The 2023 Yas Island Formula 2 round was a motor racing event that was held between 25 and 26 November 2023 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the final race of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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| Round 14 of 14 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent Circuit 5.281 km (3.281 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Théo Pourchaire became the 2023 Drivers' Champion after finishing seventh and fifth in both races, which was sufficient to win the championship by eleven points over his nearest rival Frederik Vesti, despite the fact that the Dane won the Sprint Race and finished third in the Feature Race. Pourchaire became the first Drivers' Champion for ART Grand Prix since Nyck de Vries in 2019, whilst the French outfit won the Teams' Championship for the first time.
Pourchaire also became the Formula 2 Drivers' Champion with the lowest number of wins scored in a single season, having only taken a solitary victory at the Feature Race of the season opener in Bahrain.
It was also the last event for the Dallara F2 2018 chassis which had been used since 2018, as it was replaced for 2024 by a new chassis.
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Time | Gap | Grid SR |
Grid FR |
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| 1 | 14 |  Jack Doohan
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Invicta Virtuosi Racing | 1:35.567 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2 | 6 |  Victor Martins
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ART Grand Prix | 1:35.791 | +0.224 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | 24 |  Kush Maini
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Campos Racing | 1:35.976 | +0.409 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |  Zane Maloney
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Rodin Carlin | 1:36.065 | +0.498 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 |  Ayumu Iwasa
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DAMS | 1:36.085 | +0.518 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 |  Dennis Hauger
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MP Motorsport | 1:36.168 | +0.601 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 22 |  Richard Verschoor
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Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.227 | +0.660 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 10 | Isack Hadjar
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Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:36.230 | +0.663 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 |  Frederik Vesti
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Prema Racing | 1:36.274 | +0.707 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 |  Enzo Fittipaldi
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Rodin Carlin | 1:36.282 | +0.715 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | 23 |  Juan Manuel Correa
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Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.324 | +0.757 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 16 |  Roy Nissany
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PHM Racing by Charouz | 1:36.373 | +0.806 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 |  Arthur Leclerc
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DAMS | 1:36.377 | +0.810 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 5 | Théo Pourchaire
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ART Grand Prix | 1:36.437 | +0.870 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 20 |  Roman Staněk
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Trident | 1:36.449 | +0.882 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 25 |  Ralph Boschung
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Campos Racing | 1:36.503 | +0.936 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 8 |  Oliver Bearman
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Prema Racing | 1:36.620 | +1.053 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 15 |  Amaury Cordeel
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Invicta Virtuosi Racing | 1:36.648 | +1.081 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 9 | Jak Crawford
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Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:36.718 | +1.151 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 2 |  Franco Colapinto
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MP Motorsport | 1:37.231 | +1.664 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |  Paul Aron
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Trident | 1:37.391 | +1.824 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 17 | Joshua Mason
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PHM Racing by Charouz | 1:38.159 | +2.592 | 22 | 22 |
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Sprint race edit
Notes:
- ^1 – Kush Maini received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Juan Manuel Correa, dropping him down from eleventh to thirteenth as a consequence.[4]
Feature race edit
Final championship standings edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- Note: Bold names include the 2023 Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Victor Martins set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Frederik Vesti was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Formula 2 2022 Result for Round 14: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 24–26 November 2023". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Doohan beats Martins to capture Yas Marina pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "SPRINT RACE: Vesti soars to Yas Marina victory to bring title fight down to final race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Kush Maini handed post-Yas Marina Sprint Race time penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "FEATURE RACE: Doohan victorious as Pourchaire seals 2023 Drivers' title". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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