2017 Yas Island Formula 2 round

The 2017 Yas Marina FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 25 and 26 November 2017 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the final round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

  2017 Yas Marina Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 11 in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.554 km (3.451 mi)
Feature race
Date 25 November 2017 Laps 31 Pole position Driver Artem Markelov Russian Time Time 1:47.181 Podium First Artem Markelov Russian Time Second Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Third Luca Ghiotto Russian Time Fastest lap Driver Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix Time 1:50.314 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date 26 November 2017 Laps 22 Podium First Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Second Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix Third Nicholas Latifi DAMS Fastest lap Driver Nicholas Latifi DAMS Time 1:51.875 (on lap 4)

This was the final event for the Dallara GP2/11 chassis that was introduced at the 2011 Yas Marina Circuit GP2 Asia Series round and also the final event for the Mecachrome V8 engine package that had been part of the GP2 Series and FIA Formula 2 since its formation in 2005. The Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a Mecachrome V6 turbocharged engine was introduced for the 2018 Formula 2 Championship onwards.^[1][2]

Classifications

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:47.181	—	1
2	3	Nyck de Vries	Racing Engineering	1:47.387	+0.206	2
3	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	1:47.575	+0.394	3
4	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	1:47.617	+0.436	4
5	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:47.676	+0.495	5
6	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	1:47.692	+0.511	6
7	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	1:47.753	+0.572	7
8	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:47.759	+0.578	8
9	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	1:47.824	+0.643	9
EX	8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:47.957	+0.776	20
10	12	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:48.127	+0.946	10
11	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:48.201	+1.020	11
12	18	Louis Delétraz	Rapax	1:48.212	+1.031	12
13	11	Lando Norris	Campos Racing	1:48.404	+1.223	13
14	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:48.476	+1.295	14
15	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1:48.538	+1.357	15
16	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	1:48.609	+1.428	16
17	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	1:48.671	+1.490	17
18	19	Roberto Merhi	Rapax	1:48.794	+1.613	18
19	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	1:50.201	+3.020	19
Source:[3]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	31	59:34.767	1	25 (4)
2	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	31	+16.265	6	18
3	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	31	+25.438	7	15
4	3	Nyck de Vries	Racing Engineering	31	+27.181	2	12
5	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	31	+29.697	11	10
6	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	31	+31.974	8	8
7	8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	31	+34.618	20	6 (2)
8	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	31	+40.639	14	4
9	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	31	+43.305	9	2
10	18	Louis Delétraz	Rapax	31	+52.356	12	1
11	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	31	+1:01.198	17
12	12	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	31	+1:04.596	10
13	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	31	+1:12.209	5
14	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	31	+1:21.496	15
15	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	31	+1:23.795	16
16	19	Roberto Merhi	Rapax	30	+1 lap	18
DNF	11	Lando Norris	Campos Racing	5	Engine	13
DNF	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	0	Wheel nut	19
DSQ	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	31	Disqualified	4
DSQ	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	31	Disqualified	3
Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:50.314 (on lap 27)
Source:[3]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	22	41:36.188	7	15
2	8	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	22	+1.293	2	12
3	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	22	+3.207	4	10 (2)
4	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	+4.105	3	8
5	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	22	+4.952	6	6
6	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	22	+14.758	8	4
7	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	22	+15.446	19	2
8	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	22	+24.795	9	1
9	3	Nyck de Vries	Racing Engineering	22	+29.261	5
10	19	Roberto Merhi	Rapax	22	+29.689	16
11	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	22	+29.912	20
12	12	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	22	+30.999	12
13	11	Lando Norris	Campos Racing	22	+31.564	17
14	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	22	+38.714	15
15	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	22	+39.605	14
16	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	22	+43.310	18
17	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	22	+49.659	11
18	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	19	Throttle	13
DNF	18	Louis Delétraz	Rapax	18	Mechanical	10
DNF	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	11	Transmission	1
Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) – 1:51.875 (on lap 4)
Source:[3]

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 282 1 2 Artem Markelov 210 1 3 Oliver Rowland 191 4 Luca Ghiotto 185 5 Nicholas Latifi 178

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Russian Time 395 1 2 Prema Racing 380 1 3 DAMS 369 4 ART Grand Prix 226 5 Rapax 137

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

See also

• 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
• 2017 Yas Marina GP3 Series round