2022 Monza Formula 2 round

The 2022 Monza FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 9 and 11 September 2022 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the penultimate race of the 2022 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.

  2022 Monza Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 13 of 14 in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Sprint race
Date 10 September 2022 Laps 21 Podium First Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix Second Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix Third Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Dennis Hauger Prema Racing Time 1:33.739 (on lap 20)
Feature race
Date 11 September 2022 Laps 30 Pole position Driver Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing Time 1:31.641 Podium First Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing Second Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix Third Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System Fastest lap Driver Richard Verschoor Trident Time 1:33.155 (on lap 29)

Despite retiring in the sprint race, Felipe Drugovich became the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Drivers' Champion with three races to spare. His nearest championship rival, Théo Pourchaire, finished in seventeenth and therefore failed to score the required four points in order to remain in mathematical contention for the title. Drugovich's championship victory was the first for an MP Motorsport driver in Formula 2.

Driver changes

Luca Ghiotto replaced Roy Nissany at DAMS, due to the Israeli driver receiving a race ban after exceeding the annual limit of twelve penalty points on his race licence following the Zandvoort round.^[1] Nissany became the third driver after Amaury Cordeel and Olli Caldwell to receive a ban during this season.

Classification

Qualifying

Jack Doohan took his third pole position of his career by nearly two tenths, ahead of both Kiwi drivers Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	1:31.641	9	1
2	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	+0.126	8	2
3	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.193	7	3
4	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	+0.204	121	4
5	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.218	6	5
6	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+0.241	5	6
7	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.279	4	7
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.328	3	8
9	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	+0.382	2	9
10	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	+0.386	1	10
11	24	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.551	10	11
12	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.707	11	12
13	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.711	13	13
14	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.783	14	14
15	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	+0.811	15	15
16	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+0.814	16	16
17	21	Calan Williams	Trident	+1.011	17	17
18	16	Luca Ghiotto	DAMS	+1.213	18	18
19	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+1.272	19	19
20	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	+1.554	20	20
21	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	+1.704	21	21
22	23	Tatiana Calderón	Charouz Racing System	+1.984	22	22
Source:[3]

Notes:

• ^1 – Felipe Drugovich was handed a five-place grid penalty for the sprint race after he was found to have set his fastest lap of the session under single yellow flag conditions at Turn 11.^[4]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	21	35:29.646	3	10
2	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	21	+1.035	1	8
3	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	21	+7.684	5	6
4	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	21	+9.022	2	5
5	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	21	+13.129	8	4
6	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	21	+13.306	9	3
7	24	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+14.391	10	2
8	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	21	+14.4621	6	1
9	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	21	+14.723	19	(1)
10	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+17.6212	7
11	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	21	+19.195	15
12	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	21	+22.604	16
13	16	Luca Ghiotto	DAMS	21	+24.186	18
14	21	Calan Williams	Trident	21	+24.687	17
15	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+25.907	11
16	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	21	+28.1553	4
17	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	21	+30.3854	14
DNF	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	7	Collision damage	13
DNF	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	7	Collision damage	21
DNF	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1	Suspension	12
DNF	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	0	Collision	20
DNF	23	Tatiana Calderón	Charouz Racing System	0	Collision	22
Fastest lap set by Dennis Hauger: 1:33.739 (lap 20)
Source:[3][5]

Notes:

• ^1 – Richard Verschoor originally finished fifth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.^[6]
• ^2 – Marcus Armstrong originally finished sixth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
• ^3 – Ayumu Iwasa was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
• ^4 – Théo Pourchaire originally finished sixth, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Liam Lawson.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	30	1:06:39.193	6	25
2	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	30	+1.970	10	18
3	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	30	+6.491	15	15
4	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	30	+7.249	19	12
5	24	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	30	+7.801	11	10
6	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	30	+10.502	4	8
7	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	30	+12.738	12	6
8	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	30	+27.950	21	4
9	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	30	+35.184	5	2 (1)
10	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	30	+45.692	8	1
11	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	30	+47.522	14
12	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	30	+54.718	3
13	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	30	+1:31.534	2
DNF	21	Calan Williams	Trident	6	Accident	16
DNF	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	1	Collision damage	1	(2)
DNF	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	0	Collision	9
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	13
DNF	16	Luca Ghiotto	DAMS	0	Collision	17
DNF	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	0	Collision	181
DNF	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	0	Collision	20
WD	23	Tatiana Calderón	Charouz Racing System	—	Withdrew2	—
DSQ	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	30	Disqualified3	7
Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor: 1:33.155 (lap 29)
Source:[3][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Ralph Boschung originally qualified thirteenth, but received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Clément Novalak during the Sprint Race.^[6]
• ^2 – Tatiana Calderón withdrew from the remainder of the weekend following a medical advice. Thus, Charouz Racing System only ran one car in the Feature Race.^[8]
• ^3 – Ayumu Iwasa was disqualified from the feature race after it was found that the plank on the Japanese driver’s car was below the maximum thickness required by Article 4.2 of the Technical Regulations. As a result, Enzo Fittipaldi was promoted to the final podium place.^[9]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Felipe Drugovich 241 2 Théo Pourchaire 164 3 Logan Sargeant 135 4 Jack Doohan 126 4 5 Jehan Daruvala 126

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 MP Motorsport 281 2 ART Grand Prix 281 3 Carlin 258 1 4 Prema Racing 224 1 5 Hitech Grand Prix 201

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold name includes the Drivers' Champion.

See also

• 2022 Italian Grand Prix
• 2022 Monza Formula 3 round