2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round
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| Round 8 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent Circuit 5.281 km (3.281 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round was the eighth and final race of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship. It took place at the Yas Marina Circuit from 10 to 12 December in support of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and featured three races.[1]
Oscar Piastri clinched the driver's title after finishing third in Sprint Race 1; in doing so, the Australian driver is the third rookie after Charles Leclerc and George Russell to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.[2]
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 2 |  Oscar Piastri
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Prema Racing | 1:35.077 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Jack Doohan
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MP Motorsport | 1:35.290 | +0.213 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |  Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi | 1:35.348 | +0.271 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 |  Robert Shwartzman
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Prema Racing | 1:35.360 | +0.283 | 4 |
| 5 | 21 |  Ralph Boschung
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Campos Racing | 1:35.496 | +0.419 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 |  Théo Pourchaire
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ART Grand Prix | 1:35.504 | +0.427 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 |  Liam Lawson
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Hitech Grand Prix | 1:35.511 | +0.434 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 |  Felipe Drugovich
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UNI-Virtuosi | 1:35.612 | +0.535 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 |  Dan Ticktum
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Carlin | 1:35.618 | +0.541 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 |  Jehan Daruvala
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Carlin | 1:35.821 | +0.744 | 10 |
| 11 | 17 | Marcus Armstrong
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DAMS | 1:35.855 | +0.778 | 11 |
| 12 | 9 |  Christian Lundgaard
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ART Grand Prix | 1:36.016 | +0.939 | 12 |
| 13 | 16 |  Roy Nissany
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DAMS | 1:36.080 | +1.003 | 13 |
| 14 | 25 |  Marino Sato
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Trident | 1:36.241 | +1.164 | 14 |
| 15 | 8 |  Jüri Vips
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Hitech Grand Prix | 1:36.282 | +1.205 | 15 |
| 16 | 14 |  Richard Verschoor
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Charouz Racing System | 1:36.293 | +1.216 | 16 |
| 17 | 24 | Bent Viscaal
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Trident | 1:36.312 | +1.235 | 17 |
| 18 | 22 | Jake Hughes
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HWA Racelab | 1:36.462 | +1.385 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | Olli Caldwell
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Campos Racing | 1:36.570 | +1.493 | 19 |
| 20 | 12 | Clément Novalak
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MP Motorsport | 1:36.722 | +1.645 | 20 |
| 21 | 15 | Guilherme Samaia
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Charouz Racing System | 1:36.741 | +1.664 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 |  Alessio Deledda
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HWA Racelab | 1:38.657 | +3.580 | 22 |
| Source:[1][3] | ||||||
Sprint race 1
[edit]Sprint Race 2
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi | 23 | 43:27.096 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Shwartzman
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Prema Racing | 23 | +3.413 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | 21 | Ralph Boschung
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Campos Racing | 23 | +9.772 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | Dan Ticktum
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Carlin | 23 | +14.296 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Felipe Drugovich
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UNI-Virtuosi | 23 | +14.501 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Liam Lawson
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Hitech Grand Prix | 23 | +17.088 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala
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Carlin | 23 | +19.839 | 10 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Jack Doohan
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MP Motorsport | 23 | +21.086 | 11 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire
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ART Grand Prix | 23 | +21.942 | 4 | |
| 10 | 24 | Bent Viscaal
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Trident | 23 | +22.722 | 13 | |
| 11 | 14 | Richard Verschoor
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Charouz Racing System | 23 | +25.881 | 22 | |
| 12 | 15 | Guilherme Samaia
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Charouz Racing System | 23 | +30.899 | 16 | |
| 13 | 22 | Jake Hughes
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HWA Racelab | 23 | +31.463 | 21 | |
| 14 | 12 | Clément Novalak
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MP Motorsport | 23 | +31.867 | 17 | |
| 15 | 20 | Olli Caldwell
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Campos Racing | 23 | +32.236 | 20 | |
| 16 | 25 | Marino Sato
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Trident | 23 | +37.022 | 19 | |
| 17 | 16 | Roy Nissany
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DAMS | 23 | +1:06.754 | 14 | |
| 18 | 9 | Christian Lundgaard
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ART Grand Prix | 22 | +1 lap | 15 | |
| DNF | 17 | Marcus Armstrong
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DAMS | 10 | Engine | 1 | |
| DNF | 8 | Jüri Vips
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Hitech Grand Prix | 6 | Collision | 12 | |
| DNF | 2 | Oscar Piastri
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Prema Racing | 6 | Collision | 8 | |
| DNF | 23 | Alessio Deledda
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HWA Racelab | 2 | Collision | 18 | |
| Fastest lap： Roy Nissany − DAMS − 1:37.445 − (lap 23)
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| Source:[1][4] | |||||||
Feature race
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 2 | Oscar Piastri
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Prema Racing | 33 | 58:14.400 | 1 | 25 (4) |
| 2 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi | 33 | +3.288 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Felipe Drugovich
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UNI-Virtuosi | 33 | +8.242 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire
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ART Grand Prix | 33 | +9.977 | 6 | 12 (2) |
| 5 | 1 | Robert Shwartzman
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Prema Racing | 33 | +13.333 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | Dan Ticktum
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Carlin | 33 | +19.166 | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | 17 | Marcus Armstrong
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DAMS | 33 | +19.775 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 | Jüri Vips
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Hitech Grand Prix | 33 | +22.555 | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | 21 | Ralph Boschung
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Campos Racing | 33 | +26.415 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | Richard Verschoor
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Charouz Racing System | 33 | +27.242 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala
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Carlin | 33 | +30.007 | 10 | |
| 12 | 24 | Bent Viscaal
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Trident | 33 | +32.619 | 17 | |
| 13 | 16 | Roy Nissany
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DAMS | 33 | +37.305 | 13 | |
| 14 | 12 | Clément Novalak
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MP Motorsport | 33 | +37.836 | 20 | |
| 15 | 9 | Christian Lundgaard
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ART Grand Prix | 33 | +40.446 | 12 | |
| 16 | 15 | Guilherme Samaia
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Charouz Racing System | 33 | +41.040 | 21 | |
| 17 | 25 | Marino Sato
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Trident | 33 | +42.341 | 14 | |
| 18 | 20 | Olli Caldwell
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Campos Racing | 33 | +43.846 | 19 | |
| 19 | 23 | Alessio Deledda
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HWA Racelab | 33 | +1:20.339 | 22 | |
| DNF | 7 | Liam Lawson
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Hitech Grand Prix | 29 | Gearbox | 7 | |
| DNF | 22 | Jake Hughes
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HWA Racelab | 21 | Mechanical | 18 | |
| DNF | 11 | Jack Doohan
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MP Motorsport | 0 | Collision | 2 | |
| Fastest lap： Théo Pourchaire − ART Grand Prix − 1:37.789 − (lap 29)
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| Source:[1][5] | |||||||
Final championship standings
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Formula 2 2021 Result for Round 8 : United Arab Emirates , Yas Island 10-12 December 2021". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ a b "SPRINT RACE 1: Piastri crowned F2 champion as Daruvala wins on track in Yas Marina". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Piastri beats rookie Doohan in Yas Marina for fifth successive pole". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "SPRINT RACE 2: Zhou beats Shwartzman to victory in manic second race at Yas Marina". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "FEATURE RACE: Piastri beats Zhou to finish his title-winning season with a victory at Yas Marina". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.