In addition to Formula 1, Formula 2 will also be present at the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second race weekend of the 2023 season.
Iwasa holds on under immense pressure from Martins, Pourchaire crashes
Ayumu Iwasa has won the Formula 2 sprint race in Jeddah. The Red Bull Racing protégé started from P4, but took over the lead early on and never relinquished it. Victor Martins finished second after a great catch-up race from P10. Jehan Daruvala takes to the podium on behalf of MP Motorsport. The Indian came in third, after he had been fighting for the victory for a long time.
Théo Pourchaire, who was the championship leader for the weekend, crashed out of the race on lap seven after braking much too late in turn one. He took Oliver Bearman with him in his accident, forcing both gentlemen to retire prematurely. Richard Verschoor did not have a very nice day. The Dutch driver of Van Amersfoort Racing started nineteenth and finished sixteenth in the sprint race.
Martins takes very dominant pole position, Verschoor falls silent
Victor Martins has taken pole position for Sunday’s Formula 2 feature race. The Frenchman was no less than seven tenths of a second faster than Oliver Bearman in his ART car. Championship leader Théo Pourchaire was third fastest. Richard Verschoor came to a halt at the start of qualifying in Jeddah and will only start in twentieth on Sunday.
Bearman fastest in truncated practice, Verschoor eighth
Oliver Bearman has finished the free practice of Formula 2 in Jeddah with the fastest time. The Ferrari protégé, driving for Prema Racing, recorded a 1:43.501 on the street circuit. This makes the Englishman almost two tenths faster than teammate Frederik Vesti, who in turn is almost one tenth faster than Alpine junior Victor Martins. Richard Verschoor finishes eighth eight tenths behind Bearman.
