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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 Nobuharu Matsushita (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 SECTOR 2 16:45 Feature Race . 30 laps • 60 min. * 9 18:05 Press Conference DRS DETECTION MEDIUM SOFT 8 ZONE 2 TH 10 SUNDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2 2018 FEATURE RACE DRS ACTIVATION ZONE 2 10:50 Sprint Race . 21 laps • 45 min. 3 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. Tadasuke Makino (RUSSIAN TIME) from P14 Grid Position RACING FOR ANTHOINE WARM UP Luca Ghiotto UNI Virtuosi Racing “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, Anthoine Hubert, 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 Nyck De Vries wins this weekend Car 12 (Juan Manuel Correa) 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 Monaco honour their fierce competitor and their Car 21 (Ralph Boschung) will also not Russian. Nicholas Latifi 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). Alexa Quintin - Head of Media and Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Matthew Deacon - Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0)7787 154 637 CONTACT For more information please visit www.fiaformula2.com Follow us @FIA_F2 @fiaf2championship @F2FIA ROUND 10/12 Preview MONZA ITA LY 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 Nikita Mazepin 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 Guanyu Zhou 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 Mick Schumacher SCH POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE DEU 20 y/o Rookie M M M M 10 Sean Gelael 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 Callum Ilott ILO 3. ART Grand Prix ................. 2 .... 1 .....206 = 4. Luca Ghiotto ....................1M..... 1M ....135 = by Charouz GBR 20 y/o Rookie 4. Campos Racing ................. 1M .... 1M .....164 = 5. Jack Aitken .......................1M..... 1M ....134 = 5. Carlin ................................... 1M ................145 = 6. Guanyu Zhou Rookie ...............................107 = 6. BWT Arden .................................... 2M ........77 = 7. Nobuharu Matsushita ...1M.................. 85 = SAT R 7. MP Motorsport .............................................75 = Campos Racing 14 Marino Sato 8. Anthoine Hubert ...................... 2M ...... 77 = 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 M 11. Mick Schumacher ................... 1 ...... 45 = 10. Trident .............................................................. 4 = KIN R MP Motorsport 16 Jordan King 12. Juan Manuel Correa ........................... 36 = GBR 25 y/o 13. Dorian Boccolacci .................................. 30 = 17 Mahaveer Raghunathan RAG 14. Callum Ilott ............................................... 28 = NLD 20 y/o Rookie 15. Artem Markelov ...................................... 16 = BWT Arden 18 Tatiana Calderón CAL 16. Sean Gelael ............................................. 11 = COL 26 y/o Rookie R 17. Nikita Mazepin .......................................6 = 18. Ralph Boschung .........................................3 = R 19. Giuliano Alesi ..........................................1 = R 20. Mahaveer Raghunathan .......................0 = ALE Trident 20 Giuliano Alesi R .................................... = FRA 19 y/o Rookie 21. Tatiana Calderón 0 22. Arjun Maini .................................................0 = 23. Patricio O’Ward R .....................................0 = 24. Ryan Tveter R ...............................................0 = Following the results of the 2018 FIA F2 Teams Championship classification, the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship