Ayumu Iwasa held off winner Felipe Drugovich to acquire the closing function race in Yas Marina whilst Logan Sargeant secured his F1 superlicence for 2023.

Iwasa experienced taken pole for the duration of Friday’s qualifying session, crew mate Roy Nissany signing up for him on the entrance row for DAMS’ 1st entrance row lockout for a 10 years. At the start out, the two went wheel-to-wheel, with Nissany a little in advance into convert just one, having said that by convert 6 Iwasa experienced secured the guide.

Liam Lawson pushed Logan Sargeant broad, the Williams hopeful pressured to go more than the kerbs in get to keep on being on the monitor and maintain his hopes of securing a superlicence alive.

Ralph Boschung spun on the entrance to convert 9, triggering a transient yellow flag soon after his vehicle stopped, which turned a Digital Security Motor vehicle to retrieve the Campos. Not able to pit less than VSC or in the opening laps, motorists on smooth tyres have been not able to just take any gain.

Nissany’s rate dropped off fast on the restart, Iwasa capable to attract absent and deny his crew mate DRS. Drugovich experienced no these kinds of challenges, cleanly passing Nissany on lap 6, ahead of Pourchaire just about did the exact same a lap later on, only for Nissany to battle again as a result of convert 9.

Pit stops commenced on lap 8, Dennis Hauger and dash race winner Liam Lawson the 1st to pit. Iwasa and Théo Pourchaire adopted on lap 9, with Drugovich pitting on lap 10 and Sargeant last but not least coming in on lap eleven. Aggravated, he questioned Carlin why he experienced pitted so late, audibly pressured on the radio as he identified himself powering crew mate Lawson, the driver who could just take 3rd in the standings from him most conveniently.

At the entrance of the pack that experienced pitted, Lawson was harassing Drugovich for internet 2nd, on lap fourteen and pressured an mistake from the 2022 F2 winner that permitted him to just take the placement from the MP driver.

Jack Doohan was on the alternate technique, beginning on a medium tyre. By lap twenty he experienced an massive guide, whilst nonetheless desired to pit. Marcus Armstrong was issued a 5-2nd time penalty for monitor restrictions infringements, now much more than 6 and a fifty percent seconds again from Doohan and sliding fifty percent a 2nd even more again by lap 21.

Doohan last but not least pitted on lap 26, offering the guide on monitor to Enzo Fittipaldi but with Iwasa just powering him. Doohan’s pit halt, having said that, turned disastrous, his entrance remaining tyre coming off seconds soon after rising from the pits. Other motorists managed to steer clear of the loos wheel on the operate down to convert 5 and Doohan pulled off to the assistance paddock pits, his race undone.

A transient Digital Security Motor vehicle to retrieve the wheel finished on lap 28 with Drugovich suitable powering Iwasa. Even so, the DAMS driver was capable to operate much more than a 2nd down the monitor just about right away, holding Drugovich from acquiring DRS.

Sargeant claimed sixth put from Nissany into convert just one of lap thirty, then just about right away attained an additional put for fifth as Pourchaire’s Artwork gave up two laps ahead of the close of the race.

Drugovich refused to halt his hunt for the acquire, whilst Iwasa was similarly decided not allow him have it. A speculative shift close to the exterior of convert twelve held Iwasa less than hefty strain, but he resisted. Abruptly, the race was when all over again neutralised by a Digital Security Motor vehicle because of to Olli Caldwell’s Campos halting on monitor.

The Digital Security Motor vehicle finished on the closing lap, as Iwasa and Drugovich crossed the regulate line for the penultimate time. Drugovich fought Iwasa really hard close to the exterior of convert 9, but the DAMS driver held him off until eventually the closing corner, having his 2nd acquire of the time. Lawson adopted the pair to just take the closing podium of the time in 3rd.

Drugovich’s 2nd put usually means MP declare the teams’ as properly as drivers’ title for 2022, with Carlin beating Artwork for 2nd put. Sargeant’s fifth put end can make his superlicense safe, whilst Lawson passes him for 3rd in the 2022 title standings. Pourchaire stays 2nd, regardless of his failure to end.

Formulation two Abu Dhabi race two resultsPositionCarDriverTeam117Ayumu IwasaDAMS211Felipe DrugovichMP35Liam LawsonCarlin41Dennis HaugerPrema56Logan SargeantCarlin625Amaury CordeelVan Amersfoort720Richard VerschoorTrident88Juri VipsHitech97Marcus ArmstrongHitech1016Roy NissanyDAMS119Frederik VestiART1212Clement NovalakMP132Jehan DaruvalaPrema1422Enzo FittipaldiCharouz154Marino SatoVirtuosi1621Zane MaloneyTrident1724Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort1823Tatiana CalderonCharouz1910Theo PourchaireARTDNF14Olli CaldwellCamposDNF3Jack DoohanVirtuosiDNFRalph BoschungCampos

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