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Round 02 · Formula 2 2023

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah Corniche Circuit6.174 km17–19 Mar
Winner · Feature Race
FrederikVesti
#7DKPREMA Racing
The Story

Martins took pole in Jeddah, but the reversed grid put others up front for the Sprint. Iwasa pounced at Turn 1 on the second lap to seize the lead and never looked back, winning ahead of Martins, who charged from tenth and set fastest lap, with Daruvala completing the podium after a late three-way scrap. The race was punctuated by two safety cars: Maloney spun off at Turn 1 on the opening lap, and Pourchaire and Bearman collided after a late lunge, both retiring; Pourchaire collected a five-place Feature grid penalty. In the Feature, Bearman led away from Martins on pole, but Martins later lost the effective lead when he spun into the wall. That opened the door for Vesti, who had worked his way forward and took a controlled win for Prema ahead of Doohan and Daruvala. A first-lap incident eliminated Benavides after contact from Cordeel, who was penalised, bringing a virtual safety car; a second VSC followed Martins' retirement. Boschung led the standings from Pourchaire and Iwasa as the title picture tightened.

Official
Pos#DriverLapsTime/Gap
17
VESF. Vesti
2850:45.587
214
DOOJ. Doohan
28+3.959
32
DARJ. Daruvala
28+7.546
411
IWAA. Iwasa
28+11.379
51
HAUD. Hauger
28+11.712
622
VERR. Verschoor
28+14.014
74
FITE. Fittipaldi
28+14.220
812
LECA. Leclerc
28+17.012
910
HADI. Hadjar
28+21.646
108
BEAO. Bearman
28+23.910
1116
NISR. Nissany
28+28.854
1224
MAIK. Maini
28+29.731
135
POUT. Pourchaire
28+31.238
1420
STAR. Stanek
28+32.019
159
CRAJ. Crawford
28+32.973
1621
NOVC. Novalak
28+36.131
173
MALZ. Maloney
28+37.076
1823
JCOJ. Correa
28+40.339
1925
BOSR. Boschung
28+47.097
2015
ACOA. Cordeel
28+91.499
DNF6
VMAV. Martins
16DNF
DNF17
BENB. Benavides
1DNF
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