2018 Hungaroring Feature Race

2018 Hungaroring Feature Race
The Hungaroring with added DRS.
Race Information
Date	28 July 2018
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Event	2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary
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Lap length	4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance	34 laps / 162.097 km (100.722 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Sérgio Sette Câmara
Team	Carlin
Time	1:27.400
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Team	Pertamina Prema
Time	1:32.832 on lap 33
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Nyck de Vries	Lando Norris	Antonio Fuoco
Winner Team	Pertamina Prema
Time	1:00:16.996
Race Guide
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The 2018 Hungaroring Feature Race, otherwise known as the 2018 Budapest Race 1, is set to be the fifteenth race of the 2018 FIA Formula Two Championship, staged at the Hungaroring, Hungary, on the 28 July 2018. The race would be the first in two meetings to feature a standing start, with Mecachrome having updated all twenty engines after issues throughout the season with the clutch.

Background

The Hungaroring near Budapest, Hungary, would play host to the fifteenth and sixteenth races of the 2018 F2 season, with the circuit unchanged, as ever, from the layout established in 2003. As such, Pirelli were expected to bring the same tyres that they had in 2017, with the medium and soft compounds set to be punished around the 4.381 kilometre layout. Indeed, the only real changes came in the form of driver changes and car updates, both of which were enforced by the FIA and F2.

The most universal of these aspects would be an update for the twenty Dallara F2 2018s used throughout the field, with engine suppliers Mecachrome unveiling an update for their engines and clutches. These updates were designed to increase the amount of torque at the clutch bite point, which had caused enough stalls at the start of previous races for the FIA to decided to start all four races at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone to start behind the safety car. The update would also attempt to cure a throttle system issue which had caused several drivers to suddenly lose power when at full throttle.

With so many changes coming, and not all solutions thoroughly examined, the FIA granted permission for all ten F2 teams to complete 100 km of testing prior to the race at the Hungaroring. To do so Mecachrome would supply ten engines to the organisers of F2, whom would then draw lots to allocated whom got which engine. The teams were then allowed to conduct their tests privately, with a focus on starting procedures, with all data subsequently sent to Mecachrome and the FIA. The series' development car would also be in action testing at Magny Cours and Circuit Paul Ricard with various updates including the Mecachrome engine.

Elsewhere, Santino Ferrucci had managed to get himself banned from F2 for the immediate future after crashing into his teammate Arjun Maini deliberately after the conclusion of the Sprint Race at Silverstone. Indeed, the pair had battled throughout the weekend on circuit, with Ferrucci ultimately losing his temper when Maini kept ahead of him to the line in the second Silverstone race. As such the American racer decided to simply drive into his teammate, before bragging about doing so deliberately on social media.

It therefore came as no surprise that the FIA and F2 summoned Ferrucci to the stewards, a formality which the American racer opted not to attend. Regardless, Ferrucci was immediately banned for four races, with an additional €60,000 fine and a disqualification from the results of the Silverstone Sprint. It got even worse for Ferrucci soon after, with a spat on Twitter earning him the ire of employers Trident, who seemed to be on the verge of sacking the Haas backed racer after insulting his teammate Maini.

Ultimately, Ferrucci would be dropped by Trident, whom duly promoted GP3 Series racer Alessio Lorandi to fill the American's vacated seat for the rest of the 2018 campaign. Lorandi, an Italian born 19 year old, had enjoyed minor success with Trident in GP3, having scored his first podium a few weeks earlier. Ferrucci, meanwhile, would miraculously retain his ties with Haas, and gain a seat in the IndyCar series despite his rather bizarre actions in Silverstone.

In terms of the Championship, George Russell had extended his lead atop the standings in the second race of the Silverstone weekend, the Brit arriving in Hungary with a 37 point lead over Lando Norris. Those two were on their own once again in the fight for the title, with Alexander Albon having lost ground in third, just ahead of Artem Markelov. That quartet were still the only four drivers in the field that had score more than 100 points, while Roy Nissany was still the only driver yet to score.

There had been a major change atop the Teams' Championship after the second Silverstone race, with Carlin finally pushed off the top of the Championship having led since the start of the season. Indeed, ART Grand Prix had been the team to finally topple the Brits, with the French squad leaving the UK level on points with the British effort, but with more wins to their name. Behind, Charouz Racing System had slipped to sixty points off the lead, with DAMS and Russian Time also falling away.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2018 Hungaroring Feature Race is displayed below:

2018 Hungaroring Feature Race Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
16	Arjun Maini	Trident	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
19	Lando Norris	Carlin	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2018 Hungaroring Feature Race are outlined below:

