FIA Formula 2 Championship 2020

FIA F2 Championship 2020

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The 2020 FIA Formula 2 championship of the automobile racing series for formula racing cars is the fourth season of the FIA Formula 2 championship as an FIA championship and the sixteenth season of the racing series (including the years as a GP2 series ) as a whole.

Changes 2020

Technical regulations

For the 2020 season, the tire manufacturer Pirelli announced the introduction of 18-inch tires, which will be used for the first time in the official test drives in Bahrain (March 1-3). The 18-inch tires will also be used in Formula 1 , but not until the 2021 season.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers use the 2018 Dallara F2 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires . Numerous drivers are also part of a Formula 1 racing team's junior program, and some of them are also active as test and replacement drivers.

image	team	#	driver	Race weekend	Junior program
	DAMS	1	Sean Gelael	1-6
			Jüri Vips	7-9	Red Bull Racing
		2	Dan Ticktum	1-7	Williams Racing
	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3	Guanyu Zhou	1-7	Renault F1 Team
		4th	Callum Ilott	1-7	Scuderia Ferrari
	ART Grand Prix	5	Marcus Armstrong	1-7	Scuderia Ferrari
		6th	Christian Lundgaard	1-7	Renault F1 Team
	Red Bull Carlin	7th	Yuki Tsunoda	1-7	Red Bull Racing
		8th	Jehan Daruvala	1-7	Red Bull Racing
	Campos Racing	9	Jack Aitken	1-7	Williams Racing
		10	Guilherme Samaia	1-7
	Charouz Racing System	11	Louis Delétraz	1-7	Haas F1 team
		12	Pedro Piquet	1-7
	MP Motorsport	14th	Nobuharu Matsushita	1-7
		15th	Felipe Drugovich	1-7
	BWT HWA Racelab	16	Artyom Markelov	1-7
		17th	Giuliano Alesi	1-7	Scuderia Ferrari
	Prema Racing	20th	Mick Schumacher	1-7	Scuderia Ferrari
		21st	Robert Shwartzman	1-7	Scuderia Ferrari
	Trident	22nd	Roy Nissany	1-7	Williams Racing
		23	Marino Sato	1-7
	Hitech Grand Prix	24	Nikita Mazepin	1-7
		25th	Luca Ghiotto	1-7

• Since the number 19 will no longer be awarded out of respect for Anthoine Hubert, who died last year , Prema Racing will start with the numbers 20 and 21 accordingly.

Changes in the drivers in detail

With Jack Aitken ( Campos Racing ), Mick Schumacher ( Prema Racing ) and Guanyu Zhou ( UNI-Virtuosi Racing ), the best rookie of the past season , only three drivers remained with their respective teams. Aitken's new teammate will be Guilherme Samaia , who competed in the Euroformula Open in 2019 . Robert Shwartzman, the reigning champion of the FIA Formula 3 Championship and one of a total of nine rookies in Formula 2, will drive alongside Schumacher . Shwartzman will succeed Sean Gelael , who will be driving for the French team DAMS in 2020 , which won the team championship last year. Gelael's teammate will be Dan Ticktum , who last played in the Japanese Super Formula . Both replace both Sérgio Sette Câmara from and Nicholas Latifi , who will drive for Williams Racing in Formula 1 in 2020 . Meanwhile, Zhou is supported by Callum Ilott , who drove for Charouz Racing System last year .

Nyck de Vries , the reigning champion, has to leave the series and ART Grand Prix because according to the regulations he is unable to defend his title athletically. Instead, de Vries will drive in the FIA Formula E championship for Mercedes-Benz for 2020 ; his old teammate Nikita Mazepin also left the team and joined the Hitech Grand Prix , which makes its debut in Formula 2 this year. Mazepin's new team-mate will be Luca Ghiotto , who finished third last year and is now being inherited by Ilott. With Marcus Armstrong , the reigning runner-up in the FIA Formula 3 Championship , and Christian Lundgaard, two rookies who drove in Formula 3 last season, will take over the vacant positions at the ART Grand Prix . Lundgaard had already covered a few kilometers in Formula 2 when he replaced Ralph Boschung at Trident at the 2019 season finale in Abu Dhabi .

