2023 Budapest Formula 2 round

The 2023 Budapest FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 July 2023 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the ninth round of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.

  2023 Budapest Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 9 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing circuit 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 22 July 2023 Laps 28 Podium First Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport Second Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Third Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Time 1:32.585 (on lap 28)
Feature Race
Date 23 July 2023 Laps 37 Pole position Driver Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Time 1:27.676 Podium First Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Second Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Third Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Time 1:30.997 (on lap 36)

Classification

Qualifying

Jack Doohan clinched pole position by 0.052 seconds ahead of Victor Martins, while championship leader Frederik Vesti qualified in third right in front of Théo Pourchaire, his nearest championship rival.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	1:27.676	10	1
2	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.052	9	2
3	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.091	8	3
4	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.254	7	4
5	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.311	6	5
6	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.414	5	6
7	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.425	4	7
8	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.477	3	8
9	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.479	2	9
10	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+0.488	1	10
11	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+0.591	11	11
12	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.610	12	12
13	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.640	13	13
14	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+0.645	14	14
15	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+0.866	15	201
16	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.088	192	15
17	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+1.124	16	16
18	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.154	17	17
19	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.324	18	18
20	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+1.357	20	19
21	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.652	21	21
22	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+2.234	22	22
Source:[1][2]

Notes

• ^1 – Juan Manuel Correa was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Invicta Virtuosi Racing driver Amaury Cordeel in qualifying.^[3]
• ^2 – Clément Novalak was handed a five-place grid penalty for the Feature Race for causing a collision with Ralph Boschung during the Sprint Race.^[4]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	28	44:43.144	2	10
2	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	28	+4.230	5	8 (1)
3	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	28	+14.196	4	6
4	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	28	+16.592	7	5
5	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	28	+20.760	3	4
6	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	28	+24.054	1	3
7	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	28	+24.388	9	2
8	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+25.316	6	1
9	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	28	+25.316	8
10	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+25.714	10
11	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	28	+26.060	11
12	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	28	+26.592	14
13	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+26.840	12
14	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+27.122	17
15	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	28	+27.486	16
16	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	28	+28.035	22
17	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	+32.986	18
18	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	+37.389	21
19	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+38.013	20
20	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+1 lap	19
DNF	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	11	Collision	13
DNF	21	Clement Novalak	Trident	11	Collision	15
Fastest lap set by: Ayumu Iwasa - 1:32.585 (Lap 28)
Source:[1][5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	37	57:52.434	1	25 (3)
2	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	37	+9.110	3	18
3	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	37	+9.850	2	15
4	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	37	+26.167	6	12
5	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	37	+27.407	5	10
6	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	37	+29.529	4	8
7	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	37	+30.512	9	6
8	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	37	+30.937	11	4
9	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+39.401	15	2
10	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	37	+39.979	12	1
11	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	37	+41.025	8
12	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	37	+41.607	7
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	37	+42.064	16
14	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	37	+42.944	22
15	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	37	+56.569	18
16	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	37	+60.999	14
17	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	37	+62.846	17
18	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	37	+68.612	21
19	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	37	+74.010	13
20	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	37	+76.994	10
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	36	+1 lap	19
DNF	21	Clement Novalak	Trident	2	Retired	20
Fastest lap set by Jack Doohan: 1:30.997 (lap 36)
Source:[1][6]

Notes:

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Frederik Vesti 153 2 Théo Pourchaire 142 3 Ayumu Iwasa 132 2 4 Victor Martins 105 1 5 Jack Doohan 100

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 247 2 ART Grand Prix 247 3 DAMS 171 4 Rodin Carlin 138 5 MP Motorsport 129

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

See also

• 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2023 Budapest Formula 3 round