2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round

United Arab Emirates  2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 8 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
LocationYas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
CoursePermanent Circuit
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 11 December 2021
Laps 23
Podium
First India Jehan Daruvala Carlin
Second Brazil Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi
Third Australia Oscar Piastri Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Campos Racing
Time 1:39.070 (on 22)
Sprint race 2
Date 11 December 2021
Laps 23
Podium
First China Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi
Second Russia Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing
Third Switzerland Ralph Boschung Campos Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Israel Roy Nissany
Time 1:37.445 (on 23)
Feature race
Date 12 December 2021
Laps 33
Pole position
Driver Australia Oscar Piastri Prema Racing
Time 1:35.077
Podium
First Australia Oscar Piastri Prema Racing
Second China Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi
Third Brazil Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi
Fastest lap
Driver France Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix
Time 1:37.789 (on 29)

The 2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round was the eighth and final race of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship. It took place at the Yas Marina Circuit from 10 to 12 December in support of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and featured three races.[1]

Oscar Piastri clinched the driver's title after finishing third in Sprint Race 1; in doing so, the Australian driver is the third rookie after Charles Leclerc and George Russell to win the championship in the modern Formula 2 era.[2]

  1. ^ "Formula 2 2021 Result for Round 8 : United Arab Emirates , Yas Island 10-12 December 2021". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sprintrace-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).