The 2025 Spielberg FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 27 and 29 June 2025 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the seventh round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix.
Report Qualifying Leonardo Fornaroli qualified on pole position for the feature race, making him the first driver to take multiple pole positions in 2025, with John Bennett taking reverse-grid pole for the sprint race.
Sprint race Bennett lost the lead to Joshua Dürksen at the start. The race was red-flagged on lap 2 after Sami Meguetounif collided with Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning, with his car landing upside-down on the track. Pepe Martí overtook Dürksen for the lead on lap 19, and held it until the end of the race, with Roman Staněk crossing the line in third. Amaury Cordeel looked set to finish fourth, but spun on the final lap, with Gabriele Minì, Bennett and Fornaroli all coming to a stop behind his stricken car.
Feature race Fornaroli held the lead at the start of the feature race. Of the front-runner, Victor Martins was the first to change tyres, followed by Richard Verschoor and Fornaroli, who fell behind both. Alex Dunne, who started seventh, also overtook Fornaroli on lap 10. Verschoor was able to pass Martins for the lead on lap 15, where he remained for the rest of the race. Dunne and Fornaroli also passed Martins to complete the podium. However, Dunne was disqualified after the race for excessive plank wear, with Jak Crawford inheriting the final podium position after starting fourteenth. Verschoor left the round in the championship lead, 24 points ahead of Dunne and Crawford with a further two points adrift in third.
Classification
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 27 June 2025, at 15:55 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantTime/Gap11 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing1:15.229101214 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.0149236 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport +0.02483410 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.17174516 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport +0.1886562 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing +0.20246717 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport +0.21437820 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.2512893 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.2585121024 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +0.29619119 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing +0.2981110124 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing +0.31715151315 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix +0.34512111422 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.42213131511 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil +0.528 DNS14165 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport +0.5521616177 Luke BrowningHitech TGR +0.57217171812 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil +0.64918181923 Max EstersonTrident +0.78319192025 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +0.8082020218 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR +0.86121212221 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +1.3262222Source: Notes:
Pepe Martí and Arvid Lindblad both received three-place grid penalties for both races for impeding other drivers during qualifying.
Sprint race The sprint race was held on 28 June 2025, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints13 Pepe MartíCampos Racing281:11:03.819510220 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing28 +2.9832832 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing28 +3.24746+146 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport28 +7.2658559 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing28 +8.392114617 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport28 +14.32033714 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix28 +14.37192815 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix28 +14.579121925 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing28 +18.936201023 Max EstersonTrident28 +19.96419115 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport28 +21.445161221 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing28 +23.9302213†16 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport27Collision614†10 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing27Collision715†24 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing27Collision116†1 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing27Collision101712 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil26 +2 laps18DNF8 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR4Collision21DNF7 Luke BrowningHitech TGR1Collision17DNF4 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing1Collision15DNF22 Sami MeguetounifTrident1Collision13DNS11 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil0MechanicalDNSFastest lap: Kush Maini (1:18.589 on lap 25)Source: † Drivers did not finish the race but were classified in the standings.
Notes:
Alex Dunne received a five-second time penalty for a false start, which did not affect his finishing position. Oliver Goethe received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, demoting him from 6th to 11th. Kush Maini set the fastest lap, but did not finish within the top ten so did not receive the bonus point. Roman Staněk set the fastest lap within the top ten and received the bonus point.
Feature race The feature race was held on 29 June 2025, at 10:00 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints16 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport4053:36.45532521 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing40 +9.743118+2311 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil40 +17.171141549 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing40 +18.3031012+157 Luke BrowningHitech TGR40 +19.975171063 Pepe MartíCampos Racing40 +20.696128714 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix40 +20.7442682 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing40 +20.9524498 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR40 +24.0212121022 Sami MeguetounifTrident40 +29.9721311125 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing40 +36.80820124 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing40 +42.303151320 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing40 +42.44981424 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing40 +47.97391523 Max EstersonTrident40 +49.109191612 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil40 +1:18.70618175 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport39 Accident16DNF21 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing25Retired22DNF16 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport10Engine5DNF10 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing0Engine4DNF15 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix0Retired11DSQ17 Alex DunneRodin MotorsportDSQPlank wear7Fastest lap: Sebastián Montoya (1:18.160 on lap 33)Source:
Notes:
Pepe Martí, Arvid Lindblad and John Bennett all received ten-second penalties for causing collisions. Martí was demoted from 3rd to 6th, Lindblad was demoted from 11th to 12th, and Bennett was demoted from 12th to 14th. Alex Dunne was disqualified from the race for excessive plank wear. He originally finished second.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Richard Verschoor114 1 2 Alex Dunne90 1 3 Jak Crawford88 2 4 Leonardo Fornaroli86 5 Luke Browning83 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Campos Racing 146 1 2 MP Motorsport 126 1 3 Hitech TGR 114 4 DAMS Lucas Oil 109 1 5 Invicta Racing 109
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Austrian Grand Prix 2025 Spielberg Formula 3 round
References
External links Official website