FIA Formula 2 Championship 2018

FIA F2 Championship 2018

master
Driver:	George Russell
Team:	Carlin
Season dates
Number of races:	24
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The 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship was the second season of the GP2 series as an FIA Championship and the fourteenth season overall. George Russell won the drivers' championship, Carlin won the team championship .

Teams and drivers

Training in Spielberg

Qualifying in Spielberg

Start of the formation round in Spielberg

Safety car during the first Spielberg race

George Russell wins in Spielberg

Podium after the first Spielberg race

All teams and drivers used the 2018 Dallara F2 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .

image	team	No.	driver	Race weekend
	Russian time	01	Artyom Markelov	1-12
		02	Tadasuke Makino	1-12
	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	03	Sean Gelael	1-12
		04th	Nyck de Vries	1-12
	DAMS	05	Alexander Albon	1-12
		06th	Nicholas Latifi	1-12
	ART Grand Prix	07th	Jack Aitken	1-12
		08th	George Russell	1-12
	MP Motorsport	09	Roberto Merhi	1-8
			Dorian Boccolacci	9-12
		10	Ralph Boschung	1-10
			Niko Kari	11, 12
	BWT Arden	11	Maximilian Günther	1-11
			Daniel Ticktum	12
		12	Nirei Fukuzumi	1-12
	Campos Vexatec Racing	14th	Luca Ghiotto	1-12
		15th	Roy Nissany	1-10
			Roberto Merhi	11, 12
	Trident	16	Arjun Maini	1-12
		17th	Santino Ferrucci	1-7
			Alessio Lorandi	8-12
	Carlin	18th	Sérgio Sette Câmara	1-12
		19th	Lando Norris	1-12
	Charouz Racing System	20th	Louis Delétraz	1-12
		21st	Antonio Fuoco	1-12

Changes in the teams

• Racing Engineering and Rapax were no longer on the entry list for the 2018 season. Carlin returned after a year-long absence. Charouz Racing System was new to the championship.

Racing calendar

In 2018, twelve racing weekends were held. All events took place in connection with the Formula 1 Grand Prix races. Compared to the previous year, the race weekend in Jerez was canceled. The race at Le Castellet was a new addition . The event in Sochi was back on the racing calendar .

With the exception of the event in Monaco (main race on Friday and sprint races on Saturday), all main races took place on Saturdays and all sprint races on Sunday.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	07th of April	as-Sachir	Lando Norris	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Artyom Markelov
02.	0April 8th		Artyom Markelov	Maximilian Günther	Sérgio Sette Câmara
03.	April 28	Baku	Alexander Albon	Jack Aitken	Antonio Fuoco
04th	April 29		George Russell	Nyck de Vries	Nicholas Latifi
05.	12th of May	Barcelona	George Russell	Nyck de Vries	Lando Norris
06th	May 13th		Jack Aitken	Alexander Albon	Lando Norris
07th	25. May	Monte Carlo	Artyom Markelov	Sean Gelael	Roberto Merhi
08th.	May 26		Antonio Fuoco	Louis Delétraz	Lando Norris
09.	23rd June	Le Castellet	George Russell	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Luca Ghiotto
10.	June 24th		Nyck de Vries	Louis Delétraz	Luca Ghiotto
11.	June 30th	Spielberg	George Russell	Lando Norris	Antonio Fuoco
12.	0July 1		Artyom Markelov	George Russell	Sérgio Sette Câmara
13.	07th of July	Silverstone	Alexander Albon	George Russell	Antonio Fuoco
14th	08th of July		Maximilian Günther	George Russell	Lando Norris
15th	July 28th	Mogyoród	Nyck de Vries	Lando Norris	Antonio Fuoco
16.	29th of July		Alexander Albon	Luca Ghiotto	Sérgio Sette Câmara
17th	August 25	Spa Francorchamps	Nyck de Vries	Sérgio Sette Câmara	George Russell
18th	26th of August		Nicholas Latifi	Lando Norris	Alexander Albon
19th	0September 1	Monza	Tadasuke Makino	Artyom Markelov	Alexander Albon
20th	0September 2nd		George Russell	Artyom Markelov	Sérgio Sette Câmara
21st	September 29th	Sochi	Alexander Albon	Nicholas Latifi	Nyck de Vries
22nd	30. September		George Russell	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Alexander Albon
23.	November 24th	Yas Island	George Russell	Artyom Markelov	Luca Ghiotto
24.	25. November		Antonio Fuoco	Lando Norris	Roberto Merhi

Rating

Point system

At the main race (HAU) the first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1 point (s). In the sprint race (SPR) the first eight of the race received 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1 point (s). In addition, the winner of the qualifying, who started from pole position in the main race, received four points. The driver who achieved the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers received two points.

