# 2022 Yas Island Formula 2 round

The 2022 Yas Island FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 18 and 20 November 2022 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the final race of the 2022 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
After winning the Drivers' Championship with Felipe Drugovich, MP Motorsport also secured its first Teams' Championship in Formula 2 history after Drugovich finished runner-up in the Feature Race. Logan Sargeant ensured he had sufficient FIA Super License points to be promoted to a 2023 Formula One seat with Williams Racing by finishing fourth in the Drivers' Championship.

## Report
### Championship standings before the round
#### Drivers' Championship

Brazilian racing driver Felipe Drugovich had already won the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Drivers' Championship in Monza, having extended an unassailable 77-point lead over his closest rival, Théo Pourchaire.
During the weekend of the 2022 United States Grand Prix, former Williams Racing Team Principal and CEO Jost Capito announced that Logan Sargeant would be promoted from the Williams Driver Academy to a Formula One race seat in 2023 if he finished high enough in the standings to qualify for an FIA Super Licence. Having already accumulated 29 Super Licence points, Sargeant would need to finish at least fifth in the Drivers' Championship (or sixth, without receiving any penalty points); Sargeant was in third place ahead of the Yas Island Formula 2 round.

#### Teams' Championship

MP Motorsport, ART Grand Prix, and Carlin were in contention for the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Teams' Championship. Both MP Motorsport and ART Grand Prix were level on points; however, MP Motorsport was ahead on countback due to having won more races. Carlin were third in the standings, twenty-three points behind the two other title contenders.

### Driver changes

Trident driver Calan Williams parted ways with his team before the Yas Marina season finale. He was replaced by 2022 FIA Formula 3 vice champion Zane Maloney, who made his FIA Formula 2 Championship debut.
Van Amersfoort Racing driver David Beckmann was replaced by Juan Manuel Correa, who returned to Formula 2 for the first time since his accident in 2019.

### Qualifying

Qualifying was red-flagged twice. The first red flag was deployed seven minutes into the session, after Virtuosi driver Marino Sato spun out at Turn 14. Sato was unable to set a qualifying time within the 107% rule, but was granted permission by the stewards to start the race after setting acceptable times in practice. The session was green-flagged after a five-minute delay.
Despite having an earlier lap time deleted for track limits, Ayumu Iwasa qualified on pole with a lap time of 1:36.290. His teammate, Roy Nissany, locked out the front row for DAMS with a time which was 0.036 seconds slower. Carlin finished qualifying as the only other team with two drivers inside the top ten. Shortly after Iwasa's pole position lap, a second, session-ending red flag was deployed following Zane Maloney's spin at Turn 9.

### Sprint race

Richard Verschoor started the sprint race from pole, but was overtaken by eventual sprint race winner Liam Lawson on Lap 10. Felipe Drugovich made up four places from seventh place on the grid to finish in third. Dennis Hauger finished in fourth, while Amaury Cordeel secured his best Formula 2 finish in fifth place. Logan Sargeant held on to his starting position of sixth, despite dropping down to ninth on the opening lap; a red flag, deployed after Enzo Fittipaldi and Jehan Daruvala collided at Turn 3, enabled Sargeant to return to his original starting position for the rolling restart. Jack Doohan finished in seventh, unable to overtake Sargeant despite the American driver having a flat-spotted left front tyre. Roy Nissany was the final points finisher in eighth place.

### Feature race

Ayumu Iwasa won the feature race from pole position after battling Felipe Drugovich, whose second-place finish secured the 2022 Teams' Championship title for MP Motorsport. Liam Lawson finished in third, leapfrogging Carlin ahead of ART Grand Prix to finish second in the teams' standings. A virtual safety car was deployed on the opening lap after Ralph Boschung made contact with Juan Manuel Correa before spin out at Turn 9. Boschung retired from the race, having been unable to recover his car. Théo Pourchaire made the first overtake after racing resumed on Lap 3, demoting Dennis Hauger down to third. Drugovich followed soon after with a move on Roy Nissany to take second.
A marginally quicker pit stop allowed Lawson to overtake Hauger in the pit lane on Lap 8, allowing the Carlin driver to assume a net position of third, behind Iwasa and Drugovich. Jack Doohan pit on Lap 26, having been one of the few drivers starting on medium compound tyres; however, his front left tyre detached following his pit stop, forcing him to retire from the race and triggering another virtual safety car. Théo Pourchaire suffered a terminal mechanical issue after hitting a bird with four laps to go, causing him to retire from the race. Hauger and Logan Sargeant finished fourth and fifth respectively, with Amaury Cordeel, Richard Verschoor, Jüri Vips, Marcus Armstrong and Nissany the rest of the points finishers. Nissany received a five-second time penalty for track limits, dropping him down from his on-track finishing position of seventh.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Time | Grid SR | Grid FR |
| 1 | 17 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | 1:36.290 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | 16 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | +0.036 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | +0.082 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | +0.192 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi Racing | +0.220 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | +0.224 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | Dennis Hauger | Prema Racing | +0.260 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 25 | Amaury Cordeel | Van Amersfoort Racing | +0.288 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | +0.298 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 20 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | +0.298 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech Grand Prix | +0.329 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | Jehan Daruvala | Prema Racing | +0.340 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 22 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz Racing System | +0.390 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | +0.395 | 17 | 14 |
| 15 | 8 | Jüri Vips | Hitech Grand Prix | +0.504 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 9 | Frederik Vesti | ART Grand Prix | +0.733 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 12 | Clément Novalak | MP Motorsport | +0.755 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 24 | Juan Manuel Correa | Van Amersfoort Racing | +0.794 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 21 | Zane Maloney | Trident | +0.810 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 14 | Olli Caldwell | Campos Racing | +0.918 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 23 | Tatiana Calderón | Charouz Racing System | +1.538 | 21 | 21 |
| 107% time: 1:43.030 (+6.740) |||||||
| — | 4 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi Racing | +23.455 | 22 | 22 |
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Notes
* ^1 – Ralph Boschung originally qualified fourteenth, but received a three-place grid drop for the next race he participates in (Sprint Race) for both rejoining the track in an unsafe manner and causing a collision with Théo Pourchaire at the previous round in Monza.

