The 2023 Budapest FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 July 2023 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the ninth round of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Jack Doohan clinched pole position by 0.052 seconds ahead of Victor Martins, while championship leader Frederik Vesti qualified in third right in front of Théo Pourchaire, his nearest championship rival. DriverEntrantTime114 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing1:27.67610126 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.0529237 Frederik VestiPrema Racing +0.0918345 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix +0.25474510 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight +0.31165611 Ayumu IwasaDAMS +0.4145678 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing +0.4254782 Jehan DaruvalaMP Motorsport +0.4773891 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport +0.479291024 Kush MainiCampos Racing +0.488110114 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin +0.59111111222 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing +0.61012121325 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing +0.6401313143 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin +0.64514141521 Clément NovalakTrident +0.86615201623 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing +1.08819151712 Arthur LeclercDAMS +1.1241616189 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight +1.15417171916 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz +1.32418182015 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing +1.35720192117 Brad BenavidesPHM Racing by Charouz +1.65221212220 Roman StaněkTrident +2.2342222Source:
Notes – Juan Manuel Correa was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Invicta Virtuosi Racing driver Amaury Cordeel in qualifying. – Clément Novalak was handed a five-place grid penalty for the Feature Race for causing a collision with Ralph Boschung during the Sprint Race.
Sprint race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints1 1 Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 28 44:43.144 2 102 11 Ayumu IwasaDAMS 28 +4.230 5 8 (1)3 8 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing 28 +14.196 4 64 5 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix 28 +16.592 7 55 2 Jehan DaruvalaMP Motorsport 28 +20.760 3 46 24 Kush MainiCampos Racing 28 +24.054 1 37 6 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 28 +24.388 9 28 10 Isack Hadjar Hitech Pulse-Eight 28 +25.316 6 19 7 Frederik Vesti Prema Racing 28 +25.316 8 10 14 Jack Doohan Invicta Virtuosi Racing 28 +25.714 10 11 4 Enzo Fittipaldi Rodin Carlin 28 +26.060 11 12 3 Zane Maloney Rodin Carlin 28 +26.592 14 13 22 Richard Verschoor Van Amersfoort Racing 28 +26.840 12 14 9 Jak Crawford Hitech Pulse-Eight 28 +27.122 17 15 12 Arthur Leclerc DAMS 28 +27.486 16 16 20 Roman Staněk Trident 28 +28.035 22 17 16 Roy Nissany PHM Racing by Charouz 28 +32.986 18 18 17 Brad Benavides PHM Racing by Charouz 28 +37.389 21 19 15 Amaury Cordeel Invicta Virtuosi Racing 28 +38.013 20 20 23 Juan Manuel Correa Van Amersfoort Racing 27 +1 lap 19 DNF 25 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 11 Collision 13 DNF 21 Clement Novalak Trident 11 Collision 15 Fastest lap set by: Ayumu Iwasa - 1:32.585 (Lap 28) Source:
Feature race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredPoints114 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing3757:52.434125 (3)27 Frederik VestiPrema Racing37 +9.11031836 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix37 +9.850215411 Ayumu IwasaDAMS37 +26.167612510 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight37 +27.40751065 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix37 +29.5294871 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport37 +30.5129684 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin37 +30.937114923 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing37 +39.4011521022 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing37 +39.979121112 Jehan DaruvalaMP Motorsport37 +41.0258128 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing37 +41.60771312 Arthur LeclercDAMS37 +42.064161420 Roman StaněkTrident37 +42.944221516 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz37 +56.56918163 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin37 +60.99914179 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight37 +62.846171817 Brad BenavidesPHM Racing by Charouz37 +68.612211925 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing37 +74.010132024 Kush MainiCampos Racing37 +76.994102115 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing36 +1 lap19DNF21 Clement NovalakTrident2Retired20Fastest lap set by Jack Doohan: 1:30.997 (lap 36)Source: Notes:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Frederik Vesti 153 2 Théo Pourchaire 142 3 Ayumu Iwasa 132 2 4 Victor Martins 105 1 5 Jack Doohan 100
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 247 2 ART Grand Prix 247 3 DAMS 171 4 Rodin Carlin 138 5 MP Motorsport 129
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix 2023 Budapest Formula 3 round
References
External links
Official website