Driver ranking

Item driver BRN AZE ESP MON FRA AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS UAE Points HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR 01  G. Russell 5 19th 12 1 1 4th DNF DNF 1 17th 1 2 2 2 DNF 8th 3 7th 4th 1 4th 1 1 4th 287 02  L. Norris 1 4th 6th 4th 3 3 6th 3 16 5 2 11 10 3 2 4th 4th 2 6th 5 DNF DNF 5 2 219 03  A. Albon 4th 13 1 13 5 2 DNF DNF NC 7th 5 5 1 7th 5 1 5 3 3 DNF 1 3 14th 8th 212 04th  N. de Vries 6th 5 DNF 2 2 DNF DNF 9 5 1 DNF 14th 7th 6th 1 7th 1 4th 9 17th 3 4th 4th 5 202 05  A. Markelow 3 1 DNF DNF 8th 9 1 4th 14th 14 * 8th 1 6th 4th 8th 13 6th 5 2 2 11 5 2 7th 186 06th  S. Sette Câmara 2 3 4th DSQ 7th DNF WD WD 2 6th 6th 3 DNF 17th 7th 3 2 9 7th 3 5 2 16 10 164 07th  A. Fuoco 17th 12 3 DNS 10 7th 8th 1 4th 4th 3 4th 3 DNF 3 17th 17th 19th DSQ 10 6th 9 7th 1 141 08th  L. Ghiotto 12 6th DNF 14th 4th 5 DNF 10 3 3 12 13 5 10 6th 2 7th 6th 10 6th DNF 14th 3 9 111 09  N. Latifi 11 10 5 3 14th 8th 9 8th 7th 8th 11 8th 17th 16 DNF 16 8th 1 5 4th 2 DNF DNF 15th 91 10  L. Delétraz 13 9 DNF 10 DNF 10 4th 2 6th 2 DNF DNF 4th 5 17th 9 18th 13 13 11 12 13 6th 6th 74 11  J. Aitken 9 18th 2 11 6th 1 7th DNF 11 DNS DNF 18th 13 12 4th 10 11 10 17 * 8th 14th DNF 10 13 63 12  R. Merhi DNS 11 8th 7th 13 DNF 3 7th DSQ 15th 4th 16 11 9 11 5         9 6th 8th 3 61 13  T. Makino 19th 17th 9 9 9 DNF 14 * DNF 8th DNF 7th 6th 12 11 9 12 12 11 1 14th 10 11 9 DNF 48 14th  M. Günther 8th 2 DNF 15 * DNF 12 11 6th 12 11 15th 12 8th 1 16 DNF 9 16 12 16 16 * 10     41 15th  S. Gelael 7th 16 10 DNF DNF 6th 2 DNF DNF 18th 13 DNF DNF 15th 13 11 16 DNF 11 DNF DNS 12 17th DNF 29 16  A. Maini 15th 14th DNF 5 DNF 13 5 5 10 13 14th 10 14th 13 12 14th 14th 8th DNF 9 15th 15th DNF DNS 24 17th  N. Fukuzumi 18th 8th 13 12 11 DNF 10 11 * 9 12 9 9 DNF DNS 10 6th DNF 17th 14th 13 8th 7th DNF 12 17th 18th  R. Boschung 10 7th 7th 8th DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 16 DNF 15th 9 8th 18th DNF DNF 12 8th DNF         17th 19th  S. Ferrucci 14th 20th 11 6th DNS 11 13 12 * 13 9 10 7th 16 DSQ EX EX EX EX             7th 20th  A. Lorandi                             14th DNF 13 15th 15th 12 7th DNF 13 14th 6th 21st  D. Boccolacci                                 15th 18th DNF 7th 13 8th 12 11 3 22nd  R. Nissany 16 15th DNF DNF 12 14th 12 DNF 15th 10 DNF 17th 15th 14th 15th 15th 10 14th 16 15th         1 23  D. Ticktum                                             11 DNF 0 24  N. Kari                                         DNF DNF 15th DNF 0 Item driver HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR Points BRN AZE ESP MON FRA AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS UAE

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings

Team evaluation

Item team No. BRN AZE ESP MON FRA AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS UAE Points HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR 01  Carlin 18th 2 3 4th DSQ 7th DNF WD WD 2 6th 6th 3 DNF 17th 7th 3 2 9 7th 3 5 2 16 10 383 19th 1 4th 6th 4th 3 3 6th 3 16 5 2 11 10 3 2 4th 4th 2 6th 5 DNF DNF 5 2 02  ART Grand Prix 7th 9 18th 2 11 6th 1 7th DNF 11 DNS DNF 18th 13 12 4th 10 11 10 17 * 8th 14th DNF 10 13 350 8th 5 19th 12 1 1 4th DNF DNF 1 17th 1 2 2 2 DNF 8th 3 7th 4th 1 4th 1 1 4th 03  DAMS 5 4th 13 1 13 5 2 DNF DNF NC 7th 5 5 1 7th 5 1 5 3 3 DNF 1 3 14th 8th 303 6th 11 10 5 3 14th 8th 9 8th 7th 8th 11 8th 17th 16 DNF 16 8th 1 5 4th 2 DNF DNF 15th 04th  Russian time 1 3 1 DNF DNF 8th 9 1 4th 14th 14 * 8th 1 6th 4th 8th 13 6th 5 2 2 11 5 2 7th 234 2 19th 17th 9 9 9 DNF 14 * DNF 8th DNF 7th 6th 12 11 9 12 12 11 1 14th 10 11 9 DNF 05  Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 3 7th 16 10 DNF DNF 6th 2 DNF DNF 18th 13 DNF DNF 15th 13 11 16 DNF 11 DNF DNS 12 17th DNF 231 4th 6th 5 DNF 2 2 DNF DNF 9 5 1 DNF 14th 7th 6th 1 7th 1 4th 9 17th 3 4th 4th 5 06th  Charouz Racing System 20th 13 9 DNF 10 DNF 10 4th 2 6th 2 DNF DNF 4th 5 17th 9 18th 13 13 11 12 13 6th 6th 215 21st 17th 12 3 DNS 10 7th 8th 1 4th 4th 3 4th 3 DNF 3 17th 17th 19th DSQ 10 6th 9 7th 1 07th  Campos Racing 14th 12 6th DNF 14th 4th 5 DNF 10 3 3 12 13 5 10 6th 2 7th 6th 10 6th DNF 14th 3 9 132 15th 16 15th DNF DNF 12 14th 12 DNF 15th 10 DNF 17th 15th 14th 15th 15th 10 14th 16 15th 14th DNF 10 13 08th  MP Motorsport 9 DNS 11 8th 7th 13 DNF 3 7th DSQ 15th 4th 16 11 9 11 5 15th 18th DNF 7th 13 8th 12 11 61 10 10 7th 7th 8th DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 16 DNF 15th 9 8th 18th DNF DNF 12 8th DNF DNF DNF 15th DNF 09  BWT Arden 11 8th 2 DNF 15 * DNF 12 11 6th 12 11 15th 12 8th 1 16 DNF 9 16 12 16 16 * 10 11 DNF 58 12 18th 8th 13 12 11 DNF 10 11 * 9 12 9 9 DNF DNS 10 6th DNF 17th 14th 13 8th 7th DNF 12 10  Trident 16 15th 14th DNF 5 DNF 13 5 6th 10 13 14th 10 14th 13 12 14th 14th 8th DNF 9 15th 15th DNF DNS 37 17th 14th 20th 11 6th DNS 11 13 12 * 13 9 10 7th 16 DSQ 14th DNF 13 15th 15th 12 7th DNF 13 14th Item team No. HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR Points BRN AZE ESP MON FRA AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS UAE

Individual evidence

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