Type R1: | Feature race |
Type R2: | Sprint race |
Country: | Spain |
Barcelona | |
Round No: | 6 |
Season No: | 12 |
Year: | 2020 |
Location: | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 2.892 |
Course Km: | 4.655 |
Date R1: | 15 August |
Laps R1: | 35 |
Pole Driver Country R1: | GBR |
Pole Driver R1: | Callum Ilott |
Pole Team R1: | UNI-Virtuosi Racing |
Pole Time R1: | 1:28.381 |
First Driver Country R1: | JPN |
First Driver R1: | Nobuharu Matsushita |
First Team R1: | MP Motorsport |
Second Driver Country R1: | RUS |
Second Driver R1: | Robert Shwartzman |
Second Team R1: | Prema Racing |
Third Driver Country R1: | CHN |
Third Driver R1: | Guanyu Zhou |
Third Team R1: | UNI-Virtuosi Racing |
Fast Driver Country R1: | JPN |
Fast Driver R1: | Nobuharu Matsushita |
Fast Team R1: | MP Motorsport |
Fast Time R1: | 1:32.902 |
Fast Lap R1: | lap 35 |
Date R2: | 16 August |
Laps R2: | 26 |
First Driver Country R2: | BRA |
First Driver R2: | Felipe Drugovich |
First Team R2: | MP Motorsport |
Second Driver Country R2: | ITA |
Second Driver R2: | Luca Ghiotto |
Second Team R2: | Hitech Grand Prix |
Third Driver Country R2: | DEU |
Third Driver R2: | Mick Schumacher |
Third Team R2: | Prema Racing |
Fast Driver R2: | Giuliano Alesi |
Fast Team R2: | BWT HWA Racelab |
Fast Time R2: | 1:33.413 |
Fast Lap R2: | lap 21 |
The 2020 Barcelona FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 15–16 August 2020 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Catalonia, Spain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the sixth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix.
It was the first time since 2018 where one team secured a double lock-up in terms of wins in both races as Dutch outfit MP Motorsport won both the Feature Race and Sprint Race with Nobuharu Matsushita and Felipe Drugovich respectively. The last team to do that was ART Grand Prix, coincidentally at the same venue.
Callum Ilott continued to score poles, outpacing Robert Shwartzman in the Barcelona Qualifying.[1]
Nobuharu Matsushita was the only driver who had a pit-stop during the safety car period after Sean Gelael and Giuliano Alesi tangled. It helped Matsushita to achieve win after start from the 18th on the grid, which as 2020 Barcelona Formula 2 round is the farthest starting position to take a race win in the history of FIA Formula 2 Championship and this was the first time since the previous GP2 Series 2011 Hungaroring sprint race when Stefano Coletti won from the 21st grid, when the race has been won from the same place or further back. While Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou completed the podium.[2] Gelael was injured after collision with Jack Aitken on the final lap, resulting his missing in the sprint race and the four further race weekends.
Ilott wasn't able again to convert pole into the race victory in the sprint race. While Matsushita's teammate Felipe Drugovich won the race ahead of Luca Ghiotto and Mick Schumacher.[3]
Driver | Team | Time | |||||
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scope=row | 1 | 4 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 1:28.381 | 1 | |
scope=row | 2 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 1:28.564 | +0.183 | 2 |
scope=row | 3 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 1:28.601 | +0.220 | 3 |
scope=row | 4 | 15 | 1:28.767 | +0.386 | 4 | ||
scope=row | 5 | 20 | 1:28.889 | +0.508 | 5 | ||
scope=row | 6 | 7 | 1:28.903 | +0.522 | 6 | ||
scope=row | 7 | 9 | 1:28.979 | +0.598 | 7 | ||
scope=row | 8 | 2 | 1:28.986 | +0.605 | 8 | ||
scope=row | 9 | 24 | 1:29.033 | +0.652 | 9 | ||
scope=row | 10 | 11 | 1:29.199 | +0.818 | 10 | ||
scope=row | 11 | 16 | 1:29.297 | +0.916 | 11 | ||
scope=row | 12 | 8 | 1:29.308 | +0.927 | 12 | ||
scope=row | 13 | 1 | 1:29.316 | +0.935 | 13 | ||
scope=row | 14 | 6 | 1:29.333 | +0.952 | 14 | ||
scope=row | 15 | 22 | 1:29.469 | +1.088 | 15 | ||
scope=row | 16 | 23 | 1:29.493 | +1.112 | 16 | ||
scope=row | 17 | 12 | 1:29.524 | +1.143 | 17 | ||
scope=row | 18 | 14 | 1:29.641 | +1.260 | 18 | ||
scope=row | 19 | 5 | 1:29.686 | +1.305 | 19 | ||
scope=row | 20 | 25 | 1:29.690 | +1.309 | 20 | ||
scope=row | 21 | 17 | 1:29.748 | +1.367 | 21 | ||
scope=row | 22 | 10 | 1:30.093 | +1.712 | 22 | ||
Source:[4] |
Driver | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Callum Ilott | 121 | ||
1 | 2 | Robert Shwartzman | 103 | |
1 | 3 | Christian Lundgaard | 87 | |
2 | 4 | Yuki Tsunoda | 82 | |
2 | 5 | Mick Schumacher | 79 |
Team | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 197 | ||
2 | Prema Racing | 182 | ||
3 | ART Grand Prix | 121 | ||
4 | Hitech Grand Prix | 118 | ||
1 | 5 | MP Motorsport | 109 |