2018 Le Castellet Formula 2 round

The 2018 Paul Ricard FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 23 and 24 June 2018 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fifth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 French Grand Prix.^[1]

  2018 Paul Ricard Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 5 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Course	Permanent racing circuit 5.842 km (3.630 mi)
Feature race
Date 23 June 2018 Laps 30 Pole position Driver George Russell ART Grand Prix Time 1:44.469 Podium First George Russell ART Grand Prix Second Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Third Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing Fastest lap Driver Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing Time 1:47.085 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date 24 June 2018 Laps 21 Podium First Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing Second Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System Third Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing Fastest lap Driver Ralph Boschung MP Motorsport Time 1:47.827 (on lap 15)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:44.469	–	1
2	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:44.635	+0.166	2
3	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:44.781	+0.312	3
4	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:45.092	+0.623	4
5	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:45.109	+0.640	5
6	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:45.143	+0.674	6
7	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:45.250	+0.781	7
8	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:45.269	+0.800	8
9	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:45.278	+0.809	9
10	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:45.482	+1.013	10
11	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:45.608	+1.139	11
12	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:45.721	+1.252	12
13	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1:45.739	+1.270	13
14	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:45.753	+1.284	14
15	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:45.919	+1.450	15
16	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:45.945	+1.476	16
17	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:46.021	+1.552	17
18	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:46.060	+1.591	18
19	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:46.150	+1.681	19
20	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:46.500	+2.031	20
Source:[2]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	30	58:28.750	1	25 (4)
2	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	30	+1.108	4	18
3	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	30	+37.879	5	15
4	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	30	+43.655	15	12
5	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	30	+45.680	8	10 (2)
6	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	30	+53.226	9	8
7	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	30	+1:16.951	10	6
8	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	30	+1:17.343	16	4
9	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	30	+1:20.384	18	2
10	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	30	+1:30.605	17	1
11	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	30	+1:32.469	6
12	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	30	+1:37.662	11
13	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	29	+1 lap	13
14	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	29	+1 lap	7
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	29	+1 lap	19
16	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	29	+1 lap	3
17	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	18	Engine	2
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	12	Transmission	20
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	7	Spun off	12
DSQ1	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	30	Disqualified	14
Fastest Lap: Nyck de Vries (Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing) 1:47.085 (on lap 26)
Source:[2]

Notes

• ^1 – Roberto Merhi was disqualified for tyre pressure infringement.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	21	38:28.325	4	15 (2)
2	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	21	+9.648	3	12
3	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	21	+9.870	6	10
4	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	21	+16.678	5	8
5	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	21	+17.752	16	6
6	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	21	+20.405	7	4
7	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	21	+20.732	17	2
8	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	+24.445	2	1
9	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	21	+35.726	13
10	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	21	+49.489	15
11	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	21	+49.489	12
12	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	21	+53.765	9
13	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	21	+59.010	10
141	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	20	Brakes	14
15	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	20	+1 lap	20
16	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	20	+1 lap	18
17	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	19	+2 laps	8
18	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	19	Engine/Fire	19
DNF	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	6	Battery	1
DNS	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	0	Stalled	11
Fastest lap: Ralph Boschung (MP Motorsport) 1:47.827 (on lap 15)2
Source:[2]

Notes

• ^1 – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
• ^2 – 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.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lando Norris 104 2 2 George Russell 91 3 3 Nyck de Vries 75 1 4 Alexander Albon 73 3 5 Artem Markelov 71

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Carlin 172 2 ART Grand Prix 140 3 DAMS 106 1 4 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 104 1 5 Charouz Racing System 103

See also

• 2018 French Grand Prix
• 2018 Le Castellet GP3 Series round