2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

  2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 10 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 27 July 2024 Laps 5[a] Podium First Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix Second Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport Third Richard Verschoor Trident Fastest lap Driver Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix Time 2:19.889 (on lap 2)
Feature Race
Date 28 July 2024 Laps 25 Pole position Driver Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:56.959 Podium First Isack Hadjar Campos Racing Second Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing Third Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Fastest lap Driver Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:59.029 (on lap 11)

The 2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 26 and 28 July 2024 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the tenth round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:56.959	20^1	1
2	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+0.168	9	2
3	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+0.282	8	3
4	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.423	7	4
5	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.438	6	5
6	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+0.547	5	6
7	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.724	4	7
8	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.789	3	8
9	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.815	2	9
10	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+0.823	1	10
11	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.823	10	11
12	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.845	11	12
13	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.862	12	13
14	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.954	13	14
15	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+1.020	14	15
16	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+1.104	15	16
17	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.161	16	17
18	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.230	17	18
19	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	+1.829	18	19
20	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+2.113	19	20
21	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+2.500	21	21
107% time: 2:05.146 (+8.187)
—	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	No Time	22^2	22^2
Source:[1][2]

Notes:

• ^1 – Paul Aron was handed two separate five-place grid penalties for the sprint race for forcing another driver off the track and for causing a collision at the previous round.[3]
• ^2 – Victor Martins could not set a meaningful laptime due to a mechanical failure. The stewards permitted him to start both races from the last position on the grid.[4]

Sprint Race

The Sprint race was set to be held on 27 July 2024, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2), however, due to heavy rain, it was postponed to 18:15 local time on the same day. The race saw only 5 laps of action after a Safety Car was deployed as Pepe Martí's Campos Racing car stopped on the track on lap 3 due to a mechanical failure.

The race was red flagged and was not resumed after 2 laps under the Safety Car owing to the poor visibility due to the heavy rain. Because less than 50% of the racing distance was completed, reduced points were awarded, with the top 5 classified drivers receiving 5 points down to 1, with no fastest lap point awarded.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	5	14:15.548	1	5
2	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	5	+0.849	2	4
3	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	5	+1.122	3	3
4	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	5	+3.031	5	2
5	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	5	+4.051	7	1
6	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	5	+5.210	6
7	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	5	+6.022	14
8	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	5	+7.665	4
9	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	5	+8.907	8
10	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	5	+9.907	9
11	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	5	+11.187	10
12	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	5	+12.642	22
13	9	Kush Maini	Virtuosi Racing	5	+14.099	11
14	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	5	+15.699	12
15	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	5	+16.697	15
16	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	5	+17.085	18
17	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	5	+17.851	13
18	17	Paul Aron	Campos Racing	5	+18.702	20
19	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	5	+19.254	19
20	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	5	+20.186	21
21	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	5	+21.200	17
DNF	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	1	Engine	16
Fastest lap set by: Zak O'Sullivan – 2:19.889 (Lap 2)
Source:[5][6]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	25	57:08.495	3	25
2	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	25	+2.934	2	18 (1)
3	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	25	+12.093	4	15
4	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	25	+13.741	10	12
5	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	25	+19.392	8	10
6	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	25	+21.282	6	8
7	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	25	+21.884	16	6
8	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+25.388	11	4
9	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	25	+31.800	5	2
10	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	25	+32.446	20	1
11	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	25	+39.528	14
12	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	25	+42.048	9
13	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	25	+43.750	19
14	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	25	+53.654^3	21
15	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	25	+58.831^3	12
16	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	24	Engine	1	(2)
DNF	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	Stalled during pit stop	13
DNF	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	3	Collision	18
DNF	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	3	Collision	22
DNF	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	0	Engine	7
DNF	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	0	Collision	15
DNF	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	0	Collision	17
Fastest lap set by: Paul Aron – 1:59.029 (lap 11)
Source:[7][8]

Notes:

• ^3 - Kush Maini and Roman Staněk each received a 5-second time penalty for repeated track-limit violations.
• ^4 - Paul Aron did not finish the race, as his engine failed on the last lap. Because he had completed more than 90% of the race distance, he was classified 16th.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Isack Hadjar 165 1 2 Gabriel Bortoleto 129 1 3 Paul Aron 124 4 Zane Maloney 111 2 5 Jak Crawford 100

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Campos Racing 203 1 2 Invicta Racing 203 3 MP Motorsport 179 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 153 5 Rodin Motorsport 140

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

See also

• 2024 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

Notes

1. The sprint race was red flagged for poor visibility due to weather after lap 5, less than 50% through the 18 scheduled laps. Reduced points were awarded.

References

1. "Doc 37 - F2 Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website.
2. "QUALIFYING: Aron pips Bortoleto and Hadjar to Spa Pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
3. "Aron handed post-Feature Race penalties in Budapest". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
4. "Doc 32 - DECISION - Car 1 - Start permission for both races at Spa" (PDF). FIA - Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
5. "Doc 52 - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). FIA - Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
6. "SPRINT RACE: O'Sullivan wins at Spa after Red Flag". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
7. "Doc 66 - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). FIA - Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
8. "FEATURE RACE: Hadjar takes fourth victory of 2024 to extend Championship lead". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

External links

• Official website

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