2024 Melbourne Formula 2 round

The 2024 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 22 and 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the third round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.

  2024 Melbourne Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 23 March 2024 Laps 23 Podium First Roman Staněk Trident Second Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport Third Kush Maini Invicta Racing Fastest lap Driver Isack Hadjar Campos Racing Time 1:31.573 (on lap 16)
Feature Race
Date 24 March 2024 Laps 33 Pole position Driver Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport Time 1:28.694 Podium First Isack Hadjar Campos Racing Second Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight Third Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Time 1:30.961 (on lap 33)

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 22 March 2024, at 17:30 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	1:28.694	10	1
2	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.344	9	2
3	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.479	8	3
4	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.619	7	4
5	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+0.680	6	5
6	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.691	5	6
7	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.735	4	7
8	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+0.776	3	8
9	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+0.808	2	9
10	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.900	1	10
11	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+0.938	11	11
12	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+1.008	12	12
13	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+1.278	13	13
14	24	Joshua Dürksen	PHM AIX Racing	+1.311	14	14
15	25	Taylor Barnard	PHM AIX Racing	+1.538	15	15
16	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+1.876	16	16
17	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.389	17	17
18	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.884	18	18
19	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+3.047	19	19
20	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+3.134	20	20
107% time: 1:34.902 (+6.208)
—	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+26.6141	21	21
—	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+31.1421	22	22
Source:[1][2]

Notes:

• ^1 – Jak Crawford and Victor Martins both failed to set a time within the 107%-mark after crashing during qualifying but were given permission from the stewards to start both races.

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 23 March 2024, at 14:15 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	23	43:59.337	1	10
2	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	23	+0.349	10	8
3	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	23	+1.754	7	6
4	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	23	+2.393	13	5
5	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	23	+2.984	12	4
6	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	23	+3.1731	3	3 (1)
7	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	23	+3.639	21	2
8	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	23	+6.615	11	1
9	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+7.297	22
10	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	23	+7.921	6
11	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+10.156	20
12	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+11.864	18
13	25	Taylor Barnard	PHM AIX Racing	23	+15.612	15
14	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	23	+16.0952	16
15	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+16.269	17
16	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+35.544	19
17	24	Joshua Dürksen	PHM AIX Racing	23	+44.447	14
18	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+1:12.351	5
DNF	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	9	Spun off	9
DNF	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	9	Spun off	8
DNF	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	0	Collision	2
DNF	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	0	Collision	4
Fastest lap set by Isack Hadjar: 1:31.573 (lap 16)
Source:[3][4]

Notes

• ^1 – Isack Hadjar originally won the sprint race, but was later given a ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision at the start, which eliminated Gabriel Bortoleto and Pepe Martí. The penalty dropped him down to sixth place in the final classification, with Roman Staněk inheriting the win as a consequence.^[5]
• ^2 – Oliver Bearman originally finished eighth, but was later given a ten-second time-penalty for forcing Joshua Dürksen off the track, dropping him down to P14 in the final classification.^[5]

Feature race

The feature race was held on 24 March 2024, at 11:35 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	33	56:42.116	8	25
2	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+4.454	6	18
3	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	33	+9.649	5	15
4	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	33	+12.990	2	12
5	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	33	+13.652	12	10
6	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	33	+18.059	3	8
7	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+23.600	17	6
8	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	33	+25.080	21	4
9	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	33	+29.442	16	2
10	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+31.199	22	1 (1)
11	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+33.841	19
12	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	33	+34.041	4
13	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	33	+34.594	7
14	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+41.772	20
15	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	33	+58.194	10
16	25	Taylor Barnard	PHM AIX Racing	33	+59.319	15
17	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+1:09.169	14
DNF	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	9	Accident	1	(2)
DNF	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	6	Hydraulics	9
DNF	24	Joshua Dürksen	PHM AIX Racing	5	Collision	14
DNF	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	5	Collision damage	11
DSQ	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	33	Disqualified1	13
Fastest lap set by Jak Crawford: 1:30.961 (lap 33)
Source:[6][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Franco Colapinto 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.^[8]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Zane Maloney 62 2 2 Paul Aron 47 3 Dennis Hauger 41 9 4 Isack Hadjar 34 5 Kush Maini 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Rodin Motorsport 78 4 2 Campos Racing 60 1 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 57 1 4 MP Motorsport 54 3 5 Invicta Racing 48

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

See also

• 2024 Australian Grand Prix
• 2024 Melbourne Formula 3 round