The 2020 Barcelona FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 15–16 August 2020 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Catalonia, Spain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix.

It was the first time since 2018 where one team secured a double lock-up in terms of wins in both races as Dutch outfit MP Motorsport won both the Feature Race and Sprint Race with Nobuharu Matsushita and Felipe Drugovich respectively. The last team to do that was ART Grand Prix, coincidentally at the same venue.

Report Qualifying Callum Ilott continued to score poles, outpacing Robert Shwartzman in the Barcelona Qualifying.

Feature race Nobuharu Matsushita was the only driver who had a pit-stop during the safety car period after Sean Gelael and Giuliano Alesi tangled. It helped Matsushita to achieve win after start from the 18th on the grid, which as 2020 Barcelona Formula 2 round is the farthest starting position to take a race win in the history of FIA Formula 2 Championship and this was the first time since the previous GP2 Series 2011 Hungaroring sprint race when Stefano Coletti won from the 21st grid, when the race has been won from the same place or further back. While Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou completed the podium. Gelael was injured after collision with Jack Aitken on the final lap, resulting his missing in the sprint race and the four further race weekends.

Sprint race Ilott wasn't able again to convert pole into the race victory in the sprint race. While Matsushita's teammate Felipe Drugovich won the race ahead of Luca Ghiotto and Mick Schumacher.

Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTime14 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi Racing1:28.3811221 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing1:28.564 +0.183233 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi Racing1:28.601 +0.2203415 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport 1:28.767 +0.386 4520 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 1:28.889 +0.508 567 Yuki Tsunoda Carlin 1:28.903 +0.522 679 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 1:28.979 +0.598 782 Dan Ticktum DAMS 1:28.986 +0.605 8924 Nikita Mazepin Hitech Grand Prix 1:29.033 +0.652 91011 Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 1:29.199 +0.818 101116 Artem Markelov BWT HWA Racelab 1:29.297 +0.916 11128 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:29.308 +0.927 12131 Sean Gelael DAMS 1:29.316 +0.935 13146 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:29.333 +0.952 141522 Roy Nissany Trident 1:29.469 +1.088 151623 Marino Sato Trident 1:29.493 +1.112 161712 Pedro Piquet Charouz Racing System 1:29.524 +1.143 171814 Nobuharu Matsushita MP Motorsport 1:29.641 +1.260 18195 Marcus Armstrong ART Grand Prix 1:29.686 +1.305 192025 Luca Ghiotto Hitech Grand Prix 1:29.690 +1.309 202117 Giuliano Alesi BWT HWA Racelab 1:29.748 +1.367 212210 Guilherme Samaia Campos Racing 1:30.093 +1.712 22Source:

Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints114 Nobuharu MatsushitaMP Motorsport351:02:14.7831825 (2)221 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing35 +1.59921833 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi Racing35 +6.16631547 Yuki TsunodaCarlin35 +7.79661254 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi Racing35 +7.954110 (4)620 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing35 +8.47158715 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport35 +8.83146825 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix35 +8.99220492 Dan TicktumDAMS35 +9.438821011 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System35 +9.494101116 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix35 +9.658141216 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab35 +10.552111324 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix35 +10.66191412 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System35 +14.389171523 Marino SatoTrident Racing35 +15.157161610 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing35 +15.32722178 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin35 +18.43712189 Jack AitkenCampos Racing34 Collision 7191 Sean GelaelDAMS34 Collision 13DNF22 Roy NissanyTrident Racing30Accident15DNF17 Giuliano AlesiBWT HWA Racelab23Collision21DNF5 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix0Spun off19Fastest lap： Nobuharu Matsushita (MP Motorsport) − 1:32.902 (lap 35) Note： – Nikita Mazepin originally finished in third place, but was given a five-second time penalty for failing to bypass the bollard at Turn 1, and finally ranked 13th. – Jack Aitken and Sean Gelael collided on the final lap, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Sprint race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints115 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport2641:55.669215225 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix26 +9.536112320 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing26 +10.95631047 Yuki TsunodaCarlin26 +14.92458514 Nobuharu MatsushitaMP Motorsport26 +19.92186624 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix26 +23.231134712 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System26 +24.52814284 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi Racing26 +29.71841911 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System26 +31.97310102 Dan TicktumDAMS26 +32.1559(2)116 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix26 +34.196111222 Roy NissanyTrident Racing26 +34.822191321 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing26 +41.2547143 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi Racing26 +41.9966155 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix26 +43.413211616 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab26 +45.61812178 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin26 +46.21917189 Jack AitkenCampos Racing26 +48.431181917 Giuliano AlesiBWT HWA Racelab26 +54.736202010 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing26 +1:09.082162123 Marino SatoTrident Racing26 +1:14.66715DNS1 Sean GelaelDAMSDid not startFastest lap： Dan Ticktum (DAMS) – 1:33.595 (lap 21) Note： – Christian Lundgaard originally finished the race in eighth place, but because of an illegal overtake against Callum Ilott, he was given a five-second time penalty and finally ranked 11th. – Sean Gelael was declared unfit for the Sprint Race after an accident in the Feature Race with Jack Aitken, where he suffered a fracture of a vertebra. He was then subsequently ruled out for the following four rounds.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Callum Ilott 121 1 2 Robert Shwartzman 103 1 3 Christian Lundgaard 87 2 4 Yuki Tsunoda 82 2 5 Mick Schumacher 79

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 197 2 Prema Racing 182 3 ART Grand Prix 121 4 Hitech Grand Prix 118 15 MP Motorsport 109

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

See also 2020 Spanish Grand Prix 2020 Barcelona Formula 3 round

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