The 2018 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 25 and 26 May 2018 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix.
Report Qualifying For qualifying, the field was split into two groups due to the short nature of the circuit.
Classifications
Qualifying Group A Driver Team Time 15 Alexander AlbonDAMS1:21.727 — 1 21 Artem MarkelovRussian Time1:21.834 +0.107 3 321 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System1:21.948 +0.2214DSQ11 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden1:22.194 +0.467PL 417 Santino FerrucciTrident1:22.408 +0.6816 59 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport1:22.569 +0.8428 67 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix1:22.597 +0.87010 73 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing1:22.654 +0.92712 819 Lando NorrisCarlin1:22.663 +0.936 17 915 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing1:23.796 +2.06915 Source: – Lando Norris was given a three-place grid drop due to found guilty of impeding Alexander Albon. – Maximilian Günther was disqualified as his car did not stop to be weighed during the session but allowed to start the Feature Race from pit lane.
Group B Driver Team Time 14 Nyck de VriesPertamina Prema Theodore Racing1:21.737 — 2 218 Sérgio Sette CâmaraCarlin1:21.901 +0.326WD 314 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing1:22.241 +0.5045 416 Arjun MainiTrident1:22.263 +0.5267 510 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport1:22.307 +0.5709 62 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time1:22.420 +0.68311 712 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden1:22.707 +0.97013 820 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System1:22.717 +0.98014 98 George RussellART Grand Prix1:22.977 +1.24016 106 Nicholas LatifiDAMS1:23.157 +1.42018 Source: – Sérgio Sette Câmara had not give permission to start after suffering a hand injury from qualifying crash.
Feature Race Driver Team Laps 11 Artem MarkelovRussian Time421:02:03.286 325 (2)23 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing42 +10.713121839 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport42 +15.489815420 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System42 +19.2361412516 Arjun MainiTrident42 +20.135710619 Lando NorrisCarlin42 +20.63717877 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix42 +21.986106821 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System42 +23.8554496 Nicholas LatifiDAMS42 +24.8611821012 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden42 +30.9441311111 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden42 +31.532PL1215 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing42 +49.749151317 Santino FerrucciTrident42 +1:27.4406142 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time39 +3 laps11DNF5 Alexander AlbonDAMS22Collision Damage 1(4)DNF4 Nyck de VriesPertamina Prema Theodore Racing19Collision Damage 2DNF10 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport11Collision9DNF8 George RussellART Grand Prix5Accident16DNF14 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing0Collision5DNS18 Sérgio Sette CâmaraCarlin0Did not start– Fastest lap: Maximilian Günther (BWT Arden) – 1:22.472 (on lap 38) Source: – Maximilian Günther 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 Driver Team Laps 121 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System30 48:44.373115220 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System30 +2.069512319 Lando NorrisCarlin30 +2.27231041 Artem MarkelovRussian Time30 +4.09188516 Arjun MainiTrident30 +7.44946611 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden30 +7.95511479 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport30 +11.0996286 Nicholas LatifiDAMS30 +12.24291 (2)94 Nyck de VriesPertamina Prema Theodore Racing29 +1 lap151014 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing29 +1 lap181112 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden27Accident101217 Santino FerrucciTrident27Accident13DNF15 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing25Accident 12DNF5 Alexander AlbonDAMS25Accident 19DNF10 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport20Engine16DNF8 George RussellART Grand Prix18Accident 17DNF3 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing3Accident 7DNF2 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time2Suspension14DNF7 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix1Engine2DNS18 Sérgio Sette CâmaraCarlin0Did not start– Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) – 1:22.906 (on lap 23) Source: – Antonio Fuoco was added 0.8 seconds and Lando Norris was added 1.1 seconds for VSC infractions. – Roberto Merhi was handed a five-second time penalty for overtaking Arjun Maini under the Safety Car. – Santino Ferrucci was handed a ten-second time penalty for having carried out clutch bite point checks in the pitlane, failing to comply with instructions from the race director. – Alexander Albon was handed a five-place penalty for colliding with Nyck de Vries at pit entry in the Feature Race. — Santino Ferrucci and Nirei Fukuzumi were classified despite retiring as they have completed more than 90% of the race.
Championship standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Lando Norris 98 52 Artem Markelov 71 13 Alexander Albon 71 14 George Russell 62 15 Jack Aitken 49
Teams' Championship standings EntrantPoints1 Carlin 1442 ART Grand Prix 1113 DAMS 97 14 Russian Time 75 15 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 75
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