2023 Barcelona Formula 2 round explained

Country:	Spain
Barcelona
Round No:	6
Season No:	13
Year:	2023
Location:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.894
Course Km:	4.657
Type R1:	Sprint Race
Date R1:	3 June
Laps R1:	26
First Driver Country R1:	DEN
First Driver R1:	Frederik Vesti
First Team R1:	Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	FRA
Second Driver R1:	Théo Pourchaire
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	FRA
Third Driver R1:	Victor Martins
Third Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R1:	FRA
Fast Driver R1:	Théo Pourchaire
Fast Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Time R1:	1:28.422
Fast Lap R1:	lap 26
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	4 June
Laps R2:	37
Pole Driver Country R2:	GBR
Pole Driver R2:	Oliver Bearman
Pole Team R2:	Prema Racing
Pole Time R2:	1:23.546
First Driver Country R2:	GBR
First Driver R2:	Oliver Bearman
First Team R2:	Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R2:	BRA
Second Driver R2:	Enzo Fittipaldi
Second Team R2:	Rodin Carlin
Third Driver Country R2:	FRA
Third Driver R2:	Victor Martins
Third Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R2:	FRA
Fast Driver R2:	Clément Novalak
Fast Team R2:	Trident
Fast Time R2:	1:27.474
Fast Lap R2:	lap 35

The 2023 Barcelona Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 2 and 4 June 2023 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was the sixth round of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Entrant	Time
1	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	1:23.546	10	1
2	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+0.077	8	2
3	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.110	7	3
4	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.193	6	4
5	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.193	9	5
6	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.377	5	6
7	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.432	4	7
8	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.463	3	8
9	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.523	2	9
10	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.541	1	10
11	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.560	11	14
12	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.564	12	11
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+0.682	13	12
14	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+0.698	14	13
15	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.710	15	15
16	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+0.810	16	21
17	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.951	17	16
18	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.954	18	17
19	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+0.986	19	18
20	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.020	20	19
21	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+1.115	21	20
22	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.257	22	22
107% time 1:29.394
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Notes

• – Théo Pourchaire has been handed a three-place grid drop for the Sprint Race for impeding Dennis Hauger during Qualifying.^[3]

Sprint race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	26	47:22.796	3	10
2	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	26	+1.104	9	8 (1)
3	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	26	+4.626	4	6
4	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	26	+5.184	5	5
5	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	26	+5.661	7	4
6	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+7.020	12	3
7	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	26	+7.486	10	2
8	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	26	+9.864	6	1
9	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	26	+10.215	13
10	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	26	+12.387	8
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	26	+12.821	19
12	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	26	+13.951	20
13	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	26	+14.329	18
14	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	26	+16.056	21
15	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	26	+16.922	22
16	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	26	+20.832	17
17	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	26	+24.657	1
18	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	26	+1:00.844	14
19	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	25	Collision	15
20	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	Collision	16
DNF	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	Spun off	11
DNF	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1	Collision damage	2
Fastest lap set by Théo Pourchaire: 1:28.422 (lap 26)
Source:^[4]

Notes

• – Amaury Cordeel originally finished eighth, but was given a five-second time-penalty for track limit violations. As a consequence, Ayumu Iwasa inherited the final points position. He then received another ten-second time-penalty for failing to serve the time penalty during his pitstop.^[5]
• – Jehan Daruvala and Roy Nissany both collided on the final lap, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Even though Nissany rejoined the race, he failed to complete the full race distance as he entered the pits at the end of the final lap.

Feature race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	37	56:56.729	1	25 (2)
2	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	37	+2.844	2	18
3	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	37	+3.478	7	15
4	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	37	+9.023	4	12
5	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	37	+9.615	8	10 (1)
6	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	37	+17.091	3	8
7	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	37	+20.415	5	6
8	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	37	+21.283	6	4
9	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	37	+21.883	12	2
10	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+34.613	11	1
11	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+42.034	14
12	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	37	+42.887	17
13	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	37	+43.492	9
14	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	37	+45.553	15
15	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	37	+58.287	16
16	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	37	+1:00.653	20
17	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	37	+1:02.686	17
18	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	37	+1:04.283	21
19	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	37	+1:21.096	10
20	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	36	+1 lap	19
21	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	36	+1 lap	18
22	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	36	+1 lap	22
Fastest lap set by Clément Novalak: 1:27.474 (lap 35)
Source:^[6]

Notes

• – Juan Manuel Correa received a three-place grid drop for causing a collision with Roman Staněk in the Sprint Race.^[5]
• – Roy Nissany received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Jehan Daruvala in the Sprint Race.^[5]
• – Jak Crawford originally finished eleventh, but was given a five-second time penalty for track limits violations.
• – Amaury Cordeel was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
• – Brad Benavides was given a 45-second time penalty for track limits violations and a 20-second time penalty for failing to serve the penalty correctly.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Frederik Vesti	110
	2	Théo Pourchaire	99
	3	Ayumu Iwasa	82
3	4	Oliver Bearman	70
	5	Dennis Hauger	57

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	180
	2	ART Grand Prix	144
	3	DAMS	118
	4	MP Motorsport	97
1	5	Rodin Carlin	97

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

See also

• 2023 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2023 Barcelona Formula 3 round

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 2 2023 Result for Round 6: Barcelona, Spain 2–4 June 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
2. Web site: QUALIFYING: Bearman leaves it late to secure second F2 pole position. 2 June 2023. 3 June 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
3. Web site: Théo Pourchaire penalised after Barcelona Qualifying. 2 June 2023. 3 June 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en.
4. Web site: SPRINT RACE: Vesti puts on wet weather masterclass and resists late Pourchaire charge. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 3 June 2023.
5. Web site: Several drivers penalised after Barcelona Sprint Race. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 3 June 2023. 4 June 2023.
6. Web site: FEATURE RACE: Bearman in control in Barcelona for third win of 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. en. 4 June 2023.