2025 Budapest Formula 2 round

The 2025 Budapest Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 1 and 3 August 2025 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was tenth round of the 2025 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix.

  2025 Budapest Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 10 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Sprint race
Date 2 August 2025 Laps 28 Podium First Pepe Martí Campos Racing Second Alex Dunne Rodin Motorsport Third Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Fastest lap Driver Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Time 1:31.876 (on lap 21)
Feature race
Date 3 August 2025 Laps 37 Pole position Driver Roman Staněk Invicta Racing Time 1:28.779 Podium First Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing Second Roman Staněk Invicta Racing Third Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Fastest lap Driver Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR Time 1:31.178 (on lap 30)

Report

Qualifying

Roman Staněk took his first Formula 2 pole position for Invicta Racing, followed by teammate Leonardo Fornaroli and DAMS Lucas Oil driver Jak Crawford.^[1]

Sprint race

Pepe Martí lined up on pole for the sprint race as he qualified tenth for the feature race. Alex Dunne started second, with Martí's teammate Arvid Lindblad third. Lindblad overtook Dunne on lap 1, but was unable to overtake Martí. Further behind, feature race polesitter Staněk was spun around by Gabriele Minì, but was able to recover. Minì was given a ten-second time penalty for the incident.^[2] Lindblad attempted a pass for the lead on lap 8, but was unsuccessful, and the British driver was overtaken by Dunne on lap 19. Sebastián Montoya's retirement brought out the safety car on lap 22.^[3] Martí held off a late attack from Dunne to win the race, with the podium completed by Jak Crawford, who overtook Lindblad on the final lap.

Feature race

The race began with a rolling start due to rain earlier in the day.^[4] Staněk held on to his lead, followed by Fornaroli and Crawford. A virtual safety car was called on lap 6 after Amaury Cordeel suffered an engine failure. Staněk pitted at the end of lap 15. His teammate came in one lap later, and performed a successful overcut to take the effective race lead. Originally, the lead driver on the alternate strategy was Lindblad, who pitted on lap 23, but could only climb to sixth in his soft tyre stint, behind the MP Motorsport car of Richard Verschoor, also on the alternate strategy. Crawford attempted to overtake Staněk several times, but was unsuccessful, and Fornaroli held on to take his first feature race win despite receiving a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.^[5][6]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 1 August 2025, at 15:55 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	1:28.779	10	1
2	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	+0.146	9	2
3	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.173	8	3
4	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	+0.250	7	4
5	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.313	6	5
6	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.358	5	6
7	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.374	4	7
8	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	+0.434	3	8
9	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.467	2	9
10	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.522	1	10
11	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.578	11	11
12	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.625	12	12
13	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	+0.640	13	13
14	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	+0.729	14	14
15	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.824	15	15
16	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.827	16	16
17	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+0.916	17	17
18	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+0.987	211	211
19	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+1.023	18	18
20	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.147	19	19
21	23	Max Esterson	Trident	+1.192	20	20
22	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+1.955	22	22
Source:[7]

Notes:

• ^1 Sebastián Montoya was given a three-place grid penalty for both races for impeding another driver during qualifying.

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 2 August 2025, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	28	46:29.807	1	10+1
2	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	28	+0.225	2	8
3	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	28	+1.964	8	6
4	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	28	+4.503	4	5
5	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	28	+5.116	9	4
6	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	28	+5.271	11	3
7	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	28	+5.565	5	2
8	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	28	+5.969	14	1
9	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	28	+7.039	19
10	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	28	+8.1931	3
11	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	28	+8.264	6
12	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	28	+8.9971	7
13	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	28	+9.109	10
14	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	28	+10.564	12
15	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	28	+11.465	17
16	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	28	+11.813	13
17	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	28	+12.524	20
18	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+13.374	16
19	23	Max Esterson	Trident	28	+13.820	18
20	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+13.9732	15
21	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	28	+20.8793	22
DNF	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	21	Retired	21
Fastest lap: Gabriele Minì (1:31.876 on lap 21)
Source:[8]

Notes:

• Gabriele Minì set the fastest lap of the race, but did not finish within the top ten, so was ineligible to score the bonus point. Pepe Martí set the fastest lap within the top ten and therefore received the bonus point.
• ^1 Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning both received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage. Lindblad was demoted from 4th to 10th, and Browning was demoted from 5th to 12th.
• ^2 John Bennett received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track. This demoted him from 12th to 20th.
• ^3 Cian Shields received a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. This did not affect his final classification.

Feature race

The feature race was held on 3 August 2025, at 10:00 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	37	1:00:13.6301	2	25
2	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	37	+2.152	1	18+2
3	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	37	+4.716	3	15
4	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	37	+6.052	4	12
5	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	37	+11.505	11	10
6	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	37	+22.099	8	8
7	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	37	+22.572	14	6+1
8	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	37	+23.080	6	4
9	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	37	+23.627	9	2
10	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	37	+24.279	10	1
11	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	37	+26.401	19
12	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	37	+31.075	5
13	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+31.951	16
14	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	37	+33.752	18
15	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	37	+34.260	21
16	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	37	+38.558	22
17	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	37	+39.860	12
18	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	37	+42.525	17
19	23	Max Esterson	Trident	37	+46.194	20
DNF	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	Retired	15
DNF	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	8	Retired	7
DNF	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	5	Retired	13
Fastest lap: Dino Beganovic (1:31.178 on lap 30)
Source:[9]

Notes:

• ^1 Leonardo Fornaroli was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. This did not affect his final classification.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 154 1 2 Jak Crawford 137 1 3 Richard Verschoor 135 1 4 Luke Browning 125 1 5 Alex Dunne 124

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 231 2 Campos Racing 189 3 Hitech TGR 183 4 DAMS Lucas Oil 163 5 MP Motorsport 158

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

See also

• 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2025 Budapest Formula 3 round