The 2019 Sochi FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 28 and 29 September 2019 at the

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in Sochi,

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as part of the

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. It was the tenth and penultimate round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the

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driver

Nyck de Vries Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently serving as the reserve driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. He is confirmed to be driving full-time in Formula 1 at Scuderia A ...

won the feature race; in doing so, he mathematically clinched the drivers' championship with three races remaining. De Vries is also the first non-rookie driver to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.

Classification

Qualifying

Feature Race

Sprint Race

The race was supposed to last for 21 laps but because of the collision between

Nikita Mazepin Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin ( rus, Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, p=nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian professional racing driver who competes in rally raid. A fo ...

and

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that lead to a red flag, the race was shorted to just 15 laps.

Championship standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings

References

External links

* Sochi Sochi September 2019 sports events in Russia {{Motorsport-stub