2024 Budapest Formula 2 round explained

Country:	Hungary
Budapest
Round No:	9
Season No:	14
Year:	2024
Flag Suffix:	HUN
Location:	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.722
Course Km:	4.381
Type R1:	Sprint Race
Date R1:	20 July
Laps R1:	28
First Driver Country R1:	IND
First Driver R1:	Kush Maini
First Team R1:	Invicta Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	FRA
Second Driver R1:	Victor Martins
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	FRA
Third Driver R1:	Isack Hadjar
Third Team R1:	Campos Racing
Fast Driver Country R1:	BRA
Fast Driver R1:	Gabriel Bortoleto
Fast Team R1:	Invicta Racing
Fast Time R1:	1:32.266
Fast Lap R1:	lap 24
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	21 July
Laps R2:	36
Pole Driver Country R2:	EST
Pole Driver R2:	Paul Aron
Pole Team R2:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Pole Time R2:	1:30.028
First Driver Country R2:	ITA
First Driver R2:	Andrea Kimi Antonelli
First Team R2:	Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R2:	FRA
Second Driver R2:	Victor Martins
Second Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R2:	NED
Third Driver R2:	Richard Verschoor
Third Team R2:	Trident
Fast Driver Country R2:	ITA
Fast Driver R2:	Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Fast Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:32.086
Fast Lap R2:	lap 29

The 2024 Budapest Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 19 and 21 July 2024 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the ninth round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying was held on 19 July 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).

The Sprint race was held on 20 July 2024, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2).

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	28	44:28.935	2	10
2	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	28	+9.564	6	8
3	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	28	+15.005	8	6 (1)
4	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	28	+16.580	5	5
5	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	28	+24.643	12	4
6	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+26.161	10	3
7	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	28	+32.825	17	2
8	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	28	+37.451	19	1
9	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	28	+40.904	22
10	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	28	+49.354	14
11	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+52.613	16
12	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	28	+54.021	18
13	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	28	+54.913
14	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	28	+55.108	4
15	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	28	+55.302	20
16	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	28	+56.073	7
17	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	28	+57.437	21
18	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	28	+59.822	11
19	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	28	+1:04.702	15
20	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+1:05.863	13
21	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+1 lap	9
DSQ	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	28	Disqualified	1
Fastest lap set by Gabriel Bortoleto: 1:32.266 (lap 24)
Source:^[3]

Notes:

– Zane Maloney was supposed to start from third position, but stalled on the grid on the formation lap. He then was required to start from the pit lane, with his grid slot being left vacant in the process.
– Amaury Cordeel was given a 10 second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
– Richard Verschoor finished first on the road, but was later disqualified as the plank on the floor of his car was thinner than permitted by the regulations.^[4] Kush Maini inherited the win, and Isack Hadjar inherited the fast lap point originally awarded to Verschoor.

The Feature race was held on 21 June 2024, at 10:05 local time (UTC+2).

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	36	1:02:46.691	7	25 (1)
2	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	36	+12.528	5	18
3	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	36	+13.355	10	15
4	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	36	+14.819	4	12
5	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	36	+18.516	2	10
6	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	36	+19.179	6	8
7	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	36	+20.270	9	6
8	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	36	+20.498	18	4
9	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	36	+21.193	17	2
10	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	36	+23.310	16	1
11	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	36	+24.882	20
12	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	36	+26.705	21
13	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	36	+28.408	12
14	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	36	+31.105	15
15	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	36	+31.507	14
16	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	36	+31.883	19
17	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	36	+32.868	22
18	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	36	+33.754
19	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	36	+44.655	11
DNF	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	Crash	13
DNF	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	7	Collision	8
DNF	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	7	Collision	1	(2)
Fastest lap set by Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 1:32.086 (lap 18)
Source:^[5]

Notes:

– Isack Hadjar was supposed to start from third position, but was required to start from the pit lane as he failed to exit the pit lane on time. His grid slot was then left vacant.