The 2024 Yas Island Formula 2 round was a motor racing event that held between 6 and 8 December 2024 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the final race of the 2024 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Gabriel Bortoleto won the drivers' title after finishing second in the Feature Race behind eventual race winner Joshua Dürksen. His nearest rival Isack Hadjar suffered a problem at the start already, which caused him to drop down to the back of the field with no chance of making a comeback. Bortoleto became the fourth rookie in the modern Formula 2 era to win the championship and the fourth driver after Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Oscar Piastri to win both Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships in consecutive seasons as a rookie.

Background Driver Changes Zane Maloney departed Rodin Motorsport ahead of the final race at Yas Marina as he moved to Lola Yamaha ABT in Formula E, which started its 2024–25 season at the same weekend. Reigning FIA Formula 3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli replaced him ahead of a full-time graduation in 2025 with Invicta Racing.

Championship standings before the round Going into the final round of the season, championship leader Gabriel Bortoleto and runner-up Isack Hadjar were only separated by half a point in the drivers' standings, having scored 188.5 points and 188 points across the previous 13 rounds, respectively. Paul Aron, who entered the round as third-placed driver, had only outsider chances on the championship title, being 25.5 points further behind Bortoleto in the standings.

In the teams' standings, Invicta Racing led with 262.5 points, 30.5 points ahead of Campos Racing on 231 points, 62 points ahead of MP Motorsport on 200.5 points and 64.5 points ahead of Hitech Pulse-Eight with 65 points still available.

Classification Qualifying Driver Entrant Time/Gap 11 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix1:35.745101210 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing +0.03592317 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight +0.0687420 Isack HadjarCampos Racing +0.1286358 Dino BeganovicDAMS Lucas Oil +0.1615469 Kush MainiInvicta Racing +0.20585721 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.3124686 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport +0.37037924 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.397281016 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight19114 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing +0.645WDWD1212 Oliver Goethe MP Motorsport +0.6711111135 Leonardo FornaroliRodin Motorsport +0.70512121411 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport +0.7101313153 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing +0.8021414167 Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil +1.0082015172 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix +1.20115161815 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +1.24016171922 Max EstersonTrident +1.68417182014 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +1.88918192123 Christian MansellTrident +2.38919202225 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +3.0232121Source:

Notes – Paul Aron was required to start the Feature Race from the pit lane, in addition to being disqualified from the Sprint Race, due to a breach of the Technical regulations. All drivers who qualified fourth or below was promoted by one grid position. – Kush Maini received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jak Crawford during qualifying. – Joshua Dürksen and Amaury Cordeel set the same time in qualifying. Dürsken is qualified ahead as he set his time before Cordeel. – Andrea Kimi Antonelli withdrew from the sprint race due to illness. Every driver who qualified twelfth or below was promoted one place on the sprint grid. – Jak Crawford received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez at the previous round.

Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points121 Pepe MartíCampos Racing23 38:36.039410 (1)210 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing23 +2.2869838 Dino BeganovicDAMS Lucas Oil23 +18.8285643 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing23 +19.54785520 Isack HadjarCampos Racing23 +22.9806462 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix23 +26.798153711 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport23 +27.89613287 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil23 +29.768201912 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport23 +31.61811105 Leonardo FornaroliRodin Motorsport23 +33.30712116 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport23 +33.78431215 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing23 +34.727161316 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight23 +36.26811422 Max EstersonTrident23 +40.75617 1514 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing23 +43.493181623 Christian MansellTrident23 +45.30319179 Kush MainiInvicta Racing23 +52.57081825 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing23 +1:00.50521191 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix22 +1 lap10DNF24 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing18 Collision2DSQ17 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight23 Disqualified7WD4 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing — Illness —Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:39.427 (lap 5)Source:

Notes - Oliver Bearman and John Bennett each received a five-second time penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits. - Ritomo Miyata received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Victor Martins. - Amaury Cordeel received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Joshua Dürksen. - Paul Aron finished third on the road, but was later disqualified for having a modified DRS-actuator opening too wide. Dino Beganovic inherited the final podium position. - Andrea Kimi Antonelli was scheduled to start eleventh, but withdrew due to illness.

Feature race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points124 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing33 56:23.715825210 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing33 +1.791218311 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport33 +5.3701315 (1)41 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix33 +7.337112 (2)53 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing33 +10.3161310621 Pepe MartíCampos Racing33 +18.1776878 Dino BeganovicDAMS Lucas Oil33 +19.76946816 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight33 +19.87394912 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport33 +21.031102106 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport33 +23.331711117 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight33 +23.424PL129 Kush MainiInvicta Racing33 +29.7955135 Leonardo FornaroliRodin Motorsport33 +30.390111414 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing33 +33.70718 152 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix33 +38.946151623 Christian MansellTrident33 +42.503191722 Max EstersonTrident33 +43.524171825 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing33 +1:02.248201920 Isack HadjarCampos Racing32 +1 lap3DNF15 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing4 Collision damage16DNF7 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil4 Collision damage14WD4 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing — Illness —Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor: 1:38.923 (lap 29)Source:

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 214.5 2 Isack Hadjar 192 3 Paul Aron 163 4 Zane Maloney 140 5 Jak Crawford 125

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 288.5 2 Campos Racing 254 3 MP Motorsport 220.5 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 202 5 Prema Racing 194

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the 2024 Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

See also 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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External links Official website