2018 Hungaroring Feature Race Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1st	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:27.400	—	1
2nd	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:27.430	+0.030s	2
3rd	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:27.631	+0.231s	3
4th	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:27.762	+0.362s	4
5th	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:27.828	+0.428s	5
6th	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:27.864	+0.464s	6
7th	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:27.957	+0.557s	7
8th	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:27.958	+0.558s	8
9th	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:27.973	+0.573s	9
10th	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:28.032	+0.632s	10
11th	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:28.038	+0.638s	11
12th	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:28.073	+0.673s	12
13th	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:28.107	+0.707s	13
14th	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:28.124	+0.724s	14
15th	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:28.169	+0.769s	15
16th	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:28.348	+0.948s	16
17th	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	1:28.533	+1.133s	17
18th	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:28.648	+1.248s	18
19th	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:28.724	+1.324s	19
20th	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:28.750	+1.350s	20
Source:

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Sérgio Sette Câmara	2
	______________	Jack Aitken
Row 2	3	______________
	Nyck de Vries	4
	______________	George Russell
Row 3	5	______________
	Luca Ghiotto	6
	______________	Lando Norris
Row 4	7	______________
	Artem Markelov	8
	______________	Arjun Maini
Row 5	9	______________
	Ralph Boschung	10
	______________	Louis Delétraz
Row 6	11	______________
	Nirei Fukuzumi	12
	______________	Antonio Fuoco
Row 7	13	______________
	Alexander Albon	14
	______________	Nicholas Latifi
Row 8	15	______________
	Maximilian Günther	16
	______________	Roy Nissany
Row 9	17	______________
	Alessio Lorandi	18
	______________	Sean Gelael
Row 10	19	______________
	Roberto Merhi	20
	______________	Tadasuke Makino

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2018 Hungaroring Feature Race is displayed below:

2018 Hungaroring Feature Race Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	34	1:00:16.996	1:32.832	27
2nd	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	34	+16.508s	1:35.120	18
3rd	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	34	+20.752s	1:33.466	15
4th	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	34	+21.805s	1:33.672	12
5th	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	34	+23.077s	1:34.093	10
6th	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	34	+28.696s	1:33.268	8
7th*	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	34	+29.099s	1:33.290	10
8th	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	34	+35.594s	1:34.600	4
9th	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	34	+36.304s	1:34.329	2
10th	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	34	+37.114s	1:35.232	1
11th	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	34	+37.983s	1:35.314
12th	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	34	+38.336s	1:33.235
13th	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	34	+39.120s	1:33.617
14th	17	Alessio Lorandi	Trident	34	+39.858s	1:33.212
15th	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	34	+48.072s	1:32.615
16th	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	34	+53.241s	1:33.894
17th	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	34	+1:13.696	1:32.972
18th†	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	33	+1 Lap	1:32.473
Ret	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	Engine	1:34.483
Ret	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	11	Clutch	1:52.576
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Câmara was given a ten second time penalty for causing an avoidable collision.
• ^† Boschung set the fastest lap of the race, but was unable to claim the fastest lap points as he finished outside of the top ten.

Milestones

• Debut race for Alessio Lorandi.
• Third victory for Nyck de Vries.
• Prema secured their tenth victory as an entrant in Formula Two.
  • Also the Italian team's nineteenth triumph at GP2/F2 level.
• Antonio Fuoco claim his tenth podium finish.

Standings

A non-score for George Russell proved to have the most influence on the Championship table, for it allowed Lando Norris to move within nineteen points of his compatriot at the head of the field. Elsewhere, race winner Nyck de Vries had moved into the top five, level on points with Antonio Fuoco, while Alexander Albon and Artem Markelov had inched closer to the title fight in third and fourth. Otherwise there was very little movement in the table, with the only other swap coming between Luca Ghiotto and Louis Delétraz.

In the Teams' Championship, meanwhile, it was advantage Carlin once again, the British squad pulling sixteen points clear of second placed ART Grand Prix. Indeed, the poor start to the weekend for the French squad had proved costly, although they were still within striking distance with one race to go before the summer break. Behind, Charouz Racing System had lost ground in third, while Prema had moved ahead of Russian Time to claim fifth.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st George Russell 170 ◄0 2nd Lando Norris 151 ◄0 3rd Alexander Albon 126 ◄0 4th Artem Markelov 114 ◄0 5th Nyck de Vries 112 ▲2 6th Antonio Fuoco 112 ▼1 7th Sérgio Sette Câmara 96 ▼1 8th Luca Ghiotto 65 ▲1 9th Louis Delétraz 62 ▼1 10th Jack Aitken 61 ◄0 11th Maximilian Günther 39 ◄0 12th Roberto Merhi 35 ◄0 13th Nicholas Latifi 34 ◄0 14th Sean Gelael 29 ◄0 15th Arjun Maini 23 ◄0 16th Tadasuke Makino 20 ◄0 17th Ralph Boschung 13 ◄0 18th Santino Ferrucci 7 ◄0 19th Nirei Fukuzumi 7 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Carlin 247 ▲1 2nd ART Grand Prix 231 ▼1 3rd Charouz Racing System 174 ◄0 4th DAMS 160 ◄0 5th Pertamina Prema 141 ▲1 6th Russian Time 134 ▼1 7th Campos Racing 65 ◄0 8th MP Motorsport 48 ◄0 9th BWT Arden 46 ◄0 10th Trident 30 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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