2025 Spielberg Formula 2 round

The 2025 Spielberg FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 27 and 29 June 2025 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the seventh round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix.

  2025 Spielberg Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 28 June 2025 Laps 28 Podium First Pepe Martí Campos Racing Second Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing Third Roman Staněk Invicta Racing Fastest lap Driver Kush Maini DAMS Lucas Oil Time 1:18.589 (on lap 25)
Feature Race
Date 29 June 2025 Laps 40 Pole position Driver Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing Time 1:15.229 Podium First Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Second Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing Third Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Fastest lap Driver Sebastián Montoya Prema Racing Time 1:18.160 (on lap 33)

Leonardo Fornaroli qualified on pole position for the feature race, making him the first driver to take multiple pole positions in 2025, with John Bennett taking reverse-grid pole for the sprint race.^[1] Bennett lost the lead to Joshua Dürksen at the start. The race was red-flagged on lap 2 after Sami Meguetounif collided with Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning, with his car landing upside-down on the track.^[2] Pepe Martí overtook Dürksen for the lead on lap 19, and held it until the end of the race, with Roman Staněk crossing the line in third. Amaury Cordeel looked set to finish fourth, but spun on the final lap, with Gabriele Minì, Bennett and Fornaroli all coming to a stop behind his stricken car.^[3][4]

Fornaroli held the lead at the start of the feature race. Of the front-runner, Victor Martins was the first to change tyres, followed by Richard Verschoor and Fornaroli, who fell behind both. Alex Dunne, who started seventh, also overtook Fornaroli on lap 10. Verschoor was able to pass Martins for the lead on lap 15, where he remained for the rest of the race. Dunne and Fornaroli also passed Martins to complete the podium. However, Dunne was disqualifed after the race for excessive plank wear,^[5] with Jak Crawford inheriting the final podium position after starting fourteenth.^[6][7] Verschoor left the round in the championship lead ahead of Dunne and Crawford.^[8]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 27 June 2025, at 15:55 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	1:15.229	10	1
2	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.014	9	2
3	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.024	8	3
4	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.171	7	4
5	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	+0.188	6	5
6	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	+0.202	4	6
7	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.214	3	7
8	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.251	2	8
9	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.258	51	121
10	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.296	1	9
11	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+0.298	11	10
12	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	+0.317	151	151
13	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+0.345	12	11
14	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.422	13	13
15	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.528	14	14
16	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.552	16	16
17	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	+0.572	17	17
18	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.649	18	18
19	23	Max Esterson	Trident	+0.783	19	19
20	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.808	20	20
21	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	+0.861	21	21
22	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+1.326	22	22
Source:[9]

Notes:

• ^1 Pepe Martí and Arvid Lindblad both received three-place grid penalties for both races for impeding other drivers during qualifying.^[10]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 28 June 2025, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	28	1:11:03.819	5	10
2	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	28	+2.983	2	8
3	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	28	+3.247	4	6+1
4	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	28	+7.265	8	5
5	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	28	+8.392	11	4
6	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	28	+14.3201	3	3
7	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	28	+14.371	9	2
8	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	28	+14.579	12	1
9	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+18.936	20
10	23	Max Esterson	Trident	28	+19.964	19
11	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	28	+21.4452	16
12	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	28	+23.930	22
13†	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	27	Crash	6
14†	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	27	Crash	7
15†	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	Crash	1
16†	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	27	Crash	10
17	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	26	+2 laps	18
DNF	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	4	Crash	21
DNF	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	1	Crash	17
DNF	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	1	Crash	15
DNF	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	1	Crash	13
DNS	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	DNS	Mechanical	14
Fastest lap: Kush Maini (1:18.589 on lap 25)
Source:[11]

† Drivers did not finish the race but were classified in the standings.

Notes:

• ^1 Alex Dunne received a five-second time penalty for a false start, which did not affect his finishing position.^[12]
• ^2 Oliver Goethe received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, demoting him from 6th to 11th.^[3]
• Kush Maini set the fastest lap, but did not finish within the top ten so did not receive the bonus point. Roman Staněk set the fastest lap within the top ten and received the bonus point.

Feature race

The feature race was held on 29 June 2025, at 10:00 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	40	53:36.455	3	25
2	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	40	+9.743	1	18+2
3	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	40	+17.171	14	15
4	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	40	+18.303	10	12+1
5	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	40	+19.975	17	10
6	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	40	+20.6961	12	8
7	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	40	+20.744	2	6
8	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	40	+20.952	4	4
9	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	40	+24.021	21	2
10	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	40	+29.972	13	1
11	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	40	+36.808	20
12	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	40	+42.3031	15
13	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	40	+42.449	8
14	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	40	+47.9731	9
15	23	Max Esterson	Trident	40	+49.109	19
16	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	40	+1:18.706	18
17	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	39	DNF	16
DNF	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	25	Retired	22
DNF	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	10	Engine	5
DNF	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	0	Engine	4
DNF	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	0	Retired	11
DSQ	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	DSQ	Plank wear2	7
Fastest lap: Sebastián Montoya (1:18.160 on lap 33)
Source:[13]

Notes:

• ^1 Pepe Martí, Arvid Lindblad and John Bennett all received ten-second penalties for causing collisions. Martí was demoted from 3rd to 6th, Lindblad was demoted from 11th to 12th, and Bennett was demoted from 12th to 14th.^[6]
• ^2 Alex Dunne was disqualifed from the race for excessive plank wear. He originally finished second.^[5]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Richard Verschoor 114 1 2 Alex Dunne 90 1 3 Jak Crawford 88 2 4 Leonardo Fornaroli 86 5 Luke Browning 83

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Campos Racing 146 1 2 MP Motorsport 126 1 3 Hitech TGR 114 4 DAMS Lucas Oil 109 1 5 Invicta Racing 109

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

See also

• 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2025 Spielberg Formula 3 round