2017 Yas Island Formula 2 round
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| Round 11 of 11 in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.554 km (3.451 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Yas Marina FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 25 and 26 November 2017 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the final round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
This was the final event for the Dallara GP2/11 chassis that was introduced at the 2011 Yas Marina Circuit GP2 Asia Series round and also the final event for the Mecachrome V8 engine package that had been part of the GP2 Series and FIA Formula 2 since its formation in 2005. The Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a Mecachrome V6 turbocharged engine was introduced for the 2018 Formula 2 Championship onwards.[1][2]
Classifications[edit]
Qualifying[edit]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 6 |  Artem Markelov
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Russian Time | 1:47.181 | — | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |  Nyck de Vries
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Racing Engineering | 1:47.387 | +0.206 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 |  Antonio Fuoco
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Prema Racing | 1:47.575 | +0.394 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 |  Oliver Rowland
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DAMS | 1:47.617 | +0.436 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 |  Norman Nato
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Arden International | 1:47.676 | +0.495 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 |  Charles Leclerc
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Prema Racing | 1:47.692 | +0.511 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | Luca Ghiotto
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Russian Time | 1:47.753 | +0.572 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 |  Nobuharu Matsushita
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ART Grand Prix | 1:47.759 | +0.578 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 |  Sérgio Sette Câmara
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MP Motorsport | 1:47.824 | +0.643 | 9 |
| 10 | 8 |  Alexander Albon
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ART Grand Prix | 1:47.957 | +0.776 | 20 |
| 11 | 12 |  Álex Palou
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Campos Racing | 1:48.127 | +0.946 | 10 |
| 12 | 10 |  Nicholas Latifi
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DAMS | 1:48.201 | +1.020 | 11 |
| 13 | 18 |  Louis Delétraz
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Rapax | 1:48.212 | +1.031 | 12 |
| 14 | 11 | Lando Norris
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Campos Racing | 1:48.404 | +1.223 | 13 |
| 15 | 15 | Jordan King
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MP Motorsport | 1:48.476 | +1.295 | 14 |
| 16 | 17 |  Santino Ferrucci
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Trident | 1:48.538 | +1.357 | 15 |
| 17 | 21 |  Sean Gelael
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Arden International | 1:48.609 | +1.428 | 16 |
| 18 | 4 |  Gustav Malja
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Racing Engineering | 1:48.671 | +1.490 | 17 |
| 19 | 19 | Roberto Merhi
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Rapax | 1:48.794 | +1.613 | 18 |
| 20 | 16 |  Nabil Jeffri
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Trident | 1:50.201 | +3.020 | 19 |
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Feature Race[edit]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 6 | Artem Markelov
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Russian Time | 31 | 59:34.767 | 1 | 25 (4) |
| 2 | 1 | Charles Leclerc
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Prema Racing | 31 | +16.265 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Luca Ghiotto
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Russian Time | 31 | +25.438 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Nyck de Vries
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Racing Engineering | 31 | +27.181 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 | Nicholas Latifi
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DAMS | 31 | +29.697 | 11 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Nobuharu Matsushita
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ART Grand Prix | 31 | +31.974 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 8 | Alexander Albon
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ART Grand Prix | 31 | +34.618 | 20 | 6 (2) |
| 8 | 15 | Jordan King
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MP Motorsport | 31 | +40.639 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | 14 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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MP Motorsport | 31 | +43.305 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Louis Delétraz
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Rapax | 31 | +52.356 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | Gustav Malja
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Racing Engineering | 31 | +1:01.198 | 17 | |
| 12 | 12 | Álex Palou
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Campos Racing | 31 | +1:04.596 | 10 | |
| 13 | 20 | Norman Nato
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Arden International | 31 | +1:12.209 | 5 | |
| 14 | 17 | Santino Ferrucci
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Trident | 31 | +1:21.496 | 15 | |
| 15 | 21 | Sean Gelael
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Arden International | 31 | +1:23.795 | 16 | |
| 16 | 19 | Roberto Merhi
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Rapax | 30 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| DNF | 11 | Lando Norris
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Campos Racing | 5 | Engine | 13 | |
| DNF | 16 | Nabil Jeffri
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Trident | 0 | Wheel nut | 19 | |
| DSQ | 9 | Oliver Rowland
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DAMS | 31 | Disqualified | 4 | |
| DSQ | 2 | Antonio Fuoco
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Prema Racing | 31 | Disqualified | 3 | |
| Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:50.314 (on lap 27)
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Sprint Race[edit]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 1 | Charles Leclerc
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Prema Racing | 22 | 41:36.188 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 8 | Alexander Albon
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ART Grand Prix | 22 | +1.293 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 10 | Nicholas Latifi
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DAMS | 22 | +3.207 | 4 | 10 (2) |
| 4 | 7 | Nobuharu Matsushita
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ART Grand Prix | 22 | +4.105 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | Luca Ghiotto
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Russian Time | 22 | +4.952 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | Artem Markelov
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Russian Time | 22 | +14.758 | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | Oliver Rowland
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DAMS | 22 | +15.446 | 19 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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MP Motorsport | 22 | +24.795 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | Nyck de Vries
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Racing Engineering | 22 | +29.261 | 5 | |
| 10 | 19 | Roberto Merhi
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Rapax | 22 | +29.689 | 16 | |
| 11 | 2 | Antonio Fuoco
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Prema Racing | 22 | +29.912 | 20 | |
| 12 | 12 | Álex Palou
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Campos Racing | 22 | +30.999 | 12 | |
| 13 | 11 | Lando Norris
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Campos Racing | 22 | +31.564 | 17 | |
| 14 | 21 | Sean Gelael
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Arden International | 22 | +38.714 | 15 | |
| 15 | 17 | Santino Ferrucci
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Trident | 22 | +39.605 | 14 | |
| 16 | 16 | Nabil Jeffri
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Trident | 22 | +43.310 | 18 | |
| 17 | 4 | Gustav Malja
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Racing Engineering | 22 | +49.659 | 11 | |
| 18 | 20 | Norman Nato
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Arden International | 19 | Throttle | 13 | |
| DNF | 18 | Louis Delétraz
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Rapax | 18 | Mechanical | 10 | |
| DNF | 15 | Jordan King
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MP Motorsport | 11 | Transmission | 1 | |
| Fastest lap: Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) – 1:51.875 (on lap 4)
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Final championship standings[edit]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (31 August 2017). "Formula 2 unveils 2018 car with Halo". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "In photos: Farewell to the GP2/11 package". gpupdate.net. gpupdate.net. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "2017 FIA Formula 2 Yas Marina results". FIA Formula 2. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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