2024 Barcelona Formula 2 round explained

Country:	Spain
Barcelona
Round No:	6
Season No:	14
Year:	2024
Location:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.894
Course Km:	4.657
Type R1:	Sprint Race
Date R1:	22 June
Laps R1:	26
First Driver Country R1:	FRA
First Driver R1:	Victor Martins
First Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R1:	IND
Second Driver R1:	Kush Maini
Second Team R1:	Invicta Racing
Third Driver Country R1:	EST
Third Driver R1:	Paul Aron
Third Team R1:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Fast Driver Country R1:	JPN
Fast Driver R1:	Ritomo Miyata
Fast Team R1:	Rodin Motorsport
Fast Time R1:	1:30.617
Fast Lap R1:	lap 3
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	23 June
Laps R2:	37
Pole Driver Country R2:	EST
Pole Driver R2:	Paul Aron
Pole Team R2:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Pole Time R2:	1:24.766
First Driver Country R2:	USA
First Driver R2:	Jak Crawford
First Team R2:	DAMS Lucas Oil
Second Driver Country R2:	ARG
Second Driver R2:	Franco Colapinto
Second Team R2:	MP Motorsport
Third Driver Country R2:	USA
Third Driver R2:	Juan Manuel Correa
Third Team R2:	DAMS Lucas Oil
Fast Driver Country R2:	ITA
Fast Driver R2:	Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Fast Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:27.918
Fast Lap R2:	lap 31

The 2024 Barcelona Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 June 2024 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was the sixth round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 21 June 2024, at 15:55 local time (UTC+2).

		Driver	Entrant	Time
1	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:24.766	9	1
2	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.002	8	2
3	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.006	7	3
4	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+0.055	6	4
5	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.105	5	5
6	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+0.182	4	6
7	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.222	14	7
8	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.246	3	8
9	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.405	2	9
10	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.433	1	10
11	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+0.439	10	11
12	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+0.459	11	12
13	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.483	12	13
14	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.519	13	14
15	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.555	15	15
16	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.576	16	16
17	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+0.578	17	17
18	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.646	18	18
19	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.804	19	19
20	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.019	20	20
21	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+1.449	21	21
107% time 1:30.699 (+5.933)
—	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	+18.701	22	22
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Notes:

• – Joshua Dürksen received a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Zane Maloney at the Feature Race in Monte Carlo. He will serve the penalty in the next race he competes.^[3]
• – Taylor Barnard failed to set a time within the 107%-rule as he crashed out during qualifying, but was later given permission by the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid.^[4]

Sprint Race

The Sprint race was held on 22 June 2024, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2).

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	26	39:47.280	2	10
2	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	26	+4.411	1	8
3	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	26	+8.625	9	6
4	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	26	+9.096	8	5
5	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	26	+10.742	6	4
6	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	26	+11.612	10	3
7	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	26	+12.641	4	2 (1)
8	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	26	+12.968	3	1
9	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	26	+25.925	11
10	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	26	+26.814	14
11	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	26	+27.433	13
12	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	26	+27.834	12
13	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	26	+29.362	19
14	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	26	+29.819	18
15	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	26	+29.995	5
16	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+31.765	16
17	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+33.049	20
18	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	26	+35.554	7
19	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	26	+38.349	22
20	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	26	+41.445	17
21	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	26	+41.456	15
22	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	26	+41.518	21
Fastest lap set by Ritomo Miyata: 1:30.617 (lap 6)
Source:^[5]

Notes:

• – Juan Manuel Correa, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Rafael Villagómez and Zane Maloney all received five-second time-penalties post-race for several track limits violations.^[6]
• – Dennis Hauger and Franco Colapinto both received ten-second time penalties for violating track limits more than five times each.^[6]

Feature Race

The Feature race was held on 23 June 2024, at 11:35 local time (UTC+2).

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	37	59:46.800	2	25
2	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	37	+1.400	3	18
3	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	37	+5.820	8	15
4	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	37	+11.486	1	12 (2)
5	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	37	+14.720	11	10
6	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	37	+19.333	10	8
7	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	37	+22.692	17	6
8	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	37	+24.442	18	4
9	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	37	+24.919	14	2 (1)
10	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	37	+25.400	4	1
11	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+29.155	16
12	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	37	+35.513	5
13	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	37	+35.955	6
14	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	37	+37.470	15
15	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	37	+45.073	12
16	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+47.273	20
17	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	37	+1:03.092	21
18†	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	35	+2 laps	19
DNF	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	16	Engine	7
DNF	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	11	Engine	22
DNF	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	9
DNF	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	13
Fastest lap set by Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 1:27.918 (lap 31)
Source:^[7]

Notes:

• – Gabriel Bortoleto originally finished seventh, but was later given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Kush Maini, dropping him down to tenth in the final classification.^[8]
• – Richard Verschoor retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Paul Aron	100
	2	Isack Hadjar	91
	3	Zane Maloney	75
7	4	Jak Crawford	62
1	5	Dennis Hauger	56

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Campos Racing	120
	2	Hitech Pulse-Eight	119
	3	MP Motorsport	112
1	4	Invicta Racing	105
1	5	Rodin Motorsport	94

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

See also

• 2024 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2024 Barcelona Formula 3 round

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 2 2024 Result for Round 6: Barcelona, Spain 21–23 June 2024. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
2. Web site: QUALIFYING: Aron secures pole in tight Barcelona Qualifying session. 21 June 2024. 22 June 2024. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
3. Web site: Duersken handed post-Monte Carlo Feature Race penalty. 26 May 2024. 22 June 2024. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
4. Web site: FIA Formula 2 Championship – 2024 Barcelona event – Decision – Car 25 – Start permission granted. 21 June 2024. 22 June 2024 . . en.
5. Web site: SPRINT RACE: Martins takes first win of 2024 in Barcelona. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 22 June 2024.
6. Web site: Juan Manuel Correa and several others penalised after Barcelona Sprint Race. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 22 June 2024.
7. Web site: FEATURE RACE: Crawford supreme in Barcelona victory. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 23 June 2024.
8. Web site: Bortoleto handed post-Feature Race penalty. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 23 June 2024.