2019 Silverstone Formula 2 round

The 2019 Silverstone FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 13 and 14 July 2019 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the seventh round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2019 British Grand Prix.

  2019 Silverstone Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 12 in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Feature race
Date 13 July 2019 Laps 29 Pole position Driver Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Time 1:38.182 Podium First Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Second Nicholas Latifi DAMS Third Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Fastest lap Driver Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS Time 1:40.858 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date 14 July 2019 Laps 21 Podium First Jack Aitken Campos Racing Second Louis Delétraz Carlin Third Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Jack Aitken Campos Racing Time 1:39.993 (on lap 20)

Background

Driver changes

Mahaveer Raghunathan returned to MP Motorsport after his one-race ban, replacing Patricio O'Ward. After leaving Campos Racing after the Paul Ricard round, Dorian Boccolacci returned to the series at Trident replacing Ryan Tveter.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:38.182	–	1
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	1:38.410	+0.228	2
3	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:38.511	+0.329	3
4	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:38.519	+0.337	4
5	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:38.547	+0.365	5
6	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:38.549	+0.367	6
7	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:38.613	+0.431	7
8	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:38.686	+0.504	8
9	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:38.877	+0.695	9
10	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	1:39.046	+0.864	10
11	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:39.071	+0.889	11
12	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:39.225	+1.043	12
13	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:39.227	+1.045	13
14	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	1:39.512	+1.330	14
15	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:39.574	+1.392	15
16	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:39.615	+1.433	16
17	21	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident	1:39.622	+1.440	17
18	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:39.790	+1.608	201
19	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:40.530	+2.348	18
20	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	1:41.725	+3.543	19
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Sean Gelael was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision during the practice session. He later withdrew from the race weekend following the incident.^[2]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	29	50:21.114	2	25
2	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	+3.314	4	18
3	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	29	+7.186	1	15 (4)
4	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	29	+11.841	3	12 (2)
5	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	29	+13.744	8	10
6	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	29	+18.969	7	8
7	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	29	+19.466	5	6
8	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	29	+23.144	6	4
9	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	29	+24.263	9	2
10	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	29	+30.176	12	1
11	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	29	+31.100	13
12	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	29	+47.708	11
13	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	29	+52.0721	14
14	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	29	+1:19.155	18
15	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	29	+1:31.116	19
16	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	28	Collision damage2	16
17	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	28	+1 lap3	15
18	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	28	+1 lap	10
DNF	21	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident	1	Mechanical	17
WD	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	0	Withdrew	—
Fastest lap: Sérgio Sette Câmara (DAMS) — 1:40.858 (on lap 24)
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Arjun Maini originally finished 12th but received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
• ^2 – Nikita Mazepin received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
• ^3 – Giuliano Alesi received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane and a thirty-second time penalty for an unsafe release.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	21	36:47.822	4	15 (2)
2	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	21	+4.997	2	12
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	21	+8.194	3	10
4	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	21	+8.850	1	8
5	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	+16.203	7	6
6	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	21	+19.222	11	4
7	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	21	+19.666	9	2
8	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+20.181	6	1
9	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	21	+21.731	10
10	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	21	+25.820	12
11	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	21	+34.309	18
12	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	21	+37.426	16
13	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	21	+40.581	13
14	21	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident	21	+47.259	19
15	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+57.696	8
16	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	21	+59.998	14
17	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	21	+1:09.991	5
18	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	21	+1:10.157	15
DNF	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1	Mechanical	17
WD	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	—	Withdrew	—
Fastest lap: Jack Aitken (Campos Racing) — 1:39.993 (on lap 20)
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Nyck de Vries 170 2 Nicholas Latifi 139 1 3 Luca Ghiotto 122 1 4 Sérgio Sette Câmara 121 5 Jack Aitken 113

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 DAMS 260 2 UNI-Virtuosi 227 3 ART Grand Prix 176 4 Campos Racing 143 5 Carlin 125

See also

• 2019 British Grand Prix
• 2019 Silverstone Formula 3 round