2020 2nd Silverstone Formula 2 round explained

Type R1:	Feature race
Type R2:	Sprint race
Country:	Great Britain
Silverstone
Round No:	5
Season No:	12
Year:	2020
Location:	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course:	Permanent racing circuit
Course Mi:	3.660
Course Km:	5.891
Date R1:	8 August
Laps R1:	29
Pole Driver Country R1:	GBR
Pole Driver R1:	Callum Ilott
Pole Team R1:	Uni-Virtuosi
Pole Time R1:	1:39.062
First Driver Country R1:	GBR
First Driver R1:	Callum Ilott
First Team R1:	UNI-Virtuosi
Second Driver Country R1:	DNK
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	GBR
Third Driver R1:	Jack Aitken
Third Team R1:	Campos Racing
Fast Driver Country R1:	CHN
Fast Driver R1:	Guanyu Zhou
Fast Team R1:	UNI-Virtuosi
Fast Time R1:	1:42.754
Fast Lap R1:	lap 25
Date R2:	9 August
Laps R2:	21
First Driver Country R2:	JPN
First Driver R2:	Yuki Tsunoda
First Team R2:	Carlin
Second Driver Country R2:	GER
Second Driver R2:	Mick Schumacher
Second Team R2:	Prema Racing
Third Driver Country R2:	GBR
Third Driver R2:	Jack Aitken
Third Team R2:	Campos Racing
Fast Driver Country R2:	GER
Fast Driver R2:	Mick Schumacher
Fast Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:41.887
Fast Lap R2:	lap 3

The 2020 Silverstone FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races involving Formula 2 cars that took place on 8 and 9 August 2020 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Great Britain. The event is the fifth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time
1	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	1:39.062		1
2	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:39.177	+0.115	2
3	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:39.278	+0.216	3
4	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	1:39.326	+0.264	4
5	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	1:39.362	+0.300	5
6	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:39.394	+0.332	6
7	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	1:39.410	+0.348	7
8	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:39.448	+0.386	8
9	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:39.474	+0.412	9
10	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	1:39.494	+0.432	10
11	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:39.525	+0.463	11
12	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:39.526	+0.464	12
13	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	1:39.621	+0.559	13
14	23	Marino Sato	Trident	1:39.679	+0.617	14
15	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	1:39.783	+0.721	20
16	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:39.790	+0.728	15
17	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	1:39.961	+0.899	16
18	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	1:40.094	+1.032	17
19	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	1:40.299	+1.237	18
20	17	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab	1:40.485	+1.423	19
21	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	1:40.615	+1.553	21
22	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	1:41.061	+1.999	22
Source:

Notes

• Sean Gelael was given a five-place grid penalty for not having the correct number of tyres.^[2]

Feature Race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	29	51:12.407	1	25 (4)
2	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	29	+8.574	2	18
3	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	29	+12.303	3	15
4	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	29	+15.020	7	12
5	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	29	+16.644	9	10
6	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	29	+17.010	10	8
7	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	29	+19.232	8	6
8	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	29	+20.033	11	4
9	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	29	+20.428	6	2 (2)
10	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	29	+24.127	12	1
11	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	29	+26.418	17
12	8		Carlin	29	+28.109	16
13	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	29	+36.114	5
14	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	29	+41.725	19
15	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	29	+43.109	4
16	17	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab	29	+43.252	20
17	23	Marino Sato	Trident	29	+50.048	20
18	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	29	+51.428	21
19	16	Artem Markelov	HWA Racelab	29	+1:14.193	18
20	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	29	+1:15.090	22
21	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	28	+1 lap	13
DNF	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	21	Gearbox	20
Fastest lap: Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi) — 1:42.754 (on lap 25)

Sprint race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	21	36:15.140	3	15
2	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	21	+3.120	2	12 (2)
3	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	21	+17.993	6	10
4	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	21	+20.258	4	8
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+21.059	9	6
6	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+22.154	8	4
7	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	21	+22.913	15	2
8	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+25.201	5	1
9	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	21	+28.672	12
10	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+29.066	13
11	16	Artem Markelov	HWA Racelab	21	+33.686	19
12	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	21	+34.776	10
13	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	21	+36.362	1
14	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	21	+37.995	14
15	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	21	+40.151	18
16	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	21	+43.748	21
17	23	Marino Sato	Trident	21	+47.202	17
18	14	Nobuharu Matsushita	MP Motorsport	21	+1:00.275	11
19	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	21	+1:01.710	20
20	17	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab	21	+1:31.548	16
21	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	20	+1 lap	7
DNS	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	0	Did not start	22
Fastest lap: Mick Schumacher (Prema Racing) — 1:41.887 (on lap 3)

Notes:

• – Sean Gelael was making the formation lap, but later returned into the pits after suffering a mechanical issue, forcing him to rule out of the race as a consequence.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
1	1	Callum Ilott	106
1	2	Christian Lundgaard	87
2	3	Robert Shwartzman	85
	4	Nikita Mazepin	71
2	5	Louis Delétraz	64

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	UNI-Virtuosi	167
	2	Prema Racing	146
	3	ART Grand Prix	121
	4	Hitech Grand Prix	98
1	5	Carlin	80

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix
• 2020 2nd Silverstone Formula 3 round

References

1. Web site: Formula 2 2020 Result for Round 5 : Silverstone, Great Britain 07-09 August 2020. 16 August 2020. FIA_F2 - The Official F2 Website. en.
2. News: DAMS' Car 1 penalised for Silverstone Feature Race. 8 August 2020.