# 2019 Sochi Formula 2 round

The 2019 Sochi FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 September 2019 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the tenth and penultimate round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Russian Grand Prix.
ART Grand Prix driver Nyck de Vries won the feature race; in doing so, he mathematically clinched the drivers' championship with three races remaining. De Vries is also the first non-rookie driver to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 1:47.440 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 1:47.700 | +0.260 | 2 |
| 3 | 11 | Callum Ilott | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:47.737 | +0.297 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 1:47.767 | 0.327 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 1:47.843 | +0.403 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DAMS | 1:48.031 | +0.591 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | Louis Delétraz | Carlin | 1:48.188 | +0.748 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 1:48.226 | +0.786 | 8 |
| 9 | 16 | Jordan King | MP Motorsport | 1:48.320 | +0.880 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | 1:48.396 | +0.956 | 10 |
| 11 | 9 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 1:48.444 | +1.004 | 11 |
| 12 | 15 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 1:48.477 | +1.037 | 12 |
| 13 | 10 | Sean Gelael | Prema Racing | 1:48.567 | +1.127 | 13 |
| 14 | 20 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1:48.850 | +1.410 | 14 |
| 15 | 21 | Ralph Boschung | Trident | 1:48.880 | +1.440 | 15 |
| 16 | 22 | Artem Markelov | BWT Arden | 1:49.244 | +1.804 | 16 |
| 17 | 12 | Matevos Isaakyan | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:49.497 | +2.057 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón | BWT Arden | 1:50.255 | +2.815 | 18 |
| 19 | 14 | Marino Sato | Campos Racing | 1:50.311 | +2.871 | 19 |
| 20 | 17 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 1:51.949 | +4.509 | 20 |
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### Feature Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 28 | 54:12.087 | 1 | 25 (4) |
| 2 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 28 | +4.918 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | Louis Delétraz | Carlin | 28 | +5.995 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 28 | +7.607 | 4 | 12 (2) |
| 5 | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DAMS | 28 | +11.378 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | 28 | +20.364 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 15 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 28 | +27.403 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 28 | +28.572 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | Callum Ilott | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 28 | +32.394 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 28 | +33.756 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | Sean Gelael | Prema Racing | 28 | +43.365 | 13 | |
| 12 | 16 | Jordan King | MP Motorsport | 28 | +47.493 | 9 | |
| 13 | 20 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 28 | +48.620 | 14 | |
| 14 | 21 | Ralph Boschung | Trident | 28 | +59.021 | 15 | |
| 15 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón | BWT Arden | 28 | +1:09.884 | 18 | |
| 16 | 14 | Marino Sato | Campos Racing | 28 | +1:46.218 | 19 | |
| 17 | 17 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 18 | 12 | Matevos Isaakyan | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 27 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| DNF | 9 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 19 | Oil Leak | 11 | |
| DNF | 22 | Artem Markelov | BWT Arden | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
| Fastest lap: Luca Ghiotto (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) 1:51.104 (on lap 26) ||||||||
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### Sprint Race

The race was supposed to last for 21 laps but because of the collision between Nikita Mazepin and Nobuharu Matsushita that lead to a red flag, the race was shorted to just 15 laps.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 15 | 1:18:21.329 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | 4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 15 | +0.712 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | Callum Ilott | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 15 | +1.672 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 15 | +3.383 | 7 | 8 (2) |
| 5 | 7 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | 15 | +3.820 | 10 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DAMS | 15 | +7.336 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | Sean Gelael | Prema Racing | 15 | +10.343 | 11 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 15 | +13.108 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | Jordan King | MP Motorsport | 15 | +14.851 | 12 | |
| 10 | 22 | Artem Markelov | BWT Arden | 15 | +16.769 | 20 | |
| 11 | 15 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 15 | +23.898 | 2 | |
| 12 | 21 | Ralph Boschung | Trident | 15 | +26.558 | 14 | |
| 13 | 12 | Matevos Isaakyan | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 15 | +27.414 | 18 | |
| 14 | 1 | Louis Delétraz | Carlin | 15 | +31.933 | 6 | |
| 15 | 14 | Marino Sato | Campos Racing | 15 | +36.472 | 16 | |
| 16 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón | BWT Arden | 15 | +43.057 | 15 | |
| 17 | 17 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 15 | +1:01.506 | 17 | |
| DNF | 9 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 7 | Collision damage | 19 | |
| DNF | 3 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 0 | Collision | 1 | |
| DNF | 2 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | 0 | Collision | 3 | |
| Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) 1:52.272 (on lap 12) ||||||||
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## Championship standings after the round

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Nyck de Vries | 266 |
| 2 | Nicholas Latifi | 194 |
| 3 | Luca Ghiotto | 184 |
| 4 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | 161 |
| 5 | Jack Aitken | 159 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | DAMS | 359 |
| 2 | UNI-Virtuosi | 306 |
| 3 | ART Grand Prix | 276 |
| 4 | Carlin | 200 |
| 5 | Campos Racing | 189 |