 2019 Red Bull Ring Sprint Race
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 The DRS dominated Red Bull Ring. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 30 June 2019 | |
| No. | {{{number}}} | |
| Event | 2019 Austrian Grand Prix
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| Location | Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria | |
| Lap length | 4.326 km (2.688 mi) | |
| Distance | 28 laps / 121.128 km (75.265 mi) | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Nyck de Vries
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| Team |  ART Grand Prix
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| Time | 1:18.159 on lap 3 | |
| Race Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
 Sérgio Sette Câmara
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 Luca Ghiotto
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Nyck de Vries
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| Winner Team | DAMS
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| Time | 38:45.691 | |
| Race Guide | ||
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| 2019 Red Bull Ring Feature Race
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 2019 Silverstone Feature Race
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The 2019 Red Bull Ring Sprint Race, otherwise known as the 2019 Spielberg Race 2, was the twelfth race of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, staged at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on the 30 June 2019.[1] The race, held in support of the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix would see Sérgio Sette Câmara secure his first victory since 2017, as Nyck de Vries extended his lead atop the Championship.[2]
Jordan King would start the race from pole position, with Louis Delétraz starting alongside.[2] Those two duly made good starts to retain their positions into the first corner, while Câmara, who started from third, was one of three drivers to be mugged by de Vries on the run to the newly re-named Niki Lauda Kurve.[2]
All eyes were on de Vries during the early stages, with the Dutchman sweeping into the lead with successive moves on King and Delétraz to move into the lead.[2] However, the Dutchman's joy was not to last, for a glitch in his electronics caused his pit-lane speed limiter to activate, sending him back to sixth before he got back up to speed.[2]
That left Delétraz at the head of the field, although he was almost instantly mugged for the lead by Câmara as de Vries recovered.[2] The Brazilian racer duly eased clear over the following laps while, further down the field, Mick Schumacher was carving his way up the order after starting a lowly eighteenth.[2]
The order would, however, remain fairly static out front until the closing stages, when a failure for Delétraz sent his car skating into the barriers.[2] That brought out the safety car to allow the Carlin to be pulled out of the barriers, with the entire field now right behind Câmara's DAMS.[2]
The race resumed with two laps to go, with Câmara bunching up the field dramatically before he blasted clear.[2] The resulting bunching saw Guanyu Zhou, then in third, fall behind de Vries, with the Chinese driver ultimately slipping further down the field in the closing stages with worn tyres.[2]
Câmara would duly go on to claim victory ahead of Ghiotto, while de Vries had to put up a furious defence to keep a hard charging Schumacher at bay for third.[2] The Dutchman would also collect the fastest lap points to extend his Championship lead to 37 points over Nicholas Latifi, who only managed to claim sixth.[2]
Background
The Red Bull Ring required no further changes after the Feature, with the DRS zones not requiring any adjustment.[1] There was, however, a revision to the starting order, with Arjun Maini sent to the back of the grid due to being disqualified from the feature race for using the wrong tyres.[3] Regardless, Jordan King would start the Sprint from pole position ahead of Louis Delétraz and Guanyu Zhou.[4]
Nyck de Vries had extended his lead in the Championship after securing pole and a podium finish, pulling out a 29 point advantage over Nicholas Latifi. Sérgio Sette Câmara was next up, having moved ahead of Jack Aitken, while Luca Ghiotto completed the top five, a point off of the Brit. Guanyu Zhou was still the best placed rookie in sixth, a point off of teammate Ghiotto, while Nobuharu Matsushita had shot into eighth after his first win of the season.
In the Teams Championship it was DAMS who continued to command the title hunt, heading into the Sprint with a 34 point lead. UNI-Virtuosi were their closest challengers, with a small gap between themselves and third placed ART Grand Prix. Campos Racing were next ahead of Carlin, while Trident remained glued to the foot of the table.
