2018 Spielberg Formula 2 round

The 2018 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 30 June and 1 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, in Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.[1]

  2018 Red Bull Ring Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 6 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing circuit 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Feature race
Date 30 June 2018 Laps 40 Pole position Driver George Russell ART Grand Prix Time 1:13.541 Podium First George Russell ART Grand Prix Second Lando Norris Carlin Third Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System Fastest lap Driver Artem Markelov Russian Time Time 1:17.062 (on lap 38)
Sprint race
Date 1 July 2018 Laps 28 Podium First Artem Markelov Russian Time Second George Russell ART Grand Prix Third Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Fastest lap Driver Artem Markelov Russian Time Time 1:17.365 (on lap 6)

Arjun Maini and Sérgio Sette Câmara battle in practice

Qualifying action

The starting grid moments before the formation lap

Start of the formation lap

Start of the feature race

Safety car during the feature race

George Russell wins the feature race

Podium after the feature race

Background

The round saw the introduction of rolling starts following a series of drivers stalling on the grid in previous rounds.[2][3] The procedure was introduced in response to a start-line accident in a Formula 3 race that saw a driver crash into a car that had stalled on the grid.[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:13.541	–	1
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:13.779	+0.238	2
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:13.823	+0.282	3
4	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:13.961	+0.420	4
5	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:13.999	+0.458	5
6	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:14.014	+0.563	6
7	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:14.104	+0.653	7
8	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:14.115	+0.574	8
9	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:14.171	+0.630	9
10	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:14.201	+0.660	10
11	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:14.309	+0.768	11
12	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:14.323	+0.782	12
13	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:14.330	+0.789	13
14	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1:14.334	+0.793	14
15	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:14.363	+0.822	15
16	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:14.389	+0.848	16
17	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:14.400	+0.859	17
18	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:14.589	+1.048	18
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:14.700	+1.159	19
20	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:15.436	+1.895	20
Source:[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	40	56:16.865	1	25 (4)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	40	+5.131	2	18
3	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	40	+9.633	13	15
4	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	40	+11.796	12	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	40	+14.643	8	10
6	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	40	+16.900	3	8
7	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	40	+18.834	10	6
8	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	40	+24.690	18	4 (2)
9	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	40	+25.528	17	2
10	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	40	+26.585	14	1
11	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	40	+27.406	19
12	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	40	+29.485	11
13	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	40	+37.135	15
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	40	+39.355	5
15	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	40	+49.153^1	6
Ret	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	32	Engine	7
Ret	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	19	Engine	4
Ret	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	7	Puncture	9
Ret	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	4	Mechanical	16
Ret	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	3	Accident	20
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) 1:17.062 (on lap 38)
Source:[5]

Notes

• ^1 – Maximilian Günther had 20 seconds (equivalent to a stop and go penalty) added to his race time for an unsafe release.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	28	36:41.950	1	15 (2)
2	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	28	+5.601	8	12
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	28	+8.543	3	10
4	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	28	+17.189	6	8
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	28	+17.925	4	6
6	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	28	+22.580	2	4
7	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	28	+24.588	10	2
8	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+27.286	11	1
9	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	28	+28.046	9
10	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	28	+28.665	14
11	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	28	+30.190	7
12	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	28	+30.800	15
13	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+32.189	12
14	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	28	+32.953	18
15	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	28	+36.952	19
16	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	28	+38.895	5
17	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+44.100	20
18	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	28	+44.249	17
Ret	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	23	Collision Damage	16
Ret	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	22	Puncture	13
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) 1:17.365 (on lap 6)
Source:[5]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 George Russell 132 1 2 Lando Norris 122 2 3 Artem Markelov 94 4 Alexander Albon 89 1 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara 86

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Entrant Points 1 Carlin 208 2 ART Grand Prix 181 2 3 Charouz Racing System 126 1 4 DAMS 123 1 5 Russian Time 112

References

1. Di Zinno, Tony (6 November 2017). "F2, GP3 2018 schedules released". motorsports.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
2. Benyon, Jack (29 June 2018). "Rolling safety car starts for Red Bull Ring, Silverstone F2 races". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
3. Herrero, Dan (30 June 2018). "Rolling starts for F2 due to clutch issues". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
4. Benyon, Jack (30 June 2018). "The real reason Formula 2 has switched to rolling starts". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
5. "2018 FIA Formula 2 Red Bull Ring results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

External links

• Official website