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2018 Sochi Formula 2 round

{{Infobox FIA Formula 2 race report

| Type_r1 = Feature race

| Type_r2 = Sprint race

| Country = Russia

| Name = Sochi

| Round_No = 11

| Season_No = 12

| Image = Circuit Sochi.svg

| Caption = Layout of the Sochi Autodrom

| Year = 2018

| Location = Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

| Course = Permanent racing facility

| Course_mi = 3.633

| Course_km = 5.848

| Date_r1 = 29 September

| Laps_r1 = 28

| Pole_driver_country_r1 = NED

| Pole_driver_r1 = Nyck de Vries

| Pole_team_r1 = Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

| Pole_Time_r1 = 1:46.476

| First_driver_country_r1 = THA

| First_driver_r1 = Alexander Albon

| First_team_r1 = DAMS

| Second_driver_country_r1 = CAN

| Second_driver_r1 = Nicholas Latifi

| Second_team_r1 = DAMS

| Third_driver_country_r1 = NED

| Third_driver_r1 = Nyck de Vries

| Third_team_r1 = Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

| Fast_driver_country_r1 = NED

| Fast_driver_r1 = Nyck de Vries

| Fast_team_r1 = Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

| Fast_time_r1 = 1:51.929

| Fast_lap_r1 = lap 8

| Date_r2 = 30 September

| Laps_r2 = 21

| First_driver_country_r2 = GBR

| First_driver_r2 = George Russell

| First_team_r2 = ART Grand Prix

| Second_driver_country_r2 = BRA

| Second_driver_r2 = Sérgio Sette Câmara

| Second_team_r2 = Carlin

| Third_driver_country_r2 = THA

| Third_driver_r2 = Alexander Albon

| Third_team_r2 = DAMS

| Fast_driver_country_r2 = GBR

| Fast_driver_r2 = George Russell

| Fast_team_r2 = ART Grand Prix

| Fast_time_r2 = 1:50.501

| Fast_lap_r2 = lap 5

}}

The 2018 Sochi FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 29 and 30 September 2018 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the penultimate round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Russian Grand Prix.

Classifications

=Qualifying=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! scope="col" |Driver

! scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" |Time

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Gap|Gap in seconds}}

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Grid|Final grid position}}

scope="row" |1

| align="center" |4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

|{{nowrap|Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing}}

|1:46.476

| align="center" | –

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |2

| align="center" |19

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lando Norris

|Carlin

|1:46.696

| align="center" | +0.220

| align="center" |2

scope="row" |3

| align="center" |8

|{{flagicon|GBR}} George Russell

|ART Grand Prix

|1:46.839

| align="center" | +0.363

| align="center" |3

scope="row" |4

| align="center" |6

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

|DAMS

|1:46.890

| align="center" | +0.414

| align="center" |4

scope="row" |5

| align="center" |5

|{{flagicon|THA}} Alexander Albon

|DAMS

|1:47.039

| align="center" | +0.563

| align="center" |5

scope="row" |6

| align="center" |14

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Ghiotto

|Campos Vexatec Racing

|1:47.151

| align="center" | +0.675

| align="center" |6

scope="row" |7

| align="center" |2

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tadasuke Makino

|Russian Time

|1:47.372

| align="center" | +0.896

| align="center" |7

scope="row" |8

| align="center" |18

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara}}

|Carlin

|1:47.384

| align="center" | +0.908

| align="center" |8

scope="row" |9

| align="center" |7

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

|ART Grand Prix

|1:47.634

| align="center" | +1.158

| align="center" |9

scope="row" |10

| align="center" |11

|{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Günther

|BWT Arden

|1:47.743

| align="center" | +1.267

| align="center" |10

scope="row" |11

| align="center" |21

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Fuoco

|Charouz Racing System

|1:47.774

| align="center" | +1.298

| align="center" |11

scope="row" |12

| align="center" |15

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

|Campos Vexatec Racing

|1:47.854

| align="center" | +1.378

| align="center" |12

scope="row" |13

| align="center" |17

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Lorandi

|Trident

|1:48.006

| align="center" | +1.530

| align="center" |13

scope="row" |14

| align="center" |20

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Louis Delétraz

|Charouz Racing System

|1:48.105

| align="center" | +1.629

| align="center" |14

scope="row" |15

| align="center" |3

|{{flagicon|INA}} Sean Gelael

|Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

|1:48.154

| align="center" | +1.678

| align="center" |15

scope="row" |16

| align="center" |10

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari

|MP Motorsport

|1:48.206

| align="center" | +1.730

| align="center" |16

scope="row" |17

| align="center" |12

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nirei Fukuzumi

|BWT Arden

|1:48.327

| align="center" | +1.851

| align="center" |17

scope="row" |18

| align="center" |9

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dorian Boccolacci

|MP Motorsport

|1:48.491

| align="center" | +2.015

| align="center" |18

scope="row" |19

| align="center" |1

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Markelov

|Russian Time

|1:48.568

| align="center" | +2.092

| align="center" |19

colspan="7"| 107% time: 1:53.929
scope="row" |—

| align="center" |16

|{{flagicon|IND}} Arjun Maini

|Trident

|2:14.971

| align="center" | +28.495

| align="center" |20

colspan="7"| Source:{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformula2.com/Results/?raceid=993&seasonid=175|title=2018 FIA Formula 2 Sochi results|date=30 September 2018|work=FIA Formula 2 Championship|accessdate=15 May 2019|publisher=FIA Formula 2}}

= Feature Race =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Grid

!Points

1

| align="center" |5

|{{flagicon|THA}} Alexander Albon

|DAMS

| align="center" |28

| 54:12.383

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |25

2

| align="center" |6

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

|DAMS

| align="center" |28

| +11.307

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |18

3

| align="center" |4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

|{{nowrap|Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing}}

| align="center" |28

| +14.259

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |15 (6)

4

| align="center" |8

|{{flagicon|GBR}} George Russell

|ART Grand Prix

| align="center" |28

| +17.468

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |12

5

| align="center" |18

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara}}

|Carlin

| align="center" |28

| +22.953

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |10

6

| align="center" |21

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Fuoco

|Charouz Racing System

| align="center" |28

| +34.899

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |8

7

| align="center" |17

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Lorandi

|Trident

| align="center" |28

| +39.133

| align="center" |13

| align="center" |6

8

| align="center" |12

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nirei Fukuzumi

|BWT Arden

| align="center" |28

| +43.463

| align="center" |17

| align="center" |4

9

| align="center" |15

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

|Campos Vexatec Racing

| align="center" |28

| +46.334{{ref|1|1}}

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |2

10

| align="center" |2

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tadasuke Makino

|Russian Time

| align="center" |28

| +46.461

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |1

11

| align="center" |1

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Markelov

|Russian Time

| align="center" |28

| +53.455

| align="center" |19

| align="center" |

12

| align="center" |20

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Louis Delétraz

|Charouz Racing System

| align="center" |28

| +56.606{{ref|2|2}}

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |

13

| align="center" |9

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dorian Boccolacci

|MP Motorsport

| align="center" |28

| +1:00.950

| align="center" |18

| align="center" |

14

| align="center" |7

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

|ART Grand Prix

| align="center" |28

| +1:06.522

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |

15

| align="center" |16

|{{flagicon|IND}} Arjun Maini

|Trident

| align="center" |27

| +1 lap

| align="center" |20

| align="center" |

16

| align="center" |11

|{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Günther

|BWT Arden

| align="center" |26

| Spun off

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |10

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari

|MP Motorsport

| align="center" |23

| Mechanical

| align="center" |16

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |19

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lando Norris

|Carlin

| align="center" |6

| Wheel

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |14

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Ghiotto

|Campos Vexatec Racing

| align="center" |1

| Accident damage

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |

DNS

| align="center" |3

|{{flagicon|INA}} Sean Gelael

|Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

| align="center" |0

| Clutch

| align="center" |15

| align="center" |

colspan="8" align="center" |{{nowrap|Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing) 1:51.929 (on lap 8)}}
colspan="8" style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;" |Source:

