The 2025 Budapest Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 1 and 3 August 2025 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was tenth race of the 2025 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Report Qualifying
Roman Staněk took his first Formula 2 pole position for Invicta Racing, followed by teammate Leonardo Fornaroli and DAMS Lucas Oil driver Jak Crawford.
Sprint race
Pepe Martí lined up on pole for the sprint race as he qualified tenth for the feature race. Alex Dunne started second, with Martí's teammate Arvid Lindblad third. Lindblad overtook Dunne on lap 1, but was unable to overtake Martí. Further behind, feature race polesitter Staněk was spun around by Gabriele Minì, but was able to recover. Minì was given a ten-second time penalty for the incident. Lindblad attempted a pass for the lead on lap 8, but was unsuccessful, and the British driver was overtaken by Dunne on lap 19. Sebastián Montoya's retirement brought out the safety car on lap 22. Martí held off a late attack from Dunne to win the race, with the podium completed by Jak Crawford, who overtook Lindblad on the final lap.
Feature race
The race began with a rolling start due to rain earlier in the day. Staněk held on to his lead, followed by Fornaroli and Crawford. A virtual safety car was called on lap 6 after Amaury Cordeel suffered an engine failure. Staněk pitted at the end of lap 15. His teammate came in one lap later, and performed a successful overcut to take the effective race lead. Originally, the lead driver on the alternate strategy was Lindblad, who pitted on lap 23, but could only climb to sixth in his soft tyre stint, behind the MP Motorsport car of Richard Verschoor, also on the alternate strategy. Crawford attempted to overtake Staněk several times, but was unsuccessful, and Fornaroli held on to take his first feature race win despite receiving a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Classification
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 1 August 2025, at 15:55 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantTime/Gap12 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing1:28.77910121 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing +0.14692311 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil +0.1738347 Luke BrowningHitech TGR +0.25074520 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.3136565 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport +0.35856714 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.3744784 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing +0.43438917 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport +0.46729103 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.522110116 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport +0.57811111210 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.62512121316 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport +0.6401313148 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR +0.72914141524 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +0.82415151625 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +0.82716161715 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix +0.9161717189 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing +0.98721211922 Sami MeguetounifTrident +1.02318182012 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil +1.14719192123 Max EstersonTrident +1.19220202221 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +1.9552222Source: Notes:
Sebastián Montoya was given a three-place grid penalty for both races for impeding another driver during qualifying.
Sprint race The sprint race was held on 2 August 2025, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints13 Pepe MartíCampos Racing2846:29.807110+1217 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport28 +0.22528311 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil28 +1.96486414 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix28 +4.5034551 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing28 +5.1169466 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport28 +5.27111375 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport28 +5.5655288 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR28 +5.969141912 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil28 +7.03919104 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing28 +8.19331120 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing28 +8.2646127 Luke BrowningHitech TGR28 +8.9977132 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing28 +9.109101410 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing28 +10.564121515 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix28 +11.465171616 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport28 +11.813131722 Sami MeguetounifTrident28 +12.524201825 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing28 +13.374161923 Max EstersonTrident28 +13.820182024 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing28 +13.973152121 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing28 +20.87922DNF9 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing21Retired21Fastest lap: Gabriele Minì (1:31.876 on lap 21)Source: Notes:
Gabriele Minì set the fastest lap of the race, but did not finish within the top ten, so was ineligible to score the bonus point. Pepe Martí set the fastest lap within the top ten and therefore received the bonus point. Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning both received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage. Lindblad was demoted from 4th to 10th, and Browning was demoted from 5th to 12th. John Bennett received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track. This demoted him from 12th to 20th. Cian Shields received a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. This did not affect his final classification.
Feature race The feature race was held on 3 August 2025, at 10:00 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints11 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing371:00:13.63022522 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing37 +2.152118+2311 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil37 +4.71631547 Luke BrowningHitech TGR37 +6.05241256 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport37 +11.505111064 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing37 +22.0998878 Dino BeganovicHitech TGR37 +22.572146+185 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport37 +23.08064917 Alex DunneRodin Motorsport37 +23.62792103 Pepe MartíCampos Racing37 +24.2791011112 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil37 +26.401191220 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing37 +31.07551325 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing37 +31.951161422 Sami MeguetounifTrident37 +33.75218159 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing37 +34.260211621 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing37 +38.558221710 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing37 +39.860121815 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix37 +42.525171923 Max EstersonTrident37 +46.19420DNF24 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing16Retired15DNF14 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix8Retired7DNF16 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport5Retired13Fastest lap: Dino Beganovic (1:31.178 on lap 30)Source: Notes:
Leonardo Fornaroli was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. This did not affect his final classification.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Leonardo Fornaroli154 1 2 Jak Crawford137 1 3 Richard Verschoor135 1 4 Luke Browning125 1 5 Alex Dunne124 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Invicta Racing231 2 Campos Racing189 3 Hitech TGR183 4 DAMS Lucas Oil163 5 MP Motorsport158
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix 2025 Budapest Formula 3 round
References
External links Official website