User:Izzlex94 verstappenchamp/2021 Formula 2 Championship

The 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the fifty-fifth season of Formula 2 racing and the fifth season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. It is an open-wheel racing category that serves as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is run in support of selected rounds of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship run the same car, the Dallara F2 2018. This is the first season that I am running the championship as a marble event.

Théo Pourchaire was the 2021 Formula 2 champion.

Felipe Drugovich, ended runner-up for UNI-Virtuosi Racing.

Robert Shwartzman, driving for Prema Racing, ended third.

ART Grand Prix were the teams' champions.

In an effort to cut costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, series organizers adopted a new format for both F2 and FIA Formula 3 for the 2021 season. Notably, each weekend comprised three races rather than two. The traditional feature race with the mandatory pit-stop was moved to Sunday morning, while on Saturday, there were two sprint races with reverse-grid formats based on the results of qualifying and Race 1 respectively. The extra race was made possible because F3 races were run on different weekends to F2, with the exception of the Sochi round, leaving more space in the timetable of each race weekend. But the large gaps between rounds—eight weeks between Rounds 1 and 2 and 4 and 5 and ten weeks between Rounds 6 and 7—made the format widely unpopular, and it has been changed for the 2022 season.

Prema Racing entered the championship as the reigning teams' champion.

Entries edit

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2022 championship. As the championship is a spec series, all competitors race with an identical Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. Teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Entrant	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Prema Racing	1	Robert Shwartzman	1–8
Prema Racing	2	Oscar Piastri	1–8
UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3	Guanyu Zhou	1–8
UNI-Virtuosi Racing	4	Felipe Drugovich	1–8
Carlin	5	Dan Ticktum	1–8
Carlin	6	Jehan Daruvala	1–8
Hitech Grand Prix	7	Liam Lawson	1–8
Hitech Grand Prix	8	Jüri Vips	1–8
ART Grand Prix	9	Christian Lundgaard	1–8
ART Grand Prix	10	Théo Pourchaire	1–8
MP Motorsport	11	Richard Verschoor	1–8
	12	Lirim Zendeli	1–6
	12	Clément Novalak	7–8
Charouz Racing System	14	David Beckmann	1–8
	15	Louis Delétraz	1
		Pedro Piquet	2–6
		Enzo Fittipaldi	7–8
DAMS	16	Roy Nissany	1–8
DAMS	17	Marcus Armstrong	1–8
Campos Racing	20	Matteo Nannini	1–2
		Giuliano Alesi	3–4
		Roberto Merhi	5–6
		David Schumacher	7–8
	21	Ralph Boschung	1–8
HWA Racelab	22	Jack Aitken	1–4
		Sérgio Sette Câmara	5–6
		Logan Sargeant	7–8
	23	Jake Hughes	1–4
		Enzo Fittipaldi	5
		Giuliano Alesi	6
		Jack Doohan	7–8
Trident	24	Bent Viscaal	1–8
	25	Marino Sato	1–6
	25	Lirim Zendeli	7–8

Driver changes edit

Mid-season changes edit

Following the Bahrain round, Louis Delétraz was sacked from Charouz Racing System due to poor performances as well as the Swiss driver no longer intending to race in Formula 2. He was replaced by Pedro Piquet, who drove with the Czech outfit last season.

Matteo Nannini left Campos Racing after the Monaco round, citing his desire to focus on his Formula 3 campaign. He was replaced by Giuliano Alesi, who last raced in the championship for MP Motorsport.

Numerous changes occurred before the Monza round. Alesi was required to attend his main campaign in the Super GT Championship and was replaced by Roberto Merhi who last drove with the team in 2018. Jack Aitken left HWA Racelab, who was injured during another racing competition. He was replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara, who last drove for DAMS in 2019. Jake Hughes also departed HWA Racelab, citing his commitment in Formula 3 and Formula E. Enzo Fittipaldi stepped up from Formula 3's Charouz Racing System to replace him on a one-weekend deal.

