The 2025 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 14 and 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the opening round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.
Due to heavy rain, the feature race on 16 March was cancelled with no racing laps completed.
Report Practice Three red flags were issued during free practice on Friday. Additionally, power cuts that randomly affected several cars resulted in a 15-minute shakedown session being planned for Saturday morning.
Qualifying Gabriele Minì claimed pole position, but was demoted due to a grid penalty. As a result, Martins started in first for the feature race. Fornaroli took the sprint pole, after qualifying in eighth.
Feature race The feature race was cancelled due to weather conditions. Because less than 2 laps of racing without the safety car occurred, no points were awarded except for two points awarded to Victor Martins for qualifying on pole position.
Classification Qualifying Driver Entrant Time/Gap 110 Gabriele Minì Prema Racing 1:29.286 13 4214 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix +0.11471311 Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil +0.301181346 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.36462517 Alexander Dunne Rodin Motorsport +0.516161562 Roman Staněk Invicta Racing +0.5495378 Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR +0.5654587 Luke Browning Hitech TGR +0.58136920 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.65227101 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing +0.66218119 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing +0.727891215 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix +0.7319101312 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil +0.7721919144 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing +0.80310111522 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.9532020163 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.98511121716 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport +1.06621211825 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +1.3701214195 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport +2.02214162024 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +2.12015172121 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +2.2301718107% time: 1:35.536 (+6.250)—23 Max EstersonTrident No time2222Source: Notes: – Gabriele Minì set the fastest time in qualifying, but was found guilty of impeding Jak Crawford. He was handed a three-place grid penalty for both races of the weekend. Victor Martins was credited with pole position. – Alexander Dunne, Jak Crawford, Kush Maini, Sami Meguetounif and Amaury Cordeel each received a ten-place grid penalty for a breach of the sporting regulations during pre-season testing. – Max Esterson failed to set a time within the 107%-mark after crashing during qualifying but was given permission from the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid.
Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points120 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing23 41:30.20221021 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing23 +2.1981837 Luke BrowningHitech TGR23 +2.8793646 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport23 +3.5856552 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing23 +4.1535469 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing23 +4.61183710 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing23 +4.877132 (1)83 Pepe MartíCampos Racing23 +5.486111917 Alexander DunneRodin Motorsport23 +9.77616104 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing23 +10.77510115 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport23 +11.021141215 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix23 +12.24591325 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing23 +13.40312148 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR23 +15.69941516 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport23 +16.744211612 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil23 +20.120191721 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing23 +21.976171824 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing23 +26.45415DNF22 Sami MeguetounifTrident13 Spun off20DNF23 Max EstersonTrident5 Spun off22DNF11 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil2 18DNF14 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix1 Collision damage7Fastest lap set by Gabriele Minì: 1:32.767 (lap 21)Source:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Joshua Dürksen 10 2 Leonardo Fornaroli 8 3 Luke Browning 6 4 Richard Verschoor 5 5 Roman Staněk 4 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 12 2 AIX Racing 10 3 Hitech TGR 6 4 Prema Racing 6 5 MP Motorsport 5
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Australian Grand Prix 2025 Melbourne Formula 3 round
References
External links
Official website