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Théo Pourchaire is the current championship leader.

The 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the fifty-seventh season of Formula 2 racing and the seventh season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. It is an open-wheel racing category that serves as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is run in support of selected rounds of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers that compete in the championship run the same car, the Dallara F2 2018.

After 19 out of 26 races were completed in this season (the round in Imola was cancelled due to flooding), 11 different drivers won races: championship leader Frederik Vesti took four victories, Ayumu Iwasa and rookie Oliver Bearman won three races. Dennis Hauger is the only driver to win two races. Théo Pourchaire was victorious once, as were Ralph Boschung, who finally took his maiden victory on his 96th race start in the sprint race at Bahrain, Jak Crawford and Richard Verschoor, who took their and their teams' maiden wins respectively in Austria, and Victor Martins, who won in Britain despite a 5-second time penalty. Other winners included Jack Doohan, who won the feature race in Hungary; and Enzo Fittipaldi wrote a new name to F2 race winners, by winning the Belgian sprint race.

2023 is the final season using the Dallara F2 2018 chassis and Mecachrome V634T 3.4-litre V6 single-turbocharged engine package which debuted in the 2018 season.[1] A brand new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2024 season onwards.[2]

MP Motorsport entered the championship as the reigning teams' champion, having secured their title at the final round of the 2022 season in Abu Dhabi.

Entries

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 championship.[3] As the championship is a spec series, all competitors race with an identical Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. Teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Entrant No. Driver name Rounds
Netherlands MP Motorsport 1 Norway Dennis Hauger 1–10
2 India Jehan Daruvala 1–10
United Kingdom Rodin Carlin 3 Barbados Zane Maloney 1–10
4 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 1–10
France ART Grand Prix 5 France Théo Pourchaire 1–10
6 France Victor Martins 1–10
Italy Prema Racing 7 Denmark Frederik Vesti 1–10
8 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman 1–10
United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight 9 United States Jak Crawford 1–10
10 France Isack Hadjar 1–10
France DAMS 11 Japan Ayumu Iwasa 1–10
12 Monaco Arthur Leclerc 1–10
United Kingdom Invicta Virtuosi Racing 14 Australia Jack Doohan 1–10
15 Belgium Amaury Cordeel 1–10
Germany PHM Racing by Charouz 16 Israel Roy Nissany 1–10
17 United States Brad Benavides 1–9
United Kingdom Josh Mason 10
Italy Trident 20 Czech Republic Roman Staněk 1–10
21 France Clément Novalak 1–10
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 1–10
23 United States Juan Manuel Correa 1–10
Spain Campos Racing 24 India Kush Maini 1–10
25 Switzerland Ralph Boschung 1–10

Team changes

German Formula 4 team PHM Racing took over the entry and assets of Charouz Racing System at the end of the 2022 season, and runs in cooperation with the Czech squad under the PHM Racing by Charouz moniker.[4]

Carlin compete under new ownership in 2023. The New Zealand-based car manufacturer Rodin Cars became majority shareholder of the team. With that, the team is now called Rodin Carlin.[5]

Hitech partnered with hardware company Pulse-Eight during the off-season, changing the official name of the team to Hitech Pulse-Eight.[6]

Virtuosi Racing and the Invicta Watch Group announced a multi-year strategic partnership that saw the name of the team change to Invicta Virtuosi Racing.[7]

Driver changes

Reigning team champion MP Motorsport debuted a new lineup: Reigning champion Felipe Drugovich left the series whilst Clément Novalak left the team after coming fourteenth with them. The team signed the driver lineup that competed for Prema Racing in 2022: 2021 FIA Formula 3 champion Dennis Hauger, who came tenth with Prema in his rookie season, and Jehan Daruvala, who came seventh and embarked on his fourth season in the championship.[8][9]

Carlin saw both their drivers departing the championship, with Logan Sargeant graduating to Formula One with Williams and Liam Lawson moving to the Super Formula Championship to compete with Red Bull-affiliated Team Mugen.[10][11] The team consists of two Red Bull junior drivers in 2023: Enzo Fittipaldi moved over from Charouz and Zane Maloney embarked on his first full-time Formula 2 season after debuting in the 2022 finale with Trident.[12]

ART driver Frederik Vesti left the team and joined Prema Racing.[13] Victor Martins replaced him, stepping up to ART's Formula 2 squad after winning the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship with the same team.[14]