Alesi returned to HWA Racelab for the Sochi round, replacing Fittipaldi as the Brazilian waa required to attend his clashing Formula 3 commitments.

The seventh round at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit saw five drivers promoted from the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, with four making their Formula 2 debuts. Enzo Fittipaldi returned to Formula 2, and was promoted to Charouz Racing System to replace Pedro Piquet. MP Motorsport signed fourth-placed F3 finisher Clément Novalak to replace Lirim Zendeli, who left the team due to financial reasons. Zendeli subsequently moved over to Trident to replace Marino Sato who also struggled with budgetary issues. Third-placed F3 finisher David Schumacher took Roberto Merhi's seat at Campos. HWA Racelab featured an all-new lineup, hiring sixth-placed F3 finisher Logan Sargeant and 20th-placed Jack Doohan to replace both Giuliano Alesi and Sérgio Sette Câmara.

Calendar edit

Round	Circuit
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
2	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
3	Baku City Circuit, Baku
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
5	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
6	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi
7	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah
8	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Season summary edit

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	S1	Bahrain International Circuit		Richard Verschoor	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Jack Aitken	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	F		Dan Ticktum	Ralph Boschung	Roy Nissany	DAMS
2	S1	Circuit de Monaco		Guanyu Zhou	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Jake Hughes	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Richard Verschoor	Roy Nissany	Roy Nissany	DAMS
3	S1	Baku City Circuit		Théo Pourchaire	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab
	S2			Bent Viscaal	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Guanyu Zhou	Théo Pourchaire	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
4	S1	Silverstone Circuit		Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	S2			Roy Nissany	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Christian Lundgaard	Robert Shwartzman	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix
5	S1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza		Oscar Piastri	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing
	S2			Marcus Armstrong	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
	F		Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
6	S1	Sochi Autodrom		Robert Shwartzman	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport
	S2			David Beckmann	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab
	F		Giuliano Alesi	Jehan Daruvala	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System
7	S1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit		Dan Ticktum	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Marcus Armstrong	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	F		Marcus Armstrong	Felipe Drugovich	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing
8	S1	Yas Marina Circuit		Oscar Piastri	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	S2			Guanyu Zhou	Dan Ticktum	Carlin
	F		Christian Lundgaard	Lirim Zendeli	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix

Scoring System edit

Sprint race points edit

Points were awarded to all classified and retired finishers, with drivers 13th and below receiving only 1 point.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th-12th	13th-	Ret
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Feature race points edit

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th-12th	13th-	Ret	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	4	2	2	4

Standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos.	Driver	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			SOC			JDH			YMC			Points
Pos.	Driver	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
1	Théo Pourchaire	1	7	5	1	8	7	10	4	1	5	9	4	4	13	3	Ret	14	11	1	9	8	2	9	11	172
2	Felipe Drugovich	7	10	4	15	15	Ret	12	1	4	1	12	7	2	10	9	3	9	2	Ret	8	18	1	14	9	143
3	Robert Shwartzman	4	5	7	6	7	8	6	7	9	Ret	17	3	3	11	12	2	7	8	4	Ret	3	4	7	2	141
4	Guanyu Zhou	18	17	Ret	12	1	2	7	3	2	11	1	5	7	9	8	5	8	Ret	11	16	6	18	4	Ret	140
5	Christian Lundgaard	Ret	15	13	16	14	17	11	2	Ret	8	4	1	9	5	4	6	10	Ret	9	4	Ret	8	3	5	129
6	David Beckmann	6	8	11	10	3	16	8	11	6	4	Ret	10	Ret	14	17	7	6	1	6	Ret	7	3	12	4	119
7	Jüri Vips	19	16	17	11	2	14	3	6	Ret	12	2	13	14	15	18†	12	3	10	Ret	14	14	10	2	1	117
8	Marcus Armstrong	17	1	Ret	19	20†	10	4	9	7	Ret	DNS	16	11	2	7	13	Ret	6	10	1	2	14	Ret	13	113
9	Richard Verschoor	3	6	8	20	16	Ret	13	14	15	15	13	9	8	4	2	11	2	4	12	2	12	Ret	11	14	113
10	Jehan Daruvala	2	11	10	9	5	4	2	Ret	3	3	10	8	13	Ret	15	17	16	19	8	5	11	Ret	18	16	106
11	Dan Ticktum	13	19	3	3	6	9	18	Ret	11	14	15	14	Ret	8	13	4	12	13	3	12	Ret	12	1	6	105
12	Oscar Piastri	10	3	6	13	9	Ret	Ret	12	12	6	8	15	5	7	6	Ret	13	5	15	Ret	1	17	13	10	101
13	Lirim Zendeli	5	Ret	12	Ret	19	5	9	5	10	7	5	2	6	DSQ	Ret	1	11	9	Ret	15	13	7	16	8	100
14	Roy Nissany	8	12	1	8	10	1	Ret	15	Ret	13	7	17	17	18	Ret	14	19†	16	DNS	11	16	11	5	20	90
15	Liam Lawson	16	14	14	14	Ret	13	15	16	14	18	16	Ret	10	1	1	Ret	17	7	5	7	10	6	10	Ret	88
16	Ralph Boschung	9	9	2	5	Ret	3	Ret	17	16†	19	11	Ret	1	6	11	DNS	Ret	14	17	17	Ret	13	Ret	18	88
17	Bent Viscaal	11	2	9	Ret	18	11	14	18	13	16	Ret	12	12	3	5	8	5	18	13	Ret	17	Ret	19	7	74
18	Pedro Piquet				7	4	12	17	Ret	DNS	2	3	Ret	15	17	Ret	9	4	15							60
19	Jake Hughes	12	4	19†	2	12	Ret	1	10	Ret	9	6	11													57
20	Marino Sato	14	13	Ret	4	11	6	19	Ret	5	Ret	14	18	Ret	12	10	16	Ret	Ret							51
21	Giuliano Alesi							5	8	Ret	17	Ret	6				10	1	12							45
22	Enzo Fittipaldi													16	Ret	14				2	10	9	9	Ret	3	42
23	Clément Novalak																			Ret	3	5	16	15	15	25
24	Logan Sargeant																			7	6	4	Ret	17	19	22
25	Roberto Merhi													Ret	16	16	Ret	18	3							21
26	Jack Aitken	15	20	15	18	13	Ret	16	13	8	10	Ret	19													19
27	Jack Doohan																			16	Ret	15	5	8	12	16
28	David Schumacher																			14	13	Ret	15	6	17	11
29	Matteo Nannini	Ret	18	16	17	17	15																			8
30	Sérgio Sette Câmara													18	Ret	Ret	15	15	17							8
31	Louis Delétraz	Ret	Ret	18																						4
Pos.	Driver	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
Pos.	Driver	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			SOC			JDH			YMC			Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Fastest lap

