# 2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round

The 2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 24 and 25 May 2019 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.

## Background
### Driver changes

Artem Markelov made a one-off return as a replacement for Jordan King at MP Motorsport, who was competing in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

## Classification
### Qualifying
#### Group A

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 11 | Callum Ilott | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:21.462 | – | 2 |
| 2 | 9 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 1:21.469 | +0.007 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DAMS | 1:21.537 | +0.075 | 5 |
| 4 | 19 | Anthoine Hubert | BWT Arden | 1:21.675 | +0.213 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | Louis Delétraz | Carlin | 1:21.936 | +0.474 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.089 | +0.627 | 12 |
| 7 | 21 | Ralph Boschung | Trident | 1:22.233 | +0.771 | 14 |
| 8 | 7 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:22.772 | +1.310 | 16 |
| 9 | 15 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 1:22.877 | +1.415 | 18 |
| 10 | 17 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 1:26.522 | +5.060 | 20 |
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#### Group B

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 1:20.676 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:20.924 | +0.248 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 1:21.130 | +0.454 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | Sean Gelael | Prema Racing | 1:21.598 | +0.922 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | 1:21.807 | +1.131 | 9 |
| 6 | 16 | Artem Markelov | MP Motorsport | 1:22.086 | +1.410 | 11 |
| 7 | 14 | Dorian Boccolacci | Campos Racing | 1:22.290 | +1.614 | 13 |
| 8 | 12 | Juan Manuel Correa | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 1:22.437 | +1.761 | 15 |
| 9 | 20 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 1:22.785 | +2.109 | 17 |
| 10 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón | BWT Arden | 1:24.791 | +4.115 | 19 |
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##### Notes

* ^1 – Nicholas Latifi was given a three-place grid penalty for exiting the pit lane whilst the pit exit light was red.

### Feature race

The race has been red-flagged midway-through on lap 20 after a collision between Mick Schumacher and Tatiana Calderón on Rascasse. As a result, everyone down between Calderón in ninth and Raghunathan in nineteenth was stuck behind the incident. That bizarrely meant that the entire top eight gained a lap on the rest of the field, although they would all have to serve their mandatory stop after the race restarted.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 41 | 1:30:56.153 | 1 | 25 (4) |
| 2 | 2 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | 41 | +4.046 | 9 | 18 (2) |
| 3 | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DAMS | 41 | +5.470 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 14 | Dorian Boccolacci | Campos Racing | 41 | +9.120 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 41 | +1:02.548 | 16 | 10 |
| 6 | 16 | Artem Markelov | MP Motorsport | 40 | +1 lap | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | Louis Delétraz | Carlin | 40 | +1 lap | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 19 | Anthoine Hubert | BWT Arden | 40 | +1 lap | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 21 | Ralph Boschung | Trident | 40 | +1 lap | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 40 | +1 lap | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 40 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 12 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 40 | +1 lap | 8 | |
| 13 | 9 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 40 | +1 lap | 4 | |
| 14 | 17 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 39 | +2 laps | 20 | |
| 15 | 18 | Tatiana Calderón | BWT Arden | 39 | +2 laps | 19 | |
| DNF | 12 | Juan Manuel Correa | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 37 | Accident | 15 | |
| DNF | 15 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 36 | Collision damage | 18 | |
| DNF | 10 | Sean Gelael | Prema Racing | 32 | Collision damage | 6 | |
| DNS | 11 | Callum Ilott | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 0 | Mechanical | 2 | |
| DSQ | 8 | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi | 41 | Disqualified | 3 | |
| Fastest lap: Nobuharu Matsushita (Carlin) — 1:22.243 (on lap 38) ||||||||
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#### Notes

* ^1 – Ralph Boschung was given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
* ^2 – Mick Schumacher was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
* ^3 – Mahaveer Raghunathan was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage as well as a twenty-second time penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Jack Aitken.
* ^4 – Luca Ghiotto originally finished 2nd but was disqualified for his car using rack stops of a thickness that did not comply with the sporting regulations.

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Anthoine Hubert | BWT Arden | 30 | 44:23.388 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | Louis Delétraz | Carlin | 30 | +0.059 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 30 | +0.922 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 16 | Artem Markelov | MP Motorsport | 30 | +2.459 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 14 | Dorian Boccolacci | Campos Racing | 30 | +13.689 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DAMS | 30 | +16.322 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | 30 | +16.952 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | Nikita Mazepin | ART Grand Prix | 30 | +17.337 | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | Nobuharu Matsushita | Carlin | 30 | +18.770 | 7 | |
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 30 | +19.335 | 12 | (2) |
| 11 | 9 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 30 | +21.559 | 13 | |
| 12 | 12 | Juan Manuel Correa | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 30 | +22.639 | 16 | |
| 13 | 15 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 30 | +23.284 | 17 | |
| 14 | 11 | Callum Ilott | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | 30 | +24.813 | 19 | |
| 15 | 10 | Sean Gelael | Prema Racing | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| DNF | 20 | Giuliano Alesi | Trident | 17 | Collision | 11 | |
| DNF | 21 | Ralph Boschung | Trident | 9 | Mechanical | 9 | |
| DNF | 17 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | MP Motorsport | 6 | Collision | 15 | |
| DNF | 8 | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi | 6 | Collision | 20 | |
| DNF | 18 | Tatiana Calderón | BWT Arden | 2 | Collision | 14 | |
| Fastest lap: Sean Gelael (Prema Racing) – 1:23.318 (on lap 27) ||||||||
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#### Notes

* ^1 – Sean Gelael set the fastest lap, but finished outside the top 10, so he was ineligible to score points for the fastest lap. The two bonus points for the fastest lap were awarded to Nicholas Latifi as he set the fastest lap of those who finished inside the top 10 with a time of 1:23.868.

## Championship standings after the round

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Nicholas Latifi | 95 |
| 1 | 2 | Nyck de Vries | 94 |
| 1 | 3 | Luca Ghiotto | 67 |
| | 4 | Jack Aitken | 62 |
| | 5 | Guanyu Zhou | 54 |
| | Pos. | Entrant | Points |
| | 1 | DAMS | 147 |
| | 2 | UNI-Virtuosi | 121 |
| 1 | 3 | ART Grand Prix | 100 |
| 1 | 4 | Campos Racing | 92 |
| 4 | 5 | Carlin | 60 |