2021 Jeddah Formula 2 round

The 2021 Jeddah Formula 2 round was the penultimate race of the 2021 Formula 2 Championship and occurred at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit from 3 to 5 December. It was run in support of the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and featured three races. The feature race was marred by the crash between Théo Pourchaire and Enzo Fittipaldi where both were hospitalised.

  2021 Jeddah Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Course	Street Circuit 6.174 km (3.836 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 4 December 2021 Laps 20 Podium First Marcus Armstrong DAMS Second Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix Third Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Time 1:44.179 (on lap 20)
Sprint race 2
Date 4 December 2021 Laps 20 Podium First Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Second Bent Viscaal Trident Third Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Time 1:43.940 (on lap 17)
Feature race
Date 5 December 2021 Laps 5 Pole position Driver Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Time 1:40.878 Podium First Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Second Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Third Ralph Boschung Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Time 1:45.326 (on lap 5)

However, Prema Racing sealed the Teams' Championship after their drivers Oscar Piastri and Robert Shwartzman secured a double win in the Feature Race, making them the first double teams' champion in Formula 2 history.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	1:40.878	—	1
2	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:41.043	+0.165	2
3	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:41.218	+0.340	3
4	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:41.297	+0.419	4
5	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:41.302	+0.424	5
6	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:41.350	+0.472	6
7	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:41.532	+0.654	7
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:41.610	+0.732	8
9	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:41.618	+0.740	9
10	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:41.619	+0.741	10
11	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:41.861	+0.983	11
12	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	1:41.890	+1.012	12
13	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:41.960	+1.082	13
14	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:41.972	+1.094	14
15	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:42.076	+1.198	15
16	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	1:42.114	+1.236	16
17	25	Marino Sato	Trident	1:42.466	+1.588	17
18	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	1:42.870	+1.992	18
19	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	1:42.919	+2.041	19
20	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:43.422	+2.544	20
21	22	Logan Sargeant	HWA Racelab	1:43.481	+2.603	21
107% time: 1:47.939
—	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	No time set	—	22
Source:[1][2]

Sprint race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	20	41:44.102	2	15
2	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+0.563	1	12
3	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+2.044	3	10
4	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	20	+2.826	6	8
5	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	20	+8.278	9	6 (2)
6	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	20	+8.377	7	4
7	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	20	+8.452	13	2
8	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	20	+8.613	10	1
9	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	20	+10.468	14
10	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	20	+10.4841	11
11	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	20	+10.566	16
12	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+10.965	18
13	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	20	+12.977	15
14	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	20	+13.104	12
15	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	20	+14.332	4
16	22	Logan Sargeant	HWA Racelab	20	+15.308	21
17	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	20	+17.343	5
18	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	20	+24.6522	19
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	13	Accident	8
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	13	Mechanical	22
DNF	25	Marino Sato	Trident	0	Collision	17
DNF	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	0	Collision	20
Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman − Prema Racing − 1:44.179 (lap 20)
Source:[1][3]

Notes：

• ^1 - Jehan Daruvala originally finished the race in fifth place, but was awarded a five-second time penalty for gaining a lasting advantage by going off the track when overtaking his teammate Dan Ticktum. Thus, he was classified tenth.^[4]
• ^2 - Olli Caldwell was given a ten-second time penalty for colliding with Marino Sato and Guilherme Samaia on lap 1, which dropped him from 16th to 18th.

Sprint race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	20	45:31.603	3	15 (2)
2	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	20	+2.521	2	12
3	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	20	+3.371	6	10
4	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	20	+3.454	4	8
5	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	20	+3.598	11	6
6	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	+3.661	19	4
7	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+3.879	12	2
8	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	20	+4.128	17	1
9	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	20	+4.351	15
10	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	20	+4.619	7
11	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	20	+4.813	13
12	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	20	+6.148	18
13	25	Marino Sato	Trident	20	+6.449	21
14	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	20	+7.0031	1
15	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	20	+7.2432	5
DNF	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	17	Accident	9
DNF	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	5	Collision	8
DNF	22	Logan Sargeant	HWA Racelab	5	Mechanical	16
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	0	Collision	10
DNF	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	14
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	0	Collision	20
DNF	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	0	Collision	22
Fastest lap： Oscar Piastri − Prema Racing − 1:43.940 (lap 17)
Source:[1]

Notes：

• ^1 - Jehan Daruvala received a five-second time penalty for gaining a lasting advantage by shortcutting turn one when he was defending against Oscar Piastri, thus dropping him down from second to 14th.
• ^2 - Christian Lundgaard got a five-second time penalty for gaining an advantage by shortcutting the first corner when overtaking Bent Viscaal, which dropped him from third to 15th.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	5	47:09.339	1	12.5 (5)
2	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	5	+1.148	2	9
3	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	5	+2.757	7	7.5
4	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	5	+3.020	6	6
5	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	5	+4.407	5	5
6	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	5	+4.871	8	4
7	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	5	+6.069	4	3
8	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	5	+6.178	9	2
9	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	5	+6.547	10	1
10	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	5	+9.434	12	0.5
11	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	5	+9.593	11
12	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	5	+10.177	13
13	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	5	+10.445	16
14	22	Logan Sargeant	HWA Racelab	5	+12.359	21
15	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	5	+12.740	14
16	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	5	+13.736	19
17	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	5	+15.494	20
18	25	Marino Sato	Trident	5	+16.871	17
19	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	5	+17.134	151
20	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	5	+20.776	22
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	0	Stalled/collision	3
DNF	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	0	Collision	18
Fastest lap： Oscar Piastri − Prema Racing − 1:45.326 (lap 5)
Source:[1]

Notes：

• Originally scheduled for 28 laps, 5 laps were completed.
• Since 75% of the predetermined distance has not been completed, only half of the points were earned in this race.
• ^1 - Clément Novalak received a three-place grid drop for causing a collision with Marcus Armstrong in sprint race 2.^[5]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Oscar Piastri 213.5 1 2 Robert Shwartzman 162 1 3 Guanyu Zhou 149 4 Dan Ticktum 139.5 5 Théo Pourchaire 124

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 375.5 2 Carlin 235.5 3 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 221 4 Hitech Grand Prix 209 5 ART Grand Prix 174

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold name includes the Teams' Champion.

See also

• 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix