The 2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 June 2024 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the seventh round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix.

Classification Qualifying

While Isack Hadjar was on top for the early stages of the session, an issue with his car resulted in him only being able to complete 7 laps. MP Motorsport's Dennis Hauger secured his second pole of the season ahead of Joshua Dürksen by only 8 thousandths of a second.

Driver Entrant Time 111 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport 1:15.487101224 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.00892310 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing +0.11483412 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport +0.16174517 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight +0.23465625 Taylor BarnardAIX Racing +0.32056720 Isack HadjarCampos Racing +0.34147821 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.4063893 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing +0.41329109 Kush MainiInvicta Racing +0.4241101116 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight +0.4331111122 Zak O'SullivanART Grand Prix +0.4821212131 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.5081313147 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil +0.52014141514 Enzo FittipaldiVan Amersfoort Racing +0.5601515164 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing +0.67116161722 Richard VerschoorTrident +0.73017171815 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +0.7831818198 Juan Manuel CorreaDAMS Lucas Oil +0.8031919205 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport +0.8052020216 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport +0.86121212223 Roman StaněkTrident +0.9752222Source:

Sprint race

Oliver Bearman took his first podium and win of the season at the Sprint Race, after having a better start than pole-sitter Kush Maini, who also lost a position to Pepe Martí during the first lap of the race after making a contact that broke the Spanish driver's front wing. During the first half of the race, Bearman built a strong advantage to Martí, who was then able to reduce the gap to less than a second.

Maini, who ran in third position for the majority of the race, started to struggle due to his defensive driving, eventually dropping to 7th place. Bearman was able to hold Martí off for the win, with championship leader Paul Aron completing the podium and taking an extra point for the fastest lap in the points-paying positions.

Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points13 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing28 37:22.959210221 Pepe MartíCampos Racing28 +1.75138317 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight28 +3.00366 (1)410 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing28 +3.65585511 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport28 +11.03010467 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil28 +11.67714379 Kush MainiInvicta Virtuosi Racing28 +13.70312824 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing28 +13.8879192 Zak O'SullivanART Grand Prix28 +15.86612101 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix28 +19.852131112 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport28 +21.54671225 Taylor BarnardAIX Racing28 +22.30551320 Isack HadjarCampos Racing28 +22.85741414 Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing28 +23.62915154 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing28 +23.72816168 Juan Manuel CorreaDAMS Lucas Oil28 +26.44519175 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport28 +27.184201816 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight28 +27.597111915 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing28 +28.250182022 Richard VerschoorTrident28 +29.804172123 Roman StaněkTrident28 +29.88422226 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport28 +46.91421Fastest lap set by Ritomo Miyata: 1:18.708 (lap 25)Source:

Feature race

At the beginning of the formation lap, pole-sitter Dennis Hauger, Kush Maini and Jak Crawford stalled, being pushed to the pit lane for the race start and leaving their grid positions vacant. Paraguayan driver Joshua Dürksen was left as the virtual leader, but was not credited with the pole position. He led Gabriel Bortoleto and Franco Colapinto for the first laps of the race, but was overtaken by the Brazilian driver on lap 4 and by Colapinto on lap 5.

A virtual safety car was deployed on lap 6 as Zane Maloney, who had stalled his car at the race start, had an engine failure and had to stop his car. Pepe Martí had been advised to pit, but was 2 meters away from crossing the Safety Car line before the VSC was deployed, which resulted in a post-race investigation and penalty for the Spaniard.

Bortoleto, Dürksen, Aron and Hadjar all subsequently pitted and came out behind Martí for the virtual lead of the race. They squabbled, with Bortoleto taking the virtual lead from Martí, who let his Campos Racing teammate, Hadjar, through to a virtual second place to try to attack Bortoleto. Hadjar had struggled to overtake Aron, who was given a five-second penalty for moving under braking while defending against the Frenchman.

Fittipaldi and Colapinto, who had started the race with the harder available compound, drove long initial stints, only pitting on the last 10 laps. They came out of their pit stop 6th and 8th, respectively, with Dürksen in between them. With fresher supersoft tyres, they were able to charge through the pack, eventually finishing 6th and 2nd on the road, with the Argentine driver securing the fastest lap of the race, but not able to catch eventual winner, Gabriel Bortoleto, who won for the first time in Formula 2.

After Colapinto's late charge, the Campos drivers argued over the radio due to team orders, with Hadjar finally crossing the finish line ahead in third position. Martí and Aron finished fourth and fifth on track, but their penalties dropped them to 15th and 5th, respectively, with Fittipaldi inheriting the fourth position.

Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points110 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing40 53:59.322325212 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport40 +4.296418 (1)320 Isack HadjarCampos Racing40 +5.553715414 Enzo FittipaldiVan Amersfoort Racing40 +11.3991512517 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight40 +11.437510624 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing40 +12.56228716 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight40 +22.557116825 Taylor BarnardAIX Racing40 +27.6346492 Zak O'SullivanART Grand Prix40 +32.180122107 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil40 +32.2241111 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix40 +32.613131211 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport40 +33.470 (2)134 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing40 +34.72416148 Juan Manuel CorreaDAMS Lucas Oil40 +35.143191521 Pepe MartíCampos Racing40 +36.03581615 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing40 +49.79218179 Kush MainiInvicta Racing40 +51.4331823 Roman StaněkTrident40 +55.49422DNF6 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport34 21DNF22 Richard VerschoorTrident21 17DNF3 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing20 Engine9DNF5 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport4 Engine20Fastest lap set by Franco Colapinto: 1:17.868 (lap 35)Source:

Notes Paul Aron received a five-second time penalty for failing to leave enough space to Isack Hadjar. Juan Manuel Correa received a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at pit entry. Pepe Martí finished fourth on track. He received a post-race ten-second stop and go penalty for pitting during a virtual safety car period. This was converted to a 30-second time penalty after the race which dropped him to 15th place. Dennis Hauger, Kush Maini and Jak Crawford all stalled at the beginning of the formation lap, being required to start from the pit lane. Their places on the grid (1st, 10th and 14th, respectively) were left vacant. Hauger was still credited with pole position and received two championship points.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Paul Aron 117 2 Isack Hadjar 106 4 3 Gabriel Bortoleto 85 1 4 Zane Maloney 75 1 5 Franco Colapinto 75

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Campos Racing 143 2 Hitech Pulse-Eight 142 3 MP Motorsport 137 4 Invicta Racing 137 1 5 DAMS Lucas Oil 96

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

See also 2024 Austrian Grand Prix 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round

References

External links Official website