2025 Budapest Formula 2 round
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| Round 10 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Budapest Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 1 and 3 August 2025 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was tenth race and the final race before the Summer break of the 2025 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Report
Qualifying
Roman Staněk took his first Formula 2 pole position for Invicta Racing, followed by teammate Leonardo Fornaroli and DAMS Lucas Oil driver Jak Crawford.[1]
Sprint race
Pepe Martí lined up on pole for the sprint race as he qualified tenth for the feature race. Alex Dunne started second, with Martí's teammate Arvid Lindblad third. Lindblad overtook Dunne on lap 1, but was unable to overtake Martí. Further behind, feature race polesitter Staněk was spun around by Gabriele Minì, but was able to recover. Minì was given a ten-second time penalty for the incident.[2] Lindblad attempted a pass for the lead on lap 8, but was unsuccessful, and the British driver was overtaken by Dunne on lap 19. Sebastián Montoya's retirement brought out the safety car on lap 22.[3] Martí held off a late attack from Dunne to win the race, with the podium completed by Jak Crawford, who overtook Lindblad on the final lap.
Feature race
The race began with a rolling start due to rain earlier in the day.[4] Staněk held on to his lead, followed by Fornaroli and Crawford. A virtual safety car was called on lap 6 after Amaury Cordeel suffered an engine failure. Staněk pitted at the end of lap 15. His teammate came in one lap later, and performed a successful overcut to take the effective race lead. Originally, the lead driver on the alternate strategy was Lindblad, who pitted on lap 23, but could only climb to sixth in his soft tyre stint, behind the MP Motorsport car of Richard Verschoor, also on the alternate strategy. Crawford attempted to overtake Staněk several times, but was unsuccessful, and Fornaroli held on to take his first feature race win despite receiving a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[5][6]
Classification
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 1 August 2025, at 15:55 local time (UTC+2).
Notes:
- ^1 Sebastián Montoya was given a three-place grid penalty for both races for impeding another driver during qualifying.
Sprint race
The sprint race was held on 2 August 2025, at 14:15 local time (UTC+2).
Notes:
- Gabriele Minì set the fastest lap of the race, but did not finish within the top ten, so was ineligible to score the bonus point. Pepe Martí set the fastest lap within the top ten and therefore received the bonus point.
- ^1 Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning both received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage. Lindblad was demoted from 4th to 10th, and Browning was demoted from 5th to 12th.
- ^2 John Bennett received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track. This demoted him from 12th to 20th.
- ^3 Cian Shields received a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. This did not affect his final classification.
Feature race
The feature race was held on 3 August 2025, at 10:00 local time (UTC+2).
Notes:
- ^1 Leonardo Fornaroli was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. This did not affect his final classification.
Standings after the event
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
- ^ "Stanek leads Fornaroli in Budapest F2 Qualifying". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ Smith, Jack Oliver (2025-08-02). "Pepe Marti fends off late pressure from Alex Dunne to claim Hungary F2 Sprint win". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2025-08-02). "Marti holds off Lindblad, then Dunne, for F2 sprint race victory". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ "Fornaroli Wins The Hungarian Feature Race Ahead of The F2 Summer Break - Formula 2". 2025-08-03. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2025-08-03). "Fornaroli grows F2 title advantage by leading home Staněk in Hungary". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ Series, Feeder (2025-08-03). "Fornaroli heads Invicta 1-2 in Hungary F2 feature to extend points lead". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ "Doc 45 - F2 Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Doc 73 - F2 Race 1 - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Doc 83 - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
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