The 2022 Jeddah FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 25 and 27 March 2022 at the

Jeddah Corniche Circuit The Jeddah Corniche Circuit () is a motor racing street 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 race on the Formula One ...

. It was the second round of the

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and was held in support of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

The qualifying session was held on 25 March 2022.

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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

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, whose car broke down. A second red flag was flown after

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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

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stopped on track, despite no such event occurring. In addition,

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crashed in practice and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks, and as a result missed qualifying. He was later withdrawn from the event.

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was later disqualified from the final classification for failing to provide the minimum 0.8 kg fuel sample.

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, and

each received three-place grid penalties for impeding.

Clément Novalak Clément Novalak (; born 23 December 2000) is a French and Swiss racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series for TDS Racing. Novalak won the GB3 Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin in 2019 BRDC British For ...

received a five-place grid penalty for what the race stewards deemed to be a "dangerous case of impeding."

Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel (; born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Rodin Motorsport. He previously competed for Hitech Pulse-Eight, Invicta Virtuosi Racing and Van Amersfoort Racing. He has pr ...

received a ten-place grid penalty for failing to slow for the red flag and double waved yellow flags. Notes: * –

, and

received three-place grid penalties for impeding another driver during qualifying. Each driver had one penalty point added to their license. * –

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. * –

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. * –

was disqualified for failing to supply an adequate fuel sample after qualifying. He was given permission to race by the stewards.

Sprint Race

Notes: * –

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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. * –

Jake Hughes Jake John Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British people, British racing driver who currently competes in Formula E with Maserati MSG Racing and is also the simulator driver for the McLaren, McLaren F1 Team. He is the winner of the inaugural 2013 ...

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.

Feature Race

Notes: * –

could not start the Feature Race due to car damage sustained in the Sprint Race.

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

Official website
{{List of FIA Formula 2 rounds

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