2024 Yas Island Formula 2 round

United Arab Emirates  2024 Yas Island Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 14 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
LocationYas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
CoursePermanent Circuit
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Sprint race
Date 7 December 2024
Laps 23
Podium
First Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing
Second Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing
Third Sweden Dino Beganovic DAMS Lucas Oil
Fastest lap
Driver France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix
Time 1:39.427 (on lap 5)
Feature race
Date 8 December 2024
Laps 33
Pole position
Driver France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix
Time 1:35.745
Podium
First Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing
Second Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing
Third Netherlands Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport
Time 1:38.923 (on lap 29)

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 round 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.[1]

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

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Time/Gap Grid
SR
Grid
FR
1 1 France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 1:35.745 10 1
2 10 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing +0.035 9 2
3 17 Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight +0.068 7 PL1
4 20 France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing +0.128 6 3
5 8 Sweden Dino Beganovic DAMS Lucas Oil +0.161 5 4
6 9 India Kush Maini Invicta Racing +0.205 82 5
7 21 Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing +0.312 4 6
8 6 Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport +0.370 3 7
9 24 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing +0.3973 2 8
10 16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 1 9
11 4 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing +0.645 4 10
12 12 Germany Oliver Goethe MP Motorsport +0.671 11 11
13 5 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli Rodin Motorsport +0.705 12 12
14 11 Netherlands Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.710 13 13
15 3 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing +0.802 14 14
16 7 United States Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil +1.008 205 15
17 2 United Kingdom Luke Browning ART Grand Prix +1.201 15 16
18 15 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing +1.240 16 17
19 22 United States Max Esterson Trident +1.684 17 18
20 14 United Kingdom John Bennett Van Amersfoort Racing +1.889 18 19
21 23 Australia Christian Mansell Trident +2.389 19 20
22 25 United Kingdom Cian Shields AIX Racing +3.023 21 21
Source:[2][3]

Notes

  • ^1Paul 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. [4] All drivers who qualified fourth or below was promoted by one grid position.
  • ^2Kush Maini received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jak Crawford during qualifying. [5]
  • ^3Joshua Dürksen and Amaury Cordeel set the same time in qualifying. Dürsken is qualified ahead as he set his time before Cordeel.
  • ^4Andrea Kimi Antonelli withdrew from the sprint race due to illness. [6] Every driver who qualified twelfth or below was promoted one place on the sprint grid.
  • ^5Jak Crawford received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez at the previous round. [7]

Sprint race

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21 Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing 23 38:36.039 4 10 (1)
2 10 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 23 +2.286 9 8
3 8 Sweden Dino Beganovic DAMS Lucas Oil 23 +18.828 5 6
4 3 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 23 +19.5471 8 5
5 20 France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 23 +22.980 6 4
6 2 United Kingdom Luke Browning ART Grand Prix 23 +26.798 15 3
7 11 Netherlands Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 23 +27.896 13 2
8 7 United States Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil 23 +29.768 20 1
9 12 Germany Oliver Goethe MP Motorsport 23 +31.618 11
10 5 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli Rodin Motorsport 23 +33.307 12
11 6 Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 23 +33.7842 3
12 15 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 23 +34.727 16
13 16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 23 +36.2683 1
14 22 United States Max Esterson Trident 23 +40.756 17
15 14 United Kingdom John Bennett Van Amersfoort Racing 23 +43.4931 18
16 23 Australia Christian Mansell Trident 23 +45.303 19
17 9 India Kush Maini Invicta Racing 23 +52.570 8
18 25 United Kingdom Cian Shields AIX Racing 23 +1:00.505 21
19 1 France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 22 +1 lap 10
DNF 24 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing 18 Collision 2
DSQ 17 Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 23 Disqualified4 7
WD5 4 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing Illness
Fastest lap set by France Victor Martins: 1:39.427 (lap 5)
Source:[8][9]

Notes

Feature race

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen AIX Racing 33 56:23.715 8 25
2 10 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 33 +1.791 2 18
3 11 Netherlands Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 33 +5.370 13 15 (1)
4 1 France Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 33 +7.337 1 12 (2)
5 3 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 33 +10.316 13 10
6 21 Spain Pepe Martí Campos Racing 33 +18.177 6 8
7 8 Sweden Dino Beganovic DAMS Lucas Oil 33 +19.769 4 6
8 16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 33 +19.873 9 4
9 12 Germany Oliver Goethe MP Motorsport 33 +21.031 10 2
10 6 Japan Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 33 +23.331 7 1
11 17 Estonia Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 33 +23.424 PL
12 9 India Kush Maini Invicta Racing 33 +29.795 5
13 5 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli Rodin Motorsport 33 +30.390 11
14 14 United Kingdom John Bennett Van Amersfoort Racing 33 +33.707 18
15 2 United Kingdom Luke Browning ART Grand Prix 33 +38.946 15
16 23 Australia Christian Mansell Trident 33 +42.503 19
17 22 United States Max Esterson Trident 33 +43.524 17
18 25 United Kingdom Cian Shields AIX Racing 33 +1:02.248 20
19 20 France Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 32 +1 lap 3
DNF 15 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 4 Collision damage 16
DNF 7 United States Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil 4 Collision damage 14
WD 4 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing Illness
Fastest lap set by Netherlands Richard Verschoor: 1:38.923 (lap 29)
Source:[15][16]

Final championship standings

  • 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

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Rodin Motorsport confirm Leonardo Fornaroli for the final round at Yas Marina". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  2. ^ "2024 Yas Marina Event - F2 Qualifying - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 6 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  3. ^ "QUALIFYING: Martins beats Bortoleto to take Pole Position at Yas Marina with Hadjar fourth". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 6 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Doc 50 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 17 - breach of Technical Regulations Article 1.5.2" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 6 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Doc 26 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 9 - impeded Car 7 at Turn 16 in Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 6 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Andrea Kimi Antonelli withdraws from Yas Marina Sprint Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 7 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Doc 61 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 7 - causing a collision" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  8. ^ "SPRINT RACE: Martí dominates at Yas Marina as Bortoleto extends Championship lead". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 Yas Marina Event - F2 Race 1 (Sprint) - final classification" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Doc 38 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 3 - track limit violations x 4" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Doc 39 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 14 - track limit violations x 4" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Doc 40 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 6 - causing a collision with Car 1" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Doc 42 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 16 - causing a collision with Car 24" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Hitech Pule-Eight's Aron disqualified from Yas Marina Sprint Race, will start Frature Race from Pit Lane". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  15. ^ "FEATURE: Bortoleto crowned Champion after finishing second to Duerksen". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  16. ^ "2024 Yas Marina Event - F2 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.


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