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The 2024 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 22 and 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the third round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.

Qualifying was held on 22 March 2024, at 17:30 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	1:28.694	10	1
2	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	+0.344	9	2
3	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.479	8	3
4	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	+0.619	7	4
5	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	+0.680	6	5
6	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.691	5	6
7	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.735	4	7
8	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	+0.776	3	8
9	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	+0.808	2	9
10	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.900	1	10
11	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	+0.938	11	11
12	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	+1.008	12	12
13	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+1.278	13	13
14	24	Joshua Dürksen	PHM AIX Racing	+1.311	14	14
15	25	Taylor Barnard	PHM AIX Racing	+1.538	15	15
16	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+1.876	16	16
17	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.389	17	17
18	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.884	18	18
19	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+3.047	19	19
20	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	+3.134	20	20
107% time: 1:34.902 (+6.208)
—	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+26.6141	21	21
—	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+31.1421	22	22
Source:[1][2]

Notes:

• ^1 – Jak Crawford and Victor Martins both failed to set a time within the 107%-mark after crashing during qualifying but were given permission from the stewards to start both races.

The sprint race was held on 23 March 2024, at 14:15 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	23	43:59.337	1	10
2	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	23	+0.349	10	8
3	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	23	+1.754	7	6
4	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	23	+2.393	13	5
5	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	23	+2.984	12	4
6	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	23	+3.1731	3	3 (1)
7	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	23	+3.639	21	2
8	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	23	+6.615	11	1
9	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+7.297	22
10	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	23	+7.921	6
11	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+10.156	20
12	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+11.864	18
13	25	Taylor Barnard	PHM AIX Racing	23	+15.612	15
14	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	23	+16.0952	16
15	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+16.269	17
16	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+35.544	19
17	24	Joshua Dürksen	PHM AIX Racing	23	+44.447	14
18	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+1:12.351	5
DNF	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	9	Spun off	9
DNF	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	9	Spun off	8
DNF	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	0	Collision	2
DNF	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	0	Collision	4
Fastest lap set by Isack Hadjar: 1:31.573 (lap 16)
Source:[3][4]

Notes

• ^1 – Isack Hadjar originally won the sprint race, but was later given a ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision at the start, which eliminated Gabriel Bortoleto and Pepe Martí. The penalty dropped him down to sixth place in the final classification, with Roman Staněk inheriting the win as a consequence.^[5]
• ^2 – Oliver Bearman originally finished eighth, but was later given a ten-second time-penalty for forcing Joshua Dürksen off the track, dropping him down to P14 in the final classification.^[5]

The feature race was held on 24 March 2024, at 11:35 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	33	56:42.116	8	25
2	17	Paul Aron	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+4.454	6	18
3	5	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	33	+9.649	5	15
4	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Racing	33	+12.990	2	12
5	6	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	33	+13.652	12	10
6	22	Richard Verschoor	Trident	33	+18.059	3	8
7	15	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+23.600	17	6
8	1	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	33	+25.080	21	4
9	3	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	33	+29.442	16	2
10	7	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+31.199	22	1 (1)
11	16	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+33.841	19
12	9	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	33	+34.041	4
13	21	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	33	+34.594	7
14	8	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+41.772	20
15	23	Roman Staněk	Trident	33	+58.194	10
16	25	Taylor Barnard	PHM AIX Racing	33	+59.319	15
17	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+1:09.169	14
DNF	11	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	9	Accident	1	(2)
DNF	10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	6	Hydraulics	9
DNF	24	Joshua Dürksen	PHM AIX Racing	5	Collision	14
DNF	2	Zak O'Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	5	Collision damage	11
DSQ	12	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	33	Disqualified1	13
Fastest lap set by Jak Crawford: 1:30.961 (lap 33)
Source:[6][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Franco Colapinto originally finished seventh, but was later disqualified as his car was found to have not engaged the race start set-up procedure, a breach of Art 1.5.2 of the FIA Formula 2 Technical Regulations.^[8]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Zane Maloney 62 2 2 Paul Aron 47 3 Dennis Hauger 41 9 4 Isack Hadjar 34 5 Kush Maini 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Rodin Motorsport 78 4 2 Campos Racing 60 1 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 57 1 4 MP Motorsport 54 3 5 Invicta Racing 48

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

• 2024 Australian Grand Prix
• 2024 Melbourne Formula 3 round

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