2024 Imola Formula 2 round

The 2024 Imola FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 16 and 19 May 2024 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. It was the fourth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

  2024 Imola Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.909 km (3.050 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 18 May 2024 Laps 25 Podium First Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport Second Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight Third Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport Time 1:30.352 (on lap 12)
Feature Race
Date 19 May 2024 Laps 35 Pole position Driver Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing Time 1:27.056 Podium First Isack Hadjar Campos Racing Second Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing Third Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:29.580 (on lap 34)

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 17 May 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	1:27.056	10	1
2	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.055	8	2
3	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+0.216	7	3
4	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.264	6	4
5	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.328	91	5
6	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+0.372	5	6
7	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.411	4	7
8	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.419	3	8
9	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.558	2	9
10	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.607	1	10
11	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.683	11	11
12	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	+0.718	12	12
13	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.739	13	13
14	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.746	14	14
15	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.830	15	15
16	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+0.994	16	16
17	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+1.005	17	17
18	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+1.072	18	18
19	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.075	19	19
20	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.136	20	20
21	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.227	222	21
22	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+1.513	21	22
107% time: 1:33.150 (+6.094)
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Joshua Dürksen received a 3-place grid penalty for the Sprint Race for causing a collision in the previous round.^[2]
• ^2 – Zak O'Sullivan received a 5-place grid penalty for the Sprint Race for causing a collision in the previous round.^[2]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 18 May 2024, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	25	41:43.964	2	10 (1)
2	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+1.706	3	8
3	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	25	+6.618	5	6
4	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+8.173	1	5
5	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	25	+11.125	8	4
6	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	25	+11.589	10	3
7	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	25	+14.254	15	2
8	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	25	+16.330	17	1
9	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	25	+17.427	22
10	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	25	+18.286	6
11	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+18.960	18
12	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	25	+19.396	21
13	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	25	+19.788	16
14	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	25	+20.089	20
15	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	25	+20.587	19
16	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	25	+55.602	14
DNF	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	0	Collision	4
DNF	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	0	Collision	7
DNF	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	0	Collision	9
DNF	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision	11
DNF	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	13
DSQ	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	25	Disqualified1	12
Fastest lap set by Franco Colapinto: 1:30.352 (lap 12)
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Taylor Barnard originally finished seventh, but was later disqualified as his car was found to have not engaged the race start set-up procedure, a breach of Art 1.5.2 of the FIA Formula 2 Technical Regulations.^[4]

Feature race

The feature race was held on 19 May 2024, at 10:00 local time (UTC+2).

Isack Hadjar won back-to-back Feature Races from pole-sitter Bortoleto. The podium was completed by Joshua Dürksen, who gave his team, AIX Racing, their first ever Formula 2 podium while also becoming the first Paraguayan driver both to score points and to achieve a top 3 finish in Formula 2.^[5]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	35	54:01.509	3	25
2	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	35	+0.569	1	18 (2)
3	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	35	+13.736	5	15
4	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	35	+18.034	4	12
5	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	35	+18.489	9	10
6	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	35	+18.815	8	8
7	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	35	+20.737	21	6
8	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	35	+21.240	20	4
9	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	35	+28.364	22	2 (1)
10	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	35	+33.507	15	1
11	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	35	+34.107	6
12	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	35	+34.346	13
13	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	35	+37.657	18
14	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	35	+37.957	17
15	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	35	+38.402	16
16	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	35	+42.357	19
17	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	35	+43.055	11
18	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	35	+43.575	7
19	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	35	+44.017	2
20	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	35	+44.786	12
DNF	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	30	Loose wheel	10
DNF	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	30	Loose wheel	14
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:29.580 (lap 34)
Source:[6]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Zane Maloney 68 2 Paul Aron 63 1 3 Isack Hadjar 59 1 4 Dennis Hauger 41 7 5 Gabriel Bortoleto 38

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Campos Racing 85 1 2 Rodin Motorsport 84 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 78 4 MP Motorsport 75 5 Invicta Racing 72

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

See also

• 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
• 2024 Imola Formula 3 round