Prema Racing replaced their MP-bound driver pairing of Dennis Hauger and Jehan Daruvala with Ferrari Driver Academy member Oliver Bearman, who finished third in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and Frederik Vesti, who returned to Prema after finishing ninth in his rookie season in Formula 2 with ART Grand Prix.[13][15]

Hitech Pulse-Eight is another team that has an all-Red Bull lineup in 2023. The team signed Isack Hadjar, fourth in FIA Formula 3 in 2022 with the same outfit, and Jak Crawford, who returned to Hitech after last competing for them in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship and coming seventh with Prema in F3 in 2022.[16] Marcus Armstrong left the series after three seasons and moved to Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar.[17]

DAMS signed Ferrari Driver Academy member Arthur Leclerc, who stepped up to Formula 2 after two seasons in FIA Formula 3 with Prema, with a best result of sixth in the standings.[18] He replaced PHM-bound Roy Nissany.

Invicta Virtuosi Racing did not rehire Marino Sato and instead signed Amaury Cordeel, who came 17th in his debut Formula 2 season with Van Amersfoort Racing in 2022.[19] Sato left the championship to join United Autosports in the European Le Mans Series.[20]

Newly formed team PHM Racing by Charouz retained none of Charouz's drivers; Carlin-bound Enzo Fittipaldi was replaced by Roy Nissany, who started his fifth Formula 2 season after coming 19th with DAMS last season. The teams' second seat was filled by Brad Benavides, who graduates from FIA Formula 3 after finishing the 2022 season in 23rd whilst driving for Carlin.[21]

Trident also replaced both their drivers: Clément Novalak returned to the team after last competing for the Italian squad in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[22] He partners Roman Staněk, who graduated from Formula 3 finishing fifth in the standings, also driving for Trident.[23] Calan Williams left the series and joined WRT in the GT World Challenge Europe, while Richard Verschoor joined Van Amersfoort Racing for his third season.[24][25]

Partnering Verschoor at Van Amersfoort Racing is Juan Manuel Correa, who made his full-time return to the championship after his injury in the crash that took Anthoine Hubert's life in 2019.[26] The pair replaced Jake Hughes, who left the series to join McLaren for the 2022-23 Formula E World Championship after already ending his 2022 campaign prematurely to focus on securing a Formula E seat, and Virtuosi-bound Cordeel.[27]

Campos Racing's Olli Caldwell moved to endurance racing to compete with the Alpine Elf Matmut team in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.[28] His seat was filled by Kush Maini, who moves up to Formula 2 after a single year of FIA Formula 3 in which he came 14th.[29]

Mid-season changes

Euroformula Open driver Josh Mason replaced Brad Benavides at PHM Racing by Charouz for the round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[30]

Race calendar

Round Circuit Sprint race Feature race
1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 4 March 5 March
2 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah 18 March 19 March
3 Australia Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 1 April 2 April
4 Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 29 April 30 April
5 Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monaco 27 May 28 May
6 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 3 June 4 June
7 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 1 July 2 July
8 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 8 July 9 July
9 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 22 July 23 July
10 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 29 July 30 July
11 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 26 August 27 August
12 Italy Monza Circuit, Monza 2 September 3 September
13 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 25 November 26 November
Source:[31]

Calendar changes

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

Formula 2 and Formula 3 run with 55% sustainable fuel in 2023, supplied by Aramco, who replaced Elf Aquitaine as an official fuel partner and supplier.[35] In a bid to decrease the championships' carbon footprint, an incremental gain in usage is planned until the 2027 season, where usage of 100% sustainable fuel is planned.[36]

Season report

Round 1: Bahrain

The first feature race pole position of the season was claimed by ART Grand Prix driver Théo Pourchaire in qualifying at the Bahrain International Circuit. Campos Racing's Ralph Boschung started first in the reverse-grid sprint race having qualified tenth. Boschung held the lead for the entire race, finishing ahead of second-placed Dennis Hauger, who had started sixth. This marked Boschung's first race win since entering the category in 2017.

Collisions on the opening lap of the feature race necessitated the deployment of the safety car and eliminated Frederik Vesti, Victor Martins and Roman Staněk from the race, whilst Boschung took advantage of the retirements to improve from tenth at the start to second by lap four, a position he kept for the remainder of the race. Zane Maloney, who had started eighteenth, made numerous overtakes in the closing laps to complete the podium in third place. Pole-sitter Pourchaire won the race to claim his sixth victory in Formula 2 and the lead of the Drivers' Championship, four points ahead of Boschung.