Carlin has the commitments of the two Formula 3 drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Jehan Daruvala a completely new set with Rookies riders. Both are also part of Red Bull Racing's youth development program, replacing both Louis Delétraz and Nobuharu Matsushita . Delétraz returns to Charouz Racing System after a year with Carlin and becomes the new team-mate of Pedro Piquet , another rookie from Formula 3 and at the same time replacing Juan Manuel Correa . Matsushita and Felipe Drugovich will also form a completely new driver duo at MP Motorsport after Jordan King and Mahaveer Raghunathan left the team at the end of last season. Incidentally, Arden International is going under the new name BWT HWA Racelab and with a new driver duo. After Artem Markelov replaced the late Anthoine Hubert on the last two race weekends of the FIA Formula 2 Championship 2019 , he got a full-time cockpit in the team for this season alongside Giuliano Alesi , who drove for Trident last season . The latter go to the start with the two pilots Roy Nissany and Marino Satō .

Racing calendar

In 2020, nine race weekends will be held so far (subject to change). All events take place in connection with the Formula 1 Grand Prix races.

Except for the event in Monaco (main race on Fridays and sprint races on Saturday), all main races take place on Saturdays and all sprint races on Sundays.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the races in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi have been postponed indefinitely and the races in the Netherlands, Monaco and Azerbaijan have been completely canceled. In addition, races in Mugello have been added to the calendar.

No.	date	Racetrack	Pole position	winner	Second	Third
01.	0July 4th	Spielberg	Guanyu Zhou	Callum Ilott	Marcus Armstrong	Robert Shwartzman
02.	05th July			Felipe Drugovich	Louis Delétraz	Dan Ticktum
03.	0July 11th	Spielberg	Yuki Tsunoda	Robert Shwartzman	Yuki Tsunoda	Guanyu Zhou
04th	0July 12			Christian Lundgaard	Dan Ticktum	Marcus Armstrong
05.	0July 18th	Mogyoród	Callum Ilott	Robert Shwartzman	Nikita Mazepin	Mick Schumacher
06th	0July 19			Luca Ghiotto	Callum Ilott	Mick Schumacher
07th	0August 1st	Silverstone	Felipe Drugovich	Nikita Mazepin	Guanyu Zhou	Yuki Tsunoda
08th.	0August 2nd			Dan Ticktum	Christian Lundgaard	Louis Delétraz
09.	0August 08	Silverstone	Callum Ilott	Callum Ilott	Christian Lundgaard	Jack Aitken
010.	0August 09			Yuki Tsunoda	Mick Schumacher	Jack Aitken
011.	015th of August	Barcelona	Callum Ilott	Nobuharu Matsushita	Robert Shwartzman	Guanyu Zhou
012.	0August 16			Felipe Drugovich	Luca Ghiotto	Mick Schumacher
013.	029th August	Spa Francorchamps	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Nikita Mazepin	Mick Schumacher
014th	0August 30th			Robert Shwartzman	Mick Schumacher	Guanyu Zhou
015th	05th September	Monza
016.	0September 6th
017th	12th September	Mugello
018th	13.september
019th	September 26th	Sochi
020th	September 27th
021st	November 28th	as-Sachir
022nd	November 29th
023.	0December 5th	as-Sachir
024.	06th of December

