The 2021 Jeddah Formula 2 round was the penultimate race of the 2021 Formula 2 Championship and occurred at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit from 3 to 5 December. It was run in support of the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and featured three races. The feature race was marred by the crash between Théo Pourchaire and Enzo Fittipaldi where both were hospitalised.
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| Round 7 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Street Circuit 6.174 km (3.836 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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However, Prema Racing sealed the Teams' Championship after their drivers Oscar Piastri and Robert Shwartzman secured a double win in the Feature Race, making them the first double teams' champion in Formula 2 history.
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 2 |  Oscar Piastri
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Prema Racing | 1:40.878 | — | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |  Robert Shwartzman
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Prema Racing | 1:41.043 | +0.165 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 |  Théo Pourchaire
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ART Grand Prix | 1:41.218 | +0.340 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 |  Christian Lundgaard
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ART Grand Prix | 1:41.297 | +0.419 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |  Felipe Drugovich
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UNI-Virtuosi | 1:41.302 | +0.424 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 |  Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi | 1:41.350 | +0.472 | 6 |
| 7 | 21 |  Ralph Boschung
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Campos Racing | 1:41.532 | +0.654 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |  Jüri Vips
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Hitech Grand Prix | 1:41.610 | +0.732 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 |  Marcus Armstrong
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DAMS | 1:41.618 | +0.740 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | Liam Lawson
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Hitech Grand Prix | 1:41.619 | +0.741 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 |  Jehan Daruvala
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Carlin | 1:41.861 | +0.983 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 | Clément Novalak
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MP Motorsport | 1:41.890 | +1.012 | 12 |
| 13 | 5 |  Dan Ticktum
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Carlin | 1:41.960 | +1.082 | 13 |
| 14 | 24 |  Bent Viscaal
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Trident | 1:41.972 | +1.094 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 |  Roy Nissany
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DAMS | 1:42.076 | +1.198 | 15 |
| 16 | 11 | Jack Doohan
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MP Motorsport | 1:42.114 | +1.236 | 16 |
| 17 | 25 |  Marino Sato
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Trident | 1:42.466 | +1.588 | 17 |
| 18 | 14 | Enzo Fittipaldi
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Charouz Racing System | 1:42.870 | +1.992 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | Olli Caldwell
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Campos Racing | 1:42.919 | +2.041 | 19 |
| 20 | 15 | Guilherme Samaia
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Charouz Racing System | 1:43.422 | +2.544 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 |  Logan Sargeant
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HWA Racelab | 1:43.481 | +2.603 | 21 |
| 107% time: 1:47.939 | ||||||
| — | 23 |  Alessio Deledda
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HWA Racelab | No time set | — | 22 |
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Sprint race 1 edit
- Notes：
- ^1 - Jehan Daruvala originally finished the race in fifth place, but was awarded a five-second time penalty for gaining a lasting advantage by going off the track when overtaking his teammate Dan Ticktum. Thus, he was classified tenth.[4]
- ^2 - Olli Caldwell was given a ten-second time penalty for colliding with Marino Sato and Guilherme Samaia on lap 1, which dropped him from 16th to 18th.
Sprint race 2 edit
- Notes：
- ^1 - Jehan Daruvala received a five-second time penalty for gaining a lasting advantage by shortcutting turn one when he was defending against Oscar Piastri, thus dropping him down from second to 14th.
- ^2 - Christian Lundgaard got a five-second time penalty for gaining an advantage by shortcutting the first corner when overtaking Bent Viscaal, which dropped him from third to 15th.
Feature race edit
- Notes：
- Originally scheduled for 28 laps, 5 laps were completed.
- Since 75% of the predetermined distance has not been completed, only half of the points were earned in this race.
- ^1 - Clément Novalak received a three-place grid drop for causing a collision with Marcus Armstrong in sprint race 2.[5]
Standings after the event edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Formula 2 2021 Result for Round 7 : Saudi Arabia , Jeddah 03-05 December 2021". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Piastri takes historic fourth successive pole in Jeddah". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "SPRINT RACE 1: Armstrong wrestles to maiden victory over fellow Kiwi Lawson in first race at Jeddah". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ "Daruvala handed post-Sprint Race 1 time penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ "Novalak penalised following Sprint Race 2 Lap 1 incident". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-12-05.