The 2017 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 26 and 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix.
Background Charles Leclerc, once again, entered the round as the championship leader with a significant margin over nearest rival, Oliver Rowland. Rowland had closed the gap in the previous round in Hungary, but nevertheless was still 54 points behind the Monégasque driver.
For this round, Rapax had inherited an entirely new driver lineup with Sergio Canamasas and Nyck de Vries making way for Louis Delétraz and Roberto Merhi. Nyck de Vries and Louis Delétraz effectively switched seats with de Vries going from Rapax to Racing Engineering and Delétraz vice versa.
Classifications Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 1 Charles Leclerc Prema Racing 2:20.842 — 1 2 10 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 2:21.510 +0.668 2 3 9 Oliver Rowland DAMS 2:21.578 +0.736 3 4 4 Gustav Malja Racing Engineering 2:22.069 +1.227 4 5 2 Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing 2:22.073 +1.231 5 6 3 Nyck de Vries Racing Engineering 2:22.534 +1.692 6 7 5 Luca Ghiotto Russian Time 2:22.952 +2.110 7 8 19 Roberto Merhi Rapax 2:23.132 +2.290 8 9 6 Artem Markelov Russian Time 2:23.180 +2.338 9 10 8 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 2:23.409 +2.567 10 11 14 Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport 2:23.424 +2.582 11 12 17 Santino Ferrucci Trident 2:23.459 +2.617 12 13 18 Louis Delétraz Rapax 2:23.470 +2.628 13 14 11 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 2:23.737 +2.895 14 15 7 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 2:23.788 +2.946 15 16 15 Jordan King MP Motorsport 2:24.127 +3.285 16 17 12 Robert Visoiu Campos Racing 2:24.215 +3.373 17 18 20 Norman Nato Arden International 2:24.437 +3.595 18 19 21 Sean Gelael Arden International 2:25.039 +4.197 19 20 16 Nabil Jeffri Trident 2:27.008 +6.166 20 Source:
Feature Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Artem Markelov Russian Time 25 52:50.172 9 25 (2) 2 5 Luca Ghiotto Russian Time 25 +6.057 7 18 3 2 Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing 25 +6.446 5 15 4 4 Gustav Malja Racing Engineering 25 +19.912 4 12 5 3 Nyck de Vries Racing Engineering 25 +21.149 6 10 6 14 Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport 25 +29.356 11 8 7 19 Roberto Merhi Rapax 25 +33.479 8 6 8 20 Norman Nato Arden International 25 +35.611 18 4 9 17 Santino Ferrucci Trident 25 +42.735 12 2 10 12 Robert Vișoiu Campos Racing 25 +44.133 17 1 11 16 Nabil Jeffri Trident 25 +47.608 20 12 8 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 25 +59.552 10 13 11 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 25 +1:00.217 14 14 18 Louis Delétraz Rapax 25 +1:01.070 13 15 21 Sean Gelael Arden International 25 +1:14.082 19 16 7 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 24 +1 lap 15 DNF 15 Jordan King MP Motorsport 1 Puncture 16 DNS 10 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 0 Fuel pressure 2 DSQ 1 Charles Leclerc Prema Racing 25 Disqualified 1 (4) DSQ 9 Oliver Rowland DAMS 25 Disqualified 3 Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) – 2:00.204 (on lap 18) Source:
Sprint Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 Sérgio Sette Câmara MP Motorsport 18 39:40.215 1 15 2 3 Nyck de Vries Racing Engineering 18 +0.623 2 12 (2) 3 5 Luca Ghiotto Russian Time 18 +2.403 5 10 4 20 Norman Nato Arden International 18 +3.109 10 8 5 1 Charles Leclerc Prema Racing 18 +3.820 8 6 6 19 Roberto Merhi Rapax 18 +4.894 9 4 7 2 Antonio Fuoco Prema Racing 18 +5.448 4 2 8 9 Oliver Rowland DAMS 18 +5.828 6 1 9 10 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 18 +6.690 20 10 17 Santino Ferrucci Trident 18 +9.202 11 11 4 Gustav Malja Racing Engineering 18 +9.629 3 12 18 Louis Delétraz Rapax 18 +10.556 16 13 11 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 18 +10.865 15 14 15 Jordan King MP Motorsport 18 +11.095 19 15 16 Nabil Jeffri Trident 18 +12.070 13 16 12 Robert Vișoiu Campos Racing 18 +13.709 12 17 21 Sean Gelael Arden International 18 +14.121 17 18 8 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 18 +17.543 14 DNF 7 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 14 Accident 18 DNF 6 Artem Markelov Russian Time 12 Engine 7 Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (Racing Engineering) – 2:01.367 (on lap 2) Source:
Championship standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Charles Leclerc 2182 Oliver Rowland 1593 Artem Markelov 150 14 Luca Ghiotto 123 15 Nicholas Latifi 115
Teams' Championship standings Team Points1 DAMS 274 12 Russian Time 273 13 Prema Racing 2584 ART Grand Prix 1655 Rapax 116
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2017 Belgian Grand Prix 2017 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round
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