The 2022 Le Castellet FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 22 and 24 July 2022 at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France. It was the ninth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 French Grand Prix.
Driver changes David Beckmann replaced Jake Hughes for the Le Castellet round at Van Amersfoort Racing after Hughes tested positive for COVID-19.
Classification Qualifying Logan Sargeant took his second pole position of the season, beating out DAMS driver Ayumu Iwasa by only 0.006 seconds. Frederik Vesti qualified in P3 for the Feature Race right ahead of championship leader Felipe Drugovich, who later was demoted to sixth after his fastest lap time was deleted due to exceeding track limits. Driver Entrant Time 16 Logan Sargeant Carlin 1:43.871 10 1 217 Ayumu Iwasa DAMS +0.006 9 2 39 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix +0.029 8 3 43 Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing +0.163 7 4 510 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix +0.290 6 5 611 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport +0.370 5 6 78 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix +0.437 4 7 87 Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix +0.506 3 8 95 Liam Lawson Carlin +0.612 2 9 102 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing +0.755 1 10 1120 Richard Verschoor Trident +0.887 11 11 124 Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing +0.968 12 12 1321 Calan Williams Trident +1.047 13 13 1422 Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System +1.164 14 14 1515 Roberto Merhi Campos Racing +1.230 15 15 1612 Clément Novalak MP Motorsport +1.246 16 16 1724 David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing +1.432 17 17 181 Dennis Hauger Prema Racing +1.526 18 18 1925 Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing +1.634 19 19 2016 Roy Nissany DAMS +1.871 22 20 2114 Olli Caldwell Campos Racing +1.872 20 21 2223 Cem Bölükbaşı Charouz Racing System +1.902 21 22Source:
Notes: – Roy Nissany originally qualified twentieth, but will be starting the Sprint Race from the back of the grid due to both re-joining the track in a dangerous manner and impeding Olli Caldwell at Free Practice.
Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points 15 Liam Lawson Carlin21 41:22.995210 (1) 22 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing21 +3.20618 311 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport21 +4.83556 43 Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing21 +5.70975 59 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix21 +7.94884 617 Ayumu Iwasa DAMS21 +8.26093 710 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix21 +9.55262 86 Logan Sargeant Carlin21 +9.654101 94 Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing21 +10.58612 1024 David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing21 +10.97917 118 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix21 +12.0874 121 Dennis Hauger Prema Racing21 +12.47718 1321 Calan Williams Trident21 +12.53013 147 Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix21 +14.4333 1523 Cem Bölükbaşı Charouz Racing System21 +15.86121 1616 Roy Nissany DAMS21 +16.53622 1712 Clément Novalak MP Motorsport21 +16.64316 1814 Olli Caldwell Campos Racing21 +17.33820 DNF15 Roberto Merhi Campos Racing17 Collision damage15 DNF20 Richard Verschoor Trident16 Engine11 DNF22 Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System8 Collision14 DNF25 Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing8 Collision damage19 Fastest lap set by Liam Lawson: 1:47.984 (lap 21)Source:
Notes: – Théo Pourchaire and Jüri Vips originally finished third and sixth respectively, but were later given a five-second time-penalty for both forcing Marcus Armstrong off the track. – Marcus Armstrong originally finished ninth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Jehan Daruvala.
Feature race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points 117 Ayumu Iwasa DAMS30 57:54.568225 210 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix30 +8.649518 39 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix30 +9.887315 411 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport30 +10.253612 (1) 53 Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing30 +16.050410 65 Liam Lawson Carlin30 +19.08098 72 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing30 +27.558106 812 Clément Novalak MP Motorsport30 +32.852154 916 Roy Nissany DAMS30 +36.514202 1022 Enzo Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System30 +37.686191 1121 Calan Williams Trident30 +40.21413 128 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix30 +45.5847 1314 Olli Caldwell Campos Racing30 +46.47621 1424 David Beckmann Van Amersfoort Racing30 +48.50116 1525 Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing30 +49.09218 161 Dennis Hauger Prema Racing30 +1:25.13617 DNF20 Richard Verschoor Trident28 Engine11 DNF23 Cem Bölükbaşı Charouz Racing System24 Retired22 DNF6 Logan Sargeant Carlin11 Clutch1(2) DNF15 Roberto Merhi Campos Racing9 Retired14 DNF7 Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix0 Collision damage8 DNF4 Marino Sato Virtuosi Racing0 Spin12Fastest lap set by Felipe Drugovich: 1:46.901 (lap 29)Source:
Notes: – Enzo Fittipaldi received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Roberto Merhi in the Sprint Race, demoting him to nineteenth on the grid for the Feature Race. – 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 Felipe Drugovich 173 1 2 Théo Pourchaire 134 1 3 Logan Sargeant 118 4 Jehan Daruvala 94 5 5 Liam Lawson 79
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 2 1 ART Grand Prix 209 1 2 MP Motorsport 199 1 3 Carlin 197 4 Prema Racing 161 5 Hitech Grand Prix 136
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2022 French Grand Prix
References
External links Official website