2023 Jeddah Formula 2 round explained

Country:	Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
Round No:	2
Season No:	13
Year:	2023
Location:	Jeddah Corniche Circuit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Course:	Street Circuit
Course Mi:	3.837
Course Km:	6.175
Type R1:	Sprint Race
Date R1:	18 March
Laps R1:	20
First Driver Country R1:	JPN
First Driver R1:	Ayumu Iwasa
First Team R1:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R1:	FRA
Second Driver R1:	Victor Martins
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	IND
Third Driver R1:	Jehan Daruvala
Third Team R1:	MP Motorsport
Fast Driver Country R1:	FRA
Fast Driver R1:	Victor Martins
Fast Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Time R1:	1:44.886
Fast Lap R1:	lap 14
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	19 March
Laps R2:	28
Pole Driver Country R2:	FRA
Pole Driver R2:	Victor Martins
Pole Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Pole Time R2:	1:41.326
First Driver Country R2:	DEN
First Driver R2:	Frederik Vesti
First Team R2:	Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R2:	AUS
Second Driver R2:	Jack Doohan
Second Team R2:	Invicta Virtuosi Racing
Third Driver Country R2:	IND
Third Driver R2:	Jehan Daruvala
Third Team R2:	MP Motorsport
Fast Driver Country R2:	MCO
Fast Driver R2:	Arthur Leclerc
Fast Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Time R2:	1:43.647
Fast Lap R2:	lap 26

The 2023 Jeddah FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 17 and 19 March 2023 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. It was the second round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap
1	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1:41.326	10	1
2	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.744	8	2
3	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.745	7	8
4	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.784	6	3
5	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.785	5	4
6	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.794	4	5
7	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.969	9	6
8	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+1.034	3	7
9	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+1.171	2	9
10	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.227	1	10
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+1.250	16	11
12	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.291	11	12
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+1.303	12	13
14	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+1.360	13	14
15	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+1.428	14	15
16	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+1.469	21	16
17	3		Rodin Carlin	+1.493	15	17
18	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.528	17	18
19	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.753	18	19
20	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.059	19	20
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+2.410	20	21
22	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+3.701	22	22
107% time 1:48.418 (+7.092)
Source:^[1]

Notes

• – Frederik Vesti received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Richard Verschoor in the Sakhir Feature Race. The penalty will apply to the next race that the Dane participates in.^[2]
• – Clément Novalak and Roman Staněk have received five-place grid penalties for Saturday's Sprint Race after Trident mechanics were found to have failed to hand back both drivers’ set of tyres into parc fermé. Team personnel were also found to have worked on the sets of tyres before handing them in, breaching the Sporting Regulations, dropping down both drivers to P16 and P21 respectively.^[3]

Sprint race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	20	42:21.514	4	10
2	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	20	+0.700	10	8 (1)
3	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	20	+1.186	5	6
4	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	20	+1.979	2	5
5	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	20	+2.544	3	4
6	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	20	+2.940	9	3
7	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	20	+3.380	6	2
8	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	20	+4.555	14	1
9	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+4.578	1
10	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+6.412	17
11	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	20	+6.886	12
12	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+7.642	18
13	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	20	+8.358	13
14	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+13.127	11
15	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+13.743	16
16	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+13.778	19
17	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	20	+14.260	21
18	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+20.500	22
19	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	20	+35.418	20
DNF	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	6	Collision	8
DNF	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	6	Collision	7
DNF	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	1	Spun off	15
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:44.886 (lap 14)
Source:

Feature Race

		Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired		Points
1	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	28	50:45.587	6	25
2	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+3.959	3	18
3	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	28	+7.546	4	15
4	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	28	+11.379	5	12
5	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	28	+11.712	15	10
6	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+14.014	20	8
7	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	28	+14.220	14	6
8	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	28	+17.012	13	4 (1)
9	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+21.646	19	2
10	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	28	+23.910	2	1
11	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	+28.854	18
12	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	28	+29.371	7
13	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	28	+31.238	8
14	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	28	+32.019	16
15	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+32.973	10
16	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	28	+36.131	11
17	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	28	+37.076	17
18	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+40.339	12
19	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	28	+47.097	9
20	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+1:31.499	21
DNF	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	16	Spun off	1	(2)
DNF	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	1	Collision damage	22
Fastest lap set by Arthur Leclerc: 1:43.647 (lap 26)
Source:

Notes:

• – Prior to the Feature Race, Théo Pourchaire received a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Oliver Bearman during Saturday's Sprint Race.^[4]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
1	1	Ralph Boschung	33
1	2	Théo Pourchaire	32
3	3	Ayumu Iwasa	31
17	4	Frederik Vesti	28
6	5	Jehan Daruvala	24

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Campos Racing	51
	2	ART Grand Prix	49
1	3	DAMS	44
2	4	MP Motorsport	43
6	5	Prema Racing	29

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

See also

• 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 2 2023 Result for Round 2 : Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia 17–19 March 2023 . 17 March 2023 . FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . en.
2. Web site: Vesti penalised following Sakhir Feature Race. 5 March 2023. 17 March 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . en.
3. Web site: Novalak and Stanek receive Jeddah post-Qualifying penalties. 17 March 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . en.
4. Web site: Pourchaire handed grid penalty for Jeddah Feature Race. 18 March 2023. 19 March 2023. FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . en.