User:Izzlex94 verstappenchamp/F1 22 Formula 2 Career

The 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship os a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that was sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the first season of my F1 22 Driver Career. It is an open-wheel racing category that served as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category was run in support of selected rounds of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. As the championship was a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship ran the same car, the Dallara F2 2018. The championship was contests over twenty-four races at eight circuits. It began in March 2021 with a round in support of the Bahrain Grand Prix, and ended in December where it supported the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Izz Ford makes his racing career debut with Hitech Grand Prix, partnering Estonian Jüri Vips. He aimed to win the championship after signing with the Ferrari Driver Academy. Eventually, Izz finishes third in the standings with a win.

Entries

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2021 championship. As the championship was a spec series, all competitors raced with an identical Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. The same eleven teams who competed during the 2020 season were retained for the next three-year cycle.

Entrant	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Prema Racing	1	Robert Shwartzman	All
Prema Racing	2	Oscar Piastri	All
UNI-Virtuosi Racing	3	Zhou Guanyu	All
UNI-Virtuosi Racing	4	Felipe Drugovich	All
Carlin	5	Dan Ticktum	All
Carlin	6	Jehan Daruvala	All
Hitech Grand Prix	7	Izz Ford	All
Hitech Grand Prix	8	Jüri Vips	All
ART Grand Prix	9	Christian Lundgaard	All
ART Grand Prix	10	Théo Pourchaire	All
MP Motorsport	11	Richard Verschoor	All
MP Motorsport	12	Lirim Zendeli	All
Charouz Racing System	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	All
Charouz Racing System	15	Guilherme Samaia	All
DAMS	16	Roy Nissany	All
DAMS	17	Marcus Armstrong	All
Campos Racing	20	David Beckmann	All
Campos Racing	21	Ralph Boschung	All
HWA Racelab	22	Jack Aitken	All
HWA Racelab	23	Alessio Deledda	All
Trident	24	Bent Viscaal	All
Trident	25	Marino Sato	All

Calendar

Round	Circuit
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
2	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
3	Baku City Circuit, Baku
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
5	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
6	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah
7	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Season report

Round 1: Bahrain

Izz Ford set the fastest time in qualifying at the Bahrain International Circuit, giving him pole position for the feature race. However, the two sprint races was cancelled due to a sandstorm.

The weather gradually improved on Sunday, and conditions were fit to race. Izz had a slow start and dropped to sixth into the first corner. The shortened feature race, only due for five laps was not feat for The Rookie as he sailed passed all his rivals by lap 2. He pulled a gap of 15 seconds until the end of lap 4 where unfortunately, he had a stop-go penalty for an infringement with his car, dropping to P18 at the flag. In the end, Christian Lundgaard won the race after starting second, and Zhou Guanyu ended third after passing MP Motorsport's Richard Verschoor with just three laps to go.

Round 2: Monaco

Zhou Guanyu claimed pole for the Monaco round feature race, with Guilherme Samaia starting from reverse pole in sprint race 1. Meanwhile, Izz challenged Alessio Deledda (who eventually finished third) but made a failed attempt at the Nouvelle Chicane, instead dropping a position to Dan Ticktum. On lap 21, The Rookie dived on the Brit at the hairpin, damaging his front wing and causing both of them to stop for 20 seconds. Ticktum was given a five-second penalty for the incident while Izz dropped to the back in 21st place. Izz made it up to 13th despite another similar incident with teammate Jüri Vips at the hairpin. This inevitably may have caused a fuel leak in Izz's car and ran out of fuel on the last lap, forced to settle for 20th place. Izz retired from the sprint race 2 after just two laps after an engine issue. In the feature race, The Rookie managed to jump up the order quickly, passing race leader Zhou by lap 7 having started seventh. He went on to lap the whole grid and win.

