2025 Jeddah Formula 2 round

  2025 Jeddah Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit
Location	Jeddah Corniche Circuit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Course	Temporary street circuit 6.175 km (3.837 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 19 April 2025 Laps 20 Podium First Arvid Lindblad Campos Racing Second Pepe Martí Campos Racing Third Alex Dunne Rodin Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Time 1:46.313 (on lap 19)
Feature Race
Date 20 April 2025 Laps 28 Pole position Driver Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Time 1:43.579 Podium First Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Second Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Third Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Time 1:45.806 (on lap 27)

The 2025 Jeddah FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 18 and 20 April 2025 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia. It was the third round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. ^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:43.579	10	1
2	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.022	9	2
3	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	+0.092	8	3
4	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	+0.158	7	4
5	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	+0.164	6	5
6	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.222	5	6
7	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.252	3	7
8	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.263	2	8
9	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.337	1	9
10	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	+0.400	4 1	13 1
11	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.507	11	10
12	12	Kush Maini	DAMS	+0.574	12	11
13	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	+0.582	13	12
14	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	+0.615	14	14
15	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.686	15	15
16	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+0.881	16	16
17	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+0.952	17	17
18	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.964	18	18
19	23	Max Esterson	Trident	+1.327	19	19
20	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.386	20	20
21	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+2.104	21	21
22	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.429 2	22	22
Source: [2]

Qualifying report

Jak Crawford claimed pole position for the feature race, ahead of Victor Martins and Leonardo Fornaroli. Richard Verschoor achieved reverse-grid pole for the sprint race. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes:

• ^1 – Roman Staněk was originally classified in 10th, but was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Alexander Dunne in qualifying. ^[6]

• ^2 – John Bennett was originally classified in 21st, but had his fastest lap time stripped for causing a red flag. His next fastest time, 1:46.008, classified him in 22nd. ^[7]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	20	38:16.059	6	10
2	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	20	+0.578	3	8
3	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	20	+2.087	5	6
4	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	20	+3.492 1	1	5 (1)
5	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	20	+3.532	4	4
6	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	20	+4.254	2	3
7	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	20	+4.403	8	2
8	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	20	+5.601	9	1
9	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	20	+6.185	7
10	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	20	+6.672	12
11	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	20	+7.361	11
12	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	20	+7.556	18
13	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	20	+8.244	17
14	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	20	+9.203	14
15	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	20	+10.463	13
16	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	20	+11.113	15
17	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+12.226	20
18	23	Max Esterson	Trident	20	+15.553	19
19	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	20	+23.923 2	16
20	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+36.266 3	22
DNF	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	15	Collision	10
DNF	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	0	Accident	21
Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor : 1:46.313 (lap 19)
Source: [8]

Sprint race report

Richard Verschoor finished the race in first, but was demoted to fourth place after a penalty. As a result, Arvid Lindblad achieved his maiden win, making him the series' youngest winner. Behind him, Pepe Martí finished the race in second, and Alex Dunne finished in third. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Notes

• ^1 Richard Verschoor finished first on the road, but was given an in-race five second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track. This demoted him to fourth. ^[8]
• ^2 Ritomo Miyata was given a ten second time penalty after the race for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. ^[12] The penalty demoted Miyata, who finished 18th on track, to 19th.
• ^3 John Bennett was given a ten second time penalty after the race for a safety car infringement. The penalty did not affect his finishing position. ^[13]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	28	51:33.929	9	25 (1)
2	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	28	+1.701	1	18 (2)
3	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	28	+5.852	2	15
4	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	28	+6.574	3	12
5	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	28	+9.992	7	10
6	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	28	+10.607	4	8
7	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	28	+15.420	5	6
8	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	28	+16.376 1	6	4
9	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	28	+19.518	8	2
10	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	28	+19.604	11	1
11	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	28	+19.867	18
12	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	28	+20.654	13
13	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	28	+25.492	12
14	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	28	+26.399 2	10
15	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	28	+27.313	14
16	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	28	+27.947	16
17	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+33.771	20
18	23	Max Esterson	Trident	28	+33.930	19
19	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	28	+50.274	21
20	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+1 lap	22
DNF	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	23	Retired	17
DNF	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	7	Retired	15
Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor : 1:45.806 (lap 27)
Source:

Feature race report

Richard Verschoor won the race, ahead of Jak Crawford and Victor Martins, who finished in second and third respectively. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Notes

• ^1 Alex Dunne was given a five-second time penalty forcing another driver off track, demoting him from 7th to 8th. ^[17]
• ^2 Oliver Goethe was given a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement, demoting him from 13th to 14th. ^[18]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 4 1 Richard Verschoor 53 2 2 Pepe Martí 41 2 3 Leonardo Fornaroli 40 2 4 Alex Dunne 35 2 5 Luke Browning 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Campos Racing 65 2 2 MP Motorsport 59 3 Invicta Racing 48 3 4 Hitech TGR 45 5 Rodin Motorsport 35

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

References

1. Migliorino, Elisa (17 April 2025). "F2 to Wrap Up First Doubleheader Under the Lights in Jeddah". Last Word on Motorsports. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
2. "Doc 32 - Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
3. Kra-Caskey, Calla (18 April 2025). "Crawford had to 'risk it all' for surprise pole in Jeddah". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
4. Waring, Bethonie (18 April 2025). "Crawford takes F2 pole in Jeddah at last second after red flag restart". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
5. "Jak Crawford snatches pole in disrupted Saudi Arabia F2 showdown". Motorsport Week. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
6. "Doc 27 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 2 - impeded Car 17 at Turn 7-8 in Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 18 April 2025.
7. "Doc 26 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 24 - sole cause of the Red Flag in Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 18 April 2025.
8. "Doc 69 - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
9. Kra-Caskey, Calla (19 April 2025). "Lindblad becomes F2's youngest winner after Verschoor penalty: 'Not the way I want to win'". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
10. Waring, Bethonie (19 April 2025). "Arvid Lindblad becomes youngest F2 winner in Saudi sprint race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
11. Whitfield, Harry (19 April 2024). "Arvid Lindblad wins Saudi Arabian Sprint to become youngest F2 race winner". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
12. "Doc 58 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 15 - leaving the track and gaining advantage over Car 25 at Turn 2" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
13. "Doc 59 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 24 - failed to follow the SC through the pit lane" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
14. Kra-Caskey, Calla (20 April 2025). "Verschoor makes last-lap pass for victory in Jeddah with bold alternate strategy call". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
15. Waring, Bethonie (20 April 2025). "Verschoor bounces back to win Jeddah F2 feature race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
16. Whitfield, Harry (20 April 2025). "Richard Verschoor takes stunning win in F2 Saudi Arabian Feature Race". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
17. "Doc 77 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 17 - forced Car 7 off track at Turn 2" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 20 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
18. "Doc 78 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 5 - VSC infringement" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 20 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

External links

• Official website

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