2023 Silverstone Formula 2 round

The 2023 Silverstone Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 7 and 9 July 2023 at the Silverstone Circuit. It was the eighth round of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 British Grand Prix.

  2023 Silverstone Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 8 July 2023 Laps 19 Podium First Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing Fastest lap Driver Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Time 1:59.913 (on lap 17)
Feature Race
Date 9 July 2023 Laps 29 Pole position Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:39:832 Podium First Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Second Zane Maloney Rodin Carlin Third Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:42.091 (on lap 23)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1:39.832	8	1
2	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+0.113	141	2
3	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.120	7	3
4	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.125	6	4
5	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.157	5	5
6	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+0.159	4	6
7	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+0.169	102	7
8	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.187	3	8
9	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.194	2	9
10	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.220	1	10
11	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+0.303	9	11
12	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+0.366	11	12
13	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.482	12	13
14	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.536	193	14
15	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.568	13	15
16	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.694	15	16
17	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.729	16	17
18	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.983	17	18
19	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.118	18	19
20	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+1.274	20	20
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+1.625	21	21
22	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.252	22	22
Source:[1][2]

Notes

• ^1 - Kush Maini was handed a five-place grid penalty for failing to serve a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits in the Spielberg feature race.^[3]
• ^2 - Zane Maloney received two three-place grid penalties in qualifying; the first for impeding Théo Pourchaire and the second for impeding Jack Doohan.^[4]
• ^3 - Dennis Hauger received a five-place grid penalty for failing to abort a push lap during double waved yellow flags.^[4]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	19	40:16.405	1	10
2	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	19	+13.432	3	8 (1)
3	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	19	+19.422	6	6
4	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	19	+25.610	4	5
5	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+30.517	2	4
6	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	19	+30.863	5	3
7	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	19	+31.345	8	2
8	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	19	+31.633	11	1
9	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+32.452	9
10	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	19	+38.554	10
11	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	19	+39.880	12
12	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	19	+40.251	19
13	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	19	+44.116	14
14	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+44.706	13
15	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	19	+48.241	15
16	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	19	+50.2691	21
17	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	19	+51.0662	20
18	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+52.808	16
19	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+1:07.916	22
20	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	19	+1:14.160	17
21	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	18	+1 lap	7
DNF	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	0	Spun off	18
Fastest lap set by Ayumu Iwasa: 1:59.913 (lap 17)
Source:[1][5]

Notes

• ^1 - Amaury Cordeel originally finished fifteenth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track while overtaking Clément Novalak, dropping him down to sixteenth.^[6]
• ^2 - Clément Novalak received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Brad Benavides.^[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	29	58:54.3891	1	25 (3)
2	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	29	+2.051	7	18
3	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	29	+4.749	8	15
4	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	29	+6.637	4	12
5	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	29	+12.611	3	10
6	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	29	+18.9332	13	8
7	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	29	+18.963	6	6
8	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	29	+23.2253	5	4
9	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	29	+24.155	12	2
10	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	29	+24.543	15	1
11	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+27.958	22
12	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	29	+30.610	20
13	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	29	+30.973	19
14	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	29	+32.920	14
15	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	29	+34.573	9
16	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+34.6292	17
17	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	29	+39.7772 4	11
DNF	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	15	Collision	18
DNF	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	15	Collision	2
DNF	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	11	Suspension/Collision	10
DNF	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	9	Collision	16
DNF	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	5	Spun off	21
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:42.091 (lap 23)
Source:[1][7]

Notes

• ^1 - Victor Martins received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Ayumu Iwasa off track.
• ^2 - Jehan Daruvala, Roy Nissany and Richard Verschoor received a 5-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
• ^3 - Oliver Bearman received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Kush Maini.^[8]
• ^4 - Roy Nissany received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Frederik Vesti.^[8]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Frederik Vesti 135 2 Théo Pourchaire 129 3 Ayumu Iwasa 111 4 Oliver Bearman 88 2 5 Victor Martins 88

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 223 2 ART Grand Prix 217 3 DAMS 150 4 Rodin Carlin 134 5 MP Motorsport 109

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

See also

• 2023 British Grand Prix
• 2023 Silverstone Formula 3 round