2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round

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2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
LocationRed Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 9 July 2022
Laps 28
Podium
First New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix
Second France Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix
Third Australia Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport
Time 1:17.328 (on lap 7)
Feature Race
Date 10 July 2022
Laps 40
Pole position
Driver Denmark Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix
Time 1:14.123
Podium
First United States Logan Sargeant
Carlin Motorsport
Second Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System
Third Spain Roberto Merhi Campos Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing
Time 1:16.536 (on lap 39)

The 2022 Spielberg FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 8 and 10 July 2022 at the

2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix
.

Driver changes

Prior to the eighth round in Spielberg, Campos Racing announced on 6 July that Roberto Merhi would make his Formula 2 comeback by replacing Swiss driver Ralph Boschung due to the effects of a neck injury sustained at the third round in Imola. At the age of 31 years, Merhi became the oldest driver to compete in a Formula 2 round.[1]

In addition, Van Amersfoort Racing driver Amaury Cordeel made his comeback after his ban in the previous round in Silverstone following the collection of 12 penalty points.

Classification

Qualifying

Frederik Vesti took his maiden Formula 2 pole position and the first one for ART Grand Prix this season ahead of Jüri Vips and Silverstone feature race winner Logan Sargeant.[2]

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Time Grid
SR
Grid
FR
1 9 Denmark Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 1:14.123 10 1
2 8 Estonia Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix +0.035 9 2
3 6 United States Logan Sargeant
Carlin
+0.165 8 3
4 17 Japan Ayumu Iwasa DAMS +0.184 6 4
5 11 Brazil Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport +0.192 5 5
6 3 Australia Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing +0.195 4 6
7 25 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing +0.334 71 7
8 20 Netherlands Richard Verschoor
Trident
+0.445 3 8
9 10 France Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix +0.493 2 9
10 7 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix +0.547 1 10
11 2 India Jehan Daruvala
Prema Racing
+0.579 11 11
12 22 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System +0.617 12 12
13 23 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı Charouz Racing System +0.642 13 13
14 5 New Zealand Liam Lawson
Carlin
+0.669 14 14
15 1 Norway Dennis Hauger
Prema Racing
+0.671 15 15
16 21 Australia Calan Williams
Trident
+0.713 16 16
17 16 Israel Roy Nissany DAMS +0.772 222 17
18 4 Japan Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing +0.813 17 18
19 24 United Kingdom Jake Hughes Van Amersfoort Racing +0.882 18 19
20 12 France Clément Novalak MP Motorsport +1.000 19 20
21 15 Spain Roberto Merhi Campos Racing +1.077 20 21
22 14 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Campos Racing +1.533 21 22
Source:[3]

Notes:

  • ^1Amaury Cordeel originally qualified fourth for the Sprint Race, but was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Olli Caldwell at his latest round's Feature Race in Baku, which resulted in both drivers prematurely ending the race.[4]
  • ^2Roy Nissany originally qualified seventeenth for the Sprint Race, but was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Dennis Hauger at the previous round's Feature Race in Silverstone, which resulted in both drivers prematurely ending the race.[5]

Sprint race

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix 28 36:38.856 1 10
2 10 France Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 28 +1.098 2 8
3 3 Australia Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing 28 +2.169 4 6
4 11 Brazil Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport 28 +5.053 5 5 (1)
5 8 Estonia Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 28 +11.972 9 4
6 20 Netherlands Richard Verschoor
Trident
28 +14.832 3 3
7 6 United States Logan Sargeant
Carlin
28 +15.291 8 2
8 22 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System 28 +17.538 12 1
9 1 Norway Dennis Hauger
Prema Racing
28 +19.337 15
10 17 Japan Ayumu Iwasa DAMS 28 +20.8913 6
11 2 India Jehan Daruvala
Prema Racing
28 +21.644 11
12 9 Denmark Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 28 +22.0361 10
13 16 Israel Roy Nissany DAMS 28 +31.700 22
14 21 Australia Calan Williams
Trident
28 +34.565 16
15 12 France Clément Novalak MP Motorsport 28 +38.673 19
16 24 United Kingdom Jake Hughes Van Amersfoort Racing 28 +40.245 18
17 14 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Campos Racing 28 +53.5591 21
18 25 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing 28 +1:10.1211 4 7
19† 15 Spain Roberto Merhi Campos Racing 26 Mechanical 20
DNF 23 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı Charouz Racing System 23 Mechanical 13
DNF 5 New Zealand Liam Lawson
Carlin
11 Gearbox PL2
DNF 4 Japan Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing 2 Electronics 17
Fastest lap set by Brazil Felipe Drugovich: 1:17.328 (lap 9)
Source:[6][7][8]

Notes:

Feature race

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 United States Logan Sargeant
Carlin
40 55:44.500 3 25
2 22 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System 40 +0.514 12 18
3 15 Spain Roberto Merhi Campos Racing 40 +1.6181 21 15
4 1 Norway Dennis Hauger
Prema Racing
40 +5.999 15 12
5 24 United Kingdom Jake Hughes Van Amersfoort Racing 40 +10.137 19 10
6 14 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Campos Racing 40 +12.152 22 8
7 17 Japan Ayumu Iwasa DAMS 40 +13.1451 4 6
8 8 Estonia Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 40 +13.872 2 4
9 16 Israel Roy Nissany DAMS 40 +14.442 17 2
10 5 New Zealand Liam Lawson
Carlin
40 +15.9642 14 1
11 11 Brazil Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport 40 +19.006 5
12 2 India Jehan Daruvala
Prema Racing
40 +19.6355 11
13 10 France Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 40 +19.842 9
14 9 Denmark Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 40 +26.7602 3 1 (2)
15 21 Australia Calan Williams
Trident
40 +28.9491 16
16 4 Japan Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing 40 +32.056 18
17 12 France Clément Novalak MP Motorsport 40 +58.606 20
18 25 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing 39 +1 lap 7
19 3 Australia Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing 39 +1 lap 6
DNF 23 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı Charouz Racing System 3 Collision damage 13
DNF 7 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix 0 Spin/Collision 10
DSQ 20 Netherlands Richard Verschoor
Trident
40 (55:30.399)4 8
Fastest lap set by Australia Jack Doohan: 1:16.536 (lap 39)
Source:[10][11][12]

Notes:

Standings after the event

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Campos confirms Roberto Merhi as Ralph Boschung's replacement for Spielberg". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 6 July 2022.
  2. ^ "QUALIFYING: Vesti vanquishes Qualifying struggles to claim maiden F2 pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 8: Spielberg, Austria 8-10 July 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Cordeel and Nissany penalised following Baku Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Nissany penalised following Silverstone Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 8: Spielberg, Austria 8-10 July 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. ^ "SPRINT RACE: Unassailable Armstrong reigns supreme with lights-to-flag display". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Iwasa and Cordeel penalised following Spielberg Sprint Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Iwasa and Cordeel penalised following Spielberg Sprint Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 8: Spielberg, Austria 8-10 July 2022". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Verschoor's grid gamble pays off with Feature Race win". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Verschoor disqualified from Spielberg Feature Race, Sargeant promoted to win". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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