# 2025 Melbourne Formula 2 round

The 2025 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 14 and 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the opening round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.
Due to heavy rain, the feature race on 16 March was cancelled with no racing laps completed.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Time/Gap | Grid SR | Grid FR |
| 1 | 10 | Gabriele Minì | Prema Racing | 1:29.286 | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | 14 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | +0.114 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | 11 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.301 | 18 | 13 |
| 4 | 6 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | +0.364 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | Alexander Dunne | Rodin Motorsport | +0.516 | 16 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | Roman Staněk | Invicta Racing | +0.549 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech TGR | +0.565 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | Luke Browning | Hitech TGR | +0.581 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 20 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | +0.652 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 1 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing | +0.662 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 9 | Sebastián Montoya | Prema Racing | +0.727 | 8 | 9 |
| 12 | 15 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix | +0.731 | 9 | 10 |
| 13 | 12 | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.772 | 19 | 19 |
| 14 | 4 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing | +0.803 | 10 | 11 |
| 15 | 22 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | +0.953 | 20 | 20 |
| 16 | 3 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | +0.985 | 11 | 12 |
| 17 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Rodin Motorsport | +1.066 | 21 | 21 |
| 18 | 25 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | +1.370 | 12 | 14 |
| 19 | 5 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | +2.022 | 14 | 16 |
| 20 | 24 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | +2.120 | 15 | 17 |
| 21 | 21 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | +2.230 | 17 | 18 |
| 107% time: 1:35.536 (+6.250) |||||||
| — | 23 | Max Esterson | Trident | No time | 22 | 22 |
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Notes:
* ^1 – Gabriele Minì set the fastest time in qualifying, but was found guilty of impeding Jak Crawford. He was handed a three-place grid penalty for both races of the weekend. Victor Martins was credited with pole position.
* ^2 – Alexander Dunne, Jak Crawford, Kush Maini, Sami Meguetounif and Amaury Cordeel each received a ten-place grid penalty for a breach of the sporting regulations during pre-season testing.
* ^3 – Max Esterson failed to set a time within the 107%-mark after crashing during qualifying but was given permission from the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid.

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | 23 | 41:30.202 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing | 23 | +2.198 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | Luke Browning | Hitech TGR | 23 | +2.879 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 6 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 23 | +3.585 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | Roman Staněk | Invicta Racing | 23 | +4.153 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | Sebastián Montoya | Prema Racing | 23 | +4.611 | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 | Gabriele Minì | Prema Racing | 23 | +4.877 | 13 | 2 (1) |
| 8 | 3 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | 23 | +5.486 | 11 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | Alexander Dunne | Rodin Motorsport | 23 | +9.776 | 16 | |
| 10 | 4 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing | 23 | +10.775 | 10 | |
| 11 | 5 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | 23 | +11.021 | 14 | |
| 12 | 15 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +12.245 | 9 | |
| 13 | 25 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +13.403 | 12 | |
| 14 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech TGR | 23 | +15.699 | 4 | |
| 15 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Rodin Motorsport | 23 | +16.744 | 21 | |
| 16 | 12 | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil | 23 | +20.120 | 19 | |
| 17 | 21 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | 23 | +21.976 | 17 | |
| 18 | 24 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +26.454 | 15 | |
| DNF | 22 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | 13 | | 20 | |
| DNF | 23 | Max Esterson | Trident | 5 | Spun off | 22 | |
| DNF | 11 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | 2 | | 18 | |
| DNF | 14 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 1 | Collision damage | 7 | |
| Fastest lap set by Gabriele Minì: 1:32.767 (lap 21) ||||||||
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### Feature race

The feature race was cancelled due to weather conditions. Because less than 2 laps of racing without the safety car occurred, no points were awarded except for two points awarded to Victor Martins for qualifying on pole position.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| C | 14 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 0 | Race Cancelled | 1 | (2) |
| C | 6 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 0 | Race Cancelled | 2 | |
| C | 2 | Roman Staněk | Invicta Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 3 | |
| C | 10 | Gabriele Minì | Prema Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 4 | |
| C | 8 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech TGR | 0 | Race Cancelled | 5 | |
| C | 7 | Luke Browning | Hitech TGR | 0 | Race Cancelled | 6 | |
| C | 20 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 7 | |
| C | 1 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 8 | |
| C | 9 | Sebastián Montoya | Prema Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 9 | |
| C | 15 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix | 0 | Race Cancelled | 10 | |
| C | 4 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 11 | |
| C | 3 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 12 | |
| C | 11 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | 0 | Race Cancelled | 13 | |
| C | 25 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 14 | |
| C | 17 | Alexander Dunne | Rodin Motorsport | 0 | Race Cancelled | 15 | |
| C | 5 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | 0 | Race Cancelled | 16 | |
| C | 24 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 17 | |
| C | 21 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | 0 | Race Cancelled | 18 | |
| C | 12 | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil | 0 | Race Cancelled | 19 | |
| C | 22 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | 0 | Race Cancelled | 20 | |
| C | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Rodin Motorsport | 0 | Race Cancelled | 21 | |
| C | 23 | Max Esterson | Trident | 0 | Race Cancelled | 22 | |
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Notes:
* ^1 – The race was cancelled due to bad weather. No racing laps were completed.

## Standings after the event

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Joshua Dürksen | 10 |
| 2 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 8 |
| 3 | Luke Browning | 6 |
| 4 | Richard Verschoor | 5 |
| 5 | Roman Staněk | 4 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Invicta Racing | 12 |
| 2 | AIX Racing | 10 |
| 3 | Hitech TGR | 6 |
| 4 | Prema Racing | 6 |
| 5 | MP Motorsport | 5 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.