2019 Sochi Formula 2 round

2019 Sochi Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 11 of 12 in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
	Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Location	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.848 km (3.630 mi)
Feature race
Date
Date	28 September 2019
Laps	28
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	1:47.440
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries
Second	Nicholas Latifi
Third	Louis Delétraz
Fastest lap
Driver	Luca Ghiotto
Time	1:51.104 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date
Date	29 September 2019
Laps	21
Podium
First	Luca Ghiotto
Second	Nyck de Vries
Third	Callum Ilott
Fastest lap
Driver	Nicholas Latifi
Time	1:52.272 (on lap 12)

The 2019 Sochi FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 September 2019 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the tenth and penultimate round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Russian Grand Prix.^[1]

ART Grand Prix driver Nyck de Vries won the feature race; in doing so, he mathematically clinched the drivers' championship with three races remaining.^[2] De Vries is also the first non-rookie driver to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:47.440	–	1
2	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:47.700	+0.260	2
3	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:47.737	+0.297	3
4	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:47.767	0.327	4
5	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:47.843	+0.403	5
6	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:48.031	+0.591	6
7	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:48.188	+0.748	7
8	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:48.226	+0.786	8
9	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:48.320	+0.880	9
10	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:48.396	+0.956	10
11	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:48.444	+1.004	11
12	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:48.477	+1.037	12
13	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:48.567	+1.127	13
14	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:48.850	+1.410	14
15	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	1:48.880	+1.440	15
16	22	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	1:49.244	+1.804	16
17	12	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:49.497	+2.057	17
18	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:50.255	+2.815	18
19	14	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	1:50.311	+2.871	19
20	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	1:51.949	+4.509	20
Source:^[3]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	28	54:12.087	1	25 (4)
2	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+4.918	2	18
3	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	28	+5.995	7	15
4	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	28	+7.607	4	12 (2)
5	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	28	+11.378	6	10
6	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	28	+20.364	10	8
7	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	28	+27.403	12	6
8	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	28	+28.572	8	4
9	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	28	+32.394	3	2
10	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	28	+33.756	5	1
11	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	28	+43.365	13
12	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	28	+47.493	9
13	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	28	+48.620	14
14	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	28	+59.021	15
15	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	28	+1:09.884	18
16	14	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	28	+1:46.218	19
17	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	27	+1 lap	20
18	12	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	27	+1 lap	17
DNF	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	19	Oil Leak	11
DNF	22	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	0	Accident	16
Fastest lap: Luca Ghiotto (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) 1:51.104 (on lap 26)
Source:^[3]

Sprint Race

The race was supposed to last for 21 laps but because of the collision between Nikita Mazepin and Nobuharu Matsushita that lead to a red flag, the race was shorted to just 15 laps.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	15	1:18:21.329	5	15
2	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	15	+0.712	8	12
3	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	15	+1.672	9	10
4	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	15	+3.383	7	8 (2)
5	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	15	+3.820	10	6
6	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	15	+7.336	4	4
7	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	15	+10.343	11	2
8	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	15	+13.108	13	1
9	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	15	+14.851	12
10	22	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	15	+16.769	20
11	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	15	+23.898	2
12	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	15	+26.558	14
13	12	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	15	+27.414	18
14	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	15	+31.933	6
15	14	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	15	+36.472	16
16	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	15	+43.057	15
17	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	15	+1:01.506	17
DNF	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	7	Collision damage	19
DNF	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	1
DNF	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	0	Collision	3
Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) 1:52.272 (on lap 12)
Source:^[3]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Nyck de Vries	266
2	Nicholas Latifi	194
3	Luca Ghiotto	184
4	Sérgio Sette Câmara	161
5	Jack Aitken	159

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	DAMS	359
2	UNI-Virtuosi	306
3	ART Grand Prix	276
4	Carlin	200
5	Campos Racing	189

References

^ "Preview Round 11". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "De Vries storms to Championship title with Sochi Feature Race victory". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Preview Round 11". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[2] "De Vries storms to Championship title with Sochi Feature Race victory". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

[Results-3] "Results". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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