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | 23 | 1:11:53.868 | 2 | 10 (1) |
| 2 | 20 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | 23 | +7.943 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 23 | +8.803 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | Dennis Hauger | Prema Racing | 23 | +14.937 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 25 | Amaury Cordeel | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +15.449 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | 23 | +15.938 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi Racing | 23 | +16.501 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | 16 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | 23 | +17.313 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +17.579 | 8 | |
| 10 | 7 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech Grand Prix | 23 | +17.968 | 11 | |
| 11 | 9 | Frederik Vesti | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +19.213 | 15 | |
| 12 | 8 | Jüri Vips | Hitech Grand Prix | 23 | +22.031 | 14 | |
| 13 | 17 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | 23 | +24.162 | 10 | |
| 14 | 12 | Clément Novalak | MP Motorsport | 23 | +27.095 | 16 | |
| 15 | 21 | Zane Maloney | Trident | 23 | +33.860 | 19 | |
| 16 | 14 | Olli Caldwell | Campos Racing | 23 | +34.034 | 20 | |
| 17 | 15 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 23 | +36.430 | 17 | |
| 18 | 24 | Juan Manuel Correa | Van Amersfoort Racing | 23 | +38.164 | 18 | |
| 19 | 4 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi Racing | 23 | +58.710 | 22 | |
| 20 | 23 | Tatiana Calderón | Charouz Racing System | 23 | +1:14.890 | 21 | |
| DNF | 2 | Jehan Daruvala | Prema Racing | 0 | Collision | 12 | |
| DNF | 22 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz Racing System | 0 | Collision | 13 | |
| Fastest lap set by Liam Lawson: 1:39.292 (lap 7) ||||||||
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Notes:
* ^1 – Juan Manuel Correa originally finished fifteenth, but later received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Marino Sato, dropping him down to eighteenth place.

### Feature race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 17 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | 33 | 57:02.908 | 1 | 25 (2) |
| 2 | 11 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 33 | +0.830 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | 33 | +1.348 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | Dennis Hauger | Prema Racing | 33 | +13.440 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | 33 | +14.064 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 25 | Amaury Cordeel | Van Amersfoort Racing | 33 | +15.719 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 20 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | 33 | +18.162 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 | Jüri Vips | Hitech Grand Prix | 33 | +20.279 | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech Grand Prix | 33 | +20.684 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | 33 | +22.181 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | Frederik Vesti | ART Grand Prix | 33 | +22.732 | 16 | |
| 12 | 12 | Clément Novalak | MP Motorsport | 33 | +23.489 | 20 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jehan Daruvala | Prema Racing | 33 | +24.298 | 12 | |
| 14 | 22 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz Racing System | 33 | +27.616 | 13 | |
| 15 | 4 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi Racing | 33 | +28.246 | 22 | |
| 16 | 21 | Zane Maloney | Trident | 33 | +31.754 | 18 | |
| 17 | 24 | Juan Manuel Correa | Van Amersfoort Racing | 33 | +32.446 | 17 | |
| 18 | 23 | Tatiana Calderón | Charouz Racing System | 33 | +45.116 | 21 | |
| 19 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | 31 | Gearbox | 3 | |
| 20 | 14 | Olli Caldwell | Campos Racing | 29 | Driveshaft | 19 | |
| DNF | 3 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi Racing | 25 | Wheel nut | 5 | |
| DNF | 15 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 0 | Spun off | 14 | |
| Fastest lap set by Clément Novalak: 1:39.146 (lap 24) ||||||||
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## Final championship standings

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Felipe Drugovich | 265 |
| | 2 | Théo Pourchaire | 164 |
| 4 | 3 | Liam Lawson | 149 |
| 1 | 4 | Logan Sargeant | 148 |
| 4 | 5 | Ayumu Iwasa | 141 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | MP Motorsport | 305 |
| 1 | 2 | Carlin | 297 |
| 1 | 3 | ART Grand Prix | 281 |
| | 4 | Prema Racing | 241 |
| | 5 | Hitech Grand Prix | 207 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
* Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.