Round 2: Saudi Arabia

ART Grand Prix's Victor Martins qualified fastest at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit with Hitech Pulse-Eight driver Jak Crawford starting first in the sprint race. Crawford lost the lead to DAMS driver Ayumu Iwasa on the second lap and would ultimately drop outside of the points positions by the end of the race. The safety car was deployed twice, firstly when Zane Maloney spun and stalled on track and secondly when championship leader Pourchaire collided with Oliver Bearman during a botched overtake attempt. Iwasa took the victory, his third in Formula 2, having fought off challenges for the lead from Martins, who started tenth, and Jehan Daruvala.

Pole-sitter Martins lost the lead of the feature race to Bearman immediately at the start. Sixth-place Frederik Vesti gained two places at the start and gained third place from Jack Doohan during the pit stops. Bearman and Martins continued to fight for the lead and Martins reclaimed the position on lap eleven; the battle soon allowed Vesti to gain second place from Bearman, who spun a few laps later and would ultimately finish tenth. Martins then spun and was unable to restart his car, allowing Vesti to claim his second Formula 2 race win. Round 2 ended with Ralph Boschung leading the Drivers' Championship by one point over Pourchaire.

Round 3: Australia

Ayumu Iwasa set the fastest time in a rain-affected qualifying session at the Albert Park Circuit. Dennis Hauger was on pole position for the sprint race, which Enzo Fittipaldi and championship leader Boschung failed to start after accidents on the way to the grid. Hauger kept the lead at the start despite challenges from second-placed Jak Crawford. The safety car was deployed with eight laps remaining to recover Jack Doohan's car, which had stalled after being spun round. Rain now began to fall and some, including both ART Grand Prix drivers, opted to switch to wet-weather tyres. The safety car period was extended when Brad Benavides crashed, leaving only two racing laps at the end and preventing the wet tyre runners from having time to recover positions. Hauger claimed victory, his third in the category.

Pole-sitter Iwasa, Théo Pourchaire and Victor Martins held their positions in the top three at the start of the feature race. Jack Doohan and Jak Crawford collided whilst battling for tenth place, beaching Crawford in the gravel and bringing out the safety car on lap seven. Drivers who started on the soft-compound tyre used this opportunity to make their pit stops. Isack Hadjar and Oliver Bearman collided in the pit lane, and despite both exiting the pits ahead of Martins, Bearman received a puncture and was forced to pit again and Hadjar later lost positions after contact with Pourchaire. The safety car was deployed for a second time with seven laps remaining when Roy Nissany crashed. Enzo Fittipaldi then crashed on the same piece of track, narrowly missing Nissany's stationary car. Martins collided with Dennis Hauger shortly before racing resumed, dropping both to the back of the field and allowing Arthur Leclerc to complete the podium behind Iwasa and Pourchaire. With his second race win of the year, Iwasa took the lead of the Drivers' Championship by eight points over Pourchaire.

Round 4: Azerbaijan

Oliver Bearman took pole position for the feature race in qualifying at the Baku City Circuit. Richard Verschoor claimed reverse-grid pole for the sprint race. Verschoor and Zane Maloney made contact at the exit of the first turn which gave Verschoor front wing damage and Maloney a puncture, ultimately causing both drivers to retire. This promoted Dennis Hauger, who had made up places from sixth on the grid, into the lead. The race was interrupted by two safety car periods for the separate crashes of Ralph Boschung and Roy Nissany. As racing resumed with three laps remaining, six drivers failed to make the first corner, either hitting the wall or running wide and stopping. This included leader Hauger and second-placed Victor Martins. Frederik Vesti inherited the lead, but was overtaken by teammate Bearman seconds before the safety car was deployed, under which the race ended. Bearman had started from ninth on the grid, and his win was his first podium finish in Formula 2.

In the early laps of the feature race, pole-sitter Bearman traded the lead with Théo Pourchaire, who had started third and passed Enzo Fittipaldi for second. Bearman reclaimed the lead and held the position through the pit stops to take both race wins of the round. Fittipaldi re-passed Pourchaire in the closing laps, with the two drivers completing the podium. Championship leader Ayumu Iwasa failed to score in Azerbaijan, dropping him to third place in the standings. With his podium finish, Pourchaire reclaimed the championship lead, three points ahead of Vesti, who finished fourth in the feature race.

Round 5: Monaco

Frederik Vesti set the fastest time in qualifying at the Circuit de Monaco to claim feature race pole position. Isack Hadjar started the sprint race from first place, and maintained his lead at the race start. Kush Maini was spun around by Clément Novalak on the first lap, forcing drivers behind to stop on track. This resulted in the retirements of Ralph Boschung and Roy Nissany and brought out the first safety car. As racing resumed, leader Hadjar slowed and later retired with engine problems, allowing Ayumu Iwasa into the lead. Despite challenges from Jehan Daruvala and a second safety car due to Amaury Cordeel's crash, Iwasa maintained the lead to win for the third time in 2023.

Vesti, Martins and Pourchaire maintained their top three positions at the start of the feature race. Fourth-placed Jack Doohan crashed on lap 24, bringing out the safety car and subsequently the red flag to replace a section of barrier. The race resumed with a rolling start. Dennis Hauger and Roman Staněk were able to make their mandatory tyre change during the red flag, promoting them from their positions towards the back of the grid into the top ten. Shortly after the restart, second-placed Martins was issued a drive-through penalty for failing to slow sufficiently for yellow flags, promoting Zane Maloney to third place behind Pourchaire. Vesti took his second win of the season and claimed the lead of the Drivers' Championship, five points clear of Pourchaire.

Round 6: Spain

Oliver Bearman claimed his second feature race pole position in qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Amaury Cordeel started the reverse-grid sprint race from pole position, which began with a rolling start due to wet conditions. On the opening lap, Frederik Vesti and Jak Crawford made contact battling for second place, sending Crawford into retirement. Vesti soon passed Cordeel, who would ultimately drop outside the points positions. The track gradually dried and most drivers opted to change to slick tyres when the safety car was deployed to recover Juan Manuel Correa's stranded car. Vesti crossed the finish line first to take his third win of the year, followed by championship rival Théo Pourchaire, who had started ninth.

Pole-sitter Bearman resisted challenges for the lead from Enzo Fittipaldi, Ayumu Iwasa and Pourchaire on the opening lap of the feature race. Some drivers including Victor Martins and championship leader Vesti, who started seventh and eighth respectively, elected to start on the harder compound of tyres and run long. In the closing laps, their new softer tyres and the traffic encountered by their rivals allowed them to gain positions, with Martins finishing on the podium. Bearman and Fittipaldi quickly overtook multiple drivers after pitting and were able to hold their positions, with Bearman taking his third victory of the year. Vesti finished fifth to extend his championship lead over Pourchaire to 11 points.

Round 7: Austria

Victor Martins achieved his second feature race pole position of the season at the Red Bull Ring. Jak Crawford started from pole in the sprint race, which began in damp conditions; some drivers started on wet-weather tyres and some, including Crawford, on slicks. The cars on wet tyres had the advantage on the opening lap and Crawford soon dropped to sixth place, allowing Arthur Leclerc into the lead. Two safety car periods took place in the early laps to recover the spun cars of Jehan Daruvala and Richard Verschoor, during which the track quickly began drying and the wet tyre runners pitted for slicks. This allowed Crawford to regain the lead and gave an advantage to the original slick runners; Clément Novalak and Isack Hadjar, who started 20th and 21st respectively, finished third and fourth. Crawford held the lead to take his first Formula 2 victory. Novalak was later disqualified for a technical infringement and Hadjar inherited the place on the podium.

Feature race pole-sitter Martins had a poor start and dropped behind Frederik Vesti and Théo Pourchaire off the start line. Vesti kept the net race lead after the drivers running the softer tyres at the start had made their pit stops, and was followed by Jack Doohan, who had made up places. With 12 laps remaining, the safety car was deployed to recover Leclerc's stranded car, whose wheel had detached. This allowed the drivers running the harder tyres to gain an advantage by making their pit stops. This included Verschoor and Ayumu Iwasa, who used their fresh tyres to pass Vesti and Doohan for the top two positions, having started 11th and 16th respectively. Verschoor's victory was the first for Van Amersfoort Racing in Formula 2. Vesti's podium finish increased his championship lead to 20 points over Pourchaire. Verschoor dedicated his third victory in his career to his deceased countryman Dilano van 't Hoff, who lost his life the day before during a FRECA race after a collision with three other drivers in wet conditions at Spa-Francorchamps.

