The 2022 Jeddah FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 25 and 27 March 2022 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. It was the second round of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying The qualifying session was held on 25 March 2022. Felipe Drugovich took pole position, the second of his Formula 2 career. The qualifying session was marred by three red flags. The first red flag came out for Théo Pourchaire, whose car broke down. A second red flag was flown after Logan Sargeant crashed heavily at the exit of turn 17. Oddly, a third red flag was shown due to a technical error after GPS systems indicated that Frederik Vesti stopped on track, despite no such event occurring. In addition, Cem Bölükbaşı crashed in practice and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks, and as a result missed qualifying. He was later withdrawn from the event.
Jack Doohan was later disqualified from the final classification for failing to provide the minimum 0.8 kg fuel sample. Jüri Vips, Olli Caldwell, and Frederik Vesti each received three-place grid penalties for impeding. Clément Novalak received a five-place grid penalty for what the race stewards deemed to be a "dangerous case of impeding." Amaury Cordeel received a ten-place grid penalty for failing to slow for the red flag and double waved yellow flags.
Driver Entrant Time 111 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport1:40.422101220 Richard VerschoorTrident +0.2269237 Marcus ArmstrongHitech Grand Prix +0.62883415 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing +0.6357455 Liam LawsonCarlin +0.72055617 Ayumu IwasaDAMS +0.77246721 Calan WilliamsTrident +1.0473788 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix +1.11168924 Jake HughesVan Amersfoort Racing +1.11629101 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing +1.2881101112 Clément NovalakMP Motorsport +1.28815111216 Roy NissanyDAMS +1.5491112134 Marino SatoVirtuosi Racing +1.7561213142 Jehan DaruvalaPrema Racing +1.75913141522 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System +2.0981415169 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix +2.48317161714 Olli CaldwellCampos Racing +2.6981917186 Logan SargeantCarlin +2.83816181925 Amaury CordeelVan Amersfoort Racing +4.01520192010 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix +4.3141820107% time: 1:47.451—23 Cem BölükbaşıCharouz Racing SystemNo time set 3 Jack DoohanVirtuosi Racing +0.6022121Source:
Notes: – Jüri Vips, Olli Caldwell, and Frederik Vesti received three-place grid penalties for impeding another driver during qualifying. Each driver had one penalty point added to their license. – Clément Novalak received a five-place grid penalty for what was deemed a dangerous case of impeding another driver. Novalak had three penalty points added to his license. – Amaury Cordeel received a ten-place grid penalty for failing to respect red and double waved yellow flags. Cordeel had four penalty points added to his license. – Jack Doohan was disqualified for failing to supply an adequate fuel sample after qualifying. He was given permission to race by the stewards.
Sprint Race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points15 Liam LawsonCarlin2047:55.48751028 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix20 +3.16668 (1)311 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport20 +4.846106421 Calan WilliamsTrident20 +6.27735520 Richard VerschoorTrident20 +12.12194617 Ayumu IwasaDAMS20 +13.5204372 Jehan DaruvalaPrema Racing20 +15.23713284 Marino SatoVirtuosi Racing20 +16.040121916 Roy NissanyDAMS20 +17.390111022 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System20 +17.441141112 Clément NovalakMP Motorsport20 +18.73915129 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix20 +20.298171310 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix20 +20.569181414 Olli CaldwellCampos Racing20 +25.495191515 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing20 +34.4547161 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing20 +51.4951DNF7 Marcus ArmstrongHitech Grand Prix17 Spin8DNF6 Logan SargeantCarlin6 Collision16DNF3 Jack DoohanVirtuosi Racing6 Collision21DNF25 Amaury CordeelVan Amersfoort Racing1 Accident20DSQ24 Jake HughesVan Amersfoort Racing20 (+3.224)2WD23 Cem BölükbaşıCharouz Racing System—Withdrew—Fastest lap set by Jüri Vips: 1:43.284 (lap 20)Source:
Notes: – Ralph Boschung originally finished eighth, but was given a 20-second time penalty after it was found that he was in front of his starting grid position before the lights went out. Two penalty points were added to his license. – Jake Hughes originally finished third, but was later disqualified due to a technical non-conformity. The skid plank on his car was found to have a maximum thickness of 3.6mm, which did not meet the required thickness of 5mm +/-1mm.
Feature Race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points111 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport2747:41.485125 (2)220 Richard VerschoorTrident27 +2.37921832 Jehan DaruvalaPrema Racing27 +15.3581415424 Jake HughesVan Amersfoort Racing27 +19.11791257 Marcus ArmstrongHitech Grand Prix27 +20.59531061 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing27 +21.071108717 Ayumu IwasaDAMS27 +27.10866816 Roy NissanyDAMS27 +28.42812493 Jack DoohanVirtuosi Racing27 +28.861202 (1)108 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix27 +32.1731411122 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System27 +32.64715126 Logan SargeantCarlin27 +37.612181321 Calan WilliamsTrident27 +38.28271412 Clément NovalakMP Motorsport27 +42.370111515 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing27 +47.60141614 Olli CaldwellCampos Racing27 +48.70617174 Marino SatoVirtuosi Racing27 +50.38413189 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix26 Spun off16DNF5 Liam LawsonCarlin9Wheel5DNF10 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix5Gearbox19DNS25 Amaury CordeelVan Amersfoort Racing— Did not start—WD23 Cem BölükbaşıCharouz Racing System—Withdrew—Fastest lap set by Jack Doohan: 1:43.098 (lap 26)Source:
Notes: – Amaury Cordeel could not start the Feature Race due to car damage sustained in the Sprint Race.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 4 1 Felipe Drugovich 45 2 Liam Lawson 34 3 3 Richard Verschoor 32 1 4 Jüri Vips 28 4 5 Théo Pourchaire 25
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 1 Hitech Grand Prix 48 3 2 MP Motorsport 45 2 3 Carlin 43 2 4 Trident 37 2 5 Prema Racing 33
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
References
External links Official website