Round 3: Baku

Izz claimed his second pole position at Baku. Izz started from tenth and struggled early on, but managed to finish seventh and the fastest lap in the first sprint race after being tangled up with an incident with Lundgaard, which meant Théo Pourchaire jumped two places to sixth. Marcus Armstrong won the race, forming a DAMS 1-2 ahead of Roy Nissany.

Izz lined up fourth for the second sprint race, but again, Lundgaard tangled with Izz and The Rookie fell down to last place. Bizarrely, Verschoor and Felipe Drugovich were disqualified for parking dangerously in the tangle up. He made a sterling comeback drive, despite three safety cars, driving his Hitech car forward. However, the last safety car was brought out when Izz squeezed Ticktum at the Castle Station, which damaged the Brit's front wing. After the restart, The Rookie made a sensational four-car divebomb, en route to sixth place. However, the incident with Ticktum dropped Izz to 16th place. Zhou made a great comeback to win his first race of the year, ahead of Ralph Boschung and Bent Viscaal, who featured on the podium for the first time. Zhou took the standings lead as well.

During the feature race, Izz lost positions to Pourchaire and Zhou at the start and was once again involved in a tangle, this time with Jack Aitken. Izz encountered a tire confusion and a minor mistake while warming up the tires. As a result, when the safety car was withdrawn, The Rookie found himself 25 seconds behind the last-placed driver. With only two more retirements and no additional safety cars, Izz could only manage a 16th place finish. In the meantime, Zhou overtook long-time leader Pourchaire on lap 20, securing a double victory on the streets of Baku and extending his championship lead to 40 points.

Round 4: Silverstone

Izz secured his third pole at Silverstone. During the first sprint race, The Rookie carried a five-place grid penalty into the race for a collision with Roy Nissany. He demonstrated excellent pace to move up to eighth. However, he sustained floor damage while running over a kerb, and he lost the final points-paying position to teammate Vips. He eventually finished in ninth place, while Drugovich won the race.

During the second sprint race, Izz collided with Dan Ticktum heading into turn 1, and dropped to sixth place. However after a few mistakes, Izz fell back to eighth place, and set his sights on concentrating for points. Meanwhile, Zhou had a slow start, dropping to tenth at the start, but was making his way through the field. Eventually, Izz's car was not showing much pace, and ended in a distant seventh. Zhou had overtaken Ticktum on the penultimate lap for the lead, hence continuing his unbelievable recovery to victory.

During the feature race, The Rookie maintained his lead at the start. Izz and Zhou tussled for the lead, but in the end Drugovich and Verschoor joined the fight. The former sustained damage battling and was forced to box for a new nose. Meanwhile Zhou sustained minor damage with Izz, and Verschoor stormed into the lead of the race. He won, with Izz second.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	S1	Bahrain International Circuit		Race cancelled
	S2			Race cancelled
	F		Izz Ford	Izz Ford	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix
2	S1	Circuit de Monaco		Guilherme Samaia	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System
	S2			Zhou Guanyu	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport
	F		Zhou Guanyu	Izz Ford	Izz Ford	Hitech Grand Prix
3	S1	Baku City Circuit		Izz Ford	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	S2			Zhou Guanyu	Zhou Guanyu	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Izz Ford	Izz Ford^[a]	Zhou Guanyu	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
4	S1	Silverstone Circuit		Zhou Guanyu	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	S2			Izz Ford	Zhou Guanyu	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	F		Izz Ford	Felipe Drugovich^[b]	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport
5	S1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza		Izz Ford	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
	S2			Zhou Guanyu^[c]	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	F		Izz Ford	Izz Ford	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
6	S1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit		Zhou Guanyu^[d]	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Izz Ford	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing
	F		Izz Ford	Théo Pourchaire	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing
7	S1	Yas Marina Circuit		Izz Ford	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix
	S2			Izz Ford	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS
	F		Izz Ford	Izz Ford	Zhou Guanyu	UNI-Virtuosi Racing

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers in the Sprint races, and to the top ten classified finishers in the Feature race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap in both the feature and sprint races if that driver finished inside the top ten. No point was awarded if the fastest lap time was achieved by a driver who was classified outside the top ten. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint races as the grid for the first sprint race was set by reversing the top ten qualifiers and the grid for the second sprint race was based on the results of the first race.

Sprint race points

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers, excluding the fastest lap points which were given to the top ten classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2

Feature race points

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points were awarded to the pole-sitter and to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	4	2

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			JDH			YMC			Points
Pos.	Driver	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
1	Zhou Guanyu	C	C	3^F	18	4^F	4^P	3	1^F	1	3^F	1	7	6	21	4	20	Ret	13	11	8	1	170
2	Théo Pourchaire	C	C	7	6	2	19	6	5	2	2	6	6	Ret	Ret	2	1^F	7	3^F	1	7	7	151
3	Izz Ford	C	C	18^P	20	Ret	1^F	7^F	16	16^P	9	7^F	2^P	7^F	3^F	5^{P F}	21	10^F	21^P	8^F	2^F	3^{P F}	141
4	Jehan Daruvala	C	C	2	21	Ret	12	5	4	4	4	5	4^F	10	11	3	3	6	6	7	5	9	119
5	Felipe Drugovich	C	C	9	15	5	10	18	DSQ	11	1	8	21	1	5	13	2	8	1	3	6	2	116
6	Richard Verschoor	C	C	4	9	1	3	19	DSQ	12	7	15	1	9	2	14	13	15	5	9	3	4	113
7	Robert Shwartzman	C	C	5	4	8	6	15	10	8	6	3	3	3	7	7	10	1	4	12	10	12	105
8	Marcus Armstrong	C	C	11	16	12	2	1	Ret	6	15	Ret	15	11	1	1	12	18†	18	5	1	11	102
9	Christian Lundgaard	C	C	1	2	14	5	8	8	7	5	21	20	20	20	18	8	4	8	2	21	19	86
10	Jüri Vips	C	C	8	13	13	14	11	11	5	8	4	5	2	9	10	7	3	2	14	13	8	80
11	Dan Ticktum	C	C	6	11	3	21	12	13	20†	10	2	10	4	15	8	19	12	17	4	9	5	61
12	Marino Sato	C	C	12	10	6	22	4	6	3^F	Ret	17	9	19	12	20	16	16	16	10	4	18	43
13	Bent Viscaal	C	C	15	8	9	15	9	3	9	21	13	8	5	6	17	5	5	9	20	22	22	41
14	Guilherme Samaia	C	C	19	1^F	15	9	16	19	Ret	18	14	14	17	8	Ret	6	9	Ret	6	12	21	28
15	Oscar Piastri	C	C	13	5	11	13	14	12	15	11	11	13	15	10	6	4	17	20	12	11	10	23
16	David Beckmann	C	C	17	17	Ret	20	21	15	14	12	10	11	12	4	9	9	2	14	19	14	13	22
17	Jack Aitken	C	C	10	14	7	17	Ret	18	10	17	12	12	Ret	18	21†	11	Ret	7	Ret	16	6	18
18	Ralph Boschung	C	C	16	12	19	8	10	2	13	19	20	17	14	19	16	17	14	11	17	20	15	16
19	Alessio Deledda	C	C	22	3	17	7	20	17	18	20	19	18	13	17	19	18	13	19	16	19	17	16
20	Roy Nissany	C	C	21	19	18	11	2	7	17	16	18	19	16	16	11	14	Ret	10	Ret	18	14	15
21	Lirim Zendeli	C	C	20	7	10	16	13	9	Ret	13	9	Ret	8	13	15	15	11	12	18	17	16	3
22	Enzo Fittipaldi	C	C	14	Ret	16	18	17	14	19	14	16	16	18	14	12	Ret	Ret	15	15	15	20	0
Pos.	Driver	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
Pos.	Driver	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			JDH			YMC			Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position point(s)
Italics	Fastest lap point(s)