Round 8: United Kingdom

Victor Martins set the fastest qualifying time at Silverstone Circuit, his third pole position of the year. The sprint race began with championship leader Vesti at the front of a rolling start in wet conditions. Racing was interrupted when Brad Benavides and Clément Novalak collided, sending Benavides into the barriers. Oliver Bearman, who started fifth, quickly made overtakes and improved to second, but a spin dropped him outside the podium positions. Isack Hadjar then spent much of the race in second place but fell back in the closing laps. Vesti led the entire race distance to take his fourth win of the season.

Martins and Ayumu Iwasa traded the lead at the start of the feature race. Martins reclaimed the position later in the lap and soon built a gap to second place. A safety car deployment on lap seven, to recover the stalled car of Amaury Cordeel, prompted the soft tyre runners to make their pit stops. Racing was paused again almost immediately after the restart when a collision involving Dennis Hauger, Roman Staněk and Frederik Vesti eliminated the latter two. Soon after racing resumed, Martins was issued a five-second time penalty as his lap one pass on Iwasa was judged to have been performed off-track. Later in the race, a crash between teammates Kush Maini and Ralph Boschung caused the safety car to be deployed for a third time, and the hard tyre runners responded by making their pit stops. Arthur Leclerc used his new soft tyres to improve to third place, but was unable to overtake Zane Maloney and his tyre advantage soon faded. Martins was able to extend his lead to seven seconds over Maloney, keeping his position despite his penalty and taking his first Formula 2 race win. Théo Pourchaire's podium finish and Vesti's retirement resulted in Vesti's lead in the championship being cut to six points at the conclusion of the round.

Round 9: Hungary

Feature race pole position at the Hungaroring was taken by Jack Doohan, his first of the season and his fourth in Formula 2. Kush Maini started from the front in the sprint race, but lost the lead to Dennis Hauger at the first turn and was passed by Ayumu Iwasa shortly afterwards. Hauger led the rest of the race to win for the second time in 2023. Maini held third place for much of the race but lost the podium position to Théo Pourchaire, who was himself soon passed by Oliver Bearman.

Doohan led the entirety of the feature race and claimed the fastest lap for his first victory of the year. He was followed by championship leader Vesti, who had passed Victor Martins for second place on the opening lap. Vesti's podium extended his lead in the standings to 11 points over Pourchaire, who had challenged Martins for the podium in the feature race but ultimately dropped to sixth place.

Round 10: Belgium

Prema Racing claimed a 1-2 in qualifying at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps; Oliver Bearman achieved his third pole of the year followed by Vesti in second. Jehan Daruvala started in first place for the sprint race.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 S Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit United Kingdom Oliver Bearman[a] Switzerland Ralph Boschung Spain Campos Racing Report
F France Théo Pourchaire Netherlands Richard Verschoor France Théo Pourchaire France ART Grand Prix
2 S Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit France Victor Martins Japan Ayumu Iwasa France DAMS Report
F France Victor Martins Monaco Arthur Leclerc Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing
3 S Australia Albert Park Circuit Norway Dennis Hauger Norway Dennis Hauger Netherlands MP Motorsport Report
F Japan Ayumu Iwasa Denmark Frederik Vesti Japan Ayumu Iwasa France DAMS
4 S Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit United Kingdom Oliver Bearman United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Italy Prema Racing Report
F United Kingdom Oliver Bearman France Isack Hadjar United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Italy Prema Racing
5 S Monaco Circuit de Monaco Australia Jack Doohan Japan Ayumu Iwasa France DAMS Report
F Denmark Frederik Vesti France Victor Martins Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing
6 S Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya France Théo Pourchaire Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing Report
F United Kingdom Oliver Bearman France Clément Novalak[b] United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Italy Prema Racing
7 S Austria Red Bull Ring Barbados Zane Maloney[c] United States Jak Crawford United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight Report
F France Victor Martins Japan Ayumu Iwasa Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing
8 S United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit Japan Ayumu Iwasa[d] Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing Report
F France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France ART Grand Prix
9 S Hungary Hungaroring Japan Ayumu Iwasa Norway Dennis Hauger Netherlands MP Motorsport Report
F Australia Jack Doohan Australia Jack Doohan Australia Jack Doohan United Kingdom Invicta Virtuosi Racing
10 S Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi[e] Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi United Kingdom Rodin Carlin Report
F United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Australia Jack Doohan Australia Jack Doohan United Kingdom Invicta Virtuosi Racing
11 S Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Report
F
12 S Italy Monza Circuit Report
F
13 S United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit Report
F

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top eight classified finishers in the sprint race, and to the top ten classified finishers in the feature race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also receives two points, and one point is given to the driver who sets the fastest lap in both the feature and sprint races if that driver finishes inside the top ten. No point is awarded if the fastest lap time is achieved by a driver who is classified outside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race as the grid for it is set by reversing the top ten qualifiers.

Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top eight classified finishers, excluding the fastest lap point which is given to the top ten classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   FL 
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Feature race points

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the pole-sitter and to the driver who sets the fastest lap and finishes in the top ten.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain
JED
Saudi Arabia
ALB
Australia
BAK
Azerbaijan
MON
Monaco
CAT
Spain
RBR
Austria
SIL
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
ZAN
Netherlands
MNZ
Italy
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Points
SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR
1 France Théo Pourchaire 5F 1P Ret 13 18† 2 15† 3 8 2 2F 7 14 7 2F 3 4 6 2 2 168
2 Denmark Frederik Vesti 17 Ret 6 1 8 4F 2 4 9 1P 1 5F 9 3 1 Ret 9 2 6 DNS 156
3 Japan Ayumu Iwasa 4 8 1 4 13 1P Ret 12 1 10 8 4 11 2F 21 5 2F 4 7 Ret 134
4 Australia Jack Doohan 11 16 7 2 Ret 8 17† 15 6F Ret 5 6 7 4 3 4 10 1PF 5 1F 130
5 France Victor Martins 3 Ret 2F RetP 15 18 13† DSQ 7 8F 3 3 2F 9P 7 1PF 7 3 4 5 120
6 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman 15 14 Ret 10 7 17 1F 1P Ret 11 7 1P 8 5 6 8 3 12 12 7P 102
7 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 8 9 13 7 DNS Ret 5 2 10 Ret 10 2 Ret 6 4 7 11 8 1F 3 98
8 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 22† 5F 16 6 10 7 Ret 8 4 4 6 10 Ret 1 18 16 13 10 DSQ 6 84
9 Norway Dennis Hauger 2 Ret 8 5 1F 19† 12† 6 15 5 4 8 6 11 12 14 1 7 3 DSQ 82
10 Barbados Zane Maloney 9 3 Ret 17 5 5 Ret 11 5 3 14 16 18 15 10 2 12 16 10 4 78
11 India Kush Maini 7 4 5 12 3 9 4 5 13 6 18 17 16 Ret 13 Ret 6 20 18 8 56
12 India Jehan Daruvala 6 17 3 3 17 6 14† 14 2 13 19† 14 Ret 10 11 6 5 11 Ret Ret 53
13 United States Jak Crawford 14 12 9 15 2 Ret 3 9 3 9 Ret 13 1 8 14 10 14 17 14 Ret 39
14 Monaco Arthur Leclerc 12 6 11 8F 4 3 16† 10 14 Ret 9 9 13 Ret 8 9 15 13 9 11 39
15 France Isack Hadjar 20 7 12 9 6 15 11 7F Ret 12 12 20 3 12 5 15 8 5 11 Ret 39
16 Switzerland Ralph Boschung 1 2 4 19 DNS 16 Ret 20 Ret Ret 16 15 17 14 20 Ret Ret 19 8 10 35
17 Czech Republic Roman Staněk 13 Ret 17 14 16 14 8 17 12 7 13 12 5 Ret 15 Ret 16 14 15 9 13
18 United States Juan Manuel Correa 10 10 14 18 14 10 6 13 16 14 Ret 11 4 18 19 11 20 9 16 16 12
19 France Clément Novalak 16 13 15 16 11 11 7 16 17 17 11 21 DSQ 13 17 12 Ret Ret 17 13 2
20 Israel Roy Nissany 18 11 10 11 9 Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 20† 18 10 16 9 17 17 15 13 12 0
21 Belgium Amaury Cordeel 21 15 19 20 12 13 9 19 Ret NC 17 19 15 17 16 Ret 19 21 Ret 15 0
22 United States Brad Benavides 19 18 18 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 11 16 15 22 12 19 Ret 13 18 18 0
23 United Kingdom Josh Mason 19 14 0
Pos. Driver SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Points
BHR
Bahrain
JED
Saudi Arabia
ALB
Australia
BAK
Azerbaijan
MON
Monaco
CAT
Spain
RBR
Austria
SIL
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
ZAN
Netherlands
MNZ
Italy
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