Teams' championship edit

Pos.	Team	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			SOC			JDH			YMC			Points
Pos.	Team	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	1	7	5	1	8	7	10	2	1	5	4	1	4	5	3	6	10	11	1	4	8	2	3	5	301
1	ART Grand Prix	Ret	15	13	16	14	17	11	4	Ret	8	9	4	9	13	4	Ret	14	Ret	9	9	Ret	8	9	11	301
2	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	7	10	4	12	1	2	7	1	2	1	1	5	2	9	8	3	8	2	11	8	6	1	4	9	283
2	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	18	17	Ret	15	15	Ret	12	3	4	11	12	7	7	10	9	5	9	Ret	Ret	16	18	18	14	Ret	283
3	Prema Racing	4	3	6	6	7	8	6	7	9	6	8	3	3	7	6	2	7	5	4	Ret	1	4	7	2	242
3	Prema Racing	9	5	7	13	9	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	17	15	5	11	12	Ret	13	8	15	Ret	3	17	13	10	242
4	MP Motorsport	3	6	8	20	16	5	9	5	10	7	5	2	6	4	2	1	2	4	12	2	5	16	11	14	227
4	MP Motorsport	5	Ret	12	Ret	19	Ret	13	14	15	15	13	9	8	DSQ	Ret	11	11	9	Ret	3	12	Ret	15	15	227
5	Charouz Racing System	6	8	11	7	3	12	8	11	6	2	3	10	15	14	17	7	4	1	2	10	7	3	12	3	217
5	Charouz Racing System	Ret	Ret	18	10	4	16	17	Ret	DNS	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	9	6	15	6	Ret	9	9	Ret	4	217
6	Carlin	2	11	3	3	5	4	2	Ret	3	3	10	8	13	8	13	4	12	13	3	5	11	12	1	6	211
6	Carlin	13	19	10	9	6	9	18	Ret	11	14	15	14	Ret	Ret	15	17	16	19	8	12	Ret	Ret	18	16	211
7	DAMS	8	1	1	8	10	1	4	9	7	13	7	16	11	2	7	13	19†	6	10	1	2	11	5	13	203
7	DAMS	17	12	Ret	19	20†	10	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	17	18	Ret	14	Ret	16	DNS	11	16	14	Ret	20	203
8	Hitech Grand Prix	16	14	14	11	2	13	3	6	14	12	2	13	10	1	1	12	2	7	5	7	10	6	2	1	203
8	Hitech Grand Prix	19	16	17	14	Ret	14	15	16	Ret	18	16	Ret	14	15	18†	Ret	17	10	Ret	14	14	10	10	Ret	203
9	HWA Racelab	12	4	15	2	12	Ret	1	12	8	9	6	11	16	Ret	14	10	1	12	7	6	4	5	8	12	151
9	HWA Racelab	15	20	19†	18	13	Ret	16	13	Ret	10	Ret	19	18	Ret	Ret	15	15	17	16	Ret	15	Ret	17	19	151
10	Campos Racing	9	9	2	5	17	3	5	8	16†	17	10	6	1	6	11	Ret	18	3	14	13	Ret	13	6	17	148
10	Campos Racing	Ret	18	16	17	Ret	15	Ret	17	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	16	DNS	Ret	14	17	17	Ret	15	Ret	18	148
11	Trident	11	2	9	4	11	6	14	18	5	16	14	12	12	3	5	8	5	18	13	15	13	7	16	7	136
11	Trident	14	13	Ret	Ret	18	11	19	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	12	10	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	19	8	136
Pos.	Team	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
Pos.	Team	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			SOC			JDH			YMC			Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position point(s)
Italics	Fastest lap point(s)

Statistics edit

Driver Wins edit

	Driver	Team	Wins
1	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	4
2	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3
3	Roy Nissany	DAMS	2
	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
7	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	1
	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix
	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing
	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport
	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab
	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System
	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing
	Dan Ticktum	Carlin
	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix

Teams Wins edit

	Team	Wins
1	ART Grand Prix	5
1	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	5
3	DAMS	4
4	Hitech Grand Prix	3
5	HWA Racelab	2
6	Prema Racing	1
	MP Motorsport
	Charouz Racing System
	Carlin
	Campos Racing
11	Trident	0

Driver Podiums edit

	Driver	Team	Podiums
1	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	6
	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix
4	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	5
4	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	5
6	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	4
	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport
	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin
	Dan Ticktum	Carlin
10	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	3
	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System
	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing
13	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	2
	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport
	Roy Nissany	DAMS
	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
	Bent Viscaal	Trident
	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System
	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab
	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System
21	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab	1
	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport
	Roberto Merhi	Campos Racing

Teams Podiums edit

	Team	Podiums
1	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	11
2	ART Grand Prix	9
3	Carlin	8
3	Hitech Grand Prix	8
5	Prema Racing	7
	MP Motorsport
	Charouz Racing System
	Hitech Grand Prix
9	DAMS	6
10	Campos Racing	4
11	Trident	2