The 2023 Yas Island Formula 2 round was a motor racing event that was held between 25 and 26 November 2023 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the final race of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Théo Pourchaire became the 2023 Drivers' Champion after finishing seventh and fifth in both races, which was sufficient to win the championship by eleven points over his nearest rival Frederik Vesti, despite the fact that the Dane won the Sprint Race and finished third in the Feature Race. Pourchaire became the first Drivers' Champion for ART Grand Prix since Nyck de Vries in , whilst the French outfit won the Teams' Championship for the first time.
Pourchaire also became the Formula 2 Drivers' Champion with the lowest number of wins scored in a single season, having only taken a solitary victory at the Feature Race of the season opener in Bahrain.
It was also the last event for the Dallara F2 2018 chassis which had been used since 2018, as it was replaced for 2024 by a new chassis.
Classification Qualifying Driver Entrant Time Gap 114 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing 1:35.567 10126 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix 1:35.791 +0.22492324 Kush MainiCampos Racing 1:35.976 +0.4098343 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin 1:36.065 +0.49874511 Ayumu IwasaDAMS 1:36.085 +0.5186561 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport 1:36.168 +0.60156722 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing 1:36.227 +0.66047810 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight 1:36.230 +0.6633897 Frederik VestiPrema Racing 1:36.274 +0.70729104 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin 1:36.282 +0.7151101123 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing 1:36.324 +0.75711111216 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz 1:36.373 +0.80612121312 Arthur LeclercDAMS 1:36.377 +0.8101313145 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix 1:36.437 +0.87014141520 Roman StaněkTrident 1:36.449 +0.88215151625 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing 1:36.503 +0.9361616178 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing 1:36.620 +1.05317171815 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing 1:36.648 +1.0811818199 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight 1:36.718 +1.1511919202 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport 1:37.231 +1.66420202121 Paul AronTrident 1:37.391 +1.82421212217 Joshua MasonPHM Racing by Charouz 1:38.159 +2.5922222Source:
Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points17 Frederik VestiPrema Racing23 42:24.624210 (1)24 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin23 +3.89318322 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing23 +6.3104641 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport23 +13.68255510 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight23 +14.44034614 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing23 +14.71310375 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix23 +15.228142811 Ayumu IwasaDAMS23 +16.5086193 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin23 +17.5737108 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing23 +19.810171110 Roman StaněkTrident23 +22.69015129 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight23 +26.673191324 Kush MainiCampos Racing23 +26.72081416 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz23 +27.309121517 Joshua MasonPHM Racing by Charouz23 +33.640221621 Paul AronTrident23 +37.040211715 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing23 +37.842181825 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing23 +41.83316192 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport23 +43.80620206 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix23 +47.12892112 Arthur LeclercDAMS23 +48.68813DNF23 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing0 Collision/Spun off11Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:38.722 (lap 14)Source:
Notes: – Kush Maini received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Juan Manuel Correa, dropping him down from eleventh to thirteenth as a consequence.
Feature race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points114 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing33 56:03.879125 (2)26 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix33 +3.874218 (1)37 Frederik VestiPrema Racing33 +22.485915411 Ayumu IwasaDAMS33 +26.28351255 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix33 +27.6681410612 Arthur LeclercDAMS33 +28.33613871 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport33 +29.07966810 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight33 +30.09084924 Kush MainiCampos Racing33 +33.11332109 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight33 +36.2231911116 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz33 +38.996121220 Roman StaněkTrident33 +43.688151323 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing33 +48.34811144 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin33 +49.678101525 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing33 +54.829161615 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing33 +1:05.46818173 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin32 Spun off41821 Paul AronTrident32 +1 lap21DNF17 Joshua MasonPHM Racing by Charouz28 Electronics9DNF22 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing23 Fuel pressure7DNF8 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing16 Gearbox17DNF2 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport15 Faulty sensor20Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:38.319 (lap 33)Source:
Final championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Théo Pourchaire 203 2 Frederik Vesti 192 1 3 Jack Doohan 168 1 4 Ayumu Iwasa 165 5 Victor Martins 150
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 353 2 Prema Racing 322 3 Rodin Carlin 220 4 DAMS 214 1 5 Invicta Virtuosi Racing 176
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the 2023 Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
See also 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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External links Official website