The 2017 Monaco FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 26 and 27 May 2017 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the third round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix.

Report Background Practice and qualifying For qualifying, the field was split into two groups due to the short nature of the circuit.

Feature Race After an aborted start due to Antonio Fuoco and Sean Gelael stalling on the grid, Charles Leclerc led into the first corner, followed by Alexander Albon and Oliver Rowland. A concertina effect occurred at the Grand Hotel Hairpin as Canamasas was spun, causing Gelael to lose his front wing and bringing out a local yellow. Whilst Leclerc was setting fastest laps up the front, Nicholas Latifi went out with engine failure in the tunnel, bringing out the safety car. Leclerc maintained the lead on the restart and began to set the track alight, setting fastest lap after fastest lap, eventually building a big gap back between himself and Rowland. Contact between Robert Visoiu and Louis Deletraz caused another safety car. Leclerc took his compulsory pitstop immediately and came out in fourth place after initial confusion with the safety car saw him lose the gap and then some to Rowland. Worse would come for Leclerc after an insecure tyre would force him into the pits on the restart. However, it would not come right for Leclerc and subsequently, was forced to retire from the race. Rowland would maintain the lead until the end, winning the race and racking up valuable points while doing it. Artem Markelov and Nobuharu Matsushita rounded out the podium.

Sprint Race

Classifications

Qualifying Group A Driver Team Time 1 1 Charles Leclerc Prema Racing 1:19.309 — 1 2 9 Oliver Rowland DAMS 1:19.541 +0.232 3 3 7 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:19.922 +0.613 5 4 15 Jordan King MP Motorsport 1:20.058 +0.749 7 5 5 Luca Ghiotto Russian Time 1:20.089 +0.780 9 6 21 Sean Gelael Arden International 1:20.272 +0.963 11 7 19 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 1:20.413 +1.104 13 8 17 Sergio Canamasas Trident 1:20.415 +1.106 15 9 3 Louis Delétraz Racing Engineering 1:21.592 +2.283 17 10 11 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:21.664 +2.355 19 Source:

Group B Driver Team Time 1 8 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:19.321 — 2 2 6 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:19.647 +0.326 4 3 20 Norman Nato Arden International 1:19.803 +0.482 6 4 18 Nyck de Vries Rapax 1:19.814 +0.493 8 5 10 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:20.042 +0.721 10 6 4 Gustav Malja Racing Engineering 1:20.282 +0.961 12 7 2 Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing 1:20.593 +1.272 14 8 12 Robert Vișoiu Campos Racing 1:20.867 +1.546 16 9 16 Nabil Jeffri Trident 1:21.239 +1.918 18 10 14 Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport 1:21.271 +1.950 20 Source:

Feature Race Driver Team Laps 1 9 Oliver Rowland DAMS 41 1:00:46.545 3 25 (2) 2 6 Artem Markelov Russian Time 41 +0.864 4 18 3 7 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 41 +13.769 5 15 4 8 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 41 +19.738 2 12 5 5 Luca Ghiotto Russian Time 41 +24.657 9 10 6 4 Gustav Malja Racing Engineering 41 +28.082 12 8 7 18 Nyck de Vries Rapax 41 +28.453 8 6 8 19 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 41 +29.125 13 4 9 15 Jordan King MP Motorsport 41 +45.552 7 2 10 17 Sergio Canamasas Trident 41 +46.581 15 1 11 2 Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing 41 +47.818 14 12 11 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 41 +50.772 19 13 21 Sean Gelael Arden International 41 +53.694 11 14 16 Nabil Jeffri Trident 40 +1 lap 18 15 3 Louis Delétraz Racing Engineering 39 +2 laps 17 DNF 14 Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport 33 Oil leak 20 DNF 1 Charles Leclerc Prema Racing 26 Suspension 1 (4) DNF 20 Norman Nato Arden International 23 Hydraulics 6 DNF 12 Robert Vișoiu Campos Racing 20 Accident 16 DNF 10 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 6 Engine 10 Fastest lap: Oliver Rowland (DAMS) – 1:21.562 (on lap 27) Source:

Sprint Race Driver Team Laps 1 18 Nyck de Vries Rapax 30 41:51.284 2 15 2 19 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 30 +9.834 1 12 3 4 Gustav Malja Racing Engineering 30 +10.415 3 10 4 5 Luca Ghiotto Russian Time 30 +10.881 4 8 5 6 Artem Markelov Russian Time 30 +11.258 7 6 (2) 6 8 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 30 +11.901 5 4 7 7 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 30 +13.627 6 2 8 15 Jordan King MP Motorsport 30 +13.970 9 1 9 9 Oliver Rowland DAMS 30 +28.993 8 10 2 Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing 30 +29.051 11 11 16 Nabil Jeffri Trident 30 +34.041 14 12 21 Sean Gelael Arden International 30 +42.732 13 13 10 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 30 +43.430 20 14 14 Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport 30 +46.423 16 15 12 Robert Vișoiu Campos Racing 30 +47.007 19 16 3 Louis Delétraz Racing Engineering 30 +53.179 15 17 17 Sergio Canamasas Trident 30 +55.677 10 DNF 1 Charles Leclerc Prema Racing 20 Electrical 17 DNF 11 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 14 Brakes 12 DNF 20 Norman Nato Arden International 2 Suspension 18 Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) – 1:21.674 (on lap 8) Source:

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Charles Leclerc 772 Oliver Rowland 74 13 Artem Markelov 60 14 Luca Ghiotto 565 Nobuharu Matsushita 48

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 21 Russian Time 1162 DAMS 102 13 ART Grand Prix 85 34 Prema Racing 79 35 Rapax 43

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

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