2025 Melbourne Formula 2 round

The 2025 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 14 and 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the opening round^[1][2] of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.

  2025 Melbourne Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 15 March 2025 Laps 23 Podium First Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing Second Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing Third Luke Browning Hitech TGR Fastest lap Driver Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Time 1:32.767 (on lap 21)
Feature Race
Date 16 March 2025 Laps 33 Pole position Driver Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Time 1:29.286 Podium First Race cancelled N/A Second Race cancelled N/A Third Race cancelled N/A Fastest lap Driver Race cancelled N/A Time N/A

Due to heavy rain, the feature race on 16 March was cancelled with no racing laps completed.

Classification

Practice

Three red flags were issued during free practice on Friday.^[3] Additionally, power cuts that randomly affected several cars resulted in a 15 minute shakedown session being planned for Saturday morning.^[4][5]

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	1:29.286	131	41
2	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.114	7	1
3	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.301	182	132
4	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.364	6	2
5	17	Alexander Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.516	162	152
6	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	+0.549	5	3
7	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	+0.565	4	5
8	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	+0.581	3	6
9	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.652	2	7
10	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	+0.662	1	8
11	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+0.727	8	9
12	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+0.731	9	10
13	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.772	192	192
14	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	+0.803	10	11
15	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.953	202	202
16	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.985	11	12
17	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	+1.066	212	212
18	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.370	12	14
19	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+2.022	14	16
20	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.120	15	17
21	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+2.230	17	18
107% time: 1:35.536 (+6.250)
—	23	Max Esterson	Trident	No time	223	223
Source: [6]

Qualifying report

Gabriele Minì claimed pole position, but was demoted due to a grid penalty. As a result, Martins started in first for the feature race. Fornaroli took the sprint pole, after qualifying in eighth.^[7][8]

Notes:

• ^1 – Gabriele Minì set the fastest time in qualifying, but was found guilty of impeding Jak Crawford. He was handed a three-place grid penalty for both races of the weekend. ^[9] Victor Martins was credited with pole position.
• ^2 – Alexander Dunne, Jak Crawford, Kush Maini, Sami Meguetounif and Amaury Cordeel each received a ten-place grid penalty for a breach of the sporting regulations during pre-season testing. ^[10]
• ^3 – Max Esterson failed to set a time within the 107%-mark after crashing during qualifying but was given permission from the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid. ^[11]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	23	41:30.202	2	10
2	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	23	+2.198	1	8
3	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	23	+2.879	3	6
4	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	23	+3.585	6	5
5	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	23	+4.153	5	4
6	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	23	+4.611	8	3
7	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	23	+4.877	13	2 (1)
8	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	23	+5.486	11	1
9	17	Alexander Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	23	+9.776	16
10	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	23	+10.775	10
11	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	23	+11.021	14
12	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	23	+12.245	9
13	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+13.403	12
14	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	23	+15.699	4
15	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	23	+16.744	21
16	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+20.120	19
17	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	23	+21.976	17
18	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+26.454	15
DNF	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	13	Spun off	20
DNF	23	Max Esterson	Trident	5	Spun off	22
DNF	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	2		18
DNF	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision damage	7
Fastest lap set by Gabriele Minì: 1:32.767 (lap 21)
Source:[12][13]

Feature race

The feature race was cancelled due to weather conditions. Because less than 2 laps of racing without the safety car occurred, no points were awarded except for two points awarded to Victor Martins for qualifying on pole position.^[14][15]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Joshua Dürksen 10 2 Leonardo Fornaroli 8 3 Luke Browning 6 4 Richard Verschoor 5 5 Roman Staněk 4

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 12 2 AIX Racing 10 3 Hitech TGR 6 4 Prema Racing 6 5 MP Motorsport 5

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

See also

• 2025 Australian Grand Prix
• 2025 Melbourne Formula 3 round