2022 Jeddah Formula 2 round

The qualifying session was held on 25 March 2022. Felipe Drugovich took pole position, the second of his Formula 2 career. The qualifying session was marred by three red flags. The first red flag came out for Théo Pourchaire, whose car broke down. A second red flag was flown after Logan Sargeant crashed heavily at the exit of turn 17. Oddly, a third red flag was shown due to a technical error after GPS systems indicated that Frederik Vesti stopped on track, despite no such event occurring.[1] In addition, Cem Bölükbaşı crashed in practice and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks, and as a result missed qualifying. He was later withdrawn from the event.[2]

Jack Doohan was later disqualified from the final classification for failing to provide the minimum 0.8 kg fuel sample.[3] Jüri Vips, Olli Caldwell, and Frederik Vesti each received three-place grid penalties for impeding. Clément Novalak received a five-place grid penalty for what the race stewards deemed to be a "dangerous case of impeding."[4] Amaury Cordeel received a ten-place grid penalty for failing to slow for the red flag and double waved yellow flags.[5]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:40.422	10	1
2	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.226	9	2
3	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.628	8	3
4	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.635	7	4
5	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	+0.720	5	5
6	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+0.772	4	6
7	21	Calan Williams	Trident	+1.047	3	7
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.111	61	8
9	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.116	2	9
10	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+1.288	1	10
11	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	+1.288	152	11
12	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+1.549	11	12
13	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	+1.756	12	13
14	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+1.759	13	14
15	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+2.098	14	15
16	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	+2.483	171	16
17	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	+2.698	191	17
18	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	+2.838	16	18
19	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	+4.015	203	19
20	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+4.314	18	20
107% time: 1:47.451
—	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	No time set	WD
DSQ	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	+0.602	214	214
Source:[6]

Notes:

• ^1 – Jüri Vips, Olli Caldwell, and Frederik Vesti received three-place grid penalties for impeding another driver during qualifying. Each driver had one penalty point added to their license.[5]
• ^2 – Clément Novalak received a five-place grid penalty for what was deemed a dangerous case of impeding another driver. Novalak had three penalty points added to his license.[5]
• ^3 – Amaury Cordeel received a ten-place grid penalty for failing to respect red and double waved yellow flags. Cordeel had four penalty points added to his license.[5]
• ^4 – Jack Doohan was disqualified for failing to supply an adequate fuel sample after qualifying. He was given permission to race by the stewards.[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	20	47:55.487	5	10
2	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+3.166	6	8 (1)
3	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	20	+4.846	10	6
4	21	Calan Williams	Trident	20	+6.277	3	5
5	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	20	+12.121	9	4
6	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	20	+13.520	4	3
7	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	20	+15.237	13	2
8	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	20	+16.040	12	1
9	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	20	+17.390	11
10	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+17.441	14
11	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	20	+18.739	15
12	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+20.298	17
13	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	+20.569	18
14	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	20	+25.495	19
15	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	20	+34.4541	7
16	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+52.671	1
DNF	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	17	Stalled after spin	8
DNF	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	6	Collision	16
DNF	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	6	Collision	21
DNF	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Accident	20
DSQ	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	(+3.224)2	2
WD	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	—	Withdrew	—
Fastest lap set by Jüri Vips: 1:43.284 (lap 20)
Source:[6][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Ralph Boschung originally finished eighth, but was given a 20-second time penalty after it was found that he was in front of his starting grid position before the lights went out. Two penalty points were added to his license.[8]
• ^2 – Jake Hughes originally finished third, but was later disqualified due to a technical non-conformity. The skid plank on his car was found to have a maximum thickness of 3.6mm, which did not meet the required thickness of 5mm +/-1mm.[8]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	27	47:41.485	1	25 (2)
2	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	27	+2.379	2	18
3	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	27	+15.358	14	15
4	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+19.117	9	12
5	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	27	+20.595	3	10
6	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	27	+21.071	10	8
7	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	27	+27.108	6	6
8	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	27	+28.428	12	4
9	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	27	+28.861	20	2 (1)
10	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	27	+32.173	14	1
11	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	27	+32.647	15
12	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	27	+37.612	18
13	21	Calan Williams	Trident	27	+38.282	7
14	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	27	+42.370	11
15	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	27	+47.601	4
16	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	27	+48.706	17
17	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	27	+50.384	13
18	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	26	+1 lap	16
DNF	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	9	Wheel	5
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	5	Gearbox failure	19
DNS	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	—	Did not start1	—
WD	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	—	Withdrew	—
Fastest lap set by Jack Doohan: 1:43.098 (lap 26)
Source:[6][9]

Notes:

• ^1 – Amaury Cordeel could not start the Feature Race due to car damage sustained in the Sprint Race.