2025 Melbourne Formula 2 round
Motor racing event
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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[1][2] of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.
Melbourne, Australia
5.278 km (3.280 mi)
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| Round 1 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Temporary street circuit 5.278 km (3.280 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Due to heavy rain, the feature race on 16 March was cancelled with no racing laps completed.
Classification
Practice
Three red flags were issued during free practice on Friday.[3] Additionally, power cuts that randomly affected several cars resulted in a 15-minute shakedown session being planned for Saturday morning.[4][5]
Qualifying
Qualifying report
Gabriele Minì claimed pole position, but was demoted due to a grid penalty. As a result, Martins started in first for the feature race. Fornaroli took the sprint pole, after qualifying in eighth.[7][8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
- ^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.[11]
Sprint race
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.[14][15]
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
