The 2024 Lusail FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 29 November and 1 December 2024 and was the first time

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raced at the

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. It was the penultimate round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the

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Driver Changes

Four drivers left the

grid ahead of the Lusail round.

Juan Manuel Correa Juan Manuel Correa Borja (; born August 9, 1999) is an American-Ecuadorian racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship from and with Van Amersfoort R ...

left

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and was replaced by Ferrari junior

Dino Beganovic Dino Beganovic (, ; born 19 January 2004) is a Swedish and Bosnian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Pulse-Eight, Hitech Toyota Gazoo Racing, TGR as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He is a race winner ...

, who finished the F3 championship in sixth position.

Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger (; born 17 March 2003) is a Norwegians, Norwegian racing driver who competes in the 2025 Indy NXT with Andretti Global, having previously competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship, Formula 2 from to . He was a member of the Red Bull ...

was confirmed to join

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for the

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season and decided to leave

MP Motorsport MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, Eurocup-3, Spanish Formula 4 Championship and the newly established F1 Academy in 2023. The team has also participated in ...

for the last two rounds of the season to focus on next year.

Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (; born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 Formula 2 Championship, 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to ...

, who has driven for

in previous seasons, returned to the team to replace Hauger until the end of next season. Verschoor's seat at

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was filled by

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F3 graduate Max Esterson.

Cian Shields Cian Shields (born 7 March 2005) is a British and Irish racing driver from Scotland who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for AIX Racing. He competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Pulse ...

joined

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for the remainder of the season, after the departure of

Niels Koolen Niels Koolen (; born 25 May 2001) is a Dutch racing driver. He currently competes in the 2025 Indy NXT series, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing. Koolen most recently competed in the European Le Mans Series driving for the Duqueine Team. He is t ...

, who replaced

Taylor Barnard Taylor Barnard ( ; born 1 June 2004) is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula E for McLaren#Formula E, McLaren. Born and raised in Norwich, Barnard began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and continental t ...

for the

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and

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rounds.

Van Amersfoort Racing Van Amersfoort Racing (; VAR) is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. The team competes in FIA Formula 2, FIA Formula 3, Formula Regional European, and Italian F4. Notable former drivers for the team include nine Formula One drivers ...

driver

Enzo Fittipaldi Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz (; born 18 July 2001) is a Brazilians, Brazilian and American racing driver, who is currently competing in the 2025 European Le Mans Series driving for CLX Motorsport. He previously competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Champ ...

left F2 before the final two rounds following his appointment by

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as an evaluation test driver for

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. In his place, the team announced John Bennett, the runner-up of the

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Classification

Qualifying

Notes * –

Kush Maini Kush Maini (, ; born 22 September 2000) is an Indian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS as part of the Alpine Academy, and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine and in Formula E ...

received a five-place grid penalty in the previous round for causing a collision at the start of the feature race. He was handed an additional three-place grid penalty for impeding John Bennett during qualifying.

Sprint race

Notes * -

Paul Aron Paul Aron (; born 4 February 2004) is an Estonian racing driver who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine. Aron most recently competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix, Hitech. Aron pr ...

received a two-place penalty for causing a collision with

Victor Martins Victor Martins (; born 16 June 2001) is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for ART Grand Prix as part of the Williams Driver Academy. A former member of the Alpine Academy and a member of the Williams Driver A ...

. * -

Ritomo Miyata is a Japanese racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for ART Grand Prix as part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program, and serves as a reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, ...

received two penalties: a four-place penalty for causing a collision with

and a two-place penalty for causing a collision with

Andrea Kimi Antonelli Andrea Kimi Antonelli (; born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, Mercedes. Born and raised in Bologna, Antonelli is the son of sportscar racing driver Marco Antonelli. Afte ...

. * -

and

did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Feature race

Notes * -

Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Lourenzo Bortoleto Oliveira (; born 14 October 2004) is a Brazilian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Sauber. Born and raised in Osasco, Bortoleto began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning multiple national titles a ...

finished first on the road, but received a five-second penalty for crossing the pit lane line after the bollard, which dropped him down to third place. * -

received a ten-second penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane and a ten second stop-and-go penalty for unlapping himself during a Safety Car period without authorisation; because the penalty was not served during the race, it was converted into a 30 second time penalty. * -

took the chequered flag, but was not classified as he only completed 25 laps of racing, which constituted less than 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

Official website
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