2021 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round

2021 Monaco Formula 2 round
Round details
	Round 2 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Course	Temporary racing facility; 3.337 km (2.074 mi)
Sprint Race 1
Date	21 May 2021
Date	21 May 2021
Laps	30
Podium
First	Guanyu Zhou
Second	Felipe Drugovich
Third	Roy Nissany
Fastest lap
Driver	Jüri Vips
Time	1:22.125 (on lap 22)
Sprint Race 2
Date	22 May 2021
Date	22 May 2021
Laps	28
Podium
First	Dan Ticktum
Second	Oscar Piastri
Third	Jüri Vips
Fastest lap
Driver	Robert Shwartzman
Time	1:30.728 (on lap 28)
Feature Race
Date	22 May 2021
Date	22 May 2021
Laps	42
Pole position
Driver	Théo Pourchaire
Time	1:20.985
Podium
First	Théo Pourchaire
Second	Oscar Piastri
Third	Felipe Drugovich
Fastest lap
Driver	Zhou Guanyu
Time	1:21.912 (on lap 42)

The 2021 Monaco Formula 2 round was a couple of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 21–22 May 2021 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the second round of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix.

As he won the Feature Race at the principality, Théo Pourchaire thus became the youngest race winner in Formula 2 history aged 17 years and 264 days, beating the previous record of Lando Norris.^[1]

Background

Driver changes

Jack Aitken returned to Formula 2 as a replacement for Matteo Nannini for HWA Racelab, who decided to fully concentrate on his campaign in Formula 3 due to sponsorship issues.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:20.985	–	1
2	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	1:21.443	+0.458	3
3	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:21.523	+0.538	5
4	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:22.102	+1.117	7
5	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	1:22.131	+1.146	9
6	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:22.244	+1.259	11
7	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	1:22.585	+1.600	13
8	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:22.827	+1.842	15
9	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	1:22.933	+1.948	17
10	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	1:23.344	+2.359	19
11	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	1:23.353	+2.368	21
Source:^[2]

Group B

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:21.403	–	2
2	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:21.589	+0.186	4
3	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:21.854	+0.451	6
4	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:21.877	+0.474	8
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:21.912	+0.509	10
6	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:21.941	+0.538	12
7	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:22.168	+0.765	14
8	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	1:22.758	+1.355	16
9	25	Marino Sato	Trident	1:24.091	+2.688	18
10	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:24.302	+2.899	20
107% time: 1:26.540
—	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	1:27.744	+6.341	22¹
Source:^[2]

Notes

^1 – Alessio Deledda was not able to set a time within 107%, but was later given permission to start both Sprint Race 1 and the Feature Race from the back of the grid.^[3]

Sprint race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	30	44:21.272	1	15
2	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	30	+2.396	2	12
3	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	30	+5.909	4	10
4	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	30	+7.430	5	8
5	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	30	+11.007	6	6 (2)
6	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	30	+11.495	7	4
7	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	30	+13.247	10	2
8	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	30	+15.247	8	1
9	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	30	+17.514	12
10	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	30	+18.947	14
11	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	30	+19.290	11
12	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	30	+19.546	13
13	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	30	+19.915	16
14	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	30	+20.234	15
15	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	30	+20.755	17
16	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	30	+21.168	21
17	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	30	+21.873	20
18	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	29	+1 lap	22
19	25	Marino Sato	Trident	28	Accident	18
DNF	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	23	Accident	19
DNF	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	14	Oil leak	3
DNF	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1	Collision damage	9
Fastest lap： Jüri Vips − Hitech Grand Prix − 1:22.125 (lap 22)
Source:^[2]

Sprint race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	28	47:53.826	5	15
2	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	28	+0.765	3	12
3	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	28	+1.172	6	10
4	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	28	+2.101	4	8
5	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	28	+6.268	7	6
6	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	28	+8.381	13	4
7	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	28	+13.384	15	2
8	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	28	+15.894	11	1
9	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	28	+16.310	16
10	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	28	+39.225	22	(2)
11	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	28	+1:03.889	13
12	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	27	+1 lap	18
13	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	27	+1 lap	17
14	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	26	+2 laps	9
15	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	26	+2 laps	10
DNF	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	23	Collision	12
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	22	Accident	8
DNF	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	16	Mechanical	21
DNF	25	Marino Sato	Trident	9	Mechanical	19
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	2	Driveshaft	1²
DNF	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	0	Collision	20
DSQ	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	28	Disqualified³	2
Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman − Prema Racing − 1:30.728 (lap 28)
Source:^[2]

Notes

^2 – Marcus Armstrong was supposed to start Sprint Race 2 from P1, but failed to rejoin the starting grid due to a technical issue. Thus, he had to start the race from the pit lane.
^3 – Liam Lawson finished the race in first place but was disqualified for using the wrong throttle map at the start, a breach of Technical Regulations 3.6.5.^[4]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	42	1:01:02.089	1	25 (4)
2	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	42	+2.894	3	18
3	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	42	+14.261	9	15
4	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	42	+17.910	2	12
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	42	+24.130	10	10 (2)
6	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	42	+30.693	6	8
7	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	42	+31.288	12	6
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	42	+37.051⁴	5	4
9	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	42	+46.563	7	2
10	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	42	+49.513	16	1
11	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	42	+51.380	15
12	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	42	+52.966⁵	8
13	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	42	+55.834	13
14	25	Marino Sato	Trident	42	+1:11.237	18
15	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	41	+1 lap	20
16	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	41	+1 lap⁴	19
17	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	41	+1 lap	22
18	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	40	+2 laps	21
DNF	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	32	Accident	4
DNF	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	30	Accident	17
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	29	Collision	14
DNF	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	17	Collision damage	11
Fastest lap： Guanyu Zhou − UNI-Virtuosi − 1:21.912 (lap 42)
Source:^[2]

Notes

^4 – Both Jüri Vips and Gianluca Petecof were given a five-second time penalty and a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision respectively.
^5 - Christian Lundgaard was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Guanyu Zhou	68
2	2	Oscar Piastri	52
8	3	Théo Pourchaire	47
1	4	Dan Ticktum	38
3	5	Liam Lawson	36

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
1	1	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	97
1	2	Prema Racing	82
2	3	Carlin	67
1	4	ART Grand Prix	63
1	5	Hitech Grand Prix	58

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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External links

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2021 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round

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Classification

Qualifying

Group A

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Sprint race 1

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Feature race

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