2024 Silverstone Formula 2 round explained

The 2024 Silverstone Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 5 and 7 July 2024 at the Silverstone Circuit. It was the eighth round of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 British Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 5 July 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1).

		Driver	Entrant	Time
1	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	1:39.368	10	1
2	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.251	9	2
3	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.320	8	3
4	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.343	7	4
5	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.358	6	5
6	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+0.433	5	6
7	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.458	4	7
8	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.488	3	8
9	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+0.633	2	9
10	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.801	1	10
11	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+0.808	11	11
12	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.813	12	12
13	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.919	13	13
14	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+1.069	14	14
15	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.119	15	15
16	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+1.163	16	16
17	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.231	17	17
18	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.245	18	18
19	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.324	19	19
20	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.337	20	20
21	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	+1.358	21	21
22	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+2.257	22	22
Source:[1] [2]

Sprint Race

The Sprint race was held on 6 July 2024, at 13:15 local time (UTC+1).

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	21	1:02:34.856	1	10 (1)
2	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	21	+8.683	2	8
3	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	21	+11.257	3	6
4	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	21	+15.895	5	5
5	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	21	+18.064	7	4
6	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	21	+18.791	4	3
7	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	21	+20.191	8	2
8	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	21	+20.932	22	1
9	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	21	+21.367	21
10	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	21	+24.232	11
11	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	21	+25.773	13
12	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	21	+28.071	15
13	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+29.749	20
14	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+32.521	17
15	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+33.104	18
16	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	21	+33.960	16
DNF	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	16	Collision damage	14
DNF	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	15	Collision/Spun off	9
DNF	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	14	Engine	6
DNF	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	7	Spun off Beached In Gravel	10
DNF	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	7	Engine	12
DNF	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	7	Collision damage	19
Fastest lap set by Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 2:01.267 (lap 18)
Source:[3]

Notes:

• – Gabriel Bortoleto originally finished third, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for overtaking off the track and gaining an advantage on the last lap. As a consequence, Bortoleto was demoted to fourth place, whilst his teammate Kush Maini was promoted onto the podium.^[4]

Feature Race

The Feature race was held on 7 July 2024, at 09:55 local time (UTC+1).

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	29	54:48.351	1	25 (2)
2	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	29	+1.657	9	18
3	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	29	+1.822	7	15
4	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	29	+11.991	4	12 (1)
5	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	29	+12.228	2	10
6	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	29	+14.510	6	8
7	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	29	+17.478	5	6
8	23	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+17.990	20	4
9	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	29	+23.192	3	2
10	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	29	+26.778	18	1
11	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	29	+32.662	19
12	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	29	+33.270	12
13	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	29	+34.951	13
14	25	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	29	+37.294	21
15	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	29	+42.346	17
16	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+45.649	16
17	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	29	+46.539	11
18	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	29	+50.783	22
19	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	29	+1:02.301	8
20	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	29	+1:32.471	14
DNF	24	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	2	Collision/Spun off	15
DNF	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	0	Collision	10
Fastest lap set by Franco Colapinto: 1:41.357 (lap 25)
Source:[5]

Notes:

• – Jak Crawford originally finished the race in first place, but was given a five-second time-penalty during the race for an unsafe release infringement. As a result, Isack Hadjar inherited the win.
• – Zak O'Sullivan received a five-place grid penalty prior to the Feature Race after causing a collision with Victor Martins during the Sprint Race.^[4]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
1	1	Isack Hadjar	133
1	2	Paul Aron	117
1	3	Zane Maloney	101
1	4	Gabriel Bortoleto	98
	5	Franco Colapinto	92

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Campos Racing	171
1	2	MP Motorsport	158
1	3	Invicta Racing	156
2	4	Hitech Pulse-Eight	142
1	5	Rodin Motorsport	120

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2024 British Grand Prix
• 2024 Silverstone Formula 3 round

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 2 2023 Result for Round 8: Silverstone, UK 5–7 July 2024 . FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . 6 July 2023.
2. Web site: QUALIFYING: Hadjar surges to Silverstone Pole for Campos Racing. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . 6 July 2024 . 5 July 2024.
3. Web site: SPRINT RACE: Antonelli charges through the rain for maiden F2 win as title contenders hit trouble. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 6 July 2024.
4. Web site: Bortoleto and O’Sullivan handed penalties following Silverstone Sprint Race. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 6 July 2024.
5. Web site: FEATURE RACE: Hadjar wins to take Championship lead at Silverstone. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 7 July 2024.