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			JDH			YMC			Points
Pos.	Team	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
1	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	C	C	3^F	15	4^F	4^P	3	1^F	1	1	1	7	1	5	4	2	8	1	3	6	1	286
1	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	C	C	9	18	5	10	18	DSQ	11	3^F	8	21	6	21	13	21	Ret	13	11	8	2	286
2	ART Grand Prix	C	C	1	2	2	5	6	5	2	2	6	6	20	20	2	1^F	4	3^F	1	7	7	237
2	ART Grand Prix	C	C	7	6	14	19	8	8	7	5	21	20	Ret	Ret	18	8	7	8	2	21	19	237
3	Hitech Grand Prix	C	C	8	13	13	1^F	7^F	11	5	8	4	2^P	2	3^F	5^{P F}	7	3	2	8^F	2^F	3^{P F}	221
3	Hitech Grand Prix	C	C	18^P	20	Ret	14	11	16	16^P	9	7^F	5	7^F	9	10	21	10^F	21^P	14	13	8	221
4	Carlin	C	C	2	11	3	12	5	4	4	4	2	4^F	4	11	3	3	6	6	4	5	5	189
4	Carlin	C	C	6	21	Ret	21	12	13	20†	10	5	10	10	15	8	19	12	17	7	9	9	189
5	Prema Racing	C	C	5	4	8	6	14	10	8	6	3	3	3	7	6	4	1	4	12	10	10	128
5	Prema Racing	C	C	13	5	11	13	15	12	15	11	11	13	15	10	7	10	17	20	13	11	12	128
6	DAMS	C	C	11	16	12	2	1	7	6	15	18	15	11	1	1	12	18†	10	5	1	11	117
6	DAMS	C	C	21	19	18	11	2	Ret	17	16	Ret	19	16	16	11	14	Ret	18	Ret	18	14	117
7	MP Motorsport	C	C	4	7	1	3	13	9	12	7	9	1	8	2	14	13	11	5	9	3	4	116
7	MP Motorsport	C	C	20	9	10	16	19	DSQ	Ret	13	15	Ret	9	13	15	15	15	12	18	17	16	116
8	Trident	C	C	12	8	6	15	4	3	3^F	21	13	8	5	6	17	5	5	9	10	4	18	84
8	Trident	C	C	15	10	9	22	9	6	9	Ret	17	9	19	12	20	16	16	16	20	22	22	84
9	Campos Racing	C	C	16	12	19	8	10	2	13	12	10	11	12	4	9	9	2	11	17	14	13	38
9	Campos Racing	C	C	17	17	Ret	20	21	15	14	19	20	17	14	19	16	17	14	14	19	20	15	38
10	HWA Racelab	C	C	10	3	7	7	20	17	10	17	12	12	13	17	19	11	13	7	16	16	6	34
10	HWA Racelab	C	C	22	14	17	17	Ret	18	18	20	19	18	Ret	18	21†	18	Ret	19	Ret	19	17	34
11	Charouz Racing System	C	C	14	1^F	15	9	16	14	19	14	14	14	17	8	12	6	9	15	6	12	20	28
11	Charouz Racing System	C	C	16	Ret	16	18	17	19	Ret	18	16	16	18	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	15	21	28
Pos.	Team	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	SR1	SR2	FR	Points
Pos.	Team	BHR			MON			BAK			SIL			MNZ			JDH			YMC			Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position point(s)
Italics	Fastest lap point(s)

Notes

^ Izz Ford set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Marino Sato was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^ Felipe Drugovich set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jehan Daruvala was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^ Zhou Guanyu set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Izz Ford was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^ Zhou Guanyu set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Théo Pourchaire was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

[1] Izz Ford set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Marino Sato was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

[2] Felipe Drugovich set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jehan Daruvala was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

[3] Zhou Guanyu set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Izz Ford was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

[4] Zhou Guanyu set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Théo Pourchaire was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

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