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 |
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1 | 14 | ![]() |
Invicta Virtuosi Racing | 1:35.567 | 10 | 1 | |
2 | 6 | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | 1:35.791 | +0.224 | 9 | 2 |
3 | 24 | ![]() |
Campos Racing | 1:35.976 | +0.409 | 8 | 3 |
4 | 3 | ![]() |
Rodin Carlin | 1:36.065 | +0.498 | 7 | 4 |
5 | 11 | ![]() |
DAMS | 1:36.085 | +0.518 | 6 | 5 |
6 | 1 | ![]() |
MP Motorsport | 1:36.168 | +0.601 | 5 | 6 |
7 | 22 | ![]() |
Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.227 | +0.660 | 4 | 7 |
8 | 10 | ![]() |
Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:36.230 | +0.663 | 3 | 8 |
9 | 7 | ![]() |
Prema Racing | 1:36.274 | +0.707 | 2 | 9 |
10 | 4 | ![]() |
Rodin Carlin | 1:36.282 | +0.715 | 1 | 10 |
11 | 23 | ![]() |
Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.324 | +0.757 | 11 | 11 |
12 | 16 | ![]() |
PHM Racing by Charouz | 1:36.373 | +0.806 | 12 | 12 |
13 | 12 | ![]() |
DAMS | 1:36.377 | +0.810 | 13 | 13 |
14 | 5 | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | 1:36.437 | +0.870 | 14 | 14 |
15 | 20 | ![]() |
Trident | 1:36.449 | +0.882 | 15 | 15 |
16 | 25 | ![]() |
Campos Racing | 1:36.503 | +0.936 | 16 | 16 |
17 | 8 | ![]() |
Prema Racing | 1:36.620 | +1.053 | 17 | 17 |
18 | 15 | ![]() |
Invicta Virtuosi Racing | 1:36.648 | +1.081 | 18 | 18 |
19 | 9 | ![]() |
Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:36.718 | +1.151 | 19 | 19 |
20 | 2 | ![]() |
MP Motorsport | 1:37.231 | +1.664 | 20 | 20 |
21 | 21 | ![]() |
Trident | 1:37.391 | +1.824 | 21 | 21 |
22 | 17 | ![]() |
PHM Racing by Charouz | 1:38.159 | +2.592 | 22 | 22 |
Source:[1][2] |
Sprint race
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
Final championship standings
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- 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
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Doohan beats Martins to capture Yas Marina pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kush Maini handed post-Yas Marina Sprint Race time penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "FEATURE RACE: Doohan victorious as Pourchaire seals 2023 Drivers' title". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ 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
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