Rating

Point system

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

Driver ranking

Item	driver	AUT1		AUT2		HUN		GBR1		GBR2		ESP		BEL		ITA1		ITA2		RUS		BRN1		BRN2		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	Robert Shwartzman	3	4th	1	DNF	1	4th	14th	13	8th	13	2	13	5	1											132
02	Callum Ilott	1	9	5	5	8th	2	5	DNF	1	6th	5	8th	10	DNF											122
03	Yuki Tsunoda	18th	11	2	DNF	16	18th	3	DNF	6th	1	4th	4th	1	9											111
04th	Mick Schumacher	11	7th	4th	DNF	3	3	9	14th	7th	2	6th	3	3	2											106
05	Nikita Mazepin	14th	10	14th	8th	2	5	1	5	4th	8th	13	6th	2	4th											101
06th	Guanyu Zhou	17th	14th	3	4th	10	8th	2	9	9	5	3	14th	7th	3											92
07th	Christian Lundgaard	4th	5	6th	1	DNF	13	4th	2	2	21st	11	11	17th	7th											89
08th	Louis Delétraz	7th	2	19th	12	7th	6th	6th	3	5	4th	10	9	4th	6th											81
09	Dan Ticktum	5	3	8th	2	9	NC	8th	1	15th	7th	9	10	6th	10											71
10	Felipe Drugovich	8th	1	13	13	5	16	7th	6th	10	12	7th	1	DSQ	13											67
11	Luca Ghiotto	DNS	DNF	11	10	4th	1	17th	19 *	13	10	8th	2	9	5											51
12	Nobuharu Matsushita	9	6th	17th	11	12	11	10	7th	11	18th	1	5	DNF	DNS											42
13	Marcus Armstrong	2	DNF	7th	3	DNF	9	16	10	14th	14th	DNF	15th	15th	DNF											34
14th	Jack Aitken	15th	8th	9	6th	13	19th	13	8th	3	3	18 *	18th	13	17th											33
15th	Jehan Daruvala	12	16	12	9	6th	7th	12	4th	12	9	17th	17th	19th	16											18th
16	Giuliano Alesi	6th	DNF	21st	15th	11	10	19th	18th	16	20th	DNF	19th	18th	14th											8th
17th	Roy Nissany	10	12	15th	18th	DNF	17th	DNF	16	18th	15th	DNF	12	8th	DNF											5
18th	Sean Gelael	DNF	DNF	10	7th	17th	12	15th	DNF	NC	DNS	19 *	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ							3
19th	Pedro Piquet	13	13	18th	14th	14th	15th	11	17th	21st	16	14th	7th	12	12											2
20th	Artyom Markelov	DNF	18th	DNS	16	DNF	14th	18th	11	19th	11	12	16	16	8th											1
21st	Jüri Vips													11	11											0
22nd	Marino Sato	DNF	17th	16	DNF	DNF	20th	20th	12	17th	17th	15th	21st	14th	DNF											0
23	Guilherme Samaia	16	15th	20th	17th	15th	21st	21st	15th	20th	19th	16	20th	DNF	15th											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
		AUT1		AUT2		HUN		GBR1		GBR2		ESP		BEL		ITA1		ITA2		RUS		BRN1		BRN2

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Team evaluation

Item	team	No.	AUT1		AUT2		HUN		GBR1		GBR2		ESP		BEL		ITA1		ITA2		RUS		BRN1		BRN2		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	Prema Racing	20th	11	7th	4th	DNF	3	3	9	14th	7th	2	6th	3	3	2											238
		21st	3	4th	1	DNF	1	4th	14th	13	8th	13	2	13	5	1
02	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3	17th	14th	3	4th	10	8th	2	9	9	5	3	14th	7th	3											214
		4th	1	9	5	5	8th	2	5	DNF	1	6th	5	8th	10	DNF
03	Hitech Grand Prix	24	14th	10	14th	8th	2	6th	1	5	4th	8th	13	6th	2	4th											152
		25th	DNS	DNF	11	10	4th	1	17th	19 *	13	10	8th	2	9	5
04th	Red Bull Carlin	7th	18th	11	2	DNF	16	18th	3	DNF	6th	1	4th	4th	1	9											129
		8th	12	16	12	9	6th	7th	12	4th	12	9	17th	17th	17th	16
05	ART Grand Prix	5	2	DNF	7th	3	DNF	9	16	10	14th	14th	DNF	15th	15th	DNF											123
		6th	4th	5	6th	1	DNF	13	4th	2	2	21st	11	11	17th	7th
06th	MP Motorsport	14th	9	6th	17th	11	12	11	10	7th	11	18th	1	5	DNF	DNS											109
		15th	8th	1	13	13	5	16	7th	6th	10	12	7th	1	DSQ	13
07th	Charouz Racing System	11	7th	2	19th	12	7th	6th	6th	3	5	4th	10	9	4th	6th											83
		12	13	13	18th	14th	14th	15th	11	17th	21st	16	14th	7th	12	12
08th	DAMS	1	DNF	DNF	10	7th	17th	12	15th	DNF	NC	DNS	19 *	INJ	11	11											74
		2	5	3	8th	2	9	NC	8th	1	15th	7th	9	10	6th	10
09	Campos Racing	9	15th	8th	9	6th	13	19th	13	8th	3	3	18 *	18th	13	17th											33
		10	16	15th	20th	17th	15th	21st	21st	15th	20th	19th	17th	20th	DNF	15th
10	BWT HWA Racelab	16	DNF	18th	DNS	16	DNF	14th	18th	11	19th	11	12	16	16	8th											9
		17th	6th	DNF	21st	15th	11	10	19th	18th	16	20th	DNF	19th	18th	14th
11	Trident	22nd	10	12	15th	18th	DNF	17th	DNF	16	18th	15th	DNF	12	8th	DNF											5
		23	DNF	17th	16	DNF	DNF	20th	20th	12	17th	17th	15th	21st	14th	DNF
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
			AUT1		AUT2		HUN		GBR1		GBR2		ESP		BEL		ITA1		ITA2		RUS		BRN1		BRN2

