The 2018 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 30 June and 1 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
Background The round saw the introduction of rolling starts following a series of drivers stalling on the grid in previous rounds. The procedure was introduced in response to a start-line accident in a Formula 3 race that saw a driver crash into a car that had stalled on the grid.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 8 George Russell ART Grand Prix 1:13.541 – 1 2 19 Lando NorrisCarlin 1:13.779 +0.238 2 3 18 Carlin 1:13.823 +0.282 3 4 7 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix 1:13.961 +0.420 4 5 16 Arjun Maini Trident 1:13.999 +0.458 5 6 11 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden 1:14.014 +0.563 6 7 20 Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 1:14.104 +0.653 7 8 5 Alexander AlbonDAMS 1:14.115 +0.574 8 9 4 Nyck de Vries 1:14.171 +0.630 9 10 2 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time 1:14.201 +0.660 10 11 14 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing 1:14.309 +0.768 11 12 9 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport 1:14.323 +0.782 12 13 21 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System 1:14.330 +0.789 13 14 17 Santino FerrucciTrident 1:14.334 +0.793 14 15 3 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing 1:14.363 +0.822 15 16 10 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport 1:14.389 +0.848 16 17 12 Nirei Fukuzumi BWT Arden 1:14.400 +0.859 17 18 1 Artem MarkelovRussian Time 1:14.589 +1.048 18 19 6 Nicholas LatifiDAMS 1:14.700 +1.159 19 20 15 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing 1:15.436 +1.895 20 Source:
Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints18 George RussellART Grand Prix4056:16.865125 (4)219 Lando NorrisCarlin40 +5.131218321 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System40 +9.633131549 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport40 +11.796121255 Alexander AlbonDAMS40 +14.643810618Carlin40 +16.9003872 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time40 +18.83410681 Artem MarkelovRussian Time40 +24.690184 (2)912 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden40 +25.5281721017 Santino FerrucciTrident40 +26.585141116 Nicholas LatifiDAMS40 +27.406191214 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing40 +29.48511133 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing40 +37.135151416 Arjun MainiTrident40 +39.35551511 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden40 +49.1536DNF20 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System32 Engine7DNF7 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix19 Engine4DNF4 Nyck de Vries7 Puncture9DNF10 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport4 Mechanical16DNF15 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing3 Accident20 Source: Notes – Maximilian Günther had 20 seconds (equivalent to a stop and go penalty) added to his race time for an unsafe release.
Sprint race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints11 Artem MarkelovRussian Time28 36:41.950115 (2)28 George RussellART Grand Prix28 +5.601812318Carlin28 +8.543310421 Antonio FuocoCharouz Racing System28 +17.1896855 Alexander AlbonDAMS28 +17.9254662 Tadasuke MakinoRussian Time28 +22.58024717 Santino FerrucciTrident28 +24.58810286 Nicholas LatifiDAMS28 +27.286111912 Nirei FukuzumiBWT Arden28 +28.04691016 Arjun MainiTrident28 +28.665141119 Lando NorrisCarlin28 +30.19071211 Maximilian GüntherBWT Arden28 +30.800151314 Luca GhiottoCampos Vexatec Racing28 +32.18912144 Nyck de Vries28 +32.953181510 Ralph BoschungMP Motorsport28 +36.95219169 Roberto MerhiMP Motorsport28 +38.89551715 Roy NissanyCampos Vexatec Racing28 +44.10020187 Jack AitkenART Grand Prix28 +44.24917DNF20 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System23 Collision Damage16DNF3 Sean GelaelPertamina Prema Theodore Racing22 Puncture13 Source:
Championship standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints 11 George Russell 132 12 Lando Norris 122 23 Artem Markelov 944 Alexander Albon 89 15 Sérgio Sette Câmara 86
Teams' Championship standings TeamPoints1 Carlin 2082 ART Grand Prix 181 23 Charouz Racing System 126 14 DAMS 123 15 Russian Time 112
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2018 Austrian Grand Prix 2018 Spielberg GP3 Series round
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