2018 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

The 2018 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the ninth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix.

  2018 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 9 of 12 in the 2018 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 25 August 2018 Laps 25 Pole position Driver Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing Time 1:56.054 Podium First Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing Second Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Third George Russell ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing Time 2:00.632 (on lap 19)
Sprint race
Date 26 August 2018 Laps 18 Podium First Nicholas Latifi DAMS Second Lando Norris Carlin Third Alexander Albon DAMS Fastest lap Driver Nicholas Latifi DAMS Time 2:01.484 (on lap 2)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:56.054	–	1
2	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:56.457	+0.403	2
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:56.594	+0.540	3
4	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:56.611	+0.557	4
5	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:56.723	+0.669	5
6	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:56.878	+0.824	6
7	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:56.930	+0.876	101
8	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:57.169	+1.115	7
9	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:57.183	+1.129	8
10	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:57.266	+1.212	9
11	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:57.394	+1.340	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:57.515	+1.461	12
13	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:57.596	+1.542	13
14	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:57.635	+1.581	14
15	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:57.718	+1.664	15
16	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:57.754	+1.700	16
17	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:57.773	+1.719	17
18	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:57.878	+1.824	18
19	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:58.174	+2.120	19
20	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	1:58.338	+2.284	20
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Antonio Fuoco was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to serve a time penalty during his pit stop in the Hungary Sprint Race.^[2]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	25	56:02.281	1	25 (6)
2	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	25	+3.153	3	18
3	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	25	+7.572	2	15
4	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	25	+8.906	5	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	25	+9.408	6	10
6	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	+13.181	9	8
7	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	25	+13.211	4	6
8	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	25	+14.674	12	4
9	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	25	+15.915	14	2
10	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	25	+22.354	17	1
11	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	25	+23.917	16
12	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	25	+24.477	11
13	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	25	+26.417	19
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	25	+28.920	15
15	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	25	+29.612	20
16	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	25	+32.482	18
17	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	25	+32.706	10
18	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	25	+34.112	8
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	Spin	13
DNF	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	13	Fire	7
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing) 2:00.632 (on lap 19)
Source:[1]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	18	37:13.659	1	15 (2)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	18	+10.402	5	12
3	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	18	+10.766	4	10
4	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	18	+13.210	8	8
5	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	18	+13.448	3	6
6	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	+22.179	2	4
7	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	18	+23.357	6	2
8	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	18	+31.864	14	1
9	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	18	+33.578	7
10	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	18	+34.567	11
11	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	18	+40.032	12
12	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	+40.100	20
13	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	18	+42.899	18
14	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	+44.631	10
15	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	18	+52.568	13
16	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	18	+55.305	9
17	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	18	+59.007	19
18	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	18	+1:00.115	15
19	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	18	+1:06.936	17
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	2	Mechanical	16
Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) 2:01.884 (on lap 2)
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 George Russell 188 2 Lando Norris 183 3 Alexander Albon 161 1 4 Nyck de Vries 153 1 5 Artem Markelov 128

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Carlin 307 2 ART Grand Prix 249 3 DAMS 216 1 4 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 182 1 5 Charouz Racing System 174

See also

• 2018 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2018 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round