The 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 29 and 30 June 2019 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, in Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix.
Background Driver changes Mahaveer Raghunathan received a one-race ban after reaching twelve penalty points on his racing license during the Paul Ricard feature race. His seat at MP Motorsport for the round was taken by Patricio O'Ward.
Elsewhere, Dorian Boccolacci was replaced at Campos Racing by Arjun Maini, and Ralph Boschung left Trident with Ryan Tveter taking his place for the round.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:14.143 – 1 2 19 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 1:14.309 +0.166 2 3 7 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:14.371 +0.228 3 4 2 Carlin 1:14.399 +0.256 4 5 8 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 1:14.429 +0.286 5 6 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:14.483 +0.340 6 7 9 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 1:14.488 +0.345 7 8 1 Louis Delétraz Carlin 1:14.625 +0.482 8 9 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS 1:14.709 +0.566 9 10 11 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1:14.755 +0.612 10 11 10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 1:14.808 +0.665 11 12 3 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 1:14.882 +0.739 12 13 12 Juan Manuel Correa 1:14.887 +0.744 13 14 15 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 1:14.986 +0.843 14 15 16 Jordan King MP Motorsport 1:15.139 +0.996 15 16 20 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:15.212 +1.069 16 17 17 Patricio O'Ward MP Motorsport 1:15.327 +1.184 17 18 14 Arjun Maini Campos Racing 1:15.363 +1.220 18 19 21 Ryan Tveter Trident 1:15.435 +1.292 19 20 18 Tatiana Calderón BWT Arden 1:16.164 +2.021 20 Source:
Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 2 Carlin 40 53:32.606 4 25 2 8 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 40 +2.963 5 18 3 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 40 +10.428 1 15 (4) 4 19 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 40 +10.786 2 12 5 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS 40 +12.720 9 10 (2) 6 7 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 40 +15.514 3 8 7 1 Louis Delétraz Carlin 40 +16.541 8 6 8 16 Jordan King MP Motorsport 40 +22.321 15 4 9 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 40 +23.184 6 2 10 15 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 40 +32.919 14 1 11 12 Juan Manuel Correa Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 40 +35.892 13 12 3 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 40 +35.988 12 13 20 Giuliano Alesi Trident 40 +39.890 16 14 11 Callum Ilott 40 +46.138 10 15 21 Ryan Tveter Trident 40 +1:10.057 19 16 10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 40 +1:15.742 11 17 18 Tatiana Calderón BWT Arden 40 +1:16.586 20 18 9 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 39 +1 lap 7 19 17 Patricio O'Ward MP Motorsport 39 +1 lap 17 DSQ 14 Arjun Maini Campos Racing 40 Disqualified 18 Fastest lap: Sérgio Sette Câmara (DAMS) — 1:18.209 (on lap 34)Source: Notes – Sérgio Sette Câmara was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision. – Louis Delétraz was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. – Arjun Maini originally finished 15th but was disqualified after his tyres were found to have been fitted incorrectly before the race start.
Sprint race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS 28 38:45.691 4 152 8 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 28 +0.563 7 123 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 28 +5.536 6 10 (2)4 9 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 28 +5.781 18 85 2 Carlin 28 +6.269 8 66 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 28 +13.230 9 47 16 Jordan King MP Motorsport 28 +14.095 1 28 7 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 28 +15.086 3 19 11 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 28 +15.659 1410 12 Juan Manuel Correa 28 +16.607 1111 3 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 28 +18.290 1212 10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 28 +19.486 1613 18 Tatiana Calderón BWT Arden 28 +21.136 1714 17 Patricio O'Ward MP Motorsport 28 +22.294 1915 14 Arjun Maini Campos Racing 28 +22.856 2016 21 Ryan Tveter Trident 28 +25.302 1517 19 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 28 +29.057 518 15 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 28 +40.537 10 DNF 1 Louis Delétraz Carlin 19 Crash 2 DNF 20 Giuliano Alesi Trident 3 Gearbox 13 Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) — 1:18.159 (on lap 3) Source: Notes – Anthoine Hubert originally finished 16th but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision. – Jack Aitken was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision and an additional five-second time penalty for a violation of the minimum delta time under the safety car. – Nyck de Vries and Sérgio Sette Câmara set the same fastest lap times, but de Vries was awarded the points for fastest lap as he was the first to achieve the lap time.
Championship standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Nyck de Vries 1522 Nicholas Latifi 115 13 Sérgio Sette Câmara 107 24 Luca Ghiotto 97 25 Jack Aitken 86
Teams' Championship standings TeamPoints1 DAMS 2222 UNI-Virtuosi 1823 ART Grand Prix 1584 Campos Racing 1165 Carlin 103
See also 2019 Austrian Grand Prix 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round
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