# 2024 Yas Island Formula 2 round

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.

### 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 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 1:35.745 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Racing | +0.035 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | +0.068 | 7 | PL |
| 4 | 20 | Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | +0.128 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.161 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | Kush Maini | Invicta Racing | +0.205 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | 21 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | +0.312 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Motorsport | +0.370 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 24 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | +0.397 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | +0.397 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | +0.645 | — | 10 |
| 12 | 12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | +0.671 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | 5 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Rodin Motorsport | +0.705 | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | 11 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | +0.710 | 13 | 13 |
| 15 | 3 | Oliver Bearman | Prema Racing | +0.802 | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | 7 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | +1.008 | 20 | 15 |
| 17 | 2 | Luke Browning | ART Grand Prix | +1.201 | 15 | 16 |
| 18 | 15 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | +1.240 | 16 | 17 |
| 19 | 22 | Max Esterson | Trident | +1.684 | 17 | 18 |
| 20 | 14 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | +1.889 | 18 | 19 |
| 21 | 23 | Christian Mansell | Trident | +2.389 | 19 | 20 |
| 22 | 25 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | +3.023 | 21 | 21 |
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Notes
* ^1 – Paul 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. All drivers who qualified fourth or below was promoted by one grid position.
* ^2 – Kush Maini received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jak Crawford during qualifying.
* ^3 – Joshua Dürksen and Amaury Cordeel set the same time in qualifying. Dürsken is qualified ahead as he set his time before Cordeel.
* ^4 – Andrea Kimi Antonelli withdrew from the sprint race due to illness. Every driver who qualified twelfth or below was promoted one place on the sprint grid.
* ^5 – Jak Crawford received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez at the previous round.

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | 23 | 38:36.039 | 4 | 10 (1) |
| 2 | 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Racing | 23 | +2.286 | 9 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | Dino Beganovic | DAMS Lucas Oil | 23 | +18.828 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | Oliver Bearman | Prema Racing | 23 | +19.547 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | 23 | +22.980 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | Luke Browning | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +26.798 | 15 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 23 | +27.896 | 13 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | 23 | +29.768 | 20 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | 23 | +31.618 | 11 | |
| 10 | 5 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Rodin Motorsport | 23 | +33.307 | 12 | |
| 11 | 6 | Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Motorsport | 23 | +33.784 | 3 | |
| 12 | 15 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +34.727 | 16 | |
| 13 | 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 23 | +36.268 | 1 | |
| 14 | 22 | Max Esterson | Trident | 23 | +40.756 | 17 | |
| 15 | 14 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +43.493 | 18 | |
| 16 | 23 | Christian Mansell | Trident | 23 | +45.303 | 19 | |
| 17 | 9 | Kush Maini | Invicta Racing | 23 | +52.570 | 8 | |
| 18 | 25 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | 23 | +1:00.505 | 21 | |
| 19 | 1 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 22 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| DNF | 24 | Joshua Dürksen | AIX Racing | 18 | Collision | 2 | |
| DSQ | 17 | Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 23 | Disqualified | 7 | |
| WD | 4 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | — | Illness | — | |
| Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:39.427 (lap 5) ||||||||
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Notes
* ^1 - Oliver Bearman and John Bennett each received a five-second time penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits.
* ^2 - Ritomo Miyata received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Victor Martins.
* ^3 - Amaury Cordeel received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Joshua Dürksen.
* ^4 - Paul Aron finished third on the road, but was later disqualified for having a modified DRS-actuator opening too wide. Dino Beganovic inherited the final podium position.
* ^5 - Andrea Kimi Antonelli was scheduled to start eleventh, but withdrew due to illness.

### Feature race

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

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 214.5 |
| 2 | Isack Hadjar | 192 |
| 3 | Paul Aron | 163 |
| 4 | Zane Maloney | 140 |
| 5 | Jak Crawford | 125 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Invicta Racing | 288.5 |
| 2 | Campos Racing | 254 |
| 3 | MP Motorsport | 220.5 |
| 4 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 202 |
| 5 | Prema Racing | 194 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
* Note: Bold names include the 2024 Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.