Preview ROUND 10/12 MONZA I TA LY TIMEZONE FRIDAY 31ST AUGUST FRIDAY 31ST AUGUST SATURDAY 01ST SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 02ND SEPTEMBER 12:55-13:40 16:55-17:25 19:00 16:45 18:05 10:55 12:00 PRESS PRESS PRESS FREE PRACTICE QUALIFYING CONFERENCE* FEATURE RACE CONFERENCE* SPRINT RACE CONFERENCE* GMT+2 *THE FIA F2 PRESS CONFERENCES TAKE PLACE IN THE F1 PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM. LAP RECORD 2017 N. Matsushita Start/Finish Offset Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5.793 KM 0.309 km (ART Grand Prix) 172.059173.481 km KM 121.344 KM 1:30.982 (229.218 KPH) 3031LAPS laps 60 60min. Min. 21 LAPS 4545 Mmin.in. COMPOUND Prime Medium CHOICE Option Supersoft WARM UP DRS DETECTION 2017 MAXIMUM SPEED: 330.3 KPH AVERAGE ZONE 1 7 Nyck de Vries (Racing Engineering) TEMPERATURE 6 MAX. MIN. 24°C/12°C Alessio Lorandi Trident AVERAGE DRS ACTIVA RAINFALL 69 mm In terms of overtaking here, you can I don’t have good memories, 5 4 TION ZONE 1 do quite a lot – especially in the first unfortunately! Last year (in GP3) two chicanes. Importantly, you can was quite sad, we only ran two SECTOR 1 do it with or without DRS, so that’s sessions and then got taken out SECTOR 2 the nice thing about Monza; it’s not in Lap 1! It’s nice to race in 9 DRS DETECTION just up to your result in quali, but front of your home fans, people 8 ZONE 2 you can have a really good race around the paddock know you 10 2 – like with Antonio Giovinazzi in more – you’re walking around 3 DRS ACTIVATION ZONE 2 SECTOR 3 11 2016, he started last because he and someone recognises you! 1 SPEED was disqualified and he won the Everyone’s waving, and it’s 2016 FEATURE RACE TRAP race. It’s not like Budapest where nice to see those fans! The WINNING STRATEGY you get stuck and you’re not able atmosphere is awesome outside 17 LAPS MEDIUM >> 13 LAPS SOFT Antonio Giovinazzi (PREMA Racing) to overtake, you can do quite a lot. of the car. THE STAKES NOTEWORTHY > The race weekend in Monza is the > Arjun Maini scored his first point tenth of the 12 rounds which make up since the Le Castellet weekend, the 2018 FIA Formula 2 calendar. coming eighth in the Sprint Race after dispatching Sérgio Sette Câmara > In the previous round at Belgium, late on. Nyck de Vries scored his first F2 pole position after going half a second faster than anyone in the second sector. > Charouz Racing System managed their first scoreless weekend since the opening round at Bahrain. > The FIA Formula 2 Championship post-race press conferences will be > De Vries also took his and PERTAMINA live-streamed on the official Facebook For the second leg of the post-summer Nyck de Vries collected the maximum PREMA Theodore Racing’s second page, where fans will be invited to ask break double-header, the FIA Formula 2 31 points on offer in Saturday’s race, having successive Feature Race win. the top three drivers their questions. Championship moves south to Monza, also topped Free Practice and Qualifying. Italy - the tenth round of the season. One In the Sprint Race, DAMS’ Nicholas Latifi > Nicholas Latifi chalked up his first of the calendar’s most famous circuits, the charged to a commanding victory as Lando victory since Silverstone last year, cruising to a dominant Sprint Race win. “Cathedral of Speed” gives the teams plenty Norris took second place having overtaken opportunity to trim their downforce settings de Vries on the final lap, before absorbing and chase after pure, unbridled pace late pressure from Alexander Albon. as they accelerate around the 5.793km blast. Last year’s event was delayed by a Norris’ excellent Sunday helped him close downpour, with Antonio Fuoco claiming his the door even further to championship first F2 win in the Feature Race after Luca leader George Russell, who is now just five Ghiotto was hit with a five-second time points clear with 188 points. Albon also > The 2018 FIA Formula 2™ penalty. Ghiotto bounced back, cruising to closes in, sitting third with 161 points as de Championship Media Kit is available victory in the Sprint Race on the following Vries is a further eight points behind. Carlin for download in our Media Zone day. continue to lead the Teams’ Championship (version for Monza with all the statistics updated): with 307 points, with ART Grand Prix Last time out at Spa-Francorchamps, www.fiaformula2.com PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing’s second on 249. DAMS are third with 216. > Campos Vexatec Racing’s Roy Nissany Media ZoNe claimed his first ever F2 point in the Username fiaf2media MARIO ISOLA (HEAD OF CAR RACING) SAYS: Feature Race, finishing 10th. Password fiaf2mediapass “With the supersoft and medium tyres nominated for Monza in Formula 2, we expect quite a gap in performance that should open up a number of different strategic options for qualifying and the race. With only a short free practice session as usual, this means that the drivers will have little time to formulate a strategy for the race, adding another element of interest.” Alexa Quintin - Media & Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Jake Boxall-Legge - Junior Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0)7796 950141 CONTACT For more information please visit www.fiaformula2.com Follow us @FIA_F2 @fiaf2championship @F2FIA ROUND 10/12 Preview MONZA I TA LY ON-BOARD 2018 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS RUSSIAN TIME 1 Artem Markelov MAR RUS 23 y/o The number of drivers who have collected at least one win in 2018. 2 Tadasuke Makino MAK JPN 21 y/o Rookie 9 PERTAMINA PREMA 3 Sean Gelael GEL Carlin’s current points advantage in the Theodore Racing IDN 21 y/o Teams’ Championship over ART Grand Prix DEV 58 4 Nyck de Vries NLD 23 y/o The number of drivers who scored points this season. DAMS 5 Alexander Albon ALB THA 22 y/o 20 6 Nicholas Latifi LAT CAN 22 y/o The number of laps led by Artem Markelov, the most of anyone. ART Grand Prix 7 Jack Aitken AIT GBR 22 y/o Rookie 92 After 18 RACES 8 George Russell RUS 2018 CLASSIFICATIONS GBR 20 y/o Rookie drivers’ standings teams’ standings MP Motorsport 9 Dorian Boccolacci BOC POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE FRA 19 y/o Rookie R M M M 10 Ralph Boschung BOS 1. George Russell ............. 3 ......1 .... 188 = 1. Carlin ..................................... 1 ............ 307 = CHE 20 y/o 2. Lando Norris ................... 1M ................ 183 = 2. ART Grand Prix ................... 3M ...2M ... 249 = M M BWT Arden 11 Maximilian Günther GUN 3. Alexander Albon ........... 2 ......1 .... 161 = 3. DAMS .................................... 2M ...2M ... 216 = DEU 21 y/o Rookie 4. Nyck de Vries ................. 2M ......1M .... 153 +1 4. PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing .. 2M ...1M ... 182 +1 M M 12 Nirei Fukuzumi FUK 5. Artem Markelov ............. 1 ......2 .... 128 -1 5. Charouz Racing System ..............1M ... 174 -1 JPN 21 y/o Rookie 6. Sérgio Sette Câmara ........................... 124 +1 6. RUSSIAN TIME .................... 1M ...2M ... 148 = M Campos Vexatec 14 Luca Ghiotto GHI 7. Antonio Fuoco .............................1 .... 112 -1 7. Campos Vexatec Racing .........................90 = Racing ITA 23 y/o 8. Luca Ghiotto .............................................. 89 = 8. MP Motorsport ...........................................54 = 9. ........................................... 15 Roy Nissany NIS Louis Delétraz 62 = R 9. BWT Arden ....................................1M ......52 = ISR 23 y/o Rookie 10. Jack Aitken .................................1M ....... 61 = 10. Trident ..........................................................31 = 11. Nicholas Latifi ..............................1M ....... 55 +2 Trident 16 Arjun Maini MAI IND 20 y/o Rookie 12. Maximilian Günther R ................1M ....... 41 = LOR 17 Alessio Lorandi 13. Roberto Merhi ........................................... 41 -2 MOST IMPROVED ITA 19 y/o Rookie 14. Sean Gelael .............................................. 29 = SET Carlin 18 Sérgio Sette Câmara 15. Arjun Maini R ............................................ 24 = New BRA 20 y/o R NICHOLAS LATIFI Team 16. Tadasuke Makino .................................. 20 = DAMS NOR 19 Lando Norris 17. Ralph Boschung ....................................... 13 = GBR 18 y/o 18. Nirei Fukuzumi R ...................................... 11 = +2 PLACES DEL gained in the drivers’ Charouz Racing 20 Louis Delétraz 19. Santino Ferrucci ..........................................7 = New CHE 21 y/o standings between System R Team 20. Roy Nissany ..............................................1 = Round 8 (Budapest) FUO R and Round 9 (Spa- 21 Antonio Fuoco 21. Alessio Lorandi .........................................0 = ITA 22 y/o Francorchamps). 22. Dorian Boccolacci R ...................................0 << Following the results of the 2017 FIA F2 Teams Championship classification, the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship grid will carry the following numbers. FEATURE RACE BONUS POINTS SPRINT RACE BONUS POINTS 2018 SEASOn RECAP POLE POSITION WINNER M FASTEST LAP FOR FASTEST LAP WINNER M FASTEST LAP FOR FASTEST LAP BAHRAIN Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Artem Markelov 1 06-07-08 April Sakhir PERTAMINA PREMA PERTAMINA PREMA Bahrain International Circuit Carlin Carlin Carlin Carlin RUSSIAN TIME Theodore Racing Theodore Racing AZERBAIJAN Alexander Albon Alexander Albon George Russell Antonio Fuoco George Russell Jack Aitken George Russell 2 27-28-29 April Baku Charouz Racing Baku City Circuit DAMS DAMS ART Grand Prix System ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix SPAIN 3 11-12-13 May Barcelona Alexander