Preview ROUND 10/12 MONZA ITA LY

Autodromo Nazionale Monza FEATURE RACE 30 LAPS // 173.481 km 60 min. Start/Finish Offset 5.793 KM 0.309 km SPRINT RACE 21 LAPS // 121.344 km 45 min.

TIMETABLE GMT+2 Average Temp. 24°/12° LAp record DRS detection Average rainfall 69 mm 1:30.982 (229.218 KM/H) zone 1 7 (ART Grand Prix) in 2017 FRIday 06th SEPTEMBER 6 13:00 Practice Session . 45 min. MAXimum SPeed 2018 POLE POSITION 16:55 Qualifying Session . 30 min. DRS ACtiv 330.3 km/H 1:31.546 (227.806 KM/H) * 19:00 Press Conference De Vries (Racing Engineering) in 2017 George Russell (ART Grand Prix) 5 4 ation zone 1 SATURDay 07TH SEPTEMBER COUMPOUND ALLOCATION 16:15 2020 Tyre Demonstration Sector 1 16:45 Feature Race . 30 laps • 60 min. Sector 2 * 9 18:05 Press Conference DRS detection MEDIUM SOFT 8 zone 2 10 SUNDay 08TH SEPTEMBER 2018 FEATURE RACE 2 DRS ACtiv 10:50 Sprint Race . 21 laps • 45 min. 3 ation zone 2 TYRE WINNING STRATEGY Sector 3 11 * 1 12:00 Press Conference SPeed 27 laps Medium >> 3 laps Supersoft trap *Note: The FIA F2 press conference takes place in the F1 press conference room. () from P14 Grid Position

RACING FOR ANTHOINE WARM UP UNI

“This week, I really really have as much grip as you’re used want to race for to at other tracks. The most challenging Anthoine. I think thing isn’t just getting the corners right, it’s we all do… It is still getting them right every lap. very hard to process “Tyre degradation comes more from what happened acceleration and a lot of hard braking. and that he is gone. You need to manage the tyres well, He was someone especially on the slow chicanes, but I always enjoyed overall it’s not one of the tracks where you racing against, but he was also such a really have to focus on it. You can focus good guy, someone I loved talking to. He more on managing your overtaking. With was simply one of the best and we all the long straights it’s quite easy to get the miss him already. chance to overtake, or to be overtaken, “Monza is a special race for me because so you always have to look behind you. it’s my home race. It’s always full of “Victory is always the goal, but to be people, and in general the Italians are on the top step of the podium in Monza incredibly passionate about cars. It’s very would be great. I would love that. But my fast, and it’s got few corners, but there philosophy now is just to take each race are some of the most famous corners in as it comes, focus on the points, and if I the world. They are really tough to get have the chance to win I will take it of right because you normally run a set-up course, but I just want to score the best The FIA Formula 2 family suffered an The F2 and F3 community gathered that is for maximum speed so you don’t result possible.” immense loss after one of its brighter alongside many other motorsport stars, , tragically died in members on the starting grid of F3 a horrific accident on Lap 2 of last week’s Race 2 last Sunday for a minute of NOTEWORTHY Feature Race at Spa-Francorchamps. The silence in remembrance of Anthoine’s loveable Frenchman was in his rookie vibrant life. > > season and was highly regarded by the Sauber Junior Team by Charouz’s If wins this weekend Car 12 () and in Monza he will match Artem entire motorsport community. Not only The paddock reunites this week at Monza BWT Arden’s Car 19 (Anthoine Markelov for the record highest was he a great driver, but he was also in Italy for the tenth round of the season. Hubert) will not be entered into the number of wins in the modern era of an amazing character whose infectious With their hearts still in Spa, the teams event in respect of the tragic event FIA Formula 2. A win in both races and the drivers will race for Anthoine to smile lit up our paddock. This season, he at Spa-Francorchamps. Trident’s would see the Dutchman surpass the had achieve two superb wins in honour their fierce competitor and their Car 21 () will also not Russian. would need and on home-soil at Le Castellet. friend whom they miss dearly. be entered into the event. two wins to match Markelov’s win record.

> DAMS (307 points) have a 65 point lead at the top of the Teams’ Championship, ahead of UNI-Virtuosi Racing (242).

> The F2 race lap record at Monza is > The 2019 Media Kit is available 1:32.921, set by Jordan King with (version for Monza with all the MP Motorsport in 2017. statistics updated) for download in Mario Isola (Pirelli head of F1 and car racing) SAYS: our Media Zone: > Monza has never missed a round of www.fiaformula2.com “After an extremely difficult weekend managing the compounds against the the GP2 or FIA Formula 2 Media ZoNe in Spa, following the tragic passing of considerable stresses that are imposed Championship since its original Username fiaf2media Anthoine Hubert, we move on to Monza. on them by this historic circuit. Another inception in 2005. Password fiaf2mediapass Our home circuit is also known as the difficulty will be balancing the set-up of ‘Temple of Speed’, which accurately the car in different weather conditions, > ART have started every Feature describes the track characteristics. as at this time of year both hot and cool Race here from pole position since Finding the right compromise with temperatures are possible, which clearly the beginning of the modern era of grip despite the low downforce levels affects how the front and rear work FIA Formula 2 (Nobuharu Matsushita is always a challenge, as well as together.” in 2017 and George Russell in 2018).

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ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS

Carlin 1 Louis Delétraz DEL The points gap at the top of the standings between Drivers’ CHE 22 y/o Championship leader Nyck de Vries (200 points) and second-placed Nicholas Latifi (166). 2 Nobuharu Matsushita MAT JPN 25 y/o 34 ART Grand Prix 3 MAZ Latifi has taken the most victories so far this season, winning RUS 20 y/o Rookie in Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Spain and Hungary.

DEV 4 4 Nyck de Vries NLD 24 y/o The number of different drivers who have led a race so far DAMS 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara SET this season. BRA 21 y/o 15 LAT 6 Nicholas Latifi The number of corners due for Sunday’s sprint race. Monza CAN 24 y/o will provide the race with the fewest number of corners this UNI-Virtuosi Racing 7 ZHO season. New CHN 20 y/o Rookie 231 Team After 18/22 RACES 8 Luca Ghiotto GHI 2019 CLASSIFICATIONS ITA 24 y/o drivers’ standings teams’ standings PREMA Racing 9 SCH POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS Shuffle POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS Shuffle DEU 20 y/o Rookie M M M M 10 GEL 1. Nyck de Vries...... 2 ..... 1 .....200 = 1. DAMS...... 3 ..... 2 ...... 307 = IDN 22 y/o 2. Nicholas Latifi...... 3M..... 1M.....166 = 2. UNI-Virtuosi Racing...... 1M..... 1M...... 242 = 3. Sérgio Sette Câmara...... 1M.....141 = M M Sauber Junior Team 11 ILO 3. ART Grand Prix...... 2 ..... 1 ...... 206 = 4. Luca Ghiotto...... 1M..... 1M.....135 = by Charouz GBR 20 y/o Rookie 4. ...... 1M..... 1M...... 164 = 5. ...... 1M..... 1M.....134 = 5. Carlin...... 1M...... 145 = 6. Guanyu Zhou Rookie...... 107 = 6. BWT Arden...... 2M...... 77 = 7. Nobuharu Matsushita....1M...... 85 = SAT R MP Motorsport...... 75 = Campos Racing 14 8. Anthoine Hubert ...... 2M...... 77 = 7. JPN 20 y/o Rookie 9. Louis Delétraz...... 60 = 8. Sauber Junior Team by Charouz...... 64 = AIT 10. Jordan King...... 59 = 15 Jack Aitken M GBR 23 y/o 9. PREMA Racing...... 1 ...... 56 = R 11. Mick Schumacher ...... 1M...... 45 = 10. Trident...... 4 = KIN MP Motorsport 16 Jordan King 12. Juan Manuel Correa R...... 36 = GBR 25 y/o 13. ...... 30 = 17 RAG 14. Callum Ilott...... 28 = NLD 20 y/o Rookie 15. ...... 16 = BWT Arden 18 Tatiana Calderón CAL 16. Sean Gelael...... 11 = COL 26 y/o Rookie 17. Nikita Mazepin R...... 6 = 18. Ralph Boschung...... 3 = 19. R...... 1 = 20. Mahaveer Raghunathan R...... 0 = ALE Trident 20 Giuliano Alesi R ...... = FRA 19 y/o Rookie 21. Tatiana Calderón 0 22. ...... 0 = 23. Patricio O’Ward R...... 0 = 24. R...... 0 = Following the results of the 2018 FIA F2 Teams Championship classification, the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship grid will carry the following numbers. FEATURE RACE Bonus points SPRINT RACE Bonus points 2019 SEASOn RECAP Pole Position Winner M Fastest Lap for Fastest Lap Winner M Fastest Lap for Fastest Lap

