The 2018 Barcelona FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 12 and 13 May 2018 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Catalonia, Spain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the third round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.
The race weekend also saw history making from ART Grand Prix, as the French outfit managed to secure race victories in both races of the weekend to become the first team in modern Formula 2 to do so; with George Russell winning the Feature Race and Jack Aitken winning the Sprint Race respectively.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 5 Alexander Albon DAMS 1:28.142 – 1 2 4 Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 1:28.369 +0.227 2 3 14 Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing 1:28.400 +0.258 3 4 8 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1:28.524 +0.382 4 5 7 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1:28.579 +0.437 5 6 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:28.605 +0.463 6 7 2 Tadasuke Makino Russian Time 1:28.620 +0.478 7 8 19 Lando Norris Carlin 1:28.923 +0.781 8 9 10 Ralph Boschung MP Motorsport 1:28.970 +0.828 9 10 9 Roberto Merhi MP Motorsport 1:29.081 +0.939 10 11 21 Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System 1:29.130 +0.988 11 12 20 Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 1:29.136 +0.994 12 13 11 Maximilian Günther BWT Arden 1:29.143 +1.001 13 14 18 Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin 1:29.256 +1.114 14 15 15 Roy Nissany Campos Vexatec Racing 1:29.284 +1.142 15 16 3 Sean Gelael Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 1:29.307 +1.165 16 17 12 Nirei Fukuzumi BWT Arden 1:29.376 +1.234 17 18 16 Arjun Maini Trident 1:29.407 +1.265 18 19 1 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:29.585 +1.433 19 20 17 Santino Ferrucci Trident 1:30.440 +2.298 20 Source:
Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints18 George RussellART Grand Prix361:02:58.90242524 Nyck de VriesPertamina Prema Theodore Racing36 +1.036218319 Lando NorrisCarlin36 +1.760815414 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing36 +5.71431255 Alexander AlbonDAMS36 +6.098110 (4)67 Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix36 +8.21458718 Sérgio Sette CâmaraCarlin36 +9.83014681 Artem MarkelovRussian Time36 +20.857194 (2)92 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time36 +23.950721021 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System36 +25.2891111112 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden36 +29.150171215 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing36 +36.71915139 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport36 +58.77110146 Nicholas LatifiDAMS35 +1 lap6DNF3 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing27 Collision16DNF20 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System27 Puncture12DNF16 Arjun MainiTrident10 Accident18DNF10 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport5 Accident9DNF11 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden0 Spun off13DNS17 Santino FerrucciTrident0 Fuel system–Fastest Lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) — 1:30.039 (on lap 34)Source: Notes – Nicholas Latifi set the fastest lap in the race but because he finished outside the top 10, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Artem Markelov as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.
Sprint race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints17 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix2645:21.51131525 Alexander AlbonDAMS26 +1.550412319 Lando NorrisCarlin26 +2.86461048 George RussellART Grand Prix26 +8.10688 (2)514 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing26 +11.10956621 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System26 +13.70210473 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Thedore Racing26 +14.83715286 Nicholas LatifiDAMS26 +28.67814191 Artem MarkelovRussian Time26 +29.06511020 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System26 +29.437161117 Santino FerrucciTrident26 +30.996201211 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden26 +32.428191316 Arjun MainiTrident26 +33.236171415 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing26 +35.67215DNF9 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport22 Transmission13DNF10 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport20 Puncture18DNF18 Sérgio Sette CâmaraCarlin12 Electrical2DNF2 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time4 Collision9DNF12 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden4 Collision11DNF4 Nyck de VriesPertamina Prema Theodore Racing1 Spun off7 Source:
Championship standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Lando Norris 802 Alexander Albon 67 33 George Russell 62 14 Nyck de Vries 46 25 Sérgio Sette Câmara 46
Teams' Championship standings TeamPoints1 Carlin 126 12 ART Grand Prix 105 13 DAMS 884 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 575 Russian Time 40
See also 2018 Spanish Grand Prix 2018 Barcelona GP3 Series round
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