The 2024 Jeddah FIA Formula 2 round was a motor race that was held between 7 March and 9 March 2024 at the

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. It was the second race of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the

2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix The 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 March 2024 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The race was the second round of th ...

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 7 March 2024, at 18:00 local time (

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). ;Notes * -

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withdrew from this round after the qualifying due to replacing Carlos Sainz Jr. (

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) in the

, after the official grid had been set. As a consequence, all cars from P11 and below moved up one position in the starting grid for the sprint race. * -

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received a 3-place grid penalty for the Sprint Race for impending

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in the qualifying. * -

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 5-place grid penalty for the Sprint Race for causing a collision with

in the Sakhir Feature Race. * -

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did not start in qualifying due to crash in free practice, but was given permission to start both races from the back of the grid.

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 8 March 2024, and was scheduled at 18:10 local time (

), but was delayed by ten minutes. Notes: * –

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and

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both retired from the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. * – Both Trident drivers

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 ...

and

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were disqualified after the sprint race due to a technical infringement, as it was found that both drivers have had an incorrect throttle pedal progressivity map installed prior to the race which was not in compliance with Article 8.2.6 of the Technical Regulations. As a result,

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inherited the win from Verschoor. * –

was scheduled to start tenth after the grid reversal, but withdrew after Ferrari Formula One driver Carlos Sainz, Jr. withdrew because of appendicitis, and was promoted to the team for the F1 race.

Feature race

The feature race was held on 9 March 2024, at 16:25 local time (

). Notes: * –

Victor Martins Victor Martins (; born 16 June 2001) is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for ART Grand Prix as part of the Williams Driver Academy. A former member of the Alpine Academy and a member of the Williams Driver A ...

originally finished tenth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with

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. As a result, Martins dropped out of the points into eleventh place, whilst Aron was promoted up to tenth place. * –

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originally finished ninth, but received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

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
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