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

• Official website of the FIA Formula 2 Championship (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} dams.fr: Sean Gelael and Dan Ticktum join DAMS for 2020 F2 season. DAMS, December 31, 2019, accessed January 28, 2020 . 
2. ↑ fiaformula2.com: Vips joins DAMS for next three F2 rounds, replacing injured Gelael. FIA, August 21, 2020, accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
3. ↑ virtuosiracing.com: Guan Yu Zhou Has Re-joined The UNI-Virtuosi Racing Team For The 2020 F2 Season. Virtuosi Racing, January 28, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
4. ↑ virtuosiracing.com: Impressive Formula 2 rookie Callum Ilott will join the UNI-Virtuosi Racing team for the 2020 season. Virtuosi Racing, November 28, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
5. ↑ art-grandprix.com: Marcus Armstrong joins ART Grand Prix for 2020 FIA F2 campaign. ART Grand Prix, November 28, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
6. ↑ art-grandprix.com: Christian Lundgaard moves up to FIA Formula 2 with ART Grand Prix. ART Grand Prix, January 28, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
7. ↑ carlin.co.uk: Tsunoda joins Carlin for FIA F2. Carlin Motorsport, January 10, 2020, accessed January 28, 2020 . 
8. ↑ fiaformula2.com: CARLIN SIGN NEW RED BULL ACADEMY RECRUIT DARUVALA. February 20, 2020, accessed on February 20, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} fiaformula2.com: AITKEN AND SAMAIA COMPLETE CAMPOS LINE-UP FOR 2020. February 17, 2020, accessed on February 17, 2020 (English). 
10. ↑ ^{a b} charouz-racing.com: Delétraz and Piquet join Charouz Racing System Formula 2 driver line-up ( Memento from January 13, 2020 in the Internet Archive ), December 18, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2020 (English)
11. ↑ www.fiaformula2.com: MATSUSHITA MOVES TO MP MOTORSPORT. February 17, 2020, accessed on February 17, 2020 . 
12. ↑ mpmotorsport.com: Drugovich joins MP Motorsport for Debut FIA Formula 2 season. MP Motorsport, January 3, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
13. ↑ hwaag.com: HWA Racelab signs Artem Markelov for debut in Formula 2. HWA Racelab, January 28, 2020, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
14. ↑ hwaag.com: HWA Racelab signs Giuliano Alesi for Formula 2 team. HWA Racelab, December 28, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b} premapowerteam.com: Prema Racing will compete in the 2020 FIA F2 Championship with Mick Schumacher and Robert Shwartzman. Prema Racing, November 28, 2019, accessed January 28, 2020 . 
16. ↑ fiaformula2.com: TRIDENT COMPLETE 2020 LINE-UP WITH NISSANY. February 26, 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020 . 
17. ↑ fiaformula2.com: TRIDENT SIGN SATO FOR 2020. February 25, 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020 (English). 
18. ↑ ^{a b} fiaformula2.com: MAZEPIN AND GHIOTTO TO LEAD HITECH'S F2 DEBUT. February 7, 2020, accessed on February 7, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Formula 1 2020: No summer break, GP on only 2 days / Formula 1 SPEEDWEEK.COM. Retrieved March 17, 2020 . 
20. ↑ FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 add Mugello to 2020 season calendar. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .