2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race

2023 Hungaroring Formula 2 Race 1
The Hungaroring returned in 2023.
Race Information
Date	22 July 2023
No.	159 (17 of 2023)
Event	Formula 1 Qatar Airways Magyar Nagydíj 2023
Location	Hungaroring Budapest, Mogyoród, Hungary
Format	120 km / 45 min (Sprint Race)
Lap length	4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance	28 laps / 122.668 km (76.222 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	{{{{{natp}}}}} Unknown
Team	{{{{{natpt}}}}} Unknown
Time	Unknown
Fastest Lap
Driver	Ayumu Iwasa
Team	DAMS
Time	1:32.585 (170.347 km/h) on lap 28
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Dennis Hauger	Ayumu Iwasa	Oliver Bearman
Winner Team	MP Motorsport
Time	44:43.144 (164.531 km/h)
Race Guide
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The 2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race, officially the 2023 Hungaroring Formula 2 Race 1, was the seventeenth race of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship, held at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Mogyoród, Hungary, on 22 July 2023. The race would see Dennis Hauger secure a dominant victory after snatching the lead off the grid, as behind fighting throughout the field stole the show and added significant intrigue to the title fight.

Kush Maini would start the race from pole position, the Indian pilot have earned the position as a result of the reverse-grid rule, which saw the top ten qualifiers from qualifying for the Feature Race reversed. Maini would share the front row with Hauger, Oliver Bearman and Jehan Daruvala would share the second row, while Jack Doohan would start from tenth after he claimed pole for the main event.

Maini's bid for victory would unravel right at the start, as Hauger smoothly pulled alongside Maini off the grid, before pulling off an excellent lunge on the brakes down the inside of the first corner to complete the move. Maini was subsequently mugged by Ayumu Iwasa on the run through turns two and three, momentum having been lost in his bid to keep Hauger at bay, with the Japanese ace having rocketed up from fifth on the grid.

Maini's suffering continued later on during the opening tour, Bearman getting a superb launch out of turn six to grab third from the Indian pilot, while behind Théo Pourchaire scythed past Daruvala to claim fifth, while Victor Martins stormed around the outside of Isack Hadjar for seventh. In contrast Championship leader Frederik Vesti would not make any ground on the frenetic opening tour, briefly getting ahead of Hadjar for eighth only to run wide at turn one and allow both the Frenchman and Doohan to slip back past.

Hauger would begin easing away in the early stages, Iwasa opting to instead nurse his tyres, resulting in a DRS train behind the #11 DAMS throughout the opening stages that meant that the order was largely static, barring a revenge lunge from Maini that got the #24 Campos back ahead of Bearman. Indeed, it was only when a clumsy move from Clément Novalak saw the #21 Trident take out Ralph Boschung and hamper Arthur Leclerc that the stasis was broken, with their removal plus a Virtual Safety Car resulting in gaps appearing up and down the order.

At the restart Pourchaire would set the standard, catching Bearman sleeping and immediately darting past the #8 Prema, while Iwasa was told to push now that the team were confident that the tyres would make the race distance. He soon pulled out of reach of Maini, but was barely making a dent in Hauger's healthy lead, while behind Vesti used the general upward trend in pace and disintergration of the DRS train to lunge back ahead of Doohan to reclaim ninth.

With five laps to go Pourchaire would move onto the podium and provisional lead of the Championship, the Frenchman easing past a now fading Maini, with Bearman soon following the #5 ART through with little resistance. However, a lap after taking third and the Championship lead Pourchaire would be relieved of both positions as Bearman fired past on the brakes for turn one, while Maini gifted fifth to Daruvala as his tyres began to fade badly and he slid wide.

Out front, meanwhile, Hauger swept through the final laps at a cruise to claim victory, ramping up his pace just enough to keep from being threatened by Iwasa to secure a dominant victory ahead of the Japanese pilot, who would claim fastest lap. Bearman completed the podium ahead of Pourchaire with Daruvala trying to catch them, while Maini put up a ferocious rearguard action to retain sixth from Martins and Hadjar, whom had Vesti on their tail throughout although the Dane could not break into the points.

Background

Silverstone Shakes

Frederik Vesti had retained the lead despite having been eliminated from the Silverstone Feature Race early on, although his lead had been largely wiped away with the Dane leaving Silverstone with a six point lead at the head of the field. Théo Pourchaire had done the majority of that damage, a podium finish ensuring he closed back onto the Dane's tail, while Ayumu Iwasa had also kept pace with the lead duo as he claimed a handful of points to remain within 24 points of the lead. Oliver Bearman was next up ahead of Victor Martins, who had shot into the top five with his maiden victory, while there were still no points on the board for Roy Nissany, Amaury Cordeel nor Brad Benavides.

In the Teams' Championship it had been a very good day for ART Grand Prix, with the French squad having almost completely eliminated the gap to the leaders Prema Racing after Martin's maximum score and Pourchaire's third place. Indeed, just six points would separate the two at the end of the weekend, while DAMS in third had slipped 73 points away as the battle was evolving into a two-horse race. Rodin Carlin was next up ahead of MP Motorsport, Van Amersfoort Racing held sixth from Campos Racing, while Invicta Virtuosi Racing had moved ahead of Hitech Pulse-Eight.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race is displayed below:

2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Livery*
1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:HAU 23 Livery.png
2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:DAR 23 Livery.png
3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:MAL 23 Livery.png
4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:FIT 23 Livery.png
5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:POU 23 Livery.png
6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:MAR 23 Livery.png
7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:VES 23 Livery.png
8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:BEA 23 Livery.png
9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:CRA 23 Livery.png
10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:HAD 23 Livery.png
11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:IWA 23 Livery.png
12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:LEC 23 Livery.png
14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:DOO 23 Livery.png
15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:ACO 23 Livery.png
16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:NIS 23 Livery.png
17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:BEN 23 Livery.png
20	Roman Staněk	Trident	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:STA 23 Livery.png
21	Clément Novalak	Trident	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:NOV 23 Livery.png
22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:VER 23 Livery.png
23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:JCO 23 Livery.png
24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:MAI 23 Livery.png
25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	Dallara	F2 2018	Mecachrome 3.4L V6t	File:BOS 23 Livery.png
Source:

• * Placeholder liveries are show for the second drivers in each team.

Grid

The grid for the Sprint Race was set by reversing the top ten results from qualifying for the Feature Race, as per-FIA Formula 2 Championship rules.

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
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Row 1	1	______________
		2
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Row 2	3	______________
	{{{3}}}	4
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Row 3	5	______________
	{{{5}}}	6
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Row 4	7	______________
	{{{7}}}	8
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Row 5	9	______________
	{{{9}}}	10
	______________	{{{10}}}
Row 6	11	______________
	{{{11}}}	12
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Row 7	13	______________
	{{{13}}}	14
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Row 8	15	______________
	{{{15}}}	16
	______________	{{{16}}}
Row 9	17	______________
	{{{17}}}	18
	______________	{{{18}}}

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race is displayed below:

2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Strat.	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	28	44:43.144		1:33.001	10
2ndFL	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	28	+4.230s		1:32.585	9FL>
3rd	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	28	+14.196s		1:33.941	6
4th	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	28	+16.592s		1:34.647	5
5th	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	28	+20.760s		1:34.834	4
6th	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	28	+24.054s		1:34.733	3
7th	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	28	+24.388s		1:34.728	2
8th	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+24.660s		1:34.741	1
9th	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	28	+25.316s		1:34.731
10th	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+25.714s		1:34.487
11th	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	28	+26.060s		1:34.841
12th	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	28	+26.592s		1:34.816
13th	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	28	+26.840s		1:34.661
14th	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	28	+27.122s		1:34.826
15th	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	28	+27.486s		1:34.224
16th	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	28	+28.035s		1:34.679
17th	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	+32.986s		1:32.916
18th	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	28	+37.389s		1:34.845
19th	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	28	+38.013s		1:34.887
20th*	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+1 Lap	-	1:33.668
Ret	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	11	Collision		1:35.107
Ret†	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	11	Collision		1:35.121
Source:

• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• ^FL Indicates a driver was awarded the bonus point for setting the fastest lap in the top ten.
• * Correa was handed a five second time penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
• ^† Novalak was awarded a five place grid penalty for the 2023 Hungaroring Feature Race for causing a collision with Boschung.

Milestones

• Fourth victory for Dennis Hauger.
• MP Motorsport claimed their thirteenth win as an entrant in Formula 2.
  • Also their fourteenth win at GP2/F2 level.

Standings

Frederik Vesti's lack of points in the opening battle of the Hungaroring had meant that he had almost lost the lead in the Championship, although his teammate's late move on Théo Pourchaire during the race had just managed to preserve it. Indeed, the lead duo were split by just one point in the Dane's favour after the first race of the weekend, while Ayumu Iwasa had moved within striking distance of both after claiming second and fastest lap. Behind, Oliver Bearman had enhanced his grip on fourth with his podium performance, keeping just ahead of Victor Martins, while race winner Dennis Hauger had been the biggest mover of the day as he moved into eighth from tenth.

In the Teams' Championship it had been a somewhat neutral day, with Prema Racing having retained the lead but seen their advantage cut by a single point. ART Grand Prix were therefore five points behind at the end of the Sprint Race, while behind DAMS had managed to inch clear of Rodin Carlin in fourth, although remained more underpressure from behind rather than looking to pressure the leaders themselves. Elsewhere, MP Motorsport had enhanced their hold on fifth, CAmpos Racing had moved back ahead of Van Amersfoort Racing, while PHM Racing by Charouz remained pointless at the foot of the table.

2023 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Frederik Vesti 135 ◄0 2nd Théo Pourchaire 134 ◄0 3rd Ayumu Iwasa 120 ◄0 4th Oliver Bearman 94 ◄0 5th Victor Martins 90 ◄0 6th Richard Verschoor 75 ◄0 7th Jack Doohan 72 ◄0 8th Dennis Hauger 70 ▲2 9th Enzo Fittipaldi 68 ▼1 10th Zane Maloney 66 ▼1 11th Jehan Daruvala 53 ◄0 12th Kush Maini 52 ◄0 13th Jak Crawford 39 ◄0 14th Arthur Leclerc 39 ◄0 15th Ralph Boschung 33 ◄0 16th Isack Hadjar 29 ◄0 17th Roman Staněk 11 ◄0 18th Juan Manuel Correa 10 ◄0 19th Clément Novalak 2 ◄0 20th Roy Nissany 0 ◄0 21st Amaury Cordeel 0 ◄0 22nd Brad Benavides 0 ◄0

2023 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Prema Racing 229 ◄0 2nd ART Grand Prix 224 ◄0 3rd DAMS 159 ◄0 4th Rodin Carlin 134 ◄0 5th MP Motorsport 123 ◄0 6th Campos Racing 85 ▲1 7th Van Amersfoort Racing 85 ▼1 8th Invicta Virtuosi Racing 72 ◄0 9th Hitech Pulse-Eight 68 ◄0 10th Trident 13 ◄0 11th PHM Racing by Charouz 0 ◄0

See Also

	See the related event on the Formula One Wiki
	2023 Hungarian Grand Prix

See related content on the FIA F3 Wiki 2023 Hungaroring Sprint Race

See related content on the FIA F3 Wiki 2023 Hungaroring Feature Race

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