2018 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

2018 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 9 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
	Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature race
Date
Date	25 August 2018
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	1:56.054
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries
Second	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Third	George Russell
Fastest lap
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	2:00.632 (on lap 19)
Sprint race
Date
Date	26 August 2018
Laps	18
Podium
First	Nicholas Latifi
Second	Lando Norris
Third	Alexander Albon
Fastest lap
Driver	Nicholas Latifi
Time	2:01.484 (on lap 2)

The 2018 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the ninth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:56.054	–	1
2	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:56.457	+0.403	2
3	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:56.594	+0.540	3
4	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:56.611	+0.557	4
5	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:56.723	+0.669	5
6	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:56.878	+0.824	6
7	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:56.930	+0.876	10¹
8	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:57.169	+1.115	7
9	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:57.183	+1.129	8
10	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:57.266	+1.212	9
11	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:57.394	+1.340	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:57.515	+1.461	12
13	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:57.596	+1.542	13
14	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:57.635	+1.581	14
15	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:57.718	+1.664	15
16	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:57.754	+1.700	16
17	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:57.773	+1.719	17
18	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:57.878	+1.824	18
19	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:58.174	+2.120	19
20	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	1:58.338	+2.284	20
Source:^[1]

^1 – Antonio Fuoco was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to serve a time penalty during his pit stop in the Hungary Sprint Race.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	25	56:02.281	1	25 (6)
2	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	25	+3.153	3	18
3	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	25	+7.572	2	15
4	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	25	+8.906	5	12
5	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	25	+9.408	6	10
6	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	+13.181	9	8
7	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	25	+13.211	4	6
8	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	25	+14.674	12	4
9	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	25	+15.915	14	2
10	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	25	+22.354	17	1
11	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	25	+23.917	16
12	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	25	+24.477	11
13	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	25	+26.417	19
14	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	25	+28.920	15
15	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	25	+29.612	20
16	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	25	+32.482	18
17	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	25	+32.706	10
18	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	25	+34.112	8
DNF	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	Spin	13
DNF	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	13	Fire	7
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing) 2:00.632 (on lap 19)
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	18	37:13.659	1	15 (2)
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	18	+10.402	5	12
3	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	18	+10.766	4	10
4	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	18	+13.210	8	8
5	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	18	+13.448	3	6
6	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	+22.179	2	4
7	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	18	+23.357	6	2
8	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	18	+31.864	14	1
9	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	18	+33.578	7
10	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	18	+34.567	11
11	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	18	+40.032	12
12	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	18	+40.100	20
13	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	18	+42.899	18
14	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	18	+44.631	10
15	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	18	+52.568	13
16	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	18	+55.305	9
17	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	18	+59.007	19
18	9	Dorian Boccolacci	MP Motorsport	18	+1:00.115	15
19	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	18	+1:06.936	17
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	2	Mechanical	16
Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) 2:01.884 (on lap 2)
Source:^[1]

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Carlin	307
	2	ART Grand Prix	249
	3	DAMS	216
1	4	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	182
1	5	Charouz Racing System	174

^ ^a ^b ^c "2018 FIA Formula 2 Spa results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "ANTONIO FUOCO PENALISED". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

Previous round: 2018 Budapest Formula 2 round	FIA Formula 2 Championship 2018 season	Next round: 2018 Monza Formula 2 round
Previous round: 2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round	Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round	Next round: 2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

v t e FIA Formula 2 Championship rounds (2017–present)
2025	MEL BHR JED IMO MON CAT RBR SIL SPA HUN MNZ BAK LUS YMC
2024	BHR JED MEL IMO MON CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ BAK LUS YMC
2023	BHR JED MEL BAK ~~IMO~~ MON CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA ZAN MNZ YMC
2022	BHR JED IMO CAT MON BAK SIL RBR LEC HUN SPA ZAN MNZ YMC
2021	BHR MON BAK SIL MNZ SOC JED YMC
2020	RBR1 RBR2 HUN SIL1 SIL2 CAT SPA MNZ MUG SOC BHR1 BHR2
2019	BHR BAK CAT MON LEC RBR SIL HUN ~~SPA~~ MNZ SOC YMC
2018	BHR BAK CAT MON LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC
2017	BHR CAT MON BAK RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC