2018 Budapest Formula 2 round explained

Country:	Hungary
Hungaroring
Round No:	8
Season No:	12
Year:	2018
Location:	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.722
Course Km:	4.381
Type R1:	Feature race
Date R1:	28 July
Laps R1:	34
Pole Driver Country R1:	BRA
Pole Driver R1:	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Pole Team R1:	Carlin
Pole Time R1:	1:27.400
First Driver Country R1:	NED
First Driver R1:	Nyck de Vries
First Team R1:	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	GBR
Second Driver R1:	Lando Norris
Second Team R1:	DAMS
Third Driver Country R1:	ITA
Third Driver R1:	Antonio Fuoco
Third Team R1:	Charouz Racing System
Fast Driver Country R1:	SUI
Fast Driver R1:	Ralph Boschung
Fast Team R1:	MP Motorsport
Fast Time R1:	1:32.473
Fast Lap R1:	lap 33
Type R2:	Sprint race
Date R2:	29 July
Laps R2:	28
First Driver Country R2:	THA
First Driver R2:	Alexander Albon
First Team R2:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R2:	ITA
Second Driver R2:	Luca Ghiotto
Second Team R2:	Campos Vexatec Racing
Third Driver Country R2:	BRA
Third Driver R2:	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Third Team R2:	Carlin
Fast Driver Country R2:	ITA
Fast Driver R2:	Antonio Fuoco
Fast Team R2:	Charouz Racing System
Fast Time R2:	1:31.889
Fast Lap R2:	lap 24

The 2018 Hungaroring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 July 2018 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time
1	18		Carlin	1:27.400	–	1
2	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:27.430	+0.030	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries		1:27.631	+0.231	3
4	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:27.762	+0.362	4
5	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:27.828	+0.428	5
6	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:27.864	+0.464	6
7	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:27.957	+0.557	7
8	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:27.958	+0.558	8
9	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:27.973	+0.573	9
10	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:28.032	+0.632	10
11	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:28.038	+0.638	11
12	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:28.073	+0.673	12
13	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:28.107	+0.707	13
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:28.124	+0.724	14
15	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:28.169	+0.769	15
16	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:28.348	+0.948	16
17	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:28.533	+1.133	17
18	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:28.648	+1.248	18
19	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:28.724	+1.324	19
20	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:28.750	+1.350	20
Source:^[1]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries		34	1:00:16.996	3	25 (2)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	34	+16.508	6	18
3	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	34	+20.752	12	15
4	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	34	+21.805	2	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	34	+23.077	13	10
6	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	34	+28.696	5	8
7	18		Carlin	34	+29.099	1	6 (4)
8	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	34	+35.594	7	4
9	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	34	+36.304	20	2
10	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	34	+37.114	11	1
11	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	34	+37.983	19
12	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	34	+38.336	8
13	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	34	+39.120	18
14	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	34	+39.858	17
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	34	+48.072	16
16	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	34	+53.241	15
17	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	34	+1:13.696	10
18	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	33	+1 lap	9
DNF	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	Power loss	14
DNF	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	11	Clutch	PL
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Notes

• – Sérgio Sette Câmara had ten seconds added to his race time for causing contact with Antonio Fuoco.
• – George Russell started from pit lane due to clutch problem.
• – Ralph Boschung set the fastest lap in the race but because he finished outside the top 10, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Nyck de Vries as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	28	44:47.130	4	15
2	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+9.465	3	12 (2)
3	18		Carlin	28	+11.371	2	10
4	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	28	+13.638	7	8
5	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	28	+28.210	11	6
6	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	28	+34.144	10	4
7	4	Nyck de Vries		28	+34.145	8	2
8	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	28	+36.586	20	1
9	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	28	+37.140	17
10	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	28	+38.976	5
11	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	28	+40.963	13
12	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	28	+41.535	9
13	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	28	+52.230	1
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	28	+52.379	12
15	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	28	+1:00.932	15
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+1:17.184	19
17	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	27	+1 lap	6
DNF	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	17	Gearbox	16
DNF	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	0	Collision	14
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	18
Source:

Notes

• – Antonio Fuoco set the fastest lap in the race but because he finished outside the top 10, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Luca Ghiotto as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	George Russell	171
	2	Lando Norris	159
	3	Alexander Albon	141
	4	Artem Markelov	114
2	5	Nyck de Vries	114

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
1	1	Carlin	265
1	2	ART Grand Prix	232
1	3	DAMS	175
1	4	Charouz Racing System	174
1	5	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	143

See also

• 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2018 Budapest GP3 Series round

Notes and References

1. News: 2018 FIA Formula 2 Hungaroring results. 27 July 2018. FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 29 July 2018.