BAHRAIN 1 29-30-31 March Sakhir Luca Ghiotto Nicholas Latifi Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Zhou Luca Ghiotto Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Bahrain International Circuit UNI-Virtuosi Racing DAMS UNI-Virtuosi Racing UNI-Virtuosi Racing UNI-Virtuosi Racing ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix

Nobuharu Nobuharu Sérgio AZERBAIJAN Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Nicholas Latifi Luca Ghiotto Baku Matsushita Matsushita Sette Câmara 2 26-27-28 April Campos Racing Campos Racing DAMS UNI-Virtuosi Racing Carlin Carlin DAMS SPAIN 3 10-11-12 May Barcelona Luca Ghiotto Nicholas Latifi Jordan King Jordan King Nyck de Vries Nicholas Latifi Nicholas Latifi Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya UNI-Virtuosi Racing DAMS MP Motorsport MP Motorsport ART Grand Prix DAMS DAMS

Nobuharu Nobuharu MONACO Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Anthoine Hubert Sean Gelael Nicholas Latifi Monte Carlo Matsushita Matsushita 4 23-24-25 May ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix BWT Arden PREMA Racing DAMS Carlin Carlin Sérgio Nobuharu Nobuharu FRANCE Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Anthoine Hubert Le Castellet Sette Câmara Matsushita Matsushita 5 21-22-23 June ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix BWT Arden DAMS Carlin Carlin Nobuharu Sérgio Sette Sérgio Sette Sérgio Sette N. De Vries AUSTRIA Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Spielberg Matsushita Câmara Câmara Câmara ART Grand Prix & 6 28-29-30 June ART Grand Prix S. Sette Câmara ART Grand Prix Carlin DAMS DAMS DAMS DAMS Sérgio Sérgio Sette GREAT BRITAIN Guanyu Zhou Luca Ghiotto Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Silverstone Sette Câmara Câmara 7 12-13-14 July UNI-Virtuosi Racing UNI-Virtuosi Racing Campos Racing Campos Racing Campos Racing DAMS DAMS Nobuharu Nobuharu HUNGARY Nyck de Vries Nicholas Latifi Jordan King Jordan King Mick Schumacher Budapest Matsushita Matsushita 8 02-03-04 August ART Grand Prix DAMS MP Motorsport MP Motorsport PREMA Racing Carlin Carlin

BELGIUM Nyck de Vries 9 30-31 August - 01 Sept. Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ART Grand Prix

ITALY ...... 10 06-07-08 September Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza ......

RUSSIA ...... 11 27-28-29 September Sochi ......

ABU DHABI / UAE ...... 12 29-30 Nov. - 01 Dec. Yas Marina ......

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