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Background

Driver changes

Artem Markelov Artem Valeryevich Markelov ( rus, Артём Вале́рьевич Марке́лов, p=ɐrˈtʲɵm vɐˈlʲerʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf; born 10 September 1994) is a Russian racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ...

made a one-off return as a replacement for Jordan King at MP Motorsport, who was competing in the

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with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Group B

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

Feature race

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on Rascasse. As a result, everyone down between Calderón in ninth and Raghunathan in nineteenth was stuck behind the incident. That bizzarely 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. ;Notes * – Ralph Boschung was given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. * – Mick Schumacher was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. * –

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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. * –

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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

;Notes * – 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.