2023 Jeddah Formula 2 round

The 2023 Jeddah FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 17 and 19 March 2023 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. It was the second round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

  2023 Jeddah Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 2 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Jeddah Corniche Circuit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Course	Street Circuit 6.175 km (3.837 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 18 March 2023 Laps 20 Podium First Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Jehan Daruvala MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:44.886 (on lap 14)
Feature Race
Date 19 March 2023 Laps 28 Pole position Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:41.326 Podium First Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Second Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Third Jehan Daruvala MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Arthur Leclerc DAMS Time 1:43.647 (on lap 26)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1:41.326	10	1
2	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.744	8	2
3	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.745	7	81
4	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.784	6	3
5	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.785	5	4
6	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.794	4	5
7	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.969	91	6
8	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+1.034	3	7
9	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+1.171	2	9
10	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.227	1	10
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+1.250	162	11
12	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.291	11	12
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+1.303	12	13
14	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+1.360	13	14
15	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+1.428	14	15
16	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+1.469	212	16
17	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+1.493	15	17
18	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.528	17	18
19	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.753	18	19
20	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.059	19	20
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+2.410	20	21
22	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+3.701	22	22
107% time: 1:48.418 (+7.092)
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Frederik Vesti received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Richard Verschoor in the Sakhir Feature Race. The penalty will apply to the next race that the Dane participates in.^[2]
• ^2 – Clément Novalak and Roman Staněk have received five-place grid penalties for Saturday's Sprint Race after Trident mechanics were found to have failed to hand back both drivers’ set of tyres into parc fermé. Team personnel were also found to have worked on the sets of tyres before handing them in, breaching the Sporting Regulations, dropping down both drivers to P16 and P21 respectively.^[3]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	20	42:21.514	4	10
2	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	20	+0.700	10	8 (1)
3	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	20	+1.186	5	6
4	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	20	+1.979	2	5
5	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	20	+2.544	3	4
6	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	20	+2.940	9	3
7	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	20	+3.380	6	2
8	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	20	+4.555	14	1
9	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+4.578	1
10	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+6.412	17
11	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	20	+6.886	12
12	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+7.642	18
13	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	20	+8.358	13
14	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+13.127	11
15	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+13.743	16
16	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+13.778	19
17	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	20	+14.260	21
18	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+20.500	22
19	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	20	+35.418	20
DNF	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	6	Collision	8
DNF	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	6	Collision	7
DNF	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	1	Spun off	15
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:44.886 (lap 14)
Source:[1]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	28	50:45.587	6	25
2	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+3.959	3	18
3	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	28	+7.546	4	15
4	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	28	+11.379	5	12
5	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	28	+11.712	15	10
6	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+14.014	20	8
7	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	28	+14.220	14	6
8	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	28	+17.012	13	4 (1)
9	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+21.646	19	2
10	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	28	+23.910	2	1
11	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	+28.854	18
12	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	28	+29.371	7
13	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	28	+31.238	83
14	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	28	+32.019	16
15	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+32.973	10
16	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	28	+36.131	11
17	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	28	+37.076	17
18	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+40.339	12
19	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	28	+47.097	9
20	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+1:31.499	21
DNF	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	16	Spun off	1	(2)
DNF	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	1	Collision damage	22
Fastest lap set by Arthur Leclerc: 1:43.647 (lap 26)
Source:[1]

Notes:

• ^3 – Prior to the Feature Race, Théo Pourchaire received a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Oliver Bearman during Saturday's Sprint Race.^[4]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Ralph Boschung 33 1 2 Théo Pourchaire 32 3 3 Ayumu Iwasa 31 17 4 Frederik Vesti 28 6 5 Jehan Daruvala 24

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Campos Racing 51 2 ART Grand Prix 49 1 3 DAMS 44 2 4 MP Motorsport 43 6 5 Prema Racing 29

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

See also

• 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix