The 2019 Monza FIA Formula 2 round consisted of a pair of Formula Two motor races that took place on 7 and 8 September 2019 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the tenth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Callum Ilott set the fastest time in qualifying for the feature race. Japanese driver Nobuharu Matsushita of Carlin Motorsport won the feature race. In the sprint race that followed, British driver Jack Aitken took the victory for Campos Racing.

Background The event was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza across the weekend of 7–8 September 2019. The Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Entrants

In the aborted race in the previous round at Spa-Francorchamps, a multiple-car pileup resulted in the death of Anthoine Hubert of Arden and seriously injured Juan Manuel Correa of Charouz Racing. The incident also involved Giuliano Alesi of Trident Racing. All three teams involved in the accident ran only one car rather than the usual two as the cars involved in the accident were impounded by authorities as part of the crash investigation. While Tatiana Calderón (Arden) and Callum Ilott (Charouz) ran the only cars for their team, Trident benched Ralph Boschung in favour of Alesi, who was not injured in the crash.

Format The race weekend consisted of two races–feature race and sprint. The grid order for the feature race was determined based on the times set during qualification. The pole-sitter of the feature race received four championship points. Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the feature race. The feature race ran for and consisted of 30 laps around the circuit.

The grid for the sprint race were based on the results of the feature race with the top eight drivers having their positions reversed. The sprint race was a shorter version with 21 laps. Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Sprint race. Two points were given to the driver who sets the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races.

Qualifying In the qualifying session, the cars took to the track on a wet circuit which resulted in wobbling of the cars. Luca Ghiotto, who topped the practice charts, set the initial fastest lap with a time of 1:37.906. Guanyu Zhou briefly secured pole position before Callum Ilott topped the time charts with a 1:33.887 lap. Shortly after, Nobuharu Matsushita and Tatiana Calderon crashed their cars, and brought the red flag. When the session resumed, the track was wetter, and no driver was able to set a better lap time.

Classification Driver Team Time 1 11 Callum Ilott 1:33.887 – 1 2 7 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing 1:34.030 +0.143 2 3 3 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 1:34.063 +0.176 3 4 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS 1:34.272 +0.385 4 5 2 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 1:34.419 +0.532 5 6 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:34.885 +0.998 6 7 16 Jordan King MP Motorsport 1:34.944 +1.057 7 8 9 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 1:35.082 +1.195 8 9 1 Louis Delétraz Carlin 1:35.101 +1.214 9 10 10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 1:35.148 +1.261 10 11 20 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:35.310 +1.423 11 12 15 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 1:35.547 +1.660 12 13 8 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing 1:35.641 +1.754 13 14 14 Marino Sato Campos Racing 1:36.709 +2.822 14 15 17 MP Motorsport 1:37.027 +3.140 15 107% time: 1:40.459 NC 18 Tatiana Calderón BWT Arden 1:46.667 +12.780 16 EX 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:34.156 +0.269 17 Source: Notes – Nyck de Vries was excluded from the qualifying results due to fuel infringement.

Feature race Ilott, who started on pole for the first time in his career fought off a challenge from Zhou in the first corner to maintain their places. While Nikita Mazepin from third fell down the order following a mistake, Zhou committed a similar error in the second lap of the race. Nobuharu Matsushita rose through the field to second place by lap five, and overtook Ilott for the lead. Ghiotto, who was on an alternate tyre strategy, moved to second place after Nicholas Latifi and Zhou were involved in a crash. Championship leader Nyck de Vries, who started last, completed the podium positions by finishing third.

Classification DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 2 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 30 48:56.512 5 25 2 8 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing 30 +5.752 13 18 (2) 3 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 30 +9.207 17 15 4 11 Callum Ilott 30 +17.213 1 12 (4) 5 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS 30 +20.487 4 10 6 16 Jordan King MP Motorsport 30 +24.810 7 8 7 20 Giuliano Alesi Trident 30 +32.335 11 6 8 15 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 30 +33.059 12 4 9 10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 30 +38.890 10 2 10 17 MP Motorsport 30 +1:12.785 15 1 11 3 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 29 +1 lap 3 12 14 Marino Sato Campos Racing 29 +1 lap 14 13 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 29 +1 lap 6 DNF 9 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 22 Engine 8 DNF 7 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing 13 Collision damage 2 DNF 18 Tatiana Calderón BWT Arden 5 Spin 16 DNF 1 Louis Delétraz Carlin 1 Spin 9 Source: Notes – Guanyu Zhou was handed a three-place grid drop for the sprint race following a collision with Nicholas Latifi in the feature race.

Sprint race Jack Aitken started the sprint race on pole based on the reverse grid order. Aitken led the race from the start while Jordan King and Ilott overtook Giuliano Alesi, who started second. King overtook Aitken afterwards to go in to the lead before a struggle between Ghiotto and Sérgio Sette Câmara resulted in a Virtual Safety Car. When the race resumed, Aitken re-took the lead, and finished in first place. Behind him, King drove home in second place, and Matsushita finished third after Ilott damaged his car in the final lap of the race. However, a five second penalty for Matsushita pushed him to fifth and allowed De Vries into third.

Classification DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 15 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 21 34:26.288 1 15 2 16 Jordan King MP Motorsport 21 +2.764 3 12 3 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 21 +6.530 6 10 4 7 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing 21 +7.612 17 8 5 2 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 21 +8.189 8 6 6 9 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 21 +8.541 14 4 (2) 7 20 Giuliano Alesi Trident 21 +12.851 2 2 8 1 Louis Delétraz Carlin 21 +13.389 16 1 9 3 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 21 +13.941 9 10 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 21 +23.091 13 11 14 Marino Sato Campos Racing 21 +29.564 12 12 11 Callum Ilott 21 +41.390 5 13 17 MP Motorsport 21 +52.478 10 14 18 Tatiana Calderón BWT Arden 21 +53.021 15 15 8 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing 21 +1:32.691 7 DNF 10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 9 Mechanical 9 DNF 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS 6 Collision damage 4 Source:

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Nyck de Vries 2252 Nicholas Latifi 1663 Luca Ghiotto 1554 Jack Aitken 1535 Sérgio Sette Câmara 151

Teams' Championship standings TeamPoints1 DAMS 3172 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 2703 ART Grand Prix 2314 Campos Racing 1835 Carlin 177

See also 2019 Italian Grand Prix 2019 Monza Formula 3 round

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