The 2021 Jeddah Formula 2 round was the seventh round of the

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and occurred at the

Jeddah Corniche Circuit The Jeddah Corniche Circuit ( ar, حلبة كورنيش جدة) is a motor racing circuit built in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. The circuit staged the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on 5 December 2021 as the penultimate ...

from 3 to 5 December. It was run in support of the

2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix The 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 5 December 2021 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Saudi Arabia. The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand P ...

and featured three races. The feature race was marred by the crash between

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and

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where both were hospitalised.

Classification

Qualifying

Sprint race 1

; Notes： * -

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originally finished the race in fifth place, but was awarded a five-second time penalty for gaining a lasting advantage by going off the track when overtaking his teammate

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. Thus, he was classified tenth. * -

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was given a ten-second time penalty for colliding with

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and

Guilherme Samaia Guilherme de Abreu Sampaio Samaia (born 2 October 1996 in São Paulo) is a retired Brazilian racing driver. He has competed in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship with Charouz, and in 2020 racing for Campos. In 2017 he won the Brazilian Formula 3 ...

on lap 1, which dropped him from 16th to 18th.

Sprint race 2

;Notes： * -

received a five-second time penalty for gaining a lasting advantage by shortcutting turn one when he was defending against

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, thus dropping him down from second to 14th. * -

Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard (born 23 July 2001) is a Danish professional racing driver who is driving the No. 45 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar Series. He was the 2022 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year, and was a member of the A ...

got a five-second time penalty for gaining an advantage by shortcutting the first corner when overtaking

Bent Viscaal Bent Max Calvin Viscaal (born 18 September 1999 in Almelo) is a Dutch racing driver who is set compete in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship with Prema Racing. He last competed in the 2022 European Le Mans Series for Algarve Pro Racing. ...

, which dropped him from third to 15th.

Feature race

;Notes： * Originally scheduled for 28 laps, 5 laps were completed. *Since 75% of the predetermined distance has not been completed, only half of the points were earned in this race. * -

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received a three-place grid drop for causing a collision with

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in sprint race 2.

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

* {{List of FIA Formula 2 rounds

Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...

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