Teams' championship

Pos. Team BHR
Bahrain
JED
Saudi Arabia
ALB
Australia
BAK
Azerbaijan
MON
Monaco
CAT
Spain
RBR
Austria
SIL
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
ZAN
Netherlands
MNZ
Italy
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Points
SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR
1 France ART Grand Prix 3 1P 2F 13 15 2 13† 3 7 2 2F 3 2F 7 2F 1P F 4 3 2 2 288
5F Ret Ret RetP 18† 18 15† DSQ 8 8F 3 7 14 9P 7 3 7 6 4 5
2 Italy Prema Racing 15 14 6 1 7 4F 1F 1P 9 1P 1 1P 8 3 1 8 3 2 6 7P 258
17 Ret Ret 10 8 17 2 4 Ret 11 7 5F 9 5 6 Ret 9 12 12 DNS
3 United Kingdom Rodin Carlin 8 3 13 7 5 5 5 2 5 3 10 2 18 6 4 2 11 8 1F 3 176
9 9 Ret 17 DNS Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 14 16 Ret 15 10 7 12 16 10 4
4 France DAMS 4 6 1 4 4 1P 16† 10 1 10 8 4 11 2F 8 5 2F 4 7 11 173
12 8 11 8F 13 3 Ret 12 14 Ret 9 9 13 Ret 21 9 15 13 9 Ret
5 Netherlands MP Motorsport 2 17 3 3 1F 6 12† 6 2 5 4 8 6 10 11 6 1 7 3 Ret 135
6 Ret 8 5 17 19† 14† 14 15 13 19† 14 Ret 11 12 14 5 11 Ret DSQ
6 United Kingdom Invicta Virtuosi Racing 11 15 7 2 12 8 9 15 6F NC 5 6 7 4 3 4 10 1P F 5 1F 130
21 16 19 20 Ret 13 17† 19 Ret Ret 17 19 15 17 16 Ret 19 21 Ret 15
7 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 10 5F 14 6 10 7 6 8 4 4 6 10 4 1 18 11 13 9 16 6 96
22† 10 16 18 14 10 Ret 13 16 14 Ret 11 Ret 18 19 16 20 10 DSQ 16
8 Spain Campos Racing 1 2 4 12 3 9 4 5 13 6 16 15 16 14 13 Ret 6 19 8 8 91
7 4 5 19 DNS 16 Ret 20 Ret Ret 18 17 17 Ret 20 Ret Ret 20 18 10
9 United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight 14 7 9 9 2 15 3 7F 3 9 12 13 1 8 5 10 8 5 11 Ret 78
20 12 12 15 6 Ret 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 20 3 12 14 15 14 17 14 Ret
10 Italy Trident 13 13 15 14 11 11 7 16 12 7 11 12 5 13 15 12 16 14 15 9 15
16 Ret 17 16 16 14 8 17 17 17 13 21 DSQ Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 13
11 Germany PHM Racing by Charouz 18 11 10 11 9 12 10 18 11 15 15 18 10 16 9 13 17 15 13 12 0
19 18 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 20† 22 12 19 Ret 17 18 18 19 14
Pos. Team SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Points
BHR
Bahrain
JED
Saudi Arabia
ALB
Australia
BAK
Azerbaijan
MON
Monaco
CAT
Spain
RBR
Austria
SIL
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
ZAN
Netherlands
MNZ
Italy
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


Notes:

  • Rows are not related to the drivers: within each team, individual race standings are sorted purely based on the final classification in the race (not by total points scored in the event, which includes points awarded for fastest lap and pole position).

Notes

  1. ^ Oliver Bearman set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for fastest lap. Théo Pourchaire scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  2. ^ Clément Novalak set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for fastest lap. Frederik Vesti scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  3. ^ Zane Maloney set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for fastest lap. Victor Martins scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  4. ^ Ayumu Iwasa set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for fastest lap. Théo Pourchaire scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  5. ^ Richard Verschoor originally set the fastest lap of the race, but was disqualified for a technical non-conformity. The fastest lap therefore went to Enzo Fittipaldi.

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