;Notes

  • {{note|1|1}} – Roberto Merhi originally finished 8th but received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
  • {{note|2|2}} – Louis Delétraz originally finished 9th but received a ten-second time penalty for crossing the pit entry line and a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

= Sprint Race =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Grid

!Points

1

| align="center" |8

|{{flagicon|GBR}} George Russell

|ART Grand Prix

| align="center" |21

| 44:46.259

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |15 (2)

2

| align="center" |18

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara}}

|Carlin

| align="center" |21

| +7.438

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |12

3

| align="center" |5

|{{flagicon|THA}} Alexander Albon

|DAMS

| align="center" |21

| +8.216

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |10

4

| align="center" |4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

|{{nowrap|Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing}}

| align="center" |21

| +19.132

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |8

5

| align="center" |1

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Markelov

|Russian Time

| align="center" |21

| +22.258

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |6

6

| align="center" |15

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

|Campos Vexatec Racing

| align="center" |21

| +27.778

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |4

7

| align="center" |12

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nirei Fukuzumi

|BWT Arden

| align="center" |21

| +30.852

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |2

8

| align="center" |9

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dorian Boccolacci

|MP Motorsport

| align="center" |21

| +35.190

| align="center" |13

| align="center" |1

9

| align="center" |21

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Fuoco

|Charouz Racing System

| align="center" |21

| +39.981

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |

10

| align="center" |11

|{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Günther

|BWT Arden

| align="center" |21

| +47.076

| align="center" |16

| align="center" |

11

| align="center" |2

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tadasuke Makino

|Russian Time

| align="center" |21

| +50.708

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |

12

| align="center" |3

|{{flagicon|INA}} Sean Gelael

|Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

| align="center" |21

| +53.110

| align="center" |20

| align="center" |

13

| align="center" |20

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Louis Delétraz

|Charouz Racing System

| align="center" |21

| +53.404

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |

14

| align="center" |14

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Ghiotto

|Campos Vexatec Racing

| align="center" |21

| +53.553

| align="center" |19

| align="center" |

15

| align="center" |16

|{{flagicon|IND}} Arjun Maini

|Trident

| align="center" |21

| +1:42.002

| align="center" |15

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |19

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lando Norris

|Carlin

| align="center" |16

| Puncture/Collision damage

| align="center" |18

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |7

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

|ART Grand Prix

| align="center" |11

| Spun off

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |10

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari

|MP Motorsport

| align="center" |10

| Accident

| align="center" |17

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |17

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio Lorandi

|Trident

| align="center" |0

| Accident

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" |6

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

|DAMS

| align="center" |0

| Accident

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |

colspan="8" align="center" |{{nowrap|Fastest lap: George Russell (ART Grand Prix) 1:50.501 (on lap 5)}}
colspan="8" style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;" |Source:

Championship standings after the round

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Driver

!Points

10px

|align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|GBR}} George Russell

| 248

10px 1

|align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|THA}} Alexander Albon

| 211

10px 1

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lando Norris

| 197

10px 1

|align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

| 184

10px 1

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Markelov

| 166

{{col-2}}

;Teams' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Team

!Points

10px

|align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Carlin

| 361

10px

|align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|FRA}} ART Grand Prix

| 310

10px

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|FRA}} DAMS

| 302

10px 1

|align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing

| 213

10px 1

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russian Time

| 212

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.fiaformula2.com}}

{{Formula Two round report

| Name_of_round = Sochi Formula 2 round

| Year_of_round = 2018

| Previous_round_in_season = 2018 Monza Formula 2 round

| Next_round_in_season = 2018 Yas Island Formula 2 round

| Previous_year's_round = 2015 Sochi GP2 Series round

| Next_year's_round = 2019 Sochi Formula 2 round

}}

{{List of FIA Formula 2 rounds}}

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