2018 Budapest Formula 2 round

The 2018 Hungaroring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 July 2018 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix.

  2018 Hungaroring Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Feature race
Date 28 July 2018 Laps 34 Pole position Driver Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Time 1:27.400 Podium First Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing Second Lando Norris DAMS Third Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System Fastest lap Driver Ralph Boschung MP Motorsport Time 1:32.473 (on lap 33)
Sprint race
Date 29 July 2018 Laps 28 Podium First Alexander Albon DAMS Second Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing Third Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Fastest lap Driver Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System Time 1:31.889 (on lap 24)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:27.400	–	1
2	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:27.430	+0.030	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:27.631	+0.231	3
4	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:27.762	+0.362	4
5	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:27.828	+0.428	5
6	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:27.864	+0.464	6
7	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:27.957	+0.557	7
8	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:27.958	+0.558	8
9	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:27.973	+0.573	9
10	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:28.032	+0.632	10
11	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:28.038	+0.638	11
12	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:28.073	+0.673	12
13	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:28.107	+0.707	13
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:28.124	+0.724	14
15	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:28.169	+0.769	15
16	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:28.348	+0.948	16
17	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:28.533	+1.133	17
18	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:28.648	+1.248	18
19	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:28.724	+1.324	19
20	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:28.750	+1.350	20
Source:[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	34	1:00:16.996	3	25 (2)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	34	+16.508	6	18
3	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	34	+20.752	12	15
4	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	34	+21.805	2	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	34	+23.077	13	10
6	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	34	+28.696	5	8
7	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	34	+29.0991	1	6 (4)
8	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	34	+35.594	7	4
9	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	34	+36.304	20	2
10	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	34	+37.114	11	1
11	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	34	+37.983	19
12	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	34	+38.336	8
13	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	34	+39.120	18
14	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	34	+39.858	17
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	34	+48.072	16
16	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	34	+53.241	15
17	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	34	+1:13.696	10
18	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	33	+1 lap	9
DNF	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	Power loss	14
DNF	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	11	Clutch	PL2
Fastest lap: Ralph Boschung (MP Motorsport) 1:32.473 (on lap 33)3
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Sérgio Sette Câmara had ten seconds added to his race time for causing contact with Antonio Fuoco.
• ^2 – George Russell started from pit lane due to clutch problem.
• ^3 – Ralph Boschung set the fastest lap in the race but because he finished outside the top 10, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Nyck de Vries as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	28	44:47.130	4	15
2	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+9.465	3	12 (2)
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	28	+11.371	2	10
4	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	28	+13.638	7	8
5	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	28	+28.210	11	6
6	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	28	+34.144	10	4
7	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	28	+34.145	8	2
8	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	28	+36.586	20	1
9	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	28	+37.140	17
10	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	28	+38.976	5
11	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	28	+40.963	13
12	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	28	+41.535	9
13	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	28	+52.230	1
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	28	+52.379	12
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+1:00.932	15
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+1:17.184	19
17	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	27	+1 lap	6
DNF	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	17	Gearbox	16
DNF	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	0	Collision	14
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	18
Fastest lap: Antonio Fuoco (Charouz Racing System) 1:31.889 (on lap 24)1
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Antonio Fuoco set the fastest lap in the race but because he finished outside the top 10, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Luca Ghiotto as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 George Russell 171 2 Lando Norris 159 3 Alexander Albon 141 4 Artem Markelov 114 2 5 Nyck de Vries 114

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Carlin 265 1 2 ART Grand Prix 232 1 3 DAMS 175 1 4 Charouz Racing System 174 1 5 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 143

See also

• 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2018 Budapest GP3 Series round