The 2024 Lusail FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 29 November and 1 December 2024 and was the first time Formula 2 raced at the Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar. It was the penultimate round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix.
Driver Changes Four drivers left the Formula 2 grid ahead of the Lusail round. Juan Manuel Correa left DAMS Lucas Oil and was replaced by Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic, who finished the F3 championship in sixth position.
Dennis Hauger was confirmed to join Andretti Global for the 2025 Indy NXT season and decided to leave MP Motorsport for the last two rounds of the season to focus on next year. Richard Verschoor, who has driven for MP Motorsport in previous seasons, returned to the team to replace Hauger until the end of next season. Verschoor's seat at Trident was filled by American F3 graduate Max Esterson.
Cian Shields joined AIX Racing for the remainder of the season, after the departure of Niels Koolen, who replaced Taylor Barnard for the Monza and Baku rounds.
Van Amersfoort Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi left F2 before the final two rounds following his appointment by Arrow McLaren as an evaluation test driver for IndyCar. In his place, the team announced John Bennett, the runner-up of the GB3 Championship.
Classification Qualifying Driver Entrant Time/Gap 117 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight1:35.11591210 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing +0.3358231 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.4557348 Dino BeganovicDAMS Lucas Oil +0.65764511 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport +0.7325567 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil +0.9804679 Kush MainiInvicta Racing +0.985127812 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport +1.03638920 Isack HadjarCampos Racing +1.07229103 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing +1.099110114 Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing +1.32110111221 Pepe Martí Campos Racing +1.361 DNS 121322 Max EstersonTrident +1.6101313142 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix +1.6141414156 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport +1.64115151624 Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing +1.7301616175 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport +1.74617171816 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight +1.92618181914 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +2.16319192023 Christian MansellTrident +2.27420202115 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +2.93721212225 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +3.2212222Source:
Notes – Kush Maini received a five-place grid penalty in the previous round for causing a collision at the start of the feature race. He was handed an additional three-place grid penalty for impeding John Bennett during qualifying.
Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points13 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing23 40:51.28111027 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil23 +0.29548311 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport23 +0.58056 (1)420 Isack HadjarCampos Racing23 +0.91025510 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing23 +1.2278465 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport23 +1.751173717 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight23 +1.05992824 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing23 +1.90516191 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix23 +2.8687108 Dino BeganovicDAMS Lucas Oil23 +3.2236112 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix23 +3.532141214 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing23 +4.15119136 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport23 +1.544151422 Max EstersonTrident23 +4.760131523 Christian MansellTrident23 +5.34020 1616 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight23 +6.053191715 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing23 +6.517211825 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing23 +6.96622194 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing20 Collision10209 Kush MainiInvicta Racing20 Collision12DNF12 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport4 Engine3DNS21 Pepe MartíCampos Racing0 Malfunction11Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor: 1:38.630 (lap 20)Source:
Notes - Paul Aron received a two-place penalty for causing a collision with Victor Martins. - Ritomo Miyata received two penalties: a four-place penalty for causing a collision with Dino Beganovic and a two-place penalty for causing a collision with Andrea Kimi Antonelli. - Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Kush Maini did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Feature race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points117 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight30 55:45.433125 (3)220 Isack HadjarCampos Racing30 +2.763918310 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing30 +3.175215412 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport30 +3.79681258 Dino BeganovicDAMS Lucas Oil30 +5.727410623 Christian MansellTrident30 +11.509128716 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight30 +12.556186814 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing30 +18.86219495 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport30 +19.818172106 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport30 +23.2971511125 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing30 +32.32022 123 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing30 +33.737101324 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing30 +46.12316149 Kush MainiInvicta Racing30 +51.9097152 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix30 +53.37214 1621 Pepe MartíCampos Racing30 +65.023121711 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport30 +69.043141822 Max EstersonTrident30 +75.03313 NC1 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix25 +5 laps3 DNF7 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil13 Accident damage6DNF15 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing12 Collision21DNF4 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing7 Accident damage11Fastest lap set by Oliver Bearman: 1:37.997 (lap 30)Source:
Notes - Gabriel Bortoleto finished first on the road, but received a five-second penalty for crossing the pit lane line after the bollard, which dropped him down to third place. - Richard Verschoor received a ten-second penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane and a ten second stop-and-go penalty for unlapping himself during a Safety Car period without authorisation; because the penalty was not served during the race, it was converted into a 30 second time penalty. - Victor Martins took the chequered flag, but was not classified as he only completed 25 laps of racing, which constituted less than 90% of the race distance.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 188.5 2 Isack Hadjar 188 1 3 Paul Aron 163 1 4 Zane Maloney 140 5 Jak Crawford 124
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 262.5 2 Campos Racing 231 3 MP Motorsport 200.5 2 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 198 1 5 Prema Racing 179
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2024 Qatar Grand Prix
References
External links Official website