F2: Sargeant Promoted To P1 As Daruvala Receives 20-Sec Penalty; Verschoor Disqualified

Logan Sargeant has been promoted to the race winning position after race winner Richard Verschoor was disqualified and Jehan Daruvala received a 20-second time penalty post race.

By Mihir Barve

7 mins read

Published on July 11, 2022

Highlights

Jehan Daruvala received a 20-second time penalty for start procedure infringement.
Richard Verschoor was disqualified from the race as his team couldn't extract a large enough fuel sample.
Logan Sargeant was promoted to first place; he is now P2 in the championship.

Jehan Daruvala has been handed a 20-second post race time penalty dropping him down to P12 and out of points. FIA found that the Prema team mechanics had attempted to dry the grid spot of Jehan Daruvala as he had opted to start on dry tyres, and it was counted as a start procedure infringement, which according to the rules attracts a drive through penalty. But since this penalty was handed post race and hence was not served, it was converted to a 20-second time penalty by the stewards.

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Race winner Richard Verschoor has also been disqualified from the classification, as Trident team was unable to provide the required amount of fuel sample post race completion. Verschoor stopped on the race track on the cool down lap presumably cause his car ran out of fuel, and the team reportedly could only extract 31.3 grams of fuel from the car, far less than the 0.8 kg mandatorily required quantity. Had Daruvala not received his penalty, he would've inherited the race win and P3 in the championship, and would've been just 3 points behind Pourchaire in P2.

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After having won a race in Silverstone, Logan Sargeant inherited the feature race win having crossed the line in fourth position. Apart from Verschoor and Daruvala, Roberto Mehri - who crossed the line in P2 - also received a 5-second time penalty on the penultimate lap of the race for track limits violation. These penalties meant Sargeant, who was P14 after the first few laps having started the race on wet tyres, inherits the race win post a wonderful recovery drive. The additional points also mean that Sargeant is now P2 in the championship, having quite a turn around in the last 2 weekends. Enzo Fittipaldi has been subsequently promoted to second place, and Roberto Mehri picks up the final trophy despite his time penalty.

2022 Formula 2 Championship Round 8 - Spielberg (Austrian GP) Revised Feature Race Result:

Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Team	Gap To On Track Leader
1	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	14.101
2	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	14.615
3	15	Roberto Mehri	Campos Racing	15.719
4	1	Dennis Hauger	PREMA Racing	20.100
5	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoot Racing	24.238
6	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	26.253
7	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	27.246
8	8	Juri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	27.973
9	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	28.543
10	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	30.065
11	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	33.107
12	2	Jehan Daruvala	PREMA Racing	33.736
13	10	Theo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	33.943
14	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	40.861
15	21	Calan Williams	Trident	43.05
16	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	46.157
17	12	Clement Novalak	MP Motorsport	72.707
18	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoot Racing	1 LAP
19	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	1 LAP
20	23	Cem Bolukbasi	Charