Preview ROUND 11/12 SOCHI RUSSIA TIMEZONE FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 13:00-13:45 16:55-17:25 18:30 16:45 18:05 11:20 12:25 PRESS PRESS PRESS FREE PRACTICE QUALIFYING CONFERENCE* FEATURE RACE CONFERENCE* SPRINT RACE CONFERENCE* GMT+3 *THE FIA F2 PRESS CONFERENCES TAKE PLACE IN THE F1 PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM. LAP RECORD 2015 S. Vandoorne Start/Finish Offset Sochi Autodrom 5.848 KM 0.199 km (ART Grand Prix) 172.059163.545 km KM 122.609 KM 1:45.326 (199.882 KPH) 2831LAPS laps 60 60min. Min. 21 LAPS 4545 Mmin.in. COMPOUND Prime Soft CHOICE Option Supersoft WARM UP AVERAGE NEW VENUE TEMPERATURE MAX. MIN. 21°C/12°C 10 Alessio Lorandi Trident AVERAGE DRS DETECTION DRS ACTIVA ZONE 2 RAINFALL “It’s a brand new circuit for me in quite limited; it starts quite late 7 TION ZONE 2 102 mm 9 a new car, so it’s a big challenge so overtaking there will be at a 6 11 definitely. We’ve worked quite a premium. I don’t think there will 8 3 17 lot with the engineers on my side be a lot of that unless there’s a lot 12 to try to be prepared technically of variation in strategy. The back SECTOR 2 SECTOR 3 5 2 13 16 18 on the simulator. It’s looking like straight might give you a chance, SECTOR 1 4 15 a challenging venue because it’s but it’s difficult to follow the car SPEED 14 TRAP DRS ACTIVA very similar to a street circuit, in front of you. We don’t expect TION ZONE 1 DRS DETECTION 1 ZONE 1 and I hope to get the feeling for too much tyre wear either, so it it very quickly in free practice. might be a bit difficult to make it GP2 SERIES 2015 MAXIMUM SPEED: 318.8 KPH I’ve had a look around the circuit happen.” Rio Haryanto (Campos Racing) and it looks like the DRS zone is THE STAKES NOTEWORTHY > The race weekend at Sochi is > Alexander Albon and Sérgio Sette the penultimate round of the 2018 Câmara also stood on the podium FIA Formula 2 calendar, before at Monza to remain mathematically the finale at Abu Dhabi at the end in contention for the title. of November. > Dorian Boccolacci clinched his first > The circuit is a new venue for F2, ever F2 points with a seventh-place although the former GP2 Series visited finish in the Sprint Race in Italy. Sochi in 2014 and 2015. > Boccolacci will have a new teammate in Sochi, as Niko Kari steps up from GP3 with MP Motorsport. > In the previous round in Monza, Tadasuke Makino took his first F2 victory with a stunning Feature Race performance, rising from 14th to first. Entering into the business end of the Carlin continue to possess a strong > Roberto Merhi returns to the field in season, the FIA Formula 2 Championship advantage in the teams’ standings, sitting > Teammate Artem Markelov followed place of Roy Nissany at Campos heads east to the Sochi Autodrom, on top with 339 points as ART Grand the Japanese driver home, cementing Vexatec Racing. Russia for the penultimate round of Prix have 281 and DAMS have 249. a RUSSIAN TIME 1-2 finish. 2018. Built on the site of the Winter > The FIA Formula 2 Championship Olympics Park, the drivers – especially post-race press conferences will be those in championship contention – will live-streamed on the official Facebook be pushing themselves to the limit to page, where fans will be invited to ask overhaul their rivals and remain in the the top three drivers their questions. fight at the season finale at the end > The 2018 FIA Formula 2™ of November. With a mixture of fast, Championship Media Kit is available sweeping sections and tight, 90-degree for download in our Media Zone corners, the Sochi circuit can punish the (version for Sochi with all the slightest mistake and will present a stern statistics updated): challenge to the 20 competitors on the > George Russell extended his www.fiaformula2.com grid. championship advantage with victory Media ZoNe in the second race, his fifth of the Username fiaf2media In the previous round, Tadasuke Makino year. Password fiaf2mediapass surged to a famous maiden win at Monza, converting an alternate strategy run in the Feature Race into victory as George Russell boosted his championship chances with an impressive triumph in the Sprint Race. Russell extended his lead in the standings to 22 points, leading with 219 points to rival Lando Norris’ 197. Alexander Albon remains in third with 176 points. 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ART Grand Prix 7 Jack Aitken AIT GBR 23 y/o Rookie 21 After 20 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 20 y/o Rookie R M M M 10 Niko Kari KAR 1. George Russell ............. 3 ......2 .... 219 = 1. Carlin ..................................... 1 ............ 339 = FIN 18 y/o Rookie 2. Lando Norris ................... 1M ................ 197 = 2. ART Grand Prix ................... 3M ...3M ... 281 = M M BWT Arden 11 Maximilian Günther GUN 3. Alexander Albon ........... 2 ......1 .... 176 = 3. DAMS .................................... 2M ...2M ... 249 = DEU 21 y/o Rookie 4. Artem Markelov ............. 1M ......2M .... 160 +1 4. RUSSIAN TIME .................... 2M ...2M ... 205 +2 M M 12 Nirei Fukuzumi FUK 5. Nyck de Vries ................. 2 ......1 .... 155 -1 5. PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing .. 2M ...1M ... 184 -1 JPN 21 y/o Rookie 6. Sérgio Sette Câmara ........................... 142 = 6. Charouz Racing System ..............1M ... 174 -1 Campos Vexatec 14 Luca Ghiotto GHI M 7. Antonio Fuoco .............................1 .... 112 = 7. Campos Vexatec Racing .........................95 = Racing ITA 23 y/o 8. Luca Ghiotto .............................................. 94 = 8. MP Motorsport ...........................................60 = MER 15 Roberto Merhi 9. Nicholas Latifi ..............................1M ....... 73 +2 M ESP 27 y/o 9. BWT Arden ....................................1 ......52 = 10. R ................................. M ....... = Jack Aitken 1 62 10. Trident ..........................................................31 = MAI Trident 16 Arjun Maini 11. Louis Delétraz ........................................... 62 -2 IND 20 y/o Rookie 12. Tadasuke Makino R ........ 1M ................... 45 +4 LOR 17 Alessio Lorandi 13. Maximilian Günther R ................1M ....... 41 -1 MOST IMPROVED ITA 20 y/o Rookie 14. Roberto Merhi ........................................... 41 -1 SET Carlin 18 Sérgio Sette Câmara 15. Sean Gelael .............................................. 29 -1 New BRA 20 y/o R TADASUKE MAKINO Team 16. Arjun Maini ............................................ 24 -1 RUSSIAN TIME NOR 19 Lando Norris 17. Ralph Boschung ....................................... 17 = GBR 18 y/o 18. Nirei Fukuzumi R ...................................... 11 = +4 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. Dorian Boccolacci ...................................2 +2 Round 9 (Spa- FUO R Francorchamps) and 21 Antonio Fuoco 21. Roy Nissany ..............................................1 -1 ITA 22 y/o Round 10 (Monza). 22. Alessio Lorandi R .........................................0 -1 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 Albon George Russell Nicholas Latifi Artem Markelov Jack Aitken George Russell George Russell Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya DAMS ART Grand Prix DAMS RUSSIAN TIME ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix MONACO Alexander Albon Artem Markelov Maximilian Artem Markelov Antonio Fuoco Nicholas Latifi Nicholas Latifi 4 24-25-26 May Monte Carlo Günther Charouz Racing Circuit de Monaco DAMS RUSSIAN TIME BWT Arden RUSSIAN TIME System DAMS DAMS New Venue FRANCE George Russell George