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2023 Melbourne Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 3 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Albert Park Circuit ; Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit ; 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint Race
Date
Date	1 April 2023
Laps	22
Podium
First	Dennis Hauger
Second	Jak Crawford
Third	Kush Maini
Fastest lap
Driver	Dennis Hauger
Time	1:31.267 (on lap 13)
Feature Race
Date
Date	2 April 2023
Laps	33
Pole position
Driver	Ayumu Iwasa
Time	1:45.118
Podium
First	Ayumu Iwasa
Second	Théo Pourchaire
Third	Arthur Leclerc
Fastest lap
Driver	Frederik Vesti
Time	1:30.712 (on lap 32)

The 2023 Melbourne FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 31 March and 2 April 2023 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the third round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	1:45.118	9	1
2	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.614	8	2
3	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.618	7	3
4	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.919	10¹	4
5	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+0.927	6	5
6	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.940	5	6
7	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+1.191	4	7
8	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+1.412	3	8
9	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.569	2	9
10	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+1.619	1	10
11	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+1.741	11	11
12	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+1.778	12	12
13	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+1.781	13	13
14	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.076	14	14
15	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+2.148	15	15
16	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+2.149	16	16
17	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+2.352	17	17
18	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.415	18	18
19	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+2.460	19	19
20	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.871	20	20
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+3.080	21	21
22	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+5.004	22	22
107% time: 1:52.476 (+7.358)
Source:^[1]

Notes:

^1 – Isack Hadjar received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint Race for impeding Roman Staněk during Qualifying.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	22	40:03.429	1	10 (1)
2	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+1.120	2	8
3	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	22	+1.716	3	6
4	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	22	+2.064	4	5
5	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	22	+2.447	6	4
6	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+2.842	10	3
7	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	22	+4.858	5	2
8	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	22	+5.299	13	1
9	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+5.591	14
10	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+5.759	18
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	22	+6.417	19
12	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	22	+11.851	21
13	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	22	+12.395	9
14	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+16.816	20
15	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	22	+36.640	7
16	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	22	+37.222	17
17	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	22	+41.076	12
18¹	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	Retired	8
DNF	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	16	Crash	22
DNF	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	13	Spun off	15
DNS	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	–	Did not start²	11
DNS	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	–	Did not start²	16
Fastest lap set by Dennis Hauger: 1:31.267 (lap 13)
Source:^[1]

Notes:

^1 – Théo Pourchaire retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^2 – Ralph Boschung and Enzo Fittipaldi both had spun off on their way to the grid prior to the race. As a consequence, both were not able to take part in the Sprint Race.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	33	1:00:30.247	1	25 (2)
2	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	33	+0.882	2	18
3	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	33	+1.484	7	15
4	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	33	+1.815	13	12 (1)
5	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	33	+5.290	5	10
6	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	33	+6.779	12	8
7	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+7.107	18	6
8	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	33	+7.764	15	4
9	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	33	+8.294	8	2
10	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	33	+11.126	20	1
11	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	33	+11.593	19
12	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	33	+13.902	22
13	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	33	+14.276	21
14	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	33	+15.890¹	17
15	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	33	+17.437	4
16	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	33	+24.039	11
17	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	33	+26.734²	6
18	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	33	+27.299³	3
19⁴	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	30	Collision damage	10
DNF	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	26	Accident	16
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	Accident	14
DNF	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	6	Collision damage	9
Fastest lap set by Frederik Vesti: 1:30.712 (lap 32)
Source:^[1]

Notes:

^1 – Roman Staněk originally finished tenth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for overtaking Kush Maini under Safety Car conditions, dropping him out of the points to fourteenth.^[3]
^2 – Oliver Bearman received a ten-second time-penalty for failing to serve a five-second time-penalty correctly.^[3]
^3 – Victor Martins received a ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Dennis Hauger.^[3]
^4 – Dennis Hauger retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

^ The Sprint Race was scheduled to be run for 23 laps, but was shortened to 22 laps due to the maximum race time being reached after multiple Safety Car periods.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Formula 2 2023 Result for Round 3 : Melbourne, Australia 31 March–2 April 2023". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ "Isack Hadjar handed post-Qualifying grid penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Three drivers penalised following Melbourne Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

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