2022 Monza Formula 2 round
The 2022 Monza FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 9 and 11 September 2022 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the penultimate race of the 2022 [Formula 2 Championship] and was held in support of the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.
Despite retiring in the sprint race, Felipe Drugovich became the 2022 FIA [Formula 2 Championship#Drivers'|FIA Formula 2 Drivers' Champion] with three races to spare. His nearest championship rival, Théo Pourchaire, finished in seventeenth and therefore failed to score the required four points in order to remain in mathematical contention for the title. Drugovich's championship victory was the first for an MP Motorsport driver in Formula 2.
Driver changes
replaced Roy Nissany at DAMS, due to the Israeli driver receiving a race ban after exceeding the annual limit of twelve penalty points on his race licence following the Zandvoort round. Nissany became the third driver after Amaury Cordeel and Olli Caldwell to receive a ban during this season.Classification
Qualifying
took his third pole position of his career by nearly two tenths, ahead of both Kiwi drivers Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong.Notes:
- – Felipe Drugovich was handed a five-place grid penalty for the sprint race after he was found to have set his fastest lap of the session under single yellow flag conditions at Turn 11.
Sprint race
- – Richard Verschoor originally finished fifth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
- – Marcus Armstrong originally finished sixth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
- – Ayumu Iwasa was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
- – Théo Pourchaire originally finished sixth, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Liam Lawson.
Feature race
- – Ralph Boschung originally qualified thirteenth, but received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Clément Novalak during the Sprint Race.
- – Tatiana Calderón withdrew from the remainder of the weekend following a medical advice. Thus, Charouz Racing System only ran one car in the Feature Race.
- – Ayumu Iwasa was disqualified from the feature race after it was found that the plank on the Japanese driver’s car was below the maximum thickness required by Article 4.2 of the Technical Regulations. As a result, Enzo Fittipaldi was promoted to the final podium place.
Standings after the event
| Driver | Points | ||
| 1 |  |