# 2024 Lusail Formula 2 round

The 2024 Lusail FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 29 November and 1 December 2024 and was the first time Formula 2 raced at the Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar. It was the penultimate round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix.

## Driver Changes

Four drivers left the Formula 2 grid ahead of the Lusail round. Juan Manuel Correa left DAMS Lucas Oil and was replaced by Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic, who finished the F3 championship in sixth position.
Dennis Hauger was confirmed to join Andretti Global for the 2025 Indy NXT season and decided to leave MP Motorsport for the last two rounds of the season to focus on next year. Richard Verschoor, who has driven for MP Motorsport in previous seasons, returned to the team to replace Hauger until the end of next season. Verschoor's seat at Trident was filled by American F3 graduate Max Esterson.
Cian Shields joined AIX Racing for the remainder of the season, after the departure of Niels Koolen, who replaced Taylor Barnard for the Monza and Baku rounds.
Van Amersfoort Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi left F2 before the final two rounds following his appointment by Arrow McLaren as an evaluation test driver for IndyCar. In his place, the team announced John Bennett, the runner-up of the GB3 Championship.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Time/Gap | Grid SR | Grid FR |
| 1 | 17 | Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:35.115 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Racing | +0.335 | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | +0.455 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.657 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | +0.732 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.980 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 9 | Kush Maini | Invicta Racing | +0.985 | 12 | 7 |
| 8 | 12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | +1.036 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | +1.072 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | Oliver Bearman | Prema Racing | +1.099 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | +1.321 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 21 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | +1.361 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 22 | Max Esterson | Trident | +1.610 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 2 | Luke Browning | ART Grand Prix | +1.614 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 6 | Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Motorsport | +1.641 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 24 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | +1.730 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 5 | Zane Maloney | Rodin Motorsport | +1.746 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | +1.926 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 14 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | +2.163 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 23 | Christian Mansell | Trident | +2.274 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 15 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | +2.937 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 25 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | +3.221 | 22 | 22 |
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Notes
* ^1 – Kush Maini received a five-place grid penalty in the previous round for causing a collision at the start of the feature race. He was handed an additional three-place grid penalty for impeding John Bennett during qualifying.

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Oliver Bearman | Prema Racing | 23 | 40:51.281 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | 23 | +0.295 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 23 | +0.580 | 5 | 6 (1) |
| 4 | 20 | Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | 23 | +0.910 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Racing | 23 | +1.227 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Zane Maloney | Rodin Motorsport | 23 | +1.751 | 17 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 23 | +1.059 | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | 24 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | 23 | +1.905 | 16 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +2.868 | 7 | |
| 10 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | DAMS Lucas Oil | 23 | +3.223 | 6 | |
| 11 | 2 | Luke Browning | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +3.532 | 14 | |
| 12 | 14 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +4.151 | 19 | |
| 13 | 6 | Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Motorsport | 23 | +1.544 | 15 | |
| 14 | 22 | Max Esterson | Trident | 23 | +4.760 | 13 | |
| 15 | 23 | Christian Mansell | Trident | 23 | +5.340 | 20 | |
| 16 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 23 | +6.053 | 19 |
| 17 | 15 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +6.517 | 21 | |
| 18 | 25 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | 23 | +6.966 | 22 | |
| 19 | 4 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | 20 | Collision | 10 | |
| 20 | 9 | Kush Maini | Invicta Racing | 20 | Collision | 12 | |
| DNF | 12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | 4 | Engine | 3 | |
| DNS | 21 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | 0 | Malfunction | 11 | |
| Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor: 1:38.630 (lap 20) ||||||||
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Notes
* ^1 - Paul Aron received a two-place penalty for causing a collision with Victor Martins.
* ^2 - Ritomo Miyata received two penalties: a four-place penalty for causing a collision with Dino Beganovic and a two-place penalty for causing a collision with Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
* ^3 - Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Kush Maini did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

### Feature race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 17 | Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 30 | 55:45.433 | 1 | 25 (3) |
| 2 | 20 | Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | 30 | +2.763 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Racing | 30 | +3.175 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | 30 | +3.796 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | DAMS Lucas Oil | 30 | +5.727 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 23 | Christian Mansell | Trident | 30 | +11.509 | 12 | 8 |
| 7 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 30 | +12.556 | 18 | 6 |
| 8 | 14 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | 30 | +18.862 | 19 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | Zane Maloney | Rodin Motorsport | 30 | +19.818 | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Motorsport | 30 | +23.297 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | 25 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | 30 | +32.320 | 22 | |
| 12 | 3 | Oliver Bearman | Prema Racing | 30 | +33.737 | 10 | |
| 13 | 24 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | 30 | +46.123 | 16 | |
| 14 | 9 | Kush Maini | Invicta Racing | 30 | +51.909 | 7 | |
| 15 | 2 | Luke Browning | ART Grand Prix | 30 | +53.372 | 14 | |
| 16 | 21 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | 30 | +65.023 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 30 | +69.043 | 14 | |
| 18 | 22 | Max Esterson | Trident | 30 | +75.033 | 13 | |
| NC | 1 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 25 | +5 laps | 3 | |
| DNF | 7 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | 13 | Accident damage | 6 | |
| DNF | 15 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 12 | Collision | 21 | |
| DNF | 4 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | 7 | Accident damage | 11 | |
| Fastest lap set by Oliver Bearman: 1:37.997 (lap 30) ||||||||
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Notes
* ^1 - Gabriel Bortoleto finished first on the road, but received a five-second penalty for crossing the pit lane line after the bollard, which dropped him down to third place.
* ^2 - Richard Verschoor received a ten-second penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane and a ten second stop-and-go penalty for unlapping himself during a Safety Car period without authorisation; because the penalty was not served during the race, it was converted into a 30 second time penalty.
* ^3 - Victor Martins took the chequered flag, but was not classified as he only completed 25 laps of racing, which constituted less than 90% of the race distance.

## Standings after the event

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 188.5 |
| | 2 | Isack Hadjar | 188 |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Aron | 163 |
| 1 | 4 | Zane Maloney | 140 |
| | 5 | Jak Crawford | 124 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Invicta Racing | 262.5 |
| | 2 | Campos Racing | 231 |
| | 3 | MP Motorsport | 200.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 198 |
| 1 | 5 | Prema Racing | 179 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.