The 2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 July 2023 at the

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), informally referred to as Spa, is a Race track, motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about southeast of Spa, Belgium, Spa. It is the current venue of the Formula One ...

Stavelot Stavelot (; ; ) is a town and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Francorchamps and Stavelot. It is best known as the home of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit a ...

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. It was the tenth race of the

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and was held in support of the

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Driver changes

Prior to the round at the Spa-Francorchamps, PHM Racing by Charouz announced that

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racer

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had taken over

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' seat for the round at Spa-Francorchamps.

Classification

Qualifying

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was handed a three-place grid penalty for the sprint race for impeding Invicta

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driver

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in qualifying.

Sprint Race

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received a 5-second time penalty for track limits violations. * -

Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (; born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 Formula 2 Championship, 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to ...

originally finished in second, but has been disqualified for an illegal throttle mapping.

Feature Race

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received a 5-second time penalty for speeding in the pitlane. * -

Oliver Bearman Oliver James Bearman (; born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Haas F1 Team, Haas. Born in London and raised in Chelmsford, Bearman began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and cont ...

received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with

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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 5-second time penalty for crossing the line at pit exit. * -

received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with

Jak Crawford Carlton Jakston "Jak" Crawford (born 2 May 2005) is an American racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS as part of the AMF1 Driver Development Programme, and serves as a reserve driver in Formula E for Andretti Globa ...

. * -

Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger (; born 17 March 2003) is a Norwegians, Norwegian racing driver who competes in the 2025 Indy NXT with Andretti Global, having previously competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship, Formula 2 from to . He was a member of the Red Bull ...

has been disqualified during the race for rejoining the track after being pushed by track marshals. * -

Frederik Vesti Frederik Vesti Stamm (; born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing, Cadillac Whelen and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, M ...

crashed out on the reconnaissance lap and was therefore unable to start the race.

Standings after the event

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

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{List of FIA Formula 2 rounds

Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), informally referred to as Spa, is a motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about southeast of Spa. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, ho ...

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