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2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship

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Parent series:
Formula One World Championship
Feeder series:
FIA Formula 3 Championship

The 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the fifty-fifth season of Formula 2 racing and the fifth season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. It is an open-wheel racing category that serves as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is run in support of selected rounds of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship run the same car, the Dallara F2 2018. This is the first season that I am running the championship as a marble event.

Théo Pourchaire was the 2021 Formula 2 champion.

Felipe Drugovich, ended runner-up for UNI-Virtuosi Racing.

Robert Shwartzman, driving for Prema Racing, ended third.

ART Grand Prix were the teams' champions.

In an effort to cut costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, series organizers adopted a new format for both F2 and FIA Formula 3 for the 2021 season. Notably, each weekend comprised three races rather than two. The traditional feature race with the mandatory pit-stop was moved to Sunday morning, while on Saturday, there were two sprint races with reverse-grid formats based on the results of qualifying and Race 1 respectively. The extra race was made possible because F3 races were run on different weekends to F2, with the exception of the Sochi round, leaving more space in the timetable of each race weekend. But the large gaps between rounds—eight weeks between Rounds 1 and 2 and 4 and 5 and ten weeks between Rounds 6 and 7—made the format widely unpopular, and it has been changed for the 2022 season.

Prema Racing entered the championship as the reigning teams' champion.

Entries

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2022 championship. As the championship is a spec series, all competitors race with an identical Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. Teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Entrant	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Prema Racing	1	Robert Shwartzman	1–8
	2	Oscar Piastri	1–8
UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3	Guanyu Zhou	1–8
	4	Felipe Drugovich	1–8
Carlin	5	Dan Ticktum	1–8
	6	Jehan Daruvala	1–8
Hitech Grand Prix	7	Liam Lawson	1–8
	8	Jüri Vips	1–8
ART Grand Prix	9	Christian Lundgaard	1–8
	10	Théo Pourchaire	1–8
MP Motorsport	11	Richard Verschoor	1–8
	12	Lirim Zendeli	1–6
		Clément Novalak	7–8
Charouz Racing System	14	David Beckmann	1–8
	15	Louis Delétraz	1
		Pedro Piquet	2–6
		Enzo Fittipaldi	7–8
DAMS	16	Roy Nissany	1–8
	17	Marcus Armstrong	1–8
Campos Racing	20	Matteo Nannini	1–2
		Giuliano Alesi	3–4
		Roberto Merhi	5–6
		David Schumacher	7–8
	21	Ralph Boschung	1–8
HWA Racelab	22	Jack Aitken	1–4
		Sérgio Sette Câmara	5–6
		Logan Sargeant	7–8
	23	Jake Hughes	1–4
		Enzo Fittipaldi	5
		Giuliano Alesi	6
		Jack Doohan	7–8
Trident	24	Bent Viscaal	1–8
	25	Marino Sato	1–6
		Lirim Zendeli	7–8

Mid-season changes

Following the Bahrain round, Louis Delétraz was sacked from Charouz Racing System due to poor performances as well as the Swiss driver no longer intending to race in Formula 2. He was replaced by Pedro Piquet, who drove with the Czech outfit last season.

Matteo Nannini left Campos Racing after the Monaco round, citing his desire to focus on his Formula 3 campaign. He was replaced by Giuliano Alesi, who last raced in the championship for MP Motorsport.

Numerous changes occurred before the Monza round. Alesi was required to attend his main campaign in the Super GT Championship and was replaced by Roberto Merhi who last drove with the team in 2018. Jack Aitken left HWA Racelab, who was injured during another racing competition. He was replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara, who last drove for DAMS in 2019. Jake Hughes also departed HWA Racelab, citing his commitment in Formula 3 and Formula E. Enzo Fittipaldi stepped up from Formula 3's Charouz Racing System to replace him on a one-weekend deal.

Alesi returned to HWA Racelab for the Sochi round, replacing Fittipaldi as the Brazilian waa required to attend his clashing Formula 3 commitments.

The seventh round at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit saw five drivers promoted from the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, with four making their Formula 2 debuts. Enzo Fittipaldi returned to Formula 2, and was promoted to Charouz Racing System to replace Pedro Piquet. MP Motorsport signed fourth-placed F3 finisher Clément Novalak to replace Lirim Zendeli, who left the team due to financial reasons. Zendeli subsequently moved over to Trident to replace Marino Sato who also struggled with budgetary issues. Third-placed F3 finisher David Schumacher took Roberto Merhi's seat at Campos. HWA Racelab featured an all-new lineup, hiring sixth-placed F3 finisher Logan Sargeant and 20th-placed Jack Doohan to replace both Giuliano Alesi and Sérgio Sette Câmara.

Calendar

Round	Circuit
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
2	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
3	Baku City Circuit, Baku
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
5	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
6	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi
7	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah
8	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	S1	Bahrain International Circuit		Richard Verschoor	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Jack Aitken	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	F		Dan Ticktum	Ralph Boschung	Roy Nissany	DAMS
2	S1	Circuit de Monaco		Guanyu Zhou	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Jake Hughes	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Richard Verschoor	Roy Nissany	Roy Nissany	DAMS
3	S1	Baku City Circuit		Théo Pourchaire	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab
	S2			Bent Viscaal	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Guanyu Zhou	Théo Pourchaire	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
4	S1	Silverstone Circuit		Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	S2			Roy Nissany	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Christian Lundgaard	Robert Shwartzman	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix
5	S1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza		Oscar Piastri	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing
	S2			Marcus Armstrong	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
	F		Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
6	S1	Sochi Autodrom		Robert Shwartzman	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport
	S2			David Beckmann	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab
	F		Giuliano Alesi	Jehan Daruvala	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System
7	S1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit		Dan Ticktum	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Marcus Armstrong	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	F		Marcus Armstrong	Felipe Drugovich	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing
8	S1	Yas Marina Circuit		Oscar Piastri	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	S2			Guanyu Zhou	Dan Ticktum	Carlin
	F		Christian Lundgaard	Lirim Zendeli	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix

Scoring System

Sprint race points

Points were awarded to all classified and retired finishers, with drivers 13th and below receiving only 1 point.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th-12th	13th-	Ret
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th-12th	13th-	Ret	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	4	2	2	4

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver BHR MON BAK SIL MNZ SOC JDH YMC Points SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR 1 Théo Pourchaire 1 7 5 1 8 7 10 4 1 5 9 4 4 13 3 Ret 14 11 1 9 8 2 9 11 172 2 Felipe Drugovich 7 10 4 15 15 Ret 12 1 4 1 12 7 2 10 9 3 9 2 Ret 8 18 1 14 9 143 3 Robert Shwartzman 4 5 7 6 7 8 6 7 9 Ret 17 3 3 11 12 2 7 8 4 Ret 3 4 7 2 141 4 Guanyu Zhou 18 17 Ret 12 1 2 7 3 2 11 1 5 7 9 8 5 8 Ret 11 16 6 18 4 Ret 140 5 Christian Lundgaard Ret 15 13 16 14 17 11 2 Ret 8 4 1 9 5 4 6 10 Ret 9 4 Ret 8 3 5 129 6 David Beckmann 6 8 11 10 3 16 8 11 6 4 Ret 10 Ret 14 17 7 6 1 6 Ret 7 3 12 4 119 7 Jüri Vips 19 16 17 11 2 14 3 6 Ret 12 2 13 14 15 18† 12 3 10 Ret 14 14 10 2 1 117 8 Marcus Armstrong 17 1 Ret 19 20† 10 4 9 7 Ret DNS 16 11 2 7 13 Ret 6 10 1 2 14 Ret 13 113 9 Richard Verschoor 3 6 8 20 16 Ret 13 14 15 15 13 9 8 4 2 11 2 4 12 2 12 Ret 11 14 113 10 Jehan Daruvala 2 11 10 9 5 4 2 Ret 3 3 10 8 13 Ret 15 17 16 19 8 5 11 Ret 18 16 106 11 Dan Ticktum 13 19 3 3 6 9 18 Ret 11 14 15 14 Ret 8 13 4 12 13 3 12 Ret 12 1 6 105 12 Oscar Piastri 10 3 6 13 9 Ret Ret 12 12 6 8 15 5 7 6 Ret 13 5 15 Ret 1 17 13 10 101 13 Lirim Zendeli 5 Ret 12 Ret 19 5 9 5 10 7 5 2 6 DSQ Ret 1 11 9 Ret 15 13 7 16 8 100 14 Roy Nissany 8 12 1 8 10 1 Ret 15 Ret 13 7 17 17 18 Ret 14 19† 16 DNS 11 16 11 5 20 90 15 Liam Lawson 16 14 14 14 Ret 13 15 16 14 18 16 Ret 10 1 1 Ret 17 7 5 7 10 6 10 Ret 88 16 Ralph Boschung 9 9 2 5 Ret 3 Ret 17 16† 19 11 Ret 1 6 11 DNS Ret 14 17 17 Ret 13 Ret 18 88 17 Bent Viscaal 11 2 9 Ret 18 11 14 18 13 16 Ret 12 12 3 5 8 5 18 13 Ret 17 Ret 19 7 74 18 Pedro Piquet 7 4 12 17 Ret DNS 2 3 Ret 15 17 Ret 9 4 15 60 19 Jake Hughes 12 4 19† 2 12 Ret 1 10 Ret 9 6 11 57 20 Marino Sato 14 13 Ret 4 11 6 19 Ret 5 Ret 14 18 Ret 12 10 16 Ret Ret 51 21 Giuliano Alesi 5 8 Ret 17 Ret 6 10 1 12 45 22 Enzo Fittipaldi 16 Ret 14 2 10 9 9 Ret 3 42 23 Clément Novalak Ret 3 5 16 15 15 25 24 Logan Sargeant 7 6 4 Ret 17 19 22 25 Roberto Merhi Ret 16 16 Ret 18 3 21 26 Jack Aitken 15 20 15 18 13 Ret 16 13 8 10 Ret 19 19 27 Jack Doohan 16 Ret 15 5 8 12 16 28 David Schumacher 14 13 Ret 15 6 17 11 29 Matteo Nannini Ret 18 16 17 17 15 8 30 Sérgio Sette Câmara 18 Ret Ret 15 15 17 8 31 Louis Delétraz Ret Ret 18 4 Pos. Driver SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR Points BHR MON BAK SIL MNZ SOC JDH YMC

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Teams' championship

Pos. Team BHR MON BAK SIL MNZ SOC JDH YMC Points SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR 1 ART Grand Prix 1 7 5 1 8 7 10 2 1 5 4 1 4 5 3 6 10 11 1 4 8 2 3 5 301 Ret 15 13 16 14 17 11 4 Ret 8 9 4 9 13 4 Ret 14 Ret 9 9 Ret 8 9 11 2 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 7 10 4 12 1 2 7 1 2 1 1 5 2 9 8 3 8 2 11 8 6 1 4 9 283 18 17 Ret 15 15 Ret 12 3 4 11 12 7 7 10 9 5 9 Ret Ret 16 18 18 14 Ret 3 Prema Racing 4 3 6 6 7 8 6 7 9 6 8 3 3 7 6 2 7 5 4 Ret 1 4 7 2 242 9 5 7 13 9 Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 17 15 5 11 12 Ret 13 8 15 Ret 3 17 13 10 4 MP Motorsport 3 6 8 20 16 5 9 5 10 7 5 2 6 4 2 1 2 4 12 2 5 16 11 14 227 5 Ret 12 Ret 19 Ret 13 14 15 15 13 9 8 DSQ Ret 11 11 9 Ret 3 12 Ret 15 15 5 Charouz Racing System 6 8 11 7 3 12 8 11 6 2 3 10 15 14 17 7 4 1 2 10 7 3 12 3 217 Ret Ret 18 10 4 16 17 Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 9 6 15 6 Ret 9 9 Ret 4 6 Carlin 2 11 3 3 5 4 2 Ret 3 3 10 8 13 8 13 4 12 13 3 5 11 12 1 6 211 13 19 10 9 6 9 18 Ret 11 14 15 14 Ret Ret 15 17 16 19 8 12 Ret Ret 18 16 7 DAMS 8 1 1 8 10 1 4 9 7 13 7 16 11 2 7 13 19† 6 10 1 2 11 5 13 203 17 12 Ret 19 20† 10 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 17 17 18 Ret 14 Ret 16 DNS 11 16 14 Ret 20 8 Hitech Grand Prix 16 14 14 11 2 13 3 6 14 12 2 13 10 1 1 12 2 7 5 7 10 6 2 1 203 19 16 17 14 Ret 14 15 16 Ret 18 16 Ret 14 15 18† Ret 17 10 Ret 14 14 10 10 Ret 9 HWA Racelab 12 4 15 2 12 Ret 1 12 8 9 6 11 16 Ret 14 10 1 12 7 6 4 5 8 12 151 15 20 19† 18 13 Ret 16 13 Ret 10 Ret 19 18 Ret Ret 15 15 17 16 Ret 15 Ret 17 19 10 Campos Racing 9 9 2 5 17 3 5 8 16† 17 10 6 1 6 11 Ret 18 3 14 13 Ret 13 6 17 148 Ret 18 16 17 Ret 15 Ret 17 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 16 16 DNS Ret 14 17 17 Ret 15 Ret 18 11 Trident 11 2 9 4 11 6 14 18 5 16 14 12 12 3 5 8 5 18 13 15 13 7 16 7 136 14 13 Ret Ret 18 11 19 Ret 13 Ret Ret 18 Ret 12 10 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 8 Pos. Team SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR SR1 SR2 FR Points BHR MON BAK SIL MNZ SOC JDH YMC

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Statistics

Driver Wins

	Driver	Team	Wins
1	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	4
2	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3
3	Roy Nissany	DAMS	2
	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
7	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	1
	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix
	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing
	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport
	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab
	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System
	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing
	Dan Ticktum	Carlin
	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix

Teams Wins

	Team	Wins
1	ART Grand Prix	5
	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
3	DAMS	4
4	Hitech Grand Prix	3
5	HWA Racelab	2
6	Prema Racing	1
	MP Motorsport
	Charouz Racing System
	Carlin
	Campos Racing
11	Trident	0

Driver Podiums

	Driver	Team	Podiums
1	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	6
	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix
4	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	5
	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
6	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	4
	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport
	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin
	Dan Ticktum	Carlin
10	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	3
	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System
	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing
13	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	2
	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport
	Roy Nissany	DAMS
	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix
	Bent Viscaal	Trident
	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System
	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab
	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System
21	Giuliano Alesi	HWA Racelab	1
	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport
	Roberto Merhi	Campos Racing

Teams Podiums

	Team	Podiums
1	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	11
2	ART Grand Prix	9
3	Carlin	8
	Hitech Grand Prix
5	Prema Racing	7
	MP Motorsport
	Charouz Racing System
	Hitech Grand Prix
9	DAMS	6
10	Campos Racing	4
11	Trident	2