The 2025 Lusail FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 November 2025 at the Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar. It was the penultimate race of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix.
Leonardo Fornaroli clinched the Drivers' Championship after finishing second in the feature race, winning back-to-back Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles.
Report
Classification Qualifying Qualifying was held on 28 November 2025 at 19:10 local time (UTC+3). DriverEntrantTime/Gap15 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport1:36.11513421 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing +0.04091314 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.1708242 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing +0.23073517 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport +0.3276569 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing +0.6265673 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing +0.64947825 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +0.65138920 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.65829106 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport +0.678110118 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR +0.71110111216 Martinius StenshorneRodin Motorsport +0.77211121324 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +0.91912131410 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.92414141511 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil +1.05715151615 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix +1.0791616174 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing +1.2021717187 Luke BrowningHitech TGR +1.21918181921 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +1.98319192012 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil +2.08820202123 James WhartonTrident +2.78221212222 Laurens van HoepenTrident +2.9182222Source: Notes:
Oliver Goethe received a three-place grid penalty for both races as he impeded Martinius Stenshorne. Due to the penalty, Leonardo Fornaroli was promoted to pole position for the feature race.
Sprint race The sprint race was held on 29 November 2025 at 19:20 local time (UTC+3). DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints16 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport2342:36.481110+1220 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing23 +0.97028325 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing23 +1.6073649 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing23 +2.12055517 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport23 +2.3476461 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing23 +2.88093716 Martinius StenshorneRodin Motorsport23 +3.933112811 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil23 +4.26515198 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR23 +4.54810103 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing23 +6.49041114 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix23 +6.73781210 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing23 +7.03014132 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing23 +7.3997145 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport23 +7.728131524 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing23 +8.312121615 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix23 +8.94816177 Luke BrowningHitech TGR23 +9.95918184 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing23 +10.068171922 Laurens van HoepenTrident23 +20.16422DNF21 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing19 Accident19DNF12 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil14 Technical issue20DNF23 James WhartonTrident13 Collision21Fastest lap: Richard Verschoor (1:39.603 on lap 19)Source: Notes:
Laurens van Hoepen was handed a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with James Wharton. This did not affect van Hoepen's classification.
Feature race The feature race was held on 30 November 2025 at 15:10 local time (UTC+3). DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints 114 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix32 55:18.455225 21 Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing32 +1.265118+2 317 Alex Dunne Rodin Motorsport32 +7.439515 44 Arvid Lindblad Campos Racing32 +8.7031712 59 Sebastián Montoya Prema Racing32 +10.105610 66 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport32 +12.362108 73 Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing32 +15.95976 82 Roman Staněk Invicta Racing32 +17.97934 98 Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR32 +18.487112+1 107 Luke Browning Hitech TGR32 +23.535181 1111 Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil32 +28.15115 1225 Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing32 +32.6918 1310 Gabriele Minì Prema Racing32 +33.19614 1420 Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing32 +35.8899 1516 Martinius Stenshorne Rodin Motorsport32 +37.09212 1612 Kush Maini DAMS Lucas Oil32 +37.74820 1724 John Bennett Van Amersfoort Racing32 +41.58513 1822 Laurens van Hoepen Trident32 +42.71422 1923 James Wharton Trident32 +54.32021 2021 Cian Shields AIX Racing32 +97.33619 DNF5 Oliver Goethe MP Motorsport13 Retired4 DNF15 Ritomo Miyata ART Grand Prix6 Retired16Fastest lap: Dino Beganovic (1:38.516 on lap 29)Source: Notes:
Both Alex Dunne and Nikola Tsolov received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane. This did not affect Dunne's classification. Tsolov was demoted from 6th to 7th. Martinius Stenshorne was handed a ten-second time penalty for forcing Rafael Villagómez off track. This demoted Stenshorne from 11th to 15th. James Wharton was given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage over Luke Browning.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 211 2 Jak Crawford 170 1 3 Richard Verschoor 170 1 4 Luke Browning 162 5 Alex Dunne 149
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 296 2 Hitech TGR 261 3 Campos Racing 239 4 DAMS Lucas Oil 196 5 MP Motorsport 193
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the 2025 Drivers' Champion.
See also 2025 Qatar Grand Prix
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References
External links Official website