The 2020 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 29–30 August 2020 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the seventh round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix.
Report Yuki Tsunoda achieved his second pole, setting a time 0.128 seconds faster than Nikita Mazepin in qualifying. Mazepin crossed the finish line first in the race but he was handed a five second time penalty for forcing Tsunoda off the track multiple times. Mick Schumacher was the other person on the podium.
Shwartzman benefited from a good start and a collision between race leaders Dan Ticktum and Roy Nissany, reclaiming the championship lead from Ilott with the sprint race win. Schumacher returned to the podium, bringing Prema their first double on the finish of the sprint race. Guanyu Zhou completed the podium.
Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTime1 7 Yuki Tsunoda Carlin1:57.5931224 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix1:57.721 +0.1282314 Nobuharu MatsushitaMP Motorsport1:57.844 +0.2513421 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing1:57.861 +0.2684515 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport1:58.014 +0.421563 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi1:58.022 +0.4296720 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing1:58.076 +0.4837811 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System1:58.080 +0.487898 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin1:58.137 +0.54491025 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix1:58.168 +0.575101112 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System1:58.194 +0.60111124 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi1:58.259 +0.66612135 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix1:58.318 +0.72513142 Dan TicktumDAMS1:58.391 +0.798141522 Roy NissanyTrident1:58.578 +0.985151623 Marino SatoTrident1:58.959 +1.36616179 Jack AitkenCampos Racing1:59.007 +1.41417186 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix1:59.079 +1.486181916 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab1:59.207 +1.614192017 Giuliano AlesiBWT HWA Racelab2:02.991 +5.398202110 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing2:30.794 +33.20121221 Jüri VipsDAMSno timeno time22Source:
Feature race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints17 Yuki TsunodaCarlin2553:42.538125 (4)224 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix25 +4.430218320 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing25 +5.639715411 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System25 +10.381812521 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing25 +13.595410 (2)62 Dan TicktumDAMS25 +16.21814873 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi25 +16.45366822 Roy NissanyTrident Racing25 +20.792154925 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix25 +24.222102104 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi25 +25.808121111 Jüri VipsDAMS25 +28.877211212 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System25 +29.77611139 Jack AitkenCampos Racing25 +36.613171423 Marino SatoTrident Racing25 +38.94216155 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix25 +36.414131616 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab25 +44.25819176 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix25 +46.051181817 Giuliano AlesiBWT HWA Racelab25 +47.04520198 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin25 +1:32.7949DNF10 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing15Retired22DNF14 Nobuharu MatsushitaMP Motorsport3Collision 3DSQ15 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport25 Disqualified 5Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman (Prema Racing) — 2:01.092（lap 12）
Note： – Nikita Mazepin originally finished first, but was given a five second penalty for forcing Yuki Tsunoda off track and was classified second. – Marcus Armstrong originally finished the race in thirteenth place, but was given a five second penalty after the race for leaving the track and gaining an advantage after passing Jack Aitken and was classified fifteenth. – Nobuharu Matsushita collided with Felipe Drugovich on the third lap and was given a three place grid penalty for the sprint race. – Felipe Drugovich originally finished the race in 20th place but was disqualified after pitting on the last lap, which violates Article 37.6 of the race rules, In addition, he started the sprint race from the back of the grid.
Sprint race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints121 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing1842:44.391415 (2)220 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing18 +9.02561233 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi18 +11.193210424 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix18 +20.94578525 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix18 +21.90796611 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System18 +25.1825476 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix18 +26.796172816 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab18 +30.49216197 Yuki TsunodaCarlin18 +30.5598102 Dan TicktumDAMS18 +32.1263111 Jüri VipsDAMS18 +32.331PL1212 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System18 +32.832121315 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport18 +33.041211417 Giuliano AlesiBWT HWA Racelab18 +33.448181510 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing18 +34.72920168 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin18 +44.07819179 Jack AitkenCampos Racing18 +1:16.30413DNF23 Marino SatoTrident Racing13 Collision14DNF5 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix9 Collision15DNF22 Roy NissanyTrident Racing3 Collision1DNF4 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi0 Collision10DNS14 Nobuharu MatsushitaMP Motorsport Did not start Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman (Prema Racing) — 2:01.124 (lap 7)
Note – Yuki Tsunoda originally finished in seventh place, but was given a five second time penalty for causing a collision. – Jack Aitken was given a ten second stop/go penalty after failing to start from the correct starting position. – Nobuharu Matsushita could not start the Sprint Race due to car damage sustained in the Feature Race after a collision with Felipe Drugovich.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Robert Shwartzman 132 1 2 Callum Ilott 122 1 3 Yuki Tsunoda 111 1 4 Mick Schumacher 106 2 5 Nikita Mazepin 101
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 1 Prema Racing 238 1 2 UNI-Virtuosi 214 1 3 Hitech Grand Prix 152 2 4 Carlin 129 2 5 ART Grand Prix 123
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2020 Belgian Grand Prix 2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round
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