2023 Melbourne Formula 2 round
Motor racing event
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Feature Race | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Qualifying
Notes:
- ^1 – Isack Hadjar received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint Race for impeding Roman Staněk during Qualifying.[2]
Sprint race
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.
Feature Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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.
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Official website
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