The 2017 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 26 and 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix.
Background
Charles Leclerc, once again, entered the round as the championship leader with a significant margin over nearest rival, Oliver Rowland. Rowland had closed the gap in the previous round in Hungary, but nevertheless was still 54 points behind the Monégasque driver.
For this round, Rapax had inherited an entirely new driver lineup with Sergio Canamasas and Nyck de Vries making way for Louis Delétraz and Roberto Merhi. Nyck de Vries and Louis Delétraz effectively switched seats with de Vries going from Rapax to Racing Engineering and Delétraz vice versa.[1]
Classifications
Qualifying

Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ![]() |
Prema Racing | 2:20.842 | — | 1 |
2 | 10 | ![]() |
DAMS | 2:21.510 | +0.668 | 2 |
3 | 9 | ![]() |
DAMS | 2:21.578 | +0.736 | 3 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
Racing Engineering | 2:22.069 | +1.227 | 4 |
5 | 2 | ![]() |
Prema Racing | 2:22.073 | +1.231 | 5 |
6 | 3 | ![]() |
Racing Engineering | 2:22.534 | +1.692 | 6 |
7 | 5 | ![]() |
Russian Time | 2:22.952 | +2.110 | 7 |
8 | 19 | ![]() |
Rapax | 2:23.132 | +2.290 | 8 |
9 | 6 | ![]() |
Russian Time | 2:23.180 | +2.338 | 9 |
10 | 8 | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | 2:23.409 | +2.567 | 10 |
11 | 14 | ![]() |
MP Motorsport | 2:23.424 | +2.582 | 11 |
12 | 17 | ![]() |
Trident | 2:23.459 | +2.617 | 12 |
13 | 18 | ![]() |
Rapax | 2:23.470 | +2.628 | 13 |
14 | 11 | ![]() |
Campos Racing | 2:23.737 | +2.895 | 14 |
15 | 7 | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | 2:23.788 | +2.946 | 15 |
16 | 15 | ![]() |
MP Motorsport | 2:24.127 | +3.285 | 16 |
17 | 12 | ![]() |
Campos Racing | 2:24.215 | +3.373 | 17 |
18 | 20 | ![]() |
Arden International | 2:24.437 | +3.595 | 18 |
19 | 21 | ![]() |
Arden International | 2:25.039 | +4.197 | 19 |
20 | 16 | ![]() |
Trident | 2:27.008 | +6.166 | 20 |
Source:[2] |
Feature Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | ![]() |
Russian Time | 25 | 52:50.172 | 9 | 25 (2) |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
Russian Time | 25 | +6.057 | 7 | 18 |
3 | 2 | ![]() |
Prema Racing | 25 | +6.446 | 5 | 15 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
Racing Engineering | 25 | +19.912 | 4 | 12 |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
Racing Engineering | 25 | +21.149 | 6 | 10 |
6 | 14 | ![]() |
MP Motorsport | 25 | +29.356 | 11 | 8 |
7 | 19 | ![]() |
Rapax | 25 | +33.479 | 8 | 6 |
8 | 20 | ![]() |
Arden International | 25 | +35.611 | 18 | 4 |
9 | 17 | ![]() |
Trident | 25 | +42.735 | 12 | 2 |
10 | 12 | ![]() |
Campos Racing | 25 | +44.133 | 17 | 1 |
11 | 16 | ![]() |
Trident | 25 | +47.608 | 20 | |
12 | 8 | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | 25 | +59.552 | 10 | |
13 | 11 | ![]() |
Campos Racing | 25 | +1:00.217 | 14 | |
14 | 18 | ![]() |
Rapax | 25 | +1:01.070 | 13 | |
15 | 21 | ![]() |
Arden International | 25 | +1:14.082 | 19 | |
16 | 7 | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | 24 | +1 lap | 15 | |
DNF | 15 | ![]() |
MP Motorsport | 1 | Puncture | 16 | |
DNS | 10 | ![]() |
DAMS | 0 | Fuel pressure | 2 | |
DSQ | 1 | ![]() |
Prema Racing | 25 | Disqualified | 1 | (4) |
DSQ | 9 | ![]() |
DAMS | 25 | Disqualified | 3 | |
Fastest lap: ![]() | |||||||
Source:[2] |
Sprint Race
Championship standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
- ^ "DE VRIES MOVES TO RACING ENGINEERING". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "2017 FIA Formula 2 Spa results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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