2025 Yas Island Formula 2 round

  2025 Yas Island Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 14 of 14 in the 2025 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 6 December 2025 Laps 23 Podium First Arvid Lindblad Campos Racing Second Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing Third Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Luke Browning Hitech TGR Time 1:39.563 (on lap 22)
Feature race
Date 7 December 2025 Laps 33 Pole position Driver Roman Staněk Invicta Racing Time 1:36.836 Podium First Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing Second Roman Staněk Invicta Racing Third Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil Time 1:38.818 (on 33)

The 2025 Yas Island Formula 2 round was a motor racing event that held between 5 and 7 December 2025 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the final race of the 2025 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Invicta Racing won the Teams' Championship after Roman Staněk finished second in the feature race. As a result, Invicta became the second team to win both the Drivers' and Teams' Championship in back-to-back seasons. ^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 5 December 2025 at 15:00 local time (UTC+4).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	1:36.836	10	1
2	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.087	9	2
3	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	+0.134	8	3
4	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	+0.188	7	4
5	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+0.204	6	5
6	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.260	4	6
7	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.293	3	7
8	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.316	2	8
9	3	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+0.395	5 1	12 1
10	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	+0.411	1	9
11	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.493	11	10
12	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.604	12	11
13	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.649	13	13
14	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+0.732	14	14
15	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.775	15	15
16	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.777	16	16
17	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	+0.784	17	17
18	16	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.855	18	18
19	22	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	+0.904	19	DNS
20	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.240 2	20	20
21	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+1.472	21	21
22	23	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Trident	+2.865	22	22
Source: [2]

Notes:

• ^1 Nikola Tsolov received a three-place grid penalty for both races as he impeded Luke Browning. The penalty dropped Tsolov from 2nd to 5th on the sprint race grid and from 9th to 12th on the feature race grid. ^[3]
• ^2 Kush Maini had his times for laps 8 through 12 deleted due to having rear tyres that had been fitted to the incorrect side of the car. This did not affect Maini's classification. ^[4]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 6 December 2025 at 16:15 local time (UTC+4).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	23	39:15.648	1	10+1
2	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	23	+0.982	2	8
3	3	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	23	+9.605	5	6
4	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	23	+12.764	7	5
5	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	23	+15.637	4	4
6	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+16.860	9	3
7	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	23	+18.892	3	2
8	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	23	+20.887	11	1
9	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	23	+23.525	13
10	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	23	+24.322	10
11	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	23	+26.315	12
12	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	23	+28.212	6
13	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	23	+29.420	14
14	22	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	23	+29.811	19
15	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+32.376	16
16	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+33.800	20
17	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	23	+35.506 1	8
18	23	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Trident	23	+36.726	22
19	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	23	+51.412	21
20	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	23	+1:11.646	17
21†	16	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	22	+1 lap 2	18
DNF	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	7	Engine failure	15
Fastest lap: Luke Browning (1:39.563 on lap 22) 3
Source: [5]

Notes:

• ^1 Leonardo Fornaroli received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage over Richard Verschoor. This dropped Fornaroli from 11th to 17th in the classification. ^[6]
• ^2 Martinius Stenshorne retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
• ^3 Luke Browning set the fastest lap of the race, but did not finish within the top ten, so was ineligible to score the bonus point. Arvid Lindblad set the fastest lap within the top ten and therefore received the bonus point.

Feature race

The feature race was held on 7 December 2025 at 13:15 local time (UTC+4).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	33	1:01:24.429	8	25
2	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	33	+5.505	1	18+2
3	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	33	+6.057	13	15
4	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	33	+6.339 1	4	12
5	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	33	+12.349	6	10
6	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+16.168	16	8
7	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+16.898	20	6
8	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	33	+17.413	14	4
9	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	33	+24.448	9	2
10	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	33	+25.789	2	1+1
11	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	33	+26.625	3
12	3	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	33	+30.710	12
13	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	33	+33.738	11
14	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	33	+37.380 1	17
15	16	Martinius Stenshorne	Rodin Motorsport	33	+38.432	18
16	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+42.986	15
17	23	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Trident	33	+52.498	22
DNF	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	8	Spun out	5
DNF	17	Alex Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	1	Collision 2	10
DNF	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision	7
DNF	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	1	Collision	21
DNS	22	Laurens van Hoepen	Trident	0	Did not start	19
Fastest lap: Jak Crawford (1:38.818 on lap 33)
Source: [7]

Notes:

• ^1 Dino Beganovic and Luke Browning both received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. This dropped Beganovic from 2nd to 4th in the classification, while Browning dropped from 13th to 14th. ^{[8] [9]}
• ^2 Alex Dunne was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Victor Martins. However, as Dunne was not classified and it was the final race of the season, the penalty could not be applied. ^[10]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings [11] Pos. Driver Points 1 Leonardo Fornaroli* 211 2 Jak Crawford 175 3 Richard Verschoor 170 4 Luke Browning 162 5 Alex Dunne 150

Teams' Championship standings [12] Pos. Team Points 1 Invicta Racing* 316 2 Hitech TGR 278 3 Campos Racing 258 4 DAMS Lucas Oil 207 5 MP Motorsport 207

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Competitors marked in bold and with an asterisk are the 2025 Formula 2 Champions.

See also

• 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

References

1. "'The hardest Championship to win' – James Robinson proud of Invicta Racing after Teams' Title triumph". FIA Formula 2. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
2. "Doc 25 - F2 Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 28 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
3. "Nikola Tsolov and Kush Maini penalised following Yas Marina Qualifying session". FIA Formula 2. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
4. "Doc 27 - Infringement - Car 12 - second set of rear tyres fitted to incorrect sides" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 5 December 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
5. "Doc 51 - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
6. "Leonardo Fornaroli penalised following Yas Marina Sprint Race". FIA Formula 2. 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
7. "Doc 71 - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
8. "Doc 66 - Infringement - Car 7 - pit lane speeding - Race 2" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
9. "Doc 67 - Infringement - Car 8 - pit lane speeding - Race 2" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
10. "Doc 60 - Infringement - Car 17 - causing a collision" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
11. "Doc 72 - F2 Driver Championship - Yas Marina 2025" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
12. "Doc 73 - F2 Team Championship - Yas Marina 2025" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.

External links

• Official website

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