2026 Melbourne Formula 2 round

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg   2026 Melbourne Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 14 in the 2026 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Albert Park Circuit 2021.svg
Location Albert Park Circuit
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
CourseTemporary street circuit
5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 7 March 2026
Laps 23
Podium
Fastest lap
Feature Race
Date 8 March 2026
Laps 33
Pole position
Driver Flag of Sweden.svg Dino Beganovic DAMS Lucas Oil
Time 1:28.695
Podium
Fastest lap

The 2026 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round is a motor racing event currently being held between 6 and 8 March 2026 at the Albert Park Circuit. It serves as the opening round of the 2026 FIA Formula 2 Championship and is being held in support of the 2026 Australian Grand Prix.

Contents

Classification

Practice

Gabriele Minì of MP Motorsport set the fastest lap of the free practice session on Friday. Two red flags were issued during practice; Hitech's Colton Herta crashed midway through his first session at a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, and an off-track excursion by Formula 2 debutant Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak eventually ended the session prematurely. [1]

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverEntrantTime/GapGrid
SR		Grid
FR
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Dino Beganovic DAMS Lucas Oil 1:28.695101
214 Flag of Norway.svg Martinius Stenshorne Rodin Motorsport +0.21692
315 Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Rodin Motorsport +0.34483
45 Flag of Mexico.svg Noel León Campos Racing +0.38174
56 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing +0.42865
61 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Invicta Racing +0.44856
716 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini ART Grand Prix +0.46447
810 Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Goethe MP Motorsport +0.55938
92 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen Invicta Racing +0.78929
1017 Flag of Thailand.svg Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak ART Grand Prix +0.846110
1124 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Laurens van Hoepen Trident +0.8691111
128 Flag of Poland.svg Roman Bilinski DAMS Lucas Oil +0.9101212
133 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Hitech TGR +0.9451313
144 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Hitech TGR +1.0701414
1511 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Montoya Prema Racing +1.1291515
1623 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing +1.3671616
1725 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett Trident +1.5441717
1820 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. AIX Racing +1.7951818
1922 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Varrone Van Amersfoort Racing +1.8271919
2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cian Shields AIX Racing +2.0482020
219 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Minì MP Motorsport +2.4382121
107% time: 1:34.903 (+6.208)
—12 Flag of Spain.svg Mari Boya Prema Racing +34.19822 1 22 1
Source: [2]

Notes:

Sprint race

After starting 9th, Joshua Durksen won the sprint race, with Leon and Dunne in 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Inthraphuvasak, starting from pole, was 4th.

Feature race

The feature race is scheduled to be held on 8 March 2026, at 11:25 local time (UTC+11), and is scheduled to be contested over 33 laps. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wood, Ida (6 March 2026). "Mini leads Leon in F2's Melbourne practice as Herta crashes". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Doc 32 - Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Doc 17 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 12 - sole cause of red flag in Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Doc 3 - VISA - F2 Melbourne 2026" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
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