2022 Silverstone Formula 2 round

The 2022 Silverstone FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 1 and 3 July 2022 at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the seventh round of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 British Grand Prix.

  2022 Silverstone Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 14 in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.891 km (3.661 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 2 July 2022 Laps 21 Podium First Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing Second Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Third Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System Fastest lap Driver Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Time 1:58.954 (on lap 20)
Feature Race
Date 3 July 2022 Laps 29 Pole position Driver Logan Sargeant Carlin Time 1:38.432 Podium First Logan Sargeant Carlin Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Liam Lawson Carlin Fastest lap Driver David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing Time 1:40.842 (on 27)

Driver changes

After collecting a total of 12 penalty points, Amaury Cordeel was suspended for the Silverstone round and was replaced by David Beckmann.^[1] It was the first time in Formula 2 since 2019 that a driver was suspended for an entire weekend, following Mahaveer Raghunathan's ban in the 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round due to repeatedly erratic driving.

Classification

Qualifying

Logan Sargeant took his maiden Formula 2 pole position, which was the first for Carlin since Yuki Tsunoda's pole at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. Sargeant qualified ahead of Frederik Vesti and championship leader Felipe Drugovich, who set the same time as championship rival Théo Pourchaire. Drugovich was given precedence, as he set the lap time first.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	1:38.432	10	1
2	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	+0.107	9	2
3	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	+0.121	8	3
4	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.121	7	4
5	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	+0.193	6	5
6	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.302	5	6
7	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	+0.469	4	7
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.581	3	8
9	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+0.645	2	9
10	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+0.683	1	10
11	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+0.790	11	11
12	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.834	12	12
13	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+0.997	13	13
14	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.016	14	14
15	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+1.060	15	15
16	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	+1.148	16	16
17	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+1.165	— 1	— 1
18	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	+1.228	17	17
19	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	+1.245	18	18
20	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	+1.259	19	19
21	21	Calan Williams	Trident	+1.480	20	20
22	25	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.859	21	21
Source:[2][3]

Notes:

• ^1 – Despite qualifying in seventeenth place, Ralph Boschung later withdrew from the remainder of the weekend due to the effects of a neck injury sustained at the third round in Imola. All remaining drivers behind Boschung were promoted each one place at the starting grid.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	20	40:42.488	4	10
2	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	20	+0.932	5	8 (1)
3	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+16.722	2	6
4	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	+17.888	7	5
5	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	20	+21.717	8	4
6	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+26.830	9	3
7	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	20	+28.284	10	2
8	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	20	+36.291	1	1
9	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+38.699	11
10	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	20	+43.770	15
11	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+44.611	13
12	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+48.113	3
13	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	20	+49.448	17
14	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	20	+54.509	141
15	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+55.235	12
16	25	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+58.703	21
17	21	Calan Williams	Trident	20	+1:06.077	20
18	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	20	+1:06.411	16
19	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	20	+1:21.711	19
20	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	20	+1:35.025	6
DNF	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	11	Driveshaft	18
WD	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	—	Withdrew	—
Fastest lap set by Ayumu Iwasa: 1:58.954 (lap 20)
Source:[3][4]

Notes:

• ^1 – Roy Nissany has been handed a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Cem Bölükbaşı at the previous round in Baku.

Logan Sargeant won his first F2 feature race

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	29	53:50.586	1	25 (2)
2	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	29	+1.681	4	18
3	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	29	+8.994	5	15
4	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	29	+11.312	3	12
5	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	29	+11.961	2	10
6	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	29	+12.276	8	8
7	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	29	+13.899	10	6
8	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	29	+17.320	12	4
9	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	29	+21.033	7	2
10	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+28.297	14	1
11	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	29	+29.117	9
12	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	29	+30.586	6
13	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	29	+34.161	17
14	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	29	+35.004	15
15	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	29	+35.426	18
16	21	Calan Williams	Trident	29	+36.391	20
17	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	29	+51.166	16
18	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	29	+1:01.078	19
19	25	David Beckmann	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+1:03.207	21
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	0	Collision	11
DNF	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	0	Collision	13
WD	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	—	Withdrew	—
Fastest lap set by David Beckmann: 1:40.842 (lap 27)
Source:[3][5]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Felipe Drugovich 148 2 Théo Pourchaire 106 1 3 Logan Sargeant 88 1 4 Jehan Daruvala 80 5 5 Liam Lawson 59

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 MP Motorsport 170 1 2 ART Grand Prix 160 2 3 Carlin 147 2 4 Prema Racing 135 1 5 Hitech Grand Prix 118

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

See also

• 2022 British Grand Prix
• 2022 Silverstone Formula 3 round