2026 Melbourne Formula 2 round

Practice

Gabriele Minì of MP Motorsport set the fastest lap of the free practice session on Friday. Two red flags were issued during practice; Hitech's Colton Herta crashed midway through his first session at a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, and an off-track excursion by Formula 2 debutant Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak eventually ended the session prematurely.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 6 March 2026, at 14:55 local time (UTC+11).

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	7	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:28.695	10	1
2	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.216	9	2
3	15	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.344	8	3
4	5	Noel León	Campos Racing	+0.381	7	4
5	6	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+0.428	6	5
6	1	Rafael Câmara	Invicta Racing	+0.448	5	6
7	16	Kush Maini	ART Grand Prix	+0.464	4	7
8	10	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.559	3	8
9	2	Joshua Dürksen	Invicta Racing	+0.789	2	9
10	17	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	ART Grand Prix	+0.846	1	10
11	24	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	+0.869	11	11
12	8	Roman Bilinski	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.910	12	12
13	3	Ritomo Miyata	Hitech TGR	+0.945	13	13
14	4	Colton Herta	Hitech TGR	+1.070	14	14
15	11	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+1.129	15	15
16	23	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.367	16	16
17	25	John Bennett	Trident	+1.544	17	17
18	20	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.	AIX Racing	+1.795	18	18
19	22	Nicolás Varrone	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.827	19	19
20	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+2.048	20	20
21	9	Gabriele Minì	MP Motorsport	+2.438	21	21
107% time: 1:34.903 (+6.208)
—	12	Mari Boya	Prema Racing	+34.198	221	221
Source:[2]

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Notes:

• ^1 – Mari Boya failed to set a time within the 107%-mark after crashing during qualifying. He was given permission from the stewards to start both races at the back of the grid.^[3]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 7 March 2026, at 14:10 local time (UTC+11).

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Joshua Dürksen	Invicta Racing	23	39:09.726	2	10
2	5	Noel León	Campos Racing	23	+2.139	7	8
3	15	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	23	+5.746	8	6
4	17	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	ART Grand Prix	23	+7.156	1	5
5	3	Ritomo Miyata	Hitech	23	+7.266	13	4
6	9	Gabriele Minì	MP Motorsport	23	+7.734	21	3
7	24	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	23	+8.477	11	2
8	8	Roman Bilinski	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+8.559	12	1
9	11	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	23	+8.982	15
10	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	23	+9.5191	9	1
11	1	Rafael Câmara	Invicta Racing	23	+9.548	5
12	16	Kush Maini	ART Grand Prix	23	+9.938	4
13	23	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+10.331	16
14	20	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.	AIX Racing	23	+12.078	18
15	25	John Bennett	Trident	23	+12.569	17
16	4	Colton Herta	Hitech	23	+13.201	14
17	6	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	23	+13.904	6
18	10	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	23	+14.489	3
19	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	23	+15.438	20
20	7	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+15.965	10
21	22	Nico Varrone	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+18.230	19
DNF	12	Mari Boya	Prema Racing	13	Accident	22
Fastest lap: Martinius Stenshorne (1:32.045 on lap 23)
Source:[4]

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Notes:

• ^1 – Martinius Stenshorne received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage over Nikola Tsolov.^[5]

Feature race

The feature race was held on 8 March 2026, at 11:25 local time (UTC+11), and was contested over 33 laps.^[6]

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	33	56:05.248	5	25
2	1	Rafael Câmara	Invicta Racing	33	+1.669	6	18
3	24	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	33	+3.517	11	15+1
4	10	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	33	+4.816	8	12
5	3	Ritomo Miyata	Hitech	33	+5.684	13	10
6	17	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	ART Grand Prix	33	+12.179	10	8
7	4	Colton Herta	Hitech	33	+17.411	14	6
8	9	Gabriele Minì	MP Motorsport	33	+18.707	21	4
9	11	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	33	+19.4431	15	2
10	2	Joshua Dürksen	Invicta Racing	33	+21.8002	9	1
11	23	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+22.231	16
12	8	Roman Bilinski	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+22.316	12
13	12	Mari Boya	Prema Racing	33	+23.813	22
14	5	Noel León	Campos Racing	33	+24.002	4
15	20	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.	AIX Racing	33	+24.384	18
16	16	Kush Maini	ART Grand Prix	33	+25.079	7
17	22	Nico Varrone	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+27.0631	19
18	25	John Bennett	Trident	33	+28.397	17
19	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	33	+48.9993	20
DNF	7	Dino Beganovic	DAMS Lucas Oil	15	Mechanical	1	2
DNF	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	2	Collision	2
DNF	15	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	2	Collision	3
Fastest lap: Dino Beganovic (1:31.730 on lap 13)4
Source:[7]

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Notes:

• ^1 – Sebastián Montoya and Nico Varrone both received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.^[8][9]
• ^2 – Joshua Dürksen was handed a five-second time penalty for a false start.^[10]
• ^3 – Cian Shields was given a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.^[11]
• ^4 – Dino Beganovic set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top ten, so he was ineligible to score the point for it. Laurens van Hoepen scored the point for setting the fastest lap among those finishing in the top ten.