2023 Melbourne Formula 2 round

The 2023 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 31 March and 2 April 2023 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the third round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.

  2023 Melbourne Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 1 April 2023 Laps 22[a] Podium First Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport Second Jak Crawford Hitech Pulse-Eight Third Kush Maini Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport Time 1:31.267 (on lap 13)
Feature Race
Date 2 April 2023 Laps 33 Pole position Driver Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Time 1:45.118 Podium First Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Arthur Leclerc DAMS Fastest lap Driver Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Time 1:30.712 (on lap 32)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	1:45.118	9	1
2	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.614	8	2
3	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.618	7	3
4	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.919	101	4
5	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+0.927	6	5
6	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.940	5	6
7	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+1.191	4	7
8	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+1.412	3	8
9	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.569	2	9
10	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+1.619	1	10
11	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+1.741	11	11
12	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+1.778	12	12
13	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+1.781	13	13
14	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.076	14	14
15	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+2.148	15	15
16	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+2.149	16	16
17	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+2.352	17	17
18	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.415	18	18
19	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+2.460	19	19
20	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.871	20	20
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+3.080	21	21
22	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+5.004	22	22
107% time: 1:52.476 (+7.358)
Source:[1]

Notes:

• ^1 – Isack Hadjar received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint Race for impeding Roman Staněk during Qualifying.^[2]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	22	40:03.429	1	10 (1)
2	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+1.120	2	8
3	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	22	+1.716	3	6
4	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	22	+2.064	4	5
5	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	22	+2.447	6	4
6	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+2.842	10	3
7	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	22	+4.858	5	2
8	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	22	+5.299	13	1
9	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+5.591	14
10	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+5.759	18
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	22	+6.417	19
12	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	22	+11.851	21
13	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	22	+12.395	9
14	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+16.816	20
15	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	22	+36.640	7
16	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	22	+37.222	17
17	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	22	+41.076	12
181	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	Retired	8
DNF	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	16	Crash	22
DNF	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	13	Spun off	15
DNS	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	–	Did not start2	11
DNS	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	–	Did not start2	16
Fastest lap set by Dennis Hauger: 1:31.267 (lap 13)
Source:[1]

Notes:

• ^1 – Théo Pourchaire retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
• ^2 – Ralph Boschung and Enzo Fittipaldi both had spun off on their way to the grid prior to the race. As a consequence, both were not able to take part in the Sprint Race.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	33	1:00:30.247	1	25 (2)
2	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	33	+0.882	2	18
3	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	33	+1.484	7	15
4	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	33	+1.815	13	12 (1)
5	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	33	+5.290	5	10
6	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	33	+6.779	12	8
7	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+7.107	18	6
8	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	33	+7.764	15	4
9	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	33	+8.294	8	2
10	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+11.126	20	1
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	33	+11.593	19
12	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	33	+13.902	22
13	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	33	+14.276	21
14	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	33	+15.8901	17
15	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+17.437	4
16	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	33	+24.039	11
17	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	33	+26.7342	6
18	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	33	+27.2993	3
194	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	30	Collision damage	10
DNF	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	26	Accident	16
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	Accident	14
DNF	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	6	Collision damage	9
Fastest lap set by Frederik Vesti: 1:30.712 (lap 32)
Source:[1]

Notes:

• ^1 – Roman Staněk originally finished tenth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for overtaking Kush Maini under Safety Car conditions, dropping him out of the points to fourteenth.^[3]
• ^2 – Oliver Bearman received a ten-second time-penalty for failing to serve a five-second time-penalty correctly.^[3]
• ^3 – Victor Martins received a ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Dennis Hauger.^[3]
• ^4 – Dennis Hauger retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 2 1 Ayumu Iwasa 58 2 Théo Pourchaire 50 1 3 Frederik Vesti 42 3 4 Ralph Boschung 33 7 5 Arthur Leclerc 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 2 1 DAMS 91 2 ART Grand Prix 67 1 3 MP Motorsport 62 3 4 Campos Racing 59 5 Prema Racing 45

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

See also

• 2023 Australian Grand Prix
• 2023 Melbourne Formula 3 round

Notes

1. The Sprint Race was scheduled to be run for 23 laps, but was shortened to 22 laps due to the maximum race time being reached after multiple Safety Car periods.