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  2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 8 in the: 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 11 December 2021 Laps 23 Podium First Jehan Daruvala Carlin Second Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi Third Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Olli Caldwell Campos Racing Time 1:39.070 (on 22)
Sprint race 2
Date 11 December 2021 Laps 23 Podium First Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Second Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Third Ralph Boschung Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Roy Nissany Time 1:37.445 (on 23)
Feature race
Date 12 December 2021 Laps 33 Pole position Driver Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Time 1:35.077 Podium First Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Second Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Third Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi Fastest lap Driver Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Time 1:37.789 (on 29)

The 2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round was the——eighth. And final race of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship. It took place at the Yas Marina Circuit from 10——to 12 December in support of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and featured three races.

Oscar Piastri clinched the driver's title after finishing third in Sprint Race 1; in doing so, the Australian driver is: the third rookie after Charles Leclerc and George Russell——to win the "championship in the modern Formula 2 era."

Classification※

Qualifying※

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Gap	Grid
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	1:35.077	–	1
2	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	1:35.290	+0.213	2
3	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:35.348	+0.271	3
4	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:35.360	+0.283	4
5	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:35.496	+0.419	5
6	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:35.504	+0.427	6
7	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:35.511	+0.434	7
8	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	1:35.612	+0.535	8
9	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:35.618	+0.541	9
10	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:35.821	+0.744	10
11	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:35.855	+0.778	11
12	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:36.016	+0.939	12
13	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:36.080	+1.003	13
14	25	Marino Sato	Trident	1:36.241	+1.164	14
15	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:36.282	+1.205	15
16	14	Richard Verschoor	Charouz Racing System	1:36.293	+1.216	16
17	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:36.312	+1.235	17
18	22	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	1:36.462	+1.385	18
19	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	1:36.570	+1.493	19
20	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	1:36.722	+1.645	20
21	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:36.741	+1.664	21
22	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	1:38.657	+3.580	22
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Sprint race 1※

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	23	38:33.605	1	15
2	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+2.079	3	12
3	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	23	+2.915	10	10
4	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	23	+3.581	7	8
5	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+11.243	4	6
6	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	23	+12.978	2	4
7	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	23	+14.120	5	2
8	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+15.595	8	1
9	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	23	+17.081	6
10	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	23	+17.539	11
11	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	23	+18.530	9
12	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+19.270	15
13	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	23	+22.226	17
14	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+29.927	13
15	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	23	+32.099	12
16	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	23	+32.636	21
17	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	23	+37.036	20
18	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	23	+48.948	22
19	25	Marino Sato	Trident	23	+54.333	14
20	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	23	+1:43.561	19
DNF	22	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	19	Collision damage	18
DNF	14	Richard Verschoor	Charouz Racing System	11	Mechanical	16
Fastest lap： Olli Caldwell − Campos Racing − 1:39.070 (lap 22)
Source:

Sprint Race 2※

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	23	43:27.096	3	15
2	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	23	+3.413	7	12
3	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	23	+9.772	2	10
4	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	23	+14.296	5	8
5	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+14.501	9	6
6	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+17.088	6	4
7	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	23	+19.839	10	2
8	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	23	+21.086	11	1
9	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	23	+21.942	4
10	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	23	+22.722	13
11	14	Richard Verschoor	Charouz Racing System	23	+25.881	22
12	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	23	+30.899	16
13	22	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	23	+31.463	21
14	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	23	+31.867	17
15	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	23	+32.236	20
16	25	Marino Sato	Trident	23	+37.022	19
17	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+1:06.754	14
18	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	22	+1 lap	15
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	10	Engine	1
DNF	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	6	Collision	12
DNF	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	6	Collision	8
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	2	Collision	18
Fastest lap： Roy Nissany − DAMS − 1:37.445 − (lap 23)
Source:

Feature race※

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	33	58:14.400	1	25 (4)
2	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	33	+3.288	3	18
3	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	33	+8.242	8	15
4	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	33	+9.977	6	12 (2)
5	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	33	+13.333	4	10
6	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	33	+19.166	9	8
7	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	33	+19.775	11	6
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	33	+22.555	15	4
9	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	33	+26.415	5	2
10	14	Richard Verschoor	Charouz Racing System	33	+27.242	16	1
11	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	33	+30.007	10
12	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	33	+32.619	17
13	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	33	+37.305	13
14	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	33	+37.836	20
15	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	33	+40.446	12
16	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	33	+41.040	21
17	25	Marino Sato	Trident	33	+42.341	14
18	20	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	33	+43.846	19
19	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	33	+1:20.339	22
DNF	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	29	Gearbox	7
DNF	22	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	21	Mechanical	18
DNF	11	Jack Doohan	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	2
Fastest lap： Théo Pourchaire − ART Grand Prix − 1:37.789 − (lap 29)
Source:

Final championship standings※

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Oscar Piastri 252.5 2 Robert Shwartzman 192 3 Guanyu Zhou 183 4 Dan Ticktum 159.5 5 Théo Pourchaire 140

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 444.5 1 2 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 288 1 3 Carlin 272.5 4 Hitech Grand Prix 223 5 ART Grand Prix 190

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

See also※

• 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

References※

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