2020 Monza Formula 2 round

The 2020 Monza FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 5-6 September 2020 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

  2020 Monza Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 12 in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Feature race
Date 5 September 2020 Laps 30 Pole position Driver Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi Racing Time 1:31.929 Podium First Mick Schumacher Prema Racing Second Luca Ghiotto Hitech Grand Prix Third Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Luca Ghiotto Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:34.181 (on lap 25)
Sprint race
Date 6 September 2020 Laps 21 Podium First Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi Racing Second Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix Third Mick Schumacher Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Yuki Tsunoda Carlin Time 1:34.194 (on 14)

Report

Ilott repeated his previous year success in Monza qualifying, grabbing another pole.^[1] But pit stop struggles left him without the chance of taking the podium. The race was won by Schumacher, who was victorious in the feature race for the first time.^[2] He was accompanied by Ghiotto and Lundgaard on podium, with the former equalling the all-time record of 23 podiums by last year's champion Nyck de Vries.

In the sprint race Ticktum crossed the finish line first after dominating the race, but he was disqualified due to a lack of fuel. Ilott inherited the win and retook the lead in the championship from Shwartzman.^[3][4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	1:31.929		1
2	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	1:31.959	+0.030	2
3	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	1:32.127	+0.198	3
4	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:32.200	+0.271	4
5	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	1:32.226	+0.297	5
6	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	1:32.267	+0.338	6
7	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:32.277	+0.348	7
8	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:32.308	+0.379	8
9	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:32.342	+0.413	9
10	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	1:32.373	+0.444	10
11	1	Jüri Vips	DAMS	1:32.381	+0.452	11
12	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:32.412	+0.483	12
13	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	1:32.420	+0.491	13
14	23	Marino Sato	Trident	1:32.534	+0.605	14
15	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	1:32.592	+0.663	15
16	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:32.597	+0.668	16
17	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:32.602	+0.673	17
18	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	1:32.610	+0.681	18
19	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:32.623	+0.694	19
20	17	Giuliano Alesi	BWT HWA Racelab	1:32.626	+0.697	20
21	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	1:33.311	+1.382	21
22	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	1:33.501	+1.572	22
Source:[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	30	48:24.641	7	25
2	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	30	+3.185	3	18 (2)
3	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	30	+7.321	4	15
4	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	30	+9.279	2	12
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	30	+12.553	17	10
6	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	30	+15.145	1	8 (4)
7	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	30	+15.291	10	6
8	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	30	+17.561	9	4
9	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	30	+18.238	16	2
10	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	30	+21.154	8	1
11	1	Jüri Vips	DAMS	30	+23.947	11
12	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	30	+25.004	18
13	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	30	+27.859	19
14	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	30	+28.3791	15
15	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	30	+28.666	13
16	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	30	+29.257	12
17	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	30	+29.927	21
18	17	Giuliano Alesi	BWT HWA Racelab	30	+30.343	20
19	22	Roy Nissany	Trident Racing	30	+33.081	5
20	23	Marino Sato	Trident Racing	30	+51.408	14
21	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	30	+52.406	22
DNF	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	24	Engine	6
Fastest lap： Luca Ghiotto (Hitech Grand Prix) — 1:34.181（Lap 25）

Note：

• ^1 - Marcus Armstrong originally finished eleventh, but was given a five-second-overtime penalty for forcing Guanyu Zhou off the track.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	21	34:12.598	3	15
2	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	21	+5.299	6	12
3	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	21	+6.615	8	10 (2)
4	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	21	+7.072	1	8
5	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	21	+7.338	9	6
6	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	21	+10.989	10	4
7	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	21	+16.962	13	2
8	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+18.782	22	1
9	1	Jüri Vips	DAMS	21	+19.685	11
10	22	Roy Nissany	Trident Racing	21	+30.844	19
11	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	21	+31.080	15
12	17	Giuliano Alesi	BWT HWA Racelab	21	+32.331	18
13	23	Marino Sato	Trident Racing	21	+33.113	20
14	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	21	+41.766	21
15	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+1:00.054	7
16	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	20	+1 lap	17
17	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	20	+1 lap	12
18	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	20	+1 lap	14
DNF	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	16	Collision	16
DNF	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	15	Mechanical	5
DNF	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	13	Gearbox	4
DSQ	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	21	Disqualified 2	2
Fastest lap: Yuki Tsunoda (Carlin) — 1:34.194（lap 14)

Note：

• ^2 - Dan Ticktum originally finished first, but he was later disqualified due to lack of fuel on finish.^[6]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Callum Ilott 149 1 2 Mick Schumacher 143 2 3 Robert Shwartzman 140 1 4 Yuki Tsunoda 123 2 5 Christian Lundgaard 116

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 283 2 UNI-Virtuosi 251 3 Hitech Grand Prix 173 1 4 ART Grand Prix 150 1 5 Carlin 146

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2020 Italian Grand Prix
• 2020 Monza Formula 3 round