compound, drove long initial stints, only pitting on the last 10 laps. They came out of their pit stop 6th and 8th, respectively, with Dürksen in between them. With fresher supersoft tyres, they were able to charge through the pack, eventually finishing 6th and 2nd on the road, with the Argentine driver securing the fastest lap of the race, but not able to catch eventual winner, Gabriel Bortoleto, who won for the first time in Formula 2.

After Colapinto's late charge, the Campos drivers argued over the radio due to team orders, with Hadjar finally crossing the finish line ahead in third position. Martí and Aron finished fourth and fifth on track, but their penalties dropped them to 15th and 5th, respectively, with Fittipaldi inheriting the fourth position.

Pos.No.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
110 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 4053:59.322325
212 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 40+4.296418 (1)
320 Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 40+5.553715
414 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 40+11.3991512
517 Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 40+11.437 1 510
624 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing 40+12.56228
716 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 40+22.557116
825 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard AIX Racing 40+27.63464
92 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix 40+32.180122
107 Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil 40+32.224PL 4 1
111 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 40+32.61313
1211 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 40+33.470PL 4 (2)
134 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing 40+34.72416
148 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil 40+35.143 2 19
1521 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing 40+36.035 3 8
1615 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 40+49.79218
179 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini Invicta Racing 40+51.433PL 4
1823 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Trident 40+55.49422
DNF6 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 3421
DNF22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Trident 2117
DNF3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 20Engine9
DNF5 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 4Engine20
Fastest lap set by Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto : 1:17.868 (lap 35)
Source: [4] [5]

Notes

Standings after the event

See also

References

  1. "Formula 2 2024 Result for Round 7: Spielberg, Austria 28-30 June 2024". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. "2024 Spielberg Event - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). FIA Official Website. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. "SPRINT RACE: Bearman holds off Martí to take victory in Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. "2024 Spielberg Event - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). FIA Official Website. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. "FEATURE RACE: Bortoleto seals maiden Formula 2 victory in Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. "Martí handed post-Feature Race penalty in Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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