It was the penultimate race of the 2022 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.

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.

Luca Ghiotto 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.

[1] Nissany became the third driver after Amaury Cordeel and Olli Caldwell to receive a ban during this season.

Jack Doohan took his third pole position of his career by nearly two tenths, ahead of both Kiwi drivers Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong.