2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round

The 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 29 and 30 June 2019 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, in Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix.

  2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 6 of 12 in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing circuit 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Feature race
Date 29 June 2019 Laps 40 Pole position Driver Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Time 1:14.143 Podium First Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin Second Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Third Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS Time 1:18.209 (on lap 34)
Sprint race
Date 30 June 2019 Laps 28 Podium First Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS Second Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Third Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Time 1:18.159 (on lap 3)

Background

Driver changes

Mahaveer Raghunathan received a one-race ban after reaching twelve penalty points on his racing license during the Paul Ricard feature race.^[1] His seat at MP Motorsport for the round was taken by Patricio O'Ward.^[2]

Elsewhere, Dorian Boccolacci was replaced at Campos Racing by Arjun Maini,^[3] and Ralph Boschung left Trident with Ryan Tveter taking his place for the round.^[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:14.143	–	1
2	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	1:14.309	+0.166	2
3	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:14.371	+0.228	3
4	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:14.399	+0.256	4
5	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	1:14.429	+0.286	5
6	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:14.483	+0.340	6
7	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:14.488	+0.345	7
8	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:14.625	+0.482	8
9	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:14.709	+0.566	9
10	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:14.755	+0.612	10
11	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:14.808	+0.665	11
12	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:14.882	+0.739	12
13	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:14.887	+0.744	13
14	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:14.986	+0.843	14
15	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:15.139	+0.996	15
16	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:15.212	+1.069	16
17	17	Patricio O'Ward	MP Motorsport	1:15.327	+1.184	17
18	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	1:15.363	+1.220	18
19	21	Ryan Tveter	Trident	1:15.435	+1.292	19
20	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:16.164	+2.021	20
Source:[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	40	53:32.606	4	25
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	40	+2.963	5	18
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	40	+10.428	1	15 (4)
4	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	40	+10.786	2	12
5	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	40	+12.7201	9	10 (2)
6	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	40	+15.514	3	8
7	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	40	+16.5412	8	6
8	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	40	+22.321	15	4
9	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	40	+23.184	6	2
10	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	40	+32.919	14	1
11	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	40	+35.892	13
12	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	40	+35.988	12
13	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	40	+39.890	16
14	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	40	+46.138	10
15	21	Ryan Tveter	Trident	40	+1:10.057	19
16	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	40	+1:15.742	11
17	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	40	+1:16.586	20
18	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	39	+1 lap	7
19	17	Patricio O'Ward	MP Motorsport	39	+1 lap	17
DSQ	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	40	Disqualified3	18
Fastest lap: Sérgio Sette Câmara (DAMS) — 1:18.209 (on lap 34)
Source:[5]

Notes

• ^1 – Sérgio Sette Câmara was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
• ^2 – Louis Delétraz was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
• ^3 – Arjun Maini originally finished 15th but was disqualified after his tyres were found to have been fitted incorrectly before the race start.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	28	38:45.691	4	15
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	28	+0.563	7	12
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	28	+5.536	6	10 (2)
4	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	28	+5.781	18	8
5	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	28	+6.269	8	6
6	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+13.230	9	4
7	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	28	+14.095	1	2
8	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	28	+15.086	3	1
9	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	28	+15.659	14
10	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	28	+16.607	11
11	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	28	+18.290	12
12	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	28	+19.486	16
13	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	28	+21.136	17
14	17	Patricio O'Ward	MP Motorsport	28	+22.294	19
15	14	Arjun Maini	Campos Racing	28	+22.856	20
16	21	Ryan Tveter	Trident	28	+25.302	15
17	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	28	+29.0571	5
18	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	28	+40.5372	10
DNF	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	19	Crash	2
DNF	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	3	Gearbox	13
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) — 1:18.159 (on lap 3)3
Source:[5]

Notes

• ^1 – Anthoine Hubert originally finished 16th but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
• ^2 – Jack Aitken was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision and an additional five-second time penalty for a violation of the minimum delta time under the safety car.
• ^3 – Nyck de Vries and Sérgio Sette Câmara set the same fastest lap times, but de Vries was awarded the points for fastest lap as he was the first to achieve the lap time.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Nyck de Vries 152 2 Nicholas Latifi 115 1 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara 107 2 4 Luca Ghiotto 97 2 5 Jack Aitken 86

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 DAMS 222 2 UNI-Virtuosi 182 3 ART Grand Prix 158 4 Campos Racing 116 5 Carlin 103

See also

• 2019 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round