2018 Monza Formula 2 round

  2018 Monza Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 10 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Feature race
Date 1 September 2018 Laps 30 Pole position Driver George Russell ART Grand Prix Time 1:31.546 Podium First Tadasuke Makino Russian Time Second Artem Markelov ART Grand Prix Third Alexander Albon DAMS Fastest lap Driver Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Time 1:35.296 (on lap 30)
Sprint race
Date 2 September 2018 Laps 21 Podium First George Russell ART Grand Prix Second Artem Markelov ART Grand Prix Third Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Fastest lap Driver Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin Time 1:34.896 (on lap 4)

The 2018 Monza FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 1 and 2 September 2018 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the tenth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Italian Grand Prix.

Classifications

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:31.546	–	1
2	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:31.600	+0.054	2
3	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:31.889	+0.343	3
4	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:31.922	+0.376	4
5	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:32.021	+0.475	5
6	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:32.159	+0.613	9
7	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:32.191	+0.645	6
8	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:32.248	+0.702	7
9	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:32.346	+0.800	8
10	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:32.407	+0.861	10
11	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:32.566	+1.020	11
12	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:32.681	+1.135	12
13	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:32.735	+1.189	13
14	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:32.750	+1.204	14
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:32.801	+1.255	15
16	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:32.803	+1.257	16
17	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:32.913	+1.367	17
18	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:32.965	+1.419	18
19	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:33.496	+1.950	19
20	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	1:48.586	+17.040	20
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Notes

• ^1 – Antonio Fuoco received a 3-place grid penalty.

Feature Race

Tadasuke Makino

Nirei Fukuzumi

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	30	49:10.197	14	25
2	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	30	+1.798	4	18 (2)
3	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	30	+3.106	3	15
4	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	30	+6.178	1	12 (4)
5	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	30	+8.274	5	10
6	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	30	+9.017	6	8
7	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	30	+18.218	PL	6
8	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	30	+27.131	18	4
9	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	30	+27.203	11	2
10	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	30	+30.393	8	1
11	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	30	+43.580	17
12	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	30	+45.373	19
13	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	30	+45.492	10
14	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	30	+48.839	13
15	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	30	+52.556	16
16	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	29	+1 lap	15
17	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	27	Puncture	12
DNF	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	24	Mechanical	20
DNF	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	22	Mechanical	7
DSQ	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	30	Disqualified	9
Fastest lap: Sérgio Sette Câmara (Carlin) 1:35.296 (on lap 30)
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Notes

• ^1 – Sérgio Sette Câmara suffered problems and started from the pit lane.
• ^2 – Antonio Fuoco was disqualified for having used a non-compliant throttle map at the race start.
• ^3 – Sérgio Sette Câmara set the fastest lap but began the race from the pit lane, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Artem Markelov as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	21	33:31.886	5	15
2	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+1.056	7	12
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	21	+4.347	2	10 (2)
4	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	+5.651	4	8
5	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	21	+6.174	3	6
6	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	21	+17.452	10	4
7	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	21	+20.751	18	2
8	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	21	+24.216	17	1
9	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	21	+25.188	19
10	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	21	+28.453	20
11	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	21	+31.875	13
12	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	21	+34.792	15
13	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	21	+38.323	14
14	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	21	+1:04.379	8
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	21	+1:11.780	16
16	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	21	+1:12.848	12
17	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	20	+1 lap	9
DNF	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	16	Engine	6
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	4	Collision damage	1
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	3	Collision	11
Fastest lap: Sérgio Sette Câmara (Carlin) 1:34.896 (on lap 4)
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Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	George Russell	219
	2	Lando Norris	197
	3	Alexander Albon	176
1	4	Artem Markelov	160
1	5	Nyck de Vries	155

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Carlin	339
	2	ART Grand Prix	281
	3	DAMS	249
2	4	Russian Time	205
1	5	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	184

See also

• 2018 Italian Grand Prix
• 2018 Monza GP3 Series round

External links

• Official website