2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round

2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 6 of 12 in the 2019 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
Date	29 June 2019
Laps	40
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	1:14.143
Podium
First	Nobuharu Matsushita
Second	Luca Ghiotto
Third	Nyck de Vries
Fastest lap
Driver	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Time	1:18.209 (on lap 34)
Sprint race
Date
Date	30 June 2019
Laps	28
Podium
First	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Second	Luca Ghiotto
Third	Nyck de Vries
Fastest lap
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	1:18.159 (on lap 3)

The 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 29 and 30 June 2019 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, in Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix.

Background

Driver changes

Mahaveer Raghunathan received a one-race ban after reaching twelve penalty points on his racing license during the Paul Ricard feature race.^[1] His seat at MP Motorsport for the round was taken by Patricio O'Ward.^[2]

Elsewhere, Dorian Boccolacci was replaced at Campos Racing by Arjun Maini,^[3] and Ralph Boschung left Trident with Ryan Tveter taking his place for the round.^[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:14.143	–	1
2	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	1:14.309	+0.166	2
3	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:14.371	+0.228	3
4	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:14.399	+0.256	4
5	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	1:14.429	+0.286	5
6	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:14.483	+0.340	6
7	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:14.488	+0.345	7
8	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:14.625	+0.482	8
9	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:14.709	+0.566	9
10	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:14.755	+0.612	10
11	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:14.808	+0.665	11
12	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:14.882	+0.739	12
13	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:14.887	+0.744	13
14	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:14.986	+0.843	14
15	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:15.139	+0.996	15
16	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:15.212	+1.069	16
17	17	Patricio O'Ward	MP Motorsport	1:15.327	+1.184	17
18	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	1:15.363	+1.220	18
19	21	Ryan Tveter	Trident	1:15.435	+1.292	19
20	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:16.164	+2.021	20
Source:^[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	40	53:32.606	4	25
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	40	+2.963	5	18
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	40	+10.428	1	15 (4)
4	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	40	+10.786	2	12
5	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	40	+12.720¹	9	10 (2)
6	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	40	+15.514	3	8
7	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	40	+16.541²	8	6
8	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	40	+22.321	15	4
9	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	40	+23.184	6	2
10	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	40	+32.919	14	1
11	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	40	+35.892	13
12	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	40	+35.988	12
13	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	40	+39.890	16
14	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	40	+46.138	10
15	21	Ryan Tveter	Trident	40	+1:10.057	19
16	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	40	+1:15.742	11
17	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	40	+1:16.586	20
18	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	39	+1 lap	7
19	17	Patricio O'Ward	MP Motorsport	39	+1 lap	17
DSQ	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	40	Disqualified³	18
Fastest lap: Sérgio Sette Câmara (DAMS) — 1:18.209 (on lap 34)
Source:^[5]

Notes

^1 – Sérgio Sette Câmara was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
^2 – Louis Delétraz was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
^3 – Arjun Maini originally finished 15th but was disqualified after his tyres were found to have been fitted incorrectly before the race start.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	28	38:45.691	4	15
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	28	+0.563	7	12
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	28	+5.536	6	10 (2)
4	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	28	+5.781	18	8
5	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	28	+6.269	8	6
6	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+13.230	9	4
7	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	28	+14.095	1	2
8	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	28	+15.086	3	1
9	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	28	+15.659	14
10	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	28	+16.607	11
11	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	28	+18.290	12
12	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	28	+19.486	16
13	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	28	+21.136	17
14	17	Patricio O'Ward	MP Motorsport	28	+22.294	19
15	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	28	+22.856	20
16	21	Ryan Tveter	Trident	28	+25.302	15
17	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	28	+29.057¹	5
18	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	28	+40.537²	10
DNF	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	19	Crash	2
DNF	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	3	Gearbox	13
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) — 1:18.159 (on lap 3)³
Source:^[5]

Notes

^1 – Anthoine Hubert originally finished 16th but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
^2 – Jack Aitken was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision and an additional five-second time penalty for a violation of the minimum delta time under the safety car.
^3 – Nyck de Vries and Sérgio Sette Câmara set the same fastest lap times, but de Vries was awarded the points for fastest lap as he was the first to achieve the lap time.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Nyck de Vries	152
	2	Nicholas Latifi	115
1	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	107
2	4	Luca Ghiotto	97
2	5	Jack Aitken	86

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	DAMS	222
2	UNI-Virtuosi	182
3	ART Grand Prix	158
4	Campos Racing	116
5	Carlin	103

References

^ Lumb, Tim (23 June 2019). "Raghunathan race ban tops Paul Ricard F2 and F3 penalty list". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship ENTRY LIST Spielberg". fia.com. FIA. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "Arjun Msini returns to F2 with Campos Racing". FIA Formula 2 Championship. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (27 June 2019). "Tveter to make F2 debut with Trident". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019 FIA Formula 2 Red Bull Ring results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

External links

Official website

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