2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round

The 2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 30 June and 2 July 2023 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the seventh round of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.

  2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 1 July 2023 Laps 27 Podium First Jak Crawford Hitech Pulse-Eight Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Isack Hadjar Hitech Pulse-Eight Fastest lap Driver Zane Maloney Rodin Carlin Time 1:17.294 (on lap 20)
Feature Race
Date 2 July 2023 Laps 40 Pole position Driver Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Time 1:14.643 Podium First Richard Verschoor Van Amersfoort Racing Second Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Third Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Ayumu Iwasa DAMS Time 1:17.575 (on lap 37)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1:14.643	10	1
2	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.139	9	2
3	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.170	8	3
4	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+0.215	7	4
5	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.217	6	5
6	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+0.310	5	93
7	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+0.344	4	6
8	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+0.374	3	7
9	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.442	2	8
10	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.444	1	10
11	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.485	11	11
12	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.560	12	12
13	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.594	13	13
14	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+0.601	14	14
15	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+0.731	15	15
16	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.826	16	16
17	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.859	17	17
18	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.007	18	18
19	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+1.047	19	19
20	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+1.059	20	20
21	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.165	211	21
22	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+1.185	222	22
Source:[1][2]

Notes

• ^1 - Isack Hadjar received a three-place grid penalty for the Sprint Race for impeding Jack Doohan during Qualifying.^[3]
• ^2 – Ralph Boschung was handed a three-place grid drop for the Sprint Race for failing to follow the Race Director's instructions in free practice.^[4]
• ^3 - Enzo Fittipaldi was handed a three-place grid drop foe the Feature Race for causing a collision with Kush Maini in Sprint Race.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	39:36:231	1	10
2	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	27	+2.286	10	8 (1)
3	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	+4.366	21	6
4	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+9.524	12	5
5	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	27	+10.175	17	4
6	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	27	+10.628	13	3
7	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	27	+11.401	6	2
8	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	27	+12.458	19	1
9	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	27	+12.923	9
10	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	27	+13.538	PL
11	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	27	+17.758	16
12	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	27	+19.090	18
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	27	+20.607	3
14	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	27	+22.0301	8
15	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	27	+22.205	4
16	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	27	+36.4872	7
17	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	27	+36.8963	22
18	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	27	+1:01.478	15
DNF	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	17	Spun off	5
DNF	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	4	Spun off	11
DNF	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	0	Spun off	2
DSQ	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	27	Disqualified4	20
Fastest lap set by Zane Maloney: 1:17.294 (lap 20)
Source:[1][5]

Notes

• ^1 - Théo Pourchaire received a 5-second time penalty for unsafe release.
• ^2 – Kush Maini received a 20-second time penalty for forcing Enzo Fittipaldi off track.^[6]
• ^3 – Ralph Boschung was given a 10-second time penalty for forcing Amaury Cordeel off track.^[6]
• ^4 – Clément Novalak was disqualified from the sprint race after it was found that his car's rear tyre pressures were below the limit required by Article 12.9 of the Technical Regulations. As a result, Isack Hadjar was promoted to the final podium position.^[6]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	40	56:31.050	11	25
2	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	40	+0.415	16	18 (1)
3	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	40	+1.921	2	15
4	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	40	+2.222	5	12
5	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	40	+2.860	19	10
6	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	40	+3.147	9	8
7	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	40	+6.714	3	6
8	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	40	+7.348	10	4
9	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	40	+7.971	1	2 (2)
10	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	40	+9.343	8	1
11	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	40	+9.582	13
12	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	40	+9.915	21
13	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	40	+11.594	20
14	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	40	+13.020	22
15	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	40	+14.622	15
16	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	40	+15.054	14
17	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	40	+17.355	6
18	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	40	+17.740	12
19	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	40	+20.467	18
DNF	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	33	Collision damage	4
DNF	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	26	Lost wheel	7
DNF	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	25	Clutch	17
Fastest lap set by Ayumu Iwasa: 1:17.575 (lap 37)
Source:[1][7]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Frederik Vesti 125 2 Théo Pourchaire 105 3 Ayumu Iwasa 101 4 Oliver Bearman 81 2 5 Richard Verschoor 75

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 206 2 ART Grand Prix 163 3 DAMS 137 1 4 Rodin Carlin 105 1 5 MP Motorsport 101

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

See also

• 2023 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round