2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

The 2017 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 26 and 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix.

  2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 11 in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature race
Date 26 August 2017 Laps 25 Pole position Driver Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Time 2:20.842 Podium First Artem Markelov Russian Time Second Luca Ghiotto Russian Time Third Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Artem Markelov Russian Time Time 2:00.204 (on lap 18)
Sprint race
Date 27 August 2017 Laps 18 Podium First Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport Second Nyck de Vries Racing Engineering Third Luca Ghiotto Russian Time Fastest lap Driver Nyck de Vries Racing Engineering Time 2:01.367 (on lap 2)

Background

Charles Leclerc, once again, entered the round as the championship leader with a significant margin over nearest rival, Oliver Rowland. Rowland had closed the gap in the previous round in Hungary, but nevertheless was still 54 points behind the Monégasque driver.

For this round, Rapax had inherited an entirely new driver lineup with Sergio Canamasas and Nyck de Vries making way for Louis Delétraz and Roberto Merhi. Nyck de Vries and Louis Delétraz effectively switched seats with de Vries going from Rapax to Racing Engineering and Delétraz vice versa.^[1]

Classifications

Qualifying

Charles Leclerc

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	2:20.842	—	1
2	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	2:21.510	+0.668	2
3	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	2:21.578	+0.736	3
4	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	2:22.069	+1.227	4
5	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	2:22.073	+1.231	5
6	3	Nyck de Vries	Racing Engineering	2:22.534	+1.692	6
7	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	2:22.952	+2.110	7
8	19	Roberto Merhi	Rapax	2:23.132	+2.290	8
9	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	2:23.180	+2.338	9
10	8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	2:23.409	+2.567	10
11	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	2:23.424	+2.582	11
12	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	2:23.459	+2.617	12
13	18	Louis Delétraz	Rapax	2:23.470	+2.628	13
14	11	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	2:23.737	+2.895	14
15	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	2:23.788	+2.946	15
16	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	2:24.127	+3.285	16
17	12	Robert Visoiu	Campos Racing	2:24.215	+3.373	17
18	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	2:24.437	+3.595	18
19	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	2:25.039	+4.197	19
20	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	2:27.008	+6.166	20
Source:[2]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	52:50.172	9	25 (2)
2	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	25	+6.057	7	18
3	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	25	+6.446	5	15
4	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	25	+19.912	4	12
5	3	Nyck de Vries	Racing Engineering	25	+21.149	6	10
6	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	25	+29.356	11	8
7	19	Roberto Merhi	Rapax	25	+33.479	8	6
8	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	25	+35.611	18	4
9	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	25	+42.735	12	2
10	12	Robert Vișoiu	Campos Racing	25	+44.133	17	1
11	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	25	+47.608	20
12	8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	25	+59.552	10
13	11	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	25	+1:00.217	14
14	18	Louis Delétraz	Rapax	25	+1:01.070	13
15	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	25	+1:14.082	19
16	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	24	+1 lap	15
DNF	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1	Puncture	16
DNS	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	0	Fuel pressure	2
DSQ	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	25	Disqualified	1	(4)
DSQ	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	25	Disqualified	3
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) – 2:00.204 (on lap 18)
Source:[2]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	18	39:40.215	1	15
2	3	Nyck de Vries	Racing Engineering	18	+0.623	2	12 (2)
3	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	18	+2.403	5	10
4	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	18	+3.109	10	8
5	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	18	+3.820	8	6
6	19	Roberto Merhi	Rapax	18	+4.894	9	4
7	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	18	+5.448	4	2
8	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	18	+5.828	6	1
9	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	18	+6.690	20
10	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	18	+9.202	11
11	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	18	+9.629	3
12	18	Louis Delétraz	Rapax	18	+10.556	16
13	11	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	18	+10.865	15
14	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	18	+11.095	19
15	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	18	+12.070	13
16	12	Robert Vișoiu	Campos Racing	18	+13.709	12
17	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	18	+14.121	17
18	8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	18	+17.543	14
DNF	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	14	Accident	18
DNF	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	12	Engine	7
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (Racing Engineering) – 2:01.367 (on lap 2)
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 218 2 Oliver Rowland 159 3 Artem Markelov 150 1 4 Luca Ghiotto 123 1 5 Nicholas Latifi 115

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 DAMS 274 1 2 Russian Time 273 1 3 Prema Racing 258 4 ART Grand Prix 165 5 Rapax 116

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

See also

• 2017 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2017 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round