The 2021 Monaco Formula 2 round was a couple of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 21–22 May 2021 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the second round of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix.
By winning the Feature Race in the principality, Théo Pourchaire thus became the youngest race winner in Formula 2 history aged 17 years and 264 days, beating the previous record of Lando Norris.
Background Driver changes Jack Aitken returned to Formula 2 as a replacement for Matteo Nannini for HWA Racelab, who decided to fully concentrate on his campaign in Formula 3 due to sponsorship issues.
Classification Qualifying Group A Driver Team Time 1 10 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:20.985 – 1 2 2 Oscar Piastri Prema Racing 1:21.443 +0.458 3 3 8 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:21.523 +0.538 5 4 16 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:22.102 +1.117 7 5 4 Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi 1:22.131 +1.146 9 6 6 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:22.244 +1.259 11 7 14 David Beckmann Charouz Racing System 1:22.585 +1.600 13 8 24 Bent Viscaal Trident 1:22.827 +1.842 15 9 12 Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport 1:22.933 +1.948 17 10 20 Gianluca Petecof Campos Racing 1:23.344 +2.359 19 11 22 Jack Aitken HWA Racelab 1:23.353 +2.368 21Source:
Group B Driver Team Time 1 1 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:21.403 – 2 2 5 Dan Ticktum Carlin 1:21.589 +0.186 4 3 21 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:21.854 +0.451 6 4 9 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:21.877 +0.474 8 5 3 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:21.912 +0.509 10 6 7 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 1:21.941 +0.538 12 7 17 Marcus Armstrong DAMS 1:22.168 +0.765 14 8 11 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1:22.758 +1.355 16 9 25 Marino Sato Trident 1:24.091 +2.688 18 10 15 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:24.302 +2.899 20107% time: 1:26.540 — 23 Alessio Deledda HWA Racelab 1:27.744 +6.341 22Source:
Notes – Alessio Deledda was not able to set a time within 107%, but was later given permission to start both Sprint Race 1 and the Feature Race from the back of the grid.
Sprint race 1 DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints13 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi3044:21.27211524 Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi30 +2.396212316 Roy NissanyDAMS30 +5.909410421 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing30 +7.4305858 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix30 +11.00766 (2)65 Dan TicktumCarlin30 +11.49574710 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix30 +13.24710282 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing30 +15.2478197 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix30 +17.514121017 Marcus ArmstrongDAMS30 +18.94714116 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin30 +19.290111214 David BeckmannCharouz Racing System30 +19.546131311 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport30 +19.915161424 Bent ViscaalTrident30 +20.234151512 Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport30 +20.755171622 Jack AitkenHWA Racelab30 +21.168211715 Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System30 +21.873201823 Alessio DeleddaHWA Racelab29 +1 lap221925 Marino SatoTrident28 Accident 18DNF20 Gianluca PetecofCampos Racing23 Accident19DNF9 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix14 Oil leak3DNF1 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing1 Collision damage9Fastest lap： Jüri Vips − Hitech Grand Prix − 1:22.125 (lap 22)Source:
Sprint race 2 DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints15 Dan TicktumCarlin28 47:53.82651522 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing28 +0.76531238 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix28 +1.172610410 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix28 +2.10148521 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing28 +6.26876611 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport28 +8.381134712 Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport28 +13.38415286 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin28 +15.894111922 Jack AitkenHWA Racelab28 +16.31016101 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing28 +39.22522(2)1124 Bent ViscaalTrident28 +1:03.889141223 Alessio DeleddaHWA Racelab27 +1 lap181315 Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System27 +1 lap17144 Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi26 +2 laps9153 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi26 +2 laps10DNF14 David BeckmannCharouz Racing System23 Collision12DNF16 Roy NissanyDAMS22 Accident 8DNF9 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix16 Mechanical21DNF25 Marino SatoTrident9 Mechanical19DNF17 Marcus ArmstrongDAMS2 Driveshaft1DNF20 Gianluca PetecofCampos Racing0 Collision20DSQ7 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix28Disqualified2Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman − Prema Racing − 1:30.728 (lap 28)Source:
Notes – Marcus Armstrong was supposed to start Sprint Race 2 from P1, but failed to rejoin the starting grid due to a technical issue. Thus, he had to start the race from the pit lane. – Liam Lawson finished the race in first place but was disqualified for using the wrong throttle map at the start, a breach of Technical Regulations 3.6.5.
Feature race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints110 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix42 1:01:02.089125 (4)22 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing42 +2.89431834 Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi42 +14.26191541 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing42 +17.91021253 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi42 +24.1301010 (2)621 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing42 +30.6936877 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix42 +31.28812688 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix42 +37.05154916 Roy NissanyDAMS42 +46.563721011 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport42 +49.5131611124 Bent ViscaalTrident42 +51.38015129 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix42 +52.96681314 David BeckmannCharouz Racing System42 +55.834131425 Marino SatoTrident42 +1:11.237181515 Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System41 +1 lap201620 Gianluca PetecofCampos Racing41 +1 lap191723 Alessio DeleddaHWA Racelab41 +1 lap221822 Jack AitkenHWA Racelab40 +2 laps21DNF5 Dan TicktumCarlin32 Accident4DNF12 Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport30 Accident17DNF17 Marcus ArmstrongDAMS29 Collision14DNF6 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin17 Collision damage11Fastest lap： Guanyu Zhou − UNI-Virtuosi − 1:21.912 (lap 42)Source:
Notes – Both Jüri Vips and Gianluca Petecof were given a five-second time penalty and a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision respectively. - Christian Lundgaard was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Guanyu Zhou 68 2 2 Oscar Piastri 52 8 3 Théo Pourchaire 47 1 4 Dan Ticktum 38 3 5 Liam Lawson 36
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 1 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 97 1 2 Prema Racing 82 2 3 Carlin 67 1 4 ART Grand Prix 63 1 5 Hitech Grand Prix 58
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2021 Monaco Grand Prix
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