The 2019 Sochi FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 September 2019 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the tenth and penultimate round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Russian Grand Prix.[1]
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| Round 11 of 12 in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.848 km (3.630 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ART Grand Prix driver Nyck de Vries won the feature race; in doing so, he mathematically clinched the drivers' championship with three races remaining.[2] De Vries is also the first non-rookie driver to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 4 |  Nyck de Vries
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ART Grand Prix | 1:47.440 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
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DAMS | 1:47.700 | +0.260 | 2 |
| 3 | 11 |  Callum Ilott
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Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:47.737 | +0.297 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 |  Luca Ghiotto
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UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 1:47.767 | 0.327 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 |  Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 1:47.843 | +0.403 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 |  Sérgio Sette Câmara
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DAMS | 1:48.031 | +0.591 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 |  Louis Delétraz
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Carlin | 1:48.188 | +0.748 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 |  Nikita Mazepin
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ART Grand Prix | 1:48.226 | +0.786 | 8 |
| 9 | 16 | Jordan King
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MP Motorsport | 1:48.320 | +0.880 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 |  Nobuharu Matsushita
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Carlin | 1:48.396 | +0.956 | 10 |
| 11 | 9 |  Mick Schumacher
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Prema Racing | 1:48.444 | +1.004 | 11 |
| 12 | 15 | Jack Aitken
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Campos Racing | 1:48.477 | +1.037 | 12 |
| 13 | 10 |  Sean Gelael
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Prema Racing | 1:48.567 | +1.127 | 13 |
| 14 | 20 |  Giuliano Alesi
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Trident | 1:48.850 | +1.410 | 14 |
| 15 | 21 | Ralph Boschung
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Trident | 1:48.880 | +1.440 | 15 |
| 16 | 22 | Artem Markelov
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BWT Arden | 1:49.244 | +1.804 | 16 |
| 17 | 12 | Matevos Isaakyan
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Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:49.497 | +2.057 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |  Tatiana Calderón
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BWT Arden | 1:50.255 | +2.815 | 18 |
| 19 | 14 | Marino Sato
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Campos Racing | 1:50.311 | +2.871 | 19 |
| 20 | 17 |  Mahaveer Raghunathan
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MP Motorsport | 1:51.949 | +4.509 | 20 |
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Feature Race edit
Sprint Race edit
The race was supposed to last for 21 laps but because of the collision between Nikita Mazepin and Nobuharu Matsushita that lead to a red flag, the race was shorted to just 15 laps.
Championship standings after the round edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Preview Round 11". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "De Vries storms to Championship title with Sochi Feature Race victory". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Results". Formula 2. Formula Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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