2018 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

2018 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 9 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
	Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature race
Date
Date	25 August 2018
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	1:56.054
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries
Second	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Third	George Russell
Fastest lap
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	2:00.632 (on lap 19)
Sprint race
Date
Date	26 August 2018
Laps	18
Podium
First	Nicholas Latifi
Second	Lando Norris
Third	Alexander Albon
Fastest lap
Driver	Nicholas Latifi
Time	2:01.484 (on lap 2)

The 2018 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the ninth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:56.054	–	1
2	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:56.457	+0.403	2
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:56.594	+0.540	3
4	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:56.611	+0.557	4
5	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:56.723	+0.669	5
6	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:56.878	+0.824	6
7	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:56.930	+0.876	10¹
8	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:57.169	+1.115	7
9	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:57.183	+1.129	8
10	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:57.266	+1.212	9
11	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:57.394	+1.340	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:57.515	+1.461	12
13	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:57.596	+1.542	13
14	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:57.635	+1.581	14
15	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:57.718	+1.664	15
16	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:57.754	+1.700	16
17	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:57.773	+1.719	17
18	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:57.878	+1.824	18
19	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:58.174	+2.120	19
20	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	1:58.338	+2.284	20
Source:^[1]

^1– Antonio Fuoco was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to serve a time penalty during his pit stop in the Hungary Sprint Race.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	25	56:02.281	1	25 (6)
2	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	25	+3.153	3	18
3	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	25	+7.572	2	15
4	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	25	+8.906	5	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	25	+9.408	6	10
6	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	+13.181	9	8
7	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	25	+13.211	4	6
8	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	25	+14.674	12	4
9	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	25	+15.915	14	2
10	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	25	+22.354	17	1
11	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	25	+23.917	16
12	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	25	+24.477	11
13	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	25	+26.417	19
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	25	+28.920	15
15	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	25	+29.612	20
16	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	25	+32.482	18
17	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	25	+32.706	10
18	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	25	+34.112	8
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	Spin	13
DNF	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	13	Fire	7
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing) 2:00.632 (on lap 19)
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	18	37:13.659	1	15 (2)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	18	+10.402	5	12
3	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	18	+10.766	4	10
4	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	18	+13.210	8	8
5	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	18	+13.448	3	6
6	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	+22.179	2	4
7	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	18	+23.357	6	2
8	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	18	+31.864	14	1
9	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	18	+33.578	7
10	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	18	+34.567	11
11	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	18	+40.032	12
12	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	+40.100	20
13	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	18	+42.899	18
14	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	+44.631	10
15	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	18	+52.568	13
16	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	18	+55.305	9
17	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	18	+59.007	19
18	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	18	+1:00.115	15
19	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	18	+1:06.936	17
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	2	Mechanical	16
Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) 2:01.884 (on lap 2)
Source:^[1]

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Carlin	307
	2	ART Grand Prix	249
	3	DAMS	216
1	4	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	182
1	5	Charouz Racing System	174

1 2 3 "2018 FIA Formula 2 Spa results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
↑ "ANTONIO FUOCO PENALISED". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

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