2019 Le Castellet Formula 2 round

{{Infobox FIA Formula 2 race report

| Type_r1 = Feature race

| Type_r2 = Sprint race

| Country = France

| Name = Le Castellet

| Round_No = 5

| Season_No = 12

| Image = Le Castellet circuit map Formula One 2019 and 2021 with corner names English 19 07 2021.svg

| Caption = Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard

| Year = 2019

| Location = Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

| Course = Permanent racing circuit

| Course_mi = 3.630

| Course_km = 5.842

| Date_r1 = 22 June

| Laps_r1 = 30

| Pole_driver_country_r1 = BRA

| Pole_driver_r1 = Sérgio Sette Câmara

| Pole_team_r1 = DAMS

| Pole_Time_r1 = 1:43.024

| First_driver_country_r1 = NED

| First_driver_r1 = Nyck de Vries

| First_team_r1 = ART Grand Prix

| Second_driver_country_r1 = BRA

| Second_driver_r1 = Sérgio Sette Câmara

| Second_team_r1 = DAMS

| Third_driver_country_r1 = GBR

| Third_driver_r1 = Jack Aitken

| Third_team_r1 = Campos Racing

| Fast_driver_country_r1 = NED

| Fast_driver_r1 = Nyck de Vries

| Fast_team_r1 = ART Grand Prix

| Fast_time_r1 = 1:44.584

| Fast_lap_r1 = lap 30

| Date_r2 = 23 June

| Laps_r2 = 21

| First_driver_country_r2 = FRA

| First_driver_r2 = Anthoine Hubert

| First_team_r2 = BWT Arden

| Second_driver_r2 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} Juan Manuel Correa}}

| Second_team_r2 = Sauber Junior Team by Charouz

| Third_driver_country_r2 = CHN

| Third_driver_r2 = Guanyu Zhou

| Third_team_r2 = UNI-Virtuosi

| Fast_driver_r2 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuharu Matsushita}}

| Fast_team_r2 = Carlin

| Fast_time_r2 = 1:44.702

| Fast_lap_r2 = lap 18

}}

The 2019 Le Castellet Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 22 and 23 June 2019 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fifth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 French Grand Prix.

Background

=Driver changes=

Jordan King returned to MP Motorsport after Artem Markelov stood in for him at the previous round of the championship in Monaco, allowing him to compete in the 2019 Indianapolis 500.

Classification

=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" | 5

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara

| DAMS

| 1:43.024

| align="center" | –

| align="center" | 1

scope="row"| 2

| align="center" | 7

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Guanyu Zhou

| UNI-Virtuosi

| 1:43.344

| align="center" | +0.320

| align="center" | 2

scope="row"| 3

| align="center" | 15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

| Campos Racing

| 1:43.401

| align="center" | +0.377

| align="center" | 3

scope="row"| 4

| align="center" | 4

| {{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

| ART Grand Prix

| 1:43.453

| align="center" | +0.429

| align="center" | 4

scope="row"| 5

| align="center" | 11

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Callum Ilott

| Sauber Junior Team by Charouz

| 1:43.565

| align="center" | +0.541

| align="center" | 5

scope="row"| 6

| align="center" | 6

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

| DAMS

| 1:43.650

| align="center" | +0.626

| align="center" | 6

scope="row"| 7

| align="center" | 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuharu Matsushita

| Carlin

| 1:43.763

| align="center" | +0.739

| align="center" | 7

scope="row"| 8

| align="center" | 9

| {{flagicon|GER}} Mick Schumacher

| Prema Racing

| 1:43.768

| align="center" | +0.744

| align="center" | 8

scope="row"| 9

| align="center" | 10

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Dorian Boccolacci

| Campos Racing

| 1:43.812

| align="center" | +0.788

| align="center" | 9

scope="row"| 10

| align="center" | 10

| {{flagicon|IDN}} Sean Gelael

| Prema Racing

| 1:43.895

| align="center" | +0.871

| align="center" | 10

scope="row"| 11

| align="center" | 8

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Ghiotto

| UNI-Virtuosi

| 1:43.983

| align="center" | +0.959

| align="center" | 14{{ref|1|1}}

scope="row"| 12

| align="center" | 1

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Louis Delétraz

| Carlin

| 1:44.025

| align="center" | +1.001

| align="center" | 11

scope="row"| 13

| align="center" | 12

| {{flagicon|USA}} Juan Manuel Correa

| {{nowrap|Sauber Junior Team by Charouz}}

| 1:44.120

| align="center" | +1.096

| align="center" | 12

scope="row"| 14

| align="center" | 21

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Ralph Boschung

| Trident

| 1:44.371

| align="center" | +1.347

| align="center" | 13

scope="row"| 15

| align="center" | 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Anthoine Hubert