Entry List
The full entry list for the 2019 Red Bull Ring Sprint Race is displayed below:
Grid
| Pos. | Pos. | |
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| Driver | Driver | |
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| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Jordan King | 2 | |
| ______________ | Louis Delétraz | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Guanyu Zhou | 4 | |
| ______________ | Sérgio Sette Câmara | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Anthoine Hubert | 6 | |
| ______________ | Nyck de Vries | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Luca Ghiotto | 8 | |
| ______________ | Nobuharu Matsushita | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Nicholas Latifi | 10 | |
| ______________ | Jack Aitken | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Juan Manuel Correa | 12 | |
| ______________ | Nikita Mazepin | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Giuliano Alesi | 14 | |
| ______________ | Callum Ilott | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Ryan Tveter | 16 | |
| ______________ | Sean Gelael | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Tatiana Caldéron | 18 | |
| ______________ | Mick Schumacher | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Patricio O'Ward | 20 | |
| ______________ | Arjun Maini |
Race
Report
Results
The final classification of the 2019 Red Bull Ring Sprint Race is displayed below:
| 2019 Red Bull Ring Sprint Race Race Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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DAMS
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28 | 38:45.691 | 1:18.159 | 15 |
| 2nd | 8 | Luca Ghiotto
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UNI-Virtuosi
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28 | +0.563s | 1:18.576 | 12 |
| 3rd | 4 | Nyck de Vries
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ART Grand Prix
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28 | +5.536s | 1:18.159 | 12 |
| 4th | 9 |  Mick Schumacher
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Prema Racing
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28 | +5.781s | 1:18.722 | 8 |
| 5th | 2 |  Nobuharu Matsushita
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Carlin
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28 | +6.269s | 1:18.597 | 6 |
| 6th | 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
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DAMS
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28 | +13.230s | 1:18.797 | 4 |
| 7th | 16 | Jordan King
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MP Motorsport
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28 | +14.095s | 1:18.713 | 2 |
| 8th | 7 |  Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi
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28 | +15.086s | 1:18.195 | 1 |
| 9th | 11 | Callum Ilott
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 Sauber Junior Team
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28 | +15.659s | 1:18.703 | |
| 10th | 12 |  Juan Manuel Correa
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Sauber Junior Team
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28 | +16.607s | 1:18.768 | |
| 11th | 3 |  Nikita Mazepin
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ART Grand Prix
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28 | +18.290s | 1:18.665 | |
| 12th | 10 |  Sean Gelael
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Prema Racing
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28 | +19.486s | 1:18.837 | |
| 13th | 18 |  Tatiana Caldéron
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BWT Arden
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28 | +21.136s | 1:19.440 | |
| 14th | 17 | Patricio O'Ward
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MP Motorsport
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28 | +22.294s | 1:18.932 | |
| 15th | 14 |  Arjun Maini
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 Campos Racing
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28 | +22.856s | 1:19.097 | |
| 16th | 21 | Ryan Tveter
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Trident
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28 | +25.302s | 1:18.974 | |
| 17th* | 19 | Anthoine Hubert
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BWT Arden
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28 | +29.057s | 1:18.829 | |
| 18th† | 15 | Jack Aitken
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Campos Racing
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28 | +35.537s | 1:18.844 | |
| Ret | 1 |  Louis Delétraz
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Carlin
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19 | Suspension | 1:18.431 | |
| Ret | 20 | Giuliano Alesi
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Trident
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3 | Retired | 1:20.945 | |
| Source:[6] | |||||||
- Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
- * Hubert was hit with a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Aitken.[7]
- † Aitken was awarded a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Hubert.[7]
Milestones
- Second career victory for Sérgio Sette Câmara.
- It was also the Brazilian's first win since the 2017 Spa Sprint Race.
- DAMS registered their twelfth win as an entrant in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
- It was also DAMS' 37th victory at GP2/F2 level.
Standings
Nyck de Vries would leave Austria with an even more enhanced lead in the Championship, having moved 37 points clear of his closest challenger. Nicholas Latifi was that challenger, with race winner Sérgio Sette Câmara having closed up to the back of the Canadian in third. Luca Ghiotto was next, the first man yet to break the 100 point barrier, while Jack Aitken completed the top five.
In The Teams Championship it was DAMS who, as ever, left a race weekend in control of the title hunt, 40 points clear of UNI-Virtuosi. Those two were also clear of ART Grand Prix in third, the French squad 64 points off the lead, while Campos Racing and Carlin completed the top five. BWT Arden were next, the first of those yet to break into triple figures at the halfway point, while Trident would head into the second half of the season with just four points to their name.
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 '2019 SEASON CALENDAR CONFIRMED', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula 2, 05/12/2018), http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2018/12_December/2019-season-calendar-confirmed/, (Accessed 05/12/2018)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 'SETTE CÂMARA SECURES FIRST WIN OF 2019', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula 2, 30/06/2019), http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/06_June/Sette-Camara-secures-first-win-of-2019/, (Accessed 30/06/2019)
- ↑ 'MAINI DISQUALIFIED FROM AUSTRIAN FEATURE RACE', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula 2, 29/06/2019), http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/06_June/Maini-disqualified-from-Austrian-Feature-Race/, (Accessed 30/06/2019)
- ↑ 'MATSUSHITA CLAIMS FIRST F2 FEATURE RACE WIN', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula 2, 29/06/2019), http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/06_June/Matsushita-claims-first-F2-Feature-Race-win/, (Accessed 30/06/2019)
- ↑ Archived, 'Teams and Drivers', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula 2, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190321073425/http://www.fiaformula2.com/Teams-and-Drivers/, (Accessed 14/06/2018) - Original
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedResults - ↑ 7.0 7.1 'POST-SPRINT RACE PENALTIES', fiaformula2.com, (FIA Formula 2, 30/06/2019), http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/06_June/Post-Sprint-Race-Penalties/, (Accessed 30/06/2019)
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