2023 Barcelona Formula 2 round

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.

  2023 Barcelona Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 6 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.657 km (2.894 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 3 June 2023 Laps 26 Podium First Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Time 1:28.422 (on lap 26)
Feature Race
Date 4 June 2023 Laps 37 Pole position Driver Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Time 1:23.546 Podium First Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Second Enzo Fittipaldi Rodin Carlin Third Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Clément Novalak Trident Time 1:27.474 (on lap 35)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
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	91	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

• ^1 – Théo Pourchaire has been handed a three-place grid drop for the Sprint Race for impeding Dennis Hauger during Qualifying.^[3]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	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	+24.6571	1
18	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	26	+1:00.844	14
192	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	25	Collision	15
202	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:[1][4]

Notes

• ^1 – 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]
• ^2 – 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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	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	141
12	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	37	+42.887	17
13	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	37	+43.4923	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	212
19	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	37	+1:21.0964	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 lap5	22
Fastest lap set by Clément Novalak: 1:27.474 (lap 35)
Source:[1][6]

Notes

• ^1 – Juan Manuel Correa received a three-place grid drop for causing a collision with Roman Staněk in the Sprint Race.^[5]
• ^2 – Roy Nissany received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Jehan Daruvala in the Sprint Race.^[5]
• ^3 – Jak Crawford originally finished eleventh, but was given a five-second time penalty for track limits violations.
• ^4 – Amaury Cordeel was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
• ^5 – 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 Pos. 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 Pos. 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