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Round 03 · Formula 2 2018

Spain

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 4.657 km11–13 May
Winner · Feature Race
GeorgeRussell
#8GBART Grand Prix
The Story

Barcelona belonged to ART. Albon claimed pole but bogged down at the start, letting de Vries lead with Russell and Ghiotto also slipping by. Russell grabbed a tow and moved inside to take the lead from de Vries, then held firm under relentless late pressure as de Vries feinted and lunged but ran wide. Norris was the other star, charging from eighth to the front of the chasing pack on an alternate tyre strategy and nearly snatching second on the final lap, falling under a second short. Multiple virtual safety cars punctuated the race for incidents involving Günther, Maini, and the Gelael–Delétraz contact, but Russell never wavered. The bonus point for fastest lap went to Markelov after Latifi set the time but finished out of the points. The Sprint went to Aitken, who darted ahead of Sette Câmara at the start and led throughout for a win sources described as his maiden F2 victory, completing an ART double weekend. A full safety car for the Makino–Fukuzumi collision wiped out his big lead, but Aitken kept Albon at bay at the restart to win ahead of Albon and Norris, with Russell fourth. de Vries spun out on the opening lap. Norris extended his championship lead.

37 lapsOfficial
Pos#DriverLapsTime/Gap
18
RUSG. Russell
361:02:58.902
24
DEVN. de Vries
36+1.036
319
NORL. Norris
36+1.760
414
GHIL. Ghiotto
36+5.714
55
ALBA. Albon
36+6.098
67
AITJ. Aitken
36+8.214
718
SETS. Sette Câmara
36+9.830
81
MARA. Markelov
36+20.857
92
MAKT. Makino
36+23.950
1021
FUOA. Fuoco
36+25.289
1112
FUKN. Fukuzumi
36+29.150
1215
NISR. Nissany
36+36.719
139
MERR. Merhi
36+58.771
146
LATN. Latifi
35+1 LAP
DNF3
GELS. Gelael
27DNF
DNF20
DELL. Delétraz
27DNF
DNF16
MAI
MAIA. Maini
10DNF
DNF10
BOSR. Boschung
5DNF
DNS17
FER
FERS. Ferrucci
0DNS
DNF11
GUNM. Günther
0DNF
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