Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto finished in second place in the F2 Abu Dhabi GP sprint race, this Saturday (07/12), and was 5.5 points ahead of the category’s Drivers’ Championship. Second place is Frenchman Isack Hadjar.
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With the result, the Brazilian took an important step towards winning the trophy this Sunday (12/08), at 6:25 am (Brasília time), in the main race in Abu Dhabi. The brings below what the Brazilian needs to lift the title.
What does Bortoleto need to be F2 champion this Sunday?
If Bortoleto wins the race, the driver will be the F2 world champion. The same applies if Hadjar wins, in which case the title will go to the Frenchman.
Any result in which the Brazilian finishes ahead of Frenchman Isack Hadjar, the trophy will go to the Brazilian.
If Hadjar takes second place, Bortoleto could finish third. If Hadjar finishes third, the Brazilian could be in fourth place.
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If Hadjar finishes fourth, the Brazilian could be fifth or sixth, as long as the Frenchman doesn’t set the fastest lap.
In case the European driver is in fifth place, Bortoleto could be in sixth or seventh, again as long as the Frenchman does not set the fastest lap.
The same will happen if Hadjar finishes sixth, with the Brazilian guaranteeing the trophy by finishing seventh or eighth – with the same condition that the Frenchman does not have the fastest lap of the GP.
A similar situation occurs in the case of Hadjar finishing seventh, with Bortoleto being able to finish eighth or ninth – once again, if the European does not have the extra point for the fastest lap.
If Hadjar finishes in eighth place, Bortoleto is champion regardless of his result if the Frenchman does not earn the extra point for fastest lap.
Any Hadjar result of ninth or below will give the Brazilian driver the title.
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Where to watch the main F2 race?
The main F2 race, this Sunday, at 6:25 am (Brasília time), will be broadcast on Band (open TV) and Bandsports (closed TV).
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- Date: Sunday, December 8th
- Time: 6:25 am (Brasília time)
- Where to watch: Band (open TV) and Bandsports (closed TV).
How is the F2 Drivers’ World Championship?
- 1 – Gabriel Bortoleto – 196.5 points
- 2 – Hadjar – 191 pontos
- 3 – Aron – 169 points
- 4 – Maloney – 140 points
- 5 – Crawford – 124 points
- 6 – Kimi Antonelli – 113 points
- 7 – Colapinto – 96 points
- 8 – Martins – 93 points
- 9 – Verschoor – 89 pontos
- 10 – Piles – 85.5 pontos
Which Brazilians have already been F2 champions?
Since the category began in 2017, only one Brazilian has been F2 champion: Felipe Drugovich. The pilot lifted the competition trophy in 2022.
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The first champion of the category, in 2017, was Charles Leclerc, currently a Ferrari driver in F1. The second to lift the trophy was another who is in F1 today: Briton George Russell, from Mercedes.
Other drivers who won the category were the Dutchman Nyck de Vries, the German Mick Schumacher, the Australian Oscar Piastri – another driver who is now in F1, at McLaren -, and Théo Pourchaire, from France.
F2 champions year after year
- 2017 – Charles Leclerc
- 2018 – George Russell
- 2019 – Nyck de Vries
- 2020 – Mick Schumacher
- 2021 – Oscar Piastri
- 2022 – Felipe Drugovich
- 2023 – Théo Pourchaire
