2023 Yas Island Formula 2 round

  2023 Yas Island Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 14 of 14 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Sprint race
Date 25 November 2023 Laps 23 Podium First Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Second Enzo Fittipaldi Rodin Carlin Third Richard Verschoor Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins [a] ART Grand Prix Time 1:38.722 (on lap 14)
Feature race
Date 26 November 2023 Laps 33 Pole position Driver Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Time 1:35.567 Podium First Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:38.319 (on 33)

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.

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

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	1:35.567		10	1
2	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1:35.791	+0.224	9	2
3	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	1:35.976	+0.409	8	3
4	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	1:36.065	+0.498	7	4
5	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	1:36.085	+0.518	6	5
6	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	1:36.168	+0.601	5	6
7	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:36.227	+0.660	4	7
8	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:36.230	+0.663	3	8
9	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	1:36.274	+0.707	2	9
10	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	1:36.282	+0.715	1	10
11	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:36.324	+0.757	11	11
12	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	1:36.373	+0.806	12	12
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	1:36.377	+0.810	13	13
14	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:36.437	+0.870	14	14
15	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	1:36.449	+0.882	15	15
16	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:36.503	+0.936	16	16
17	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	1:36.620	+1.053	17	17
18	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	1:36.648	+1.081	18	18
19	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:36.718	+1.151	19	19
20	2	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	1:37.231	+1.664	20	20
21	21	Paul Aron	Trident	1:37.391	+1.824	21	21
22	17	Joshua Mason	PHM Racing by Charouz	1:38.159	+2.592	22	22
Source: [1] [2]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	23	42:24.624	2	10 (1)
2	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	23	+3.893	1	8
3	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+6.310	4	6
4	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	23	+13.682	5	5
5	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+14.440	3	4
6	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	23	+14.713	10	3
7	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	23	+15.228	14	2
8	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	23	+16.508	6	1
9	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	23	+17.573	7
10	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	23	+19.810	17
11	10	Roman Staněk	Trident	23	+22.690	15
12	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+26.673	19
13	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	23	+26.720 1	8
14	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	23	+27.309	12
15	17	Joshua Mason	PHM Racing by Charouz	23	+33.640	22
16	21	Paul Aron	Trident	23	+37.040	21
17	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	23	+37.842	18
18	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	23	+41.833	16
19	2	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	23	+43.806	20
20	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	23	+47.128	9
21	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	23	+48.688	13
DNF	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision/Spun off	11
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins : 1:38.722 (lap 14)
Source: [1] [3]

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	33	56:03.879	1	25 (2)
2	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	33	+3.874	2	18 (1)
3	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	33	+22.485	9	15
4	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	33	+26.283	5	12
5	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	33	+27.668	14	10
6	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	33	+28.336	13	8
7	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	33	+29.079	6	6
8	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+30.090	8	4
9	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	33	+33.113	3	2
10	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+36.223	19	1
11	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	33	+38.996	12
12	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	33	+43.688	15
13	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+48.348	11
14	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	33	+49.678	10
15	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	33	+54.829	16
16	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	33	+1:05.468	18
17	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	32	Spun off	4
18	21	Paul Aron	Trident	32	+1 lap	21
DNF	17	Joshua Mason	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	Electronics	9
DNF	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	Fuel pressure	7
DNF	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	16	Gearbox	17
DNF	2	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	15	Faulty sensor	20
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins : 1:38.319 (lap 33)
Source: [1] [5] [6]

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Théo Pourchaire 203 2 Frederik Vesti 192 1 3 Jack Doohan 168 1 4 Ayumu Iwasa 165 5 Victor Martins 150

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 353 2 Prema Racing 322 3 Rodin Carlin 220 4 DAMS 214 1 5 Invicta Virtuosi Racing 176

• 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

• 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Notes

1. 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

1. "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.
2. "QUALIFYING: Doohan beats Martins to capture Yas Marina pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
3. "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.
4. "Kush Maini handed post-Yas Marina Sprint Race time penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
5. "FEATURE RACE: Doohan victorious as Pourchaire seals 2023 Drivers' title". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
6. McClure, Michael (26 November 2023). "Re: the F2 feature race, here's what I've heard happened to the drivers who hit trouble:". Twitter. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

External links

• Official website

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