FIA Formula 2 Championship
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 FIA Formula 2 Championship 2020
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| Vehicle type | Monoposto |
| Country or region | International |
| Current name | FIA Formula 2 Championship |
| Previous names | GP2 series (2005-2016) |
| First season | GP2 series 2005 |
| tires | Pirelli |
| Official website | fiaformula2.com |
The FIA Formula 2 championship is an automobile racing series for formula racing cars and is regarded as a direct precursor to the highest motorsport category, Formula 1 . The races are u. a. held as part of the European Formula 1 Grand Prix weekends.
It replaced the international Formula 3000 championship in 2005 and was held under the name GP2 series until 2016 .
Driver in Formula 1
Several drivers have been able to recommend themselves for Formula 1 in this series so far. Among them are the previous GP2 champions Nico Rosberg ( 2005 ), Lewis Hamilton ( 2006 ), Timo Glock ( 2007 ), Nico Hülkenberg ( 2009 ), Pastor Maldonado ( 2010 ), Romain Grosjean ( 2011 ), Jolyon Palmer ( 2014 ), Stoffel Vandoorne ( 2015 ), Pierre Gasly ( 2016 ), Charles Leclerc ( 2017 ) and George Russell ( 2018 ). The champion of the 2008 season , Giorgio Pantano , who already completed 14 races for the Jordan Grand Prix in the 2004 Formula 1 World Championship , was unable to find a Formula 1 cockpit again because of his advanced age. Other former GP2 drivers who made it into Formula 1 are Heikki Kovalainen (runner-up 2005), Nelson Piquet jr. (Vice Champion 2006), Lucas di Grassi (Vice Champion 2007), Bruno Senna (Vice Champion 2008), Witali Petrow (Vice Champion 2009), Sergio Pérez (Vice Champion 2010), Alexander Rossi (Vice Champion 2015), Antonio Giovinazzi ( Vice Champion 2016), Lando Norris (Vice Champion 2018) and Scott Speed , Jules Bianchi , Esteban Gutiérrez , Felipe Nasr , Sergei Sirotkin , Alexander Albon , Charles Pic , Max Chilton , Rio Haryanto , Giedo van der Garde , Sébastien Buemi , Kazuki Nakajima , Marcus Ericsson , Karun Chandhok , Kamui Kobayashi and Brendon Hartley . In addition, Gianmaria Bruni , Antonio Pizzonia , Sakon Yamamoto and Roberto Merhi drove in the GP2 series after their Formula 1 involvement.
Sporting regulations
Course of the race weekend
On a Formula 2 weekend, one race each is held on Saturday and Sunday. After a 30-minute free practice session on Friday, a 30-minute qualifying will decide on the starting grid for the first race on Saturday, which will be held over 170 kilometers or 60 minutes and contain a compulsory pit stop, which can only be carried out after six laps at the earliest where at least two tires have to be changed. The starting grid for the second race on Sunday over a distance of 120 kilometers or 45 minutes is based on the result of the first race, with the first eight drivers starting in reverse order.
Distribution of points
The points evaluation is based on the current points system of Formula 1. The first place in the Saturday race receives 25, the second 18, the third 15 points, up to the tenth place, who receives one point. In addition, additional points are awarded: The pole setter of the first race receives four bonus counters. In each race, the driver with the fastest lap time is awarded two additional points. The maximum number of points that a racing driver can achieve per race weekend is 48 points.
Overview:
- Pole in Saturday's race: 4 points
- Saturday races: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the best 10
- Sunday races: 15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the best 8
- Fastest lap: 2 points per race (you must, however, be among the top ten drivers, have started from the normal starting position and, in the case of the second race, must not have changed tires that are not weather-related)
technology
chassis
In the junior series, which is significantly more cost-effective than in Formula 1, uniform technology is used. In terms of appearance, technology and performance, the monoposti of the FIA Formula 2 Championship are very similar to the Formula 1 cars. The chassis GP2 / 11 has been manufactured by the Italian company Dallara since 2011 and is designed according to the safety standards of the premier class. On August 31, 2017, the FIA announced that a new Dallara chassis, the F2 2018 , would be used for the 2018 season . The new chassis will be equipped with the Halo system .
engine and gears
The 4.0-liter V8 engines from Renault, which were used up to and including 2017, are designed to survive a full season. They achieve around 450 kW (612 hp) and are manufactured and serviced by Mecachrome . The lap times of the FIA Formula 2 cars in the race, depending on the track profile, are up to 10 seconds higher than those of Formula 1. In the early days, there were difficulties starting, which often caused the engines to stall when the start was stopped. Some races were therefore started on the fly. Shifting is done with paddles on the steering wheel. Additional driving aids such as power steering or traction control are prohibited. For the 2018 season, a new 3.4-liter V6 turbo engine from Mecachrome with an output of 456 kW (620 hp) was introduced.
tires
Slicks are used as tires . From 2005 to 2010 Bridgestone was the tire supplier for the championship, and Pirelli took over this role in 2011 . From 2011 the teams used the same four tire compounds as Formula 1 and since 2012, with the exception of the Sunday race, in which unused tires of the harder type were required, two different compounds could be used during a race weekend. In total, the teams had four sets of slicks per weekend (three of the harder, one of the softer compound) and three sets of rain tires.
18 inch tires have been mandatory since the 2020 Formula 2 season. As in the 2016 season, 5 mixes are available, three of which will be used for the race weekend. The mixtures used at the race weekend are specified by Pirelli.
Previous masters
GP2 Asia series
The GP2 series was held almost exclusively in Europe; only in Bahrain was there a race in 2006 and 2007. From the 2008 season, this was more clearly separated by creating the GP2 Asia series and running it on several Asian racetracks. The series was played according to the same rules.
The schedule of the Asian GP2 series was designed in such a way that the participating teams could start in the regular GP2 series after the championship that took place in the winter months.
While races were held on various Asian tracks in the first two seasons, in the third season it was reduced to two race weekends each on two tracks, both of which are located in the Arabian Peninsula. After the riots in Bahrain (where two race weekends were planned), only one event remained in Abu Dhabi for the 2011 season. Instead, a race weekend was held in Imola, Italy, and the series was completely discontinued.
Since the 2012 season, a joint championship has been held in Europe and Asia - each with four races in Asia.
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marcus Simmons: GP2 Series becomes new FIA Formula 2 Championship. Autosport.com, March 9, 2017, accessed March 10, 2017 .
- ↑ This is the new Formula 2 car from 2018. motorsport-total.com, accessed on September 9, 2017 .
- ^ The safety and values. gp2series.com, accessed March 27, 2017 .
- ↑ F2 2018 car unveiled in Monza. fia.com, accessed September 9, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.motorsport-xl.de/news/2019/Formel-2/Formel-2-ab-2020-mit-18-Zoll-Reifen-von-Pirelli-35128.html