| BWT Arden

| 1:44.612

| align="center" | +1.588

| align="center" | 15

scope="row"| 16

| align="center" | 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jordan King

| MP Motorsport

| 1:44.882

| align="center" | +1.858

| align="center" | 16

scope="row"| 17

| align="center" | 18

| {{flagicon|COL}} Tatiana Calderón

| BWT Arden

| 1:47.006

| align="center" | +3.982

| align="center" | 17

scope="row"| 18

| align="center" | 17

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Mahaveer Raghunathan}}

| MP Motorsport

| 1:48.374

| align="center" | +5.350

| align="center" | 18{{ref|2|2}}

colspan="7"| 107% time: 1:50.235
scope="row"| —

| align="center" | 20

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Giuliano Alesi

| Trident

| no time

| align="center" | –

| align="center" | {{abbr|PL|Pit lane}}{{ref|3|3}}

scope="row"| —

| align="center" | 3

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Mazepin

| ART Grand Prix

| no time

| align="center" | –

| align="center" | 19

colspan="7" | Source:{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformula2.com/Results/?raceid=999&seasonid=176|title=2019 FIA Formula 2 Paul Ricard results|date=23 June 2019|work=FIA Formula 2 Championship|publisher=FIA Formula 2|accessdate=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330191520/http://www.fiaformula2.com/Results/?raceid=999&seasonid=176|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=dead}}

;Notes

  • {{note|1|1}} – Luca Ghiotto was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision at the previous round in Monaco.
  • {{note|2|2}} – Mahaveer Raghunathan was given a three-place grid penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at the previous round in Monaco.
  • {{note|3|3}} – Giuliano Alesi was ordered to start from the pit lane for causing a collision with Louis Delétraz during qualifying.

=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" | 4

| {{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

| ART Grand Prix

| align="center" | 30

| 1:15:35.425

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 25 (2)

2

| align="center" | 5

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara

| DAMS

| align="center" | 30

| +8.388

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 18 (4)

3

| align="center" | 15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

| Campos Racing

| align="center" | 30

| +9.775

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 15

4

| align="center" | 7

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Guanyu Zhou

| UNI-Virtuosi

| align="center" | 30

| +20.153

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 12

5

| align="center" | 6

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

| DAMS

| align="center" | 30

| +22.599

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 10

6

| align="center" | 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jordan King

| MP Motorsport

| align="center" | 30

| +24.131

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" | 8

7

| align="center" | 12

| {{flagicon|USA}} Juan Manuel Correa

| Sauber Junior Team by Charouz

| align="center" | 30

| +28.668

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 6

8

| align="center" | 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Anthoine Hubert

| BWT Arden

| align="center" | 30

| +29.959

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 4

9

| align="center" | 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuharu Matsushita

| Carlin

| align="center" | 30

| +32.820

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 2

10

| align="center" | 20

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Giuliano Alesi

| Trident

| align="center" | 30

| +39.757

| align="center" | {{abbr|PL|Pit lane}}

| align="center" | 1

11

| align="center" | 18

| {{flagicon|COL}} Tatiana Calderón

| BWT Arden

| align="center" | 30

| +1:09.371

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" |

12

| align="center" | 17

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Mahaveer Raghunathan}}

| MP Motorsport

| align="center" | 29

| +1 lap

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 8

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Ghiotto

| UNI-Virtuosi

| align="center" | 24

| Collision damage

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 1

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Louis Delétraz

| Carlin

| align="center" | 22

| Engine

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 11

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Callum Ilott

| {{nowrap|Sauber Junior Team by Charouz}}

| align="center" | 13

| Spun off

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 14

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Dorian Boccolacci

| Campos Racing

| align="center" | 1

| Mechanical

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 9

| {{flagicon|GER}} Mick Schumacher

| Prema Racing

| align="center" | 0

| Collision

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 10

| {{flagicon|IDN}} Sean Gelael

| Prema Racing

| align="center" | 0

| Collision

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 21

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Ralph Boschung

| Trident

| align="center" | 0

| Collision

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 3

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Mazepin

| ART Grand Prix

| align="center" | 0

| Collision

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" |

colspan="8" align="center"| Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) — 1:44.584 (on lap 30)
style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;" colspan="8"|Source:

=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" | 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Anthoine Hubert

| BWT Arden

| align="center" | 21

| 37:19.524

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 15

2

| align="center" | 12

| {{flagicon|USA}} Juan Manuel Correa

| {{nowrap|Sauber Junior Team by Charouz}}

| align="center" | 21

| +2.202

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 12

3

| align="center" | 7

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Guanyu Zhou

| UNI-Virtuosi

| align="center" | 21

| +4.220

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 10

4

| align="center" | 15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

| Campos Racing

| align="center" | 21

| +6.131

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 8

5

| align="center" | 5

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara

| DAMS

| align="center" | 21

| +7.788

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 6

6

| align="center" | 6

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

| DAMS

| align="center" | 21

| +10.795

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 4

7

| align="center" | 1

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Louis Delétraz

| Carlin

| align="center" | 21

| +13.122

| align="center" | 14

| align="center" | 2

8

| align="center" | 11

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Callum Ilott

| Sauber Junior Team by Charouz

| align="center" | 21

| +15.407

| align="center" | 15

| align="center" | 1

9

| align="center" | 2

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuharu Matsushita

| Carlin

| align="center" | 21

| +16.200

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | (2)

10

| align="center" | 4

| {{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

| ART Grand Prix

| align="center" | 21

| +17.688

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" |

11

| align="center" | 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jordan King

| MP Motorsport

| align="center" | 21

| +21.094

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" |

12

| align="center" | 8

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Ghiotto

| UNI-Virtuosi

| align="center" | 21

| +26.254

| align="center" | 13

| align="center" |

13

| align="center" | 14

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Dorian Boccolacci

| Campos Racing

| align="center" | 21

| +27.068

| align="center" | 16

| align="center" |

14

| align="center" | 20

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Giuliano Alesi

| Trident

| align="center" | 21

| +31.977

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" |

15

| align="center" | 21

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Ralph Boschung

| Trident

| align="center" | 21

| +33.601

| align="center" | 18

| align="center" |

16

| align="center" | 3

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Mazepin

| ART Grand Prix

| align="center" | 21

| +33.853{{ref|4|1}}

| align="center" | 19

| align="center" |

17

| align="center" | 10

| {{flagicon|IDN}} Sean Gelael

| Prema Racing

| align="center" | 21

| +34.431

| align="center" | {{abbr|PL|Pit lane}}{{ref|5|2}}

| align="center" |

18

| align="center" | 17

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Mahaveer Raghunathan}}

| MP Motorsport

| align="center" | 21

| +1:13.453

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" |

19

| align="center" | 18

| {{flagicon|COL}} Tatiana Calderón

| BWT Arden

| align="center" | 18

| Spin

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" |

DNF

| align="center" | 9

| {{flagicon|GER}} Mick Schumacher

| Prema Racing

| align="center" | 14

| Puncture

| align="center" | 17

| align="center" |

colspan="8" align="center"| Fastest lap: Nobuharu Matsushita (Carlin) — 1:44.702 (on lap 18)
colspan="8"| Source:

;Notes

  • {{note|4|1}} – Nikita Mazepin was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
  • {{note|5|2}} – Sean Gelael was ordered to start from the pit lane for causing a collision with Mick Schumacher during the feature race.

Championship standings after the round

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

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

!Driver

!Points

10px 1

|align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|NED}} Nyck de Vries

| 121

10px 1

|align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Nicholas Latifi

| 109

10px 1

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken

| 85

10px 2

|align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Sette Câmara

| 80

10px

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Guanyu Zhou

| 76

{{col-2}}

;Teams' Championship standings

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

!Team

!Points

10px

|align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|FRA}} DAMS

| 189

10px

|align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|GBR}} UNI-Virtuosi

| 143

10px

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|FRA}} ART Grand Prix

| 127

10px

|align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Campos Racing

| 115

10px

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Carlin

| 66

{{col-end}}

See also

References

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