2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round explained

Type R1:	Feature race
Type R2:	Sprint race
Country:	Monaco
Monte Carlo
Round No:	4
Season No:	12
Year:	2019
Location:	Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Course:	Temporary racing facility
Course Mi:	2.074
Course Km:	3.337
Date R1:	24 May
Laps R1:	41
Pole Driver Country R1:	NED
Pole Driver R1:	Nyck de Vries
Pole Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Pole Time R1:	1:20.676
First Driver Country R1:	NED
First Driver R1:	Nyck de Vries
First Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R1:	JPN
Second Driver R1:	Nobuharu Matsushita
Second Team R1:	Carlin
Third Driver Country R1:	BRA
Third Driver R1:	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Third Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R1:	JPN
Fast Driver R1:	Nobuharu Matsushita
Fast Team R1:	Carlin
Fast Time R1:	1:22.243
Fast Lap R1:	38
Date R2:	25 May
Laps R2:	30
First Driver Country R2:	FRA
First Driver R2:	Anthoine Hubert
First Team R2:	BWT Arden
Second Driver Country R2:	SUI
Second Driver R2:	Louis Delétraz
Second Team R2:	Carlin
Third Driver Country R2:	CHN
Third Driver R2:	Guanyu Zhou
Third Team R2:	UNI-Virtuosi
Fast Driver Country R2:	IDN
Fast Driver R2:	Sean Gelael
Fast Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:23.318
Fast Lap R2:	27

The 2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 24 and 25 May 2019 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.

Background

Driver changes

Artem Markelov made a one-off return as a replacement for Jordan King at MP Motorsport, who was competing in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

		Driver	Team	Time
1	11	Callum Ilott		1:21.462	–	2
2	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:21.469	+0.007	4
3	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:21.537	+0.075	5
4	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	1:21.675	+0.213	7
5	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:21.936	+0.474	10
6	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:22.089	+0.627	12
7	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	1:22.233	+0.771	14
8	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:22.772	+1.310	16
9	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:22.877	+1.415	18
10	17		MP Motorsport	1:26.522	+5.060	20
Source:^[2]

Group B

		Driver	Team	Time
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:20.676	–	1
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	1:20.924	+0.248	3
3	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:21.130	+0.454	8
4	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:21.598	+0.922	6
5	2		Carlin	1:21.807	+1.131	9
6	16	Artem Markelov	MP Motorsport	1:22.086	+1.410	11
7	14	Dorian Boccolacci	Campos Racing	1:22.290	+1.614	13
8	12	Juan Manuel Correa		1:22.437	+1.761	15
9	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:22.785	+2.109	17
10	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:24.791	+4.115	19
Source:

Notes

– Nicholas Latifi was given a three-place grid penalty for exiting the pit lane whilst the pit exit light was red.

Feature race

The race has been red-flagged midway-through on lap 20 after a collision between Mick Schumacher and Tatiana Calderón on Rascasse. As a result, everyone down between Calderón in ninth and Raghunathan in nineteenth was stuck behind the incident. That bizarrely meant that the entire top eight gained a lap on the rest of the field, although they would all have to serve their mandatory stop after the race restarted.

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	41	1:30:56.153	1	25 (4)
2	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	41	+4.046	9	18 (2)
3	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	41	+5.470	5	15
4	14	Dorian Boccolacci	Campos Racing	41	+9.120	13	12
5	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	41	+1:02.548	16	10
6	16	Artem Markelov	MP Motorsport	40	+1 lap	11	8
7	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	40	+1 lap	10	6
8	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	40	+1 lap	7	4
9	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	40	+1 lap	14	2
10	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	40	+1 lap	12	1
11	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	40	+1 lap	17
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	40	+1 lap	8
13	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	40	+1 lap	4
14	17		MP Motorsport	39	+2 laps	20
15	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	39	+2 laps	19
DNF	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	37	Accident	15
DNF	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	36	Collision damage	18
DNF	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	32	nowrap	Collision damage	6
DNS	11	Callum Ilott		0	Mechanical	2
DSQ	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	41	Disqualified	3
Fastest lap: Nobuharu Matsushita (Carlin) - 1:22.243 (on lap 38)
Source:

Notes

– Ralph Boschung was given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
– Mick Schumacher was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
– Mahaveer Raghunathan was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage as well as a twenty-second time penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Jack Aitken.^[3]
– Luca Ghiotto originally finished 2nd but was disqualified for his car using rack stops of a thickness that did not comply with the sporting regulations.^[3]

Sprint race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	30	44:23.388	1	15
2	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	30	+0.059	2	12
3	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	30	+0.922	4	10
4	16	Artem Markelov	MP Motorsport	30	+2.459	3	8
5	14	Dorian Boccolacci	Campos Racing	30	+13.689	5	6
6	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	30	+16.322	6	4
7	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	30	+16.952	8	2
8	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	30	+17.337	10	1
9	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	30	+18.770	7
10	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	30	+19.335	12	(2)
11	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	30	+21.559	13
12	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	30	+22.639	16
13	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	30	+23.284	17
14	11	Callum Ilott		30	+24.813	19
15	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	29	+1 lap	18
DNF	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	17	Collision	11
DNF	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	9	Mechanical	9
DNF	17		MP Motorsport	6	Collision	15
DNF	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi	6	Collision	20
DNF	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	2	Collision	14
Fastest lap: Sean Gelael (Prema Racing) – 1:23.318 (on lap 27)
Source:

Notes

– Sean Gelael set the fastest lap, but finished outside the top 10, so he was ineligible to score points for the fastest lap. The two bonus points for the fastest lap were awarded to Nicholas Latifi as he set the fastest lap of those who finished inside the top 10 with a time of 1:23.868.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Nicholas Latifi	95
1	2	Nyck de Vries	94
1	3	Luca Ghiotto	67
	4	Jack Aitken	62
	5	Guanyu Zhou	54

Teams' Championship standings

		Entrant	Points
	1	DAMS	147
	2	UNI-Virtuosi	121
1	3	ART Grand Prix	100
1	4	Campos Racing	92
4	5	Carlin	60

Notes and References

News: Allen . Peter . Artem Markelov returns to F2 for Monaco as substitute for Jordan King . 18 May 2019 . formulascout.com . Formula Scout.
News: 2019 FIA Formula 2 Monaco results. 24 May 2019. FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 24 May 2019.
Web site: Round 4 post Feature Race penalties . FIA Formula 2 Championship . 24 May 2019 . 24 May 2019 . 24 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190524205640/http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/05_May/Round-4-post-Feature-Race-penalties/ . dead .