The 2018 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 25 and 26 May 2018 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix.[1]
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| Round 4 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Temporary racing facility 3.337 km (2.074 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Report edit
Qualifying edit
For qualifying, the field was split into two groups due to the short nature of the circuit.
Classifications edit
Qualifying edit
Group A edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 5 |  Alexander Albon
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DAMS | 1:21.727 | — | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |  Artem Markelov
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Russian Time | 1:21.834 | +0.107 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 |  Antonio Fuoco
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Charouz Racing System | 1:21.948 | +0.221 | 4 |
| DSQ | 11 |  Maximilian Günther
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BWT Arden | 1:22.194 | +0.467 | PL2 |
| 4 | 17 |  Santino Ferrucci
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Trident | 1:22.408 | +0.681 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 |  Roberto Merhi
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MP Motorsport | 1:22.569 | +0.842 | 8 |
| 6 | 7 |  Jack Aitken
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ART Grand Prix | 1:22.597 | +0.870 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 |  Sean Gelael
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Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing | 1:22.654 | +0.927 | 12 |
| 8 | 19 | Lando Norris
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Carlin | 1:22.663 | +0.936 | 171 |
| 9 | 15 |  Roy Nissany
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Campos Vexatec Racing | 1:23.796 | +2.069 | 15 |
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- ^1 – Lando Norris was given a three-place grid drop due to found guilty of impeding Alexander Albon.[3]
- ^2 – Maximilian Günther was disqualified as his car did not stop to be weighed during the session but allowed to start the Feature Race from pit lane.[3]
Group B edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 4 |  Nyck de Vries
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Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing | 1:21.737 | — | 2 |
| 2 | 18 |  Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Carlin | 1:21.901 | +0.326 | WD3 |
| 3 | 14 | Luca Ghiotto
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Campos Vexatec Racing | 1:22.241 | +0.504 | 5 |
| 4 | 16 |  Arjun Maini
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Trident | 1:22.263 | +0.526 | 7 |
| 5 | 10 |  Ralph Boschung
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MP Motorsport | 1:22.307 | +0.570 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 |  Tadasuke Makino
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Russian Time | 1:22.420 | +0.683 | 11 |
| 7 | 12 | Nirei Fukuzumi
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BWT Arden | 1:22.707 | +0.970 | 13 |
| 8 | 20 | Louis Delétraz
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Charouz Racing System | 1:22.717 | +0.980 | 14 |
| 9 | 8 | George Russell
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ART Grand Prix | 1:22.977 | +1.240 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
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DAMS | 1:23.157 | +1.420 | 18 |
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- ^3 – Sérgio Sette Câmara had not give permission to start after suffering a hand injury from qualifying crash.[4]
Feature Race edit
- ^4 – Maximilian Günther set the fastest lap in the race but because he finished outside the top 10, the two bonus points for fastest lap went to Artem Markelov as he set the fastest lap inside the top 10 finishers.
Sprint Race edit
- ^5 – Antonio Fuoco was added 0.8 seconds and Lando Norris was added 1.1 seconds for VSC infractions.[5]
- ^6 – Roberto Merhi was handed a five-second time penalty for overtaking Arjun Maini under the Safety Car.[5]
- ^7 – Santino Ferrucci was handed a ten-second time penalty for having carried out clutch bite point checks in the pitlane, failing to comply with instructions from the race director.[5]
- ^8 – Alexander Albon was handed a five-place penalty for colliding with Nyck de Vries at pit entry in the Feature Race.[6]
- ^9 — Santino Ferrucci and Nirei Fukuzumi were classified despite retiring as they have completed more than 90% of the race.
Championship standings after the round edit
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References edit
- ^ Di Zinno, Tony (6 November 2017). "F2, GP3 2018 schedules released". motorsports.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d "2018 FIA Formula 2 Monaco results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 Round 4 Post-Qualifying Penalties". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Sette Camara to miss Monaco F2 feature race". 25 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "2018 Round 4 Sprint Race Penalties". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 26 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Albon handed five-place penalty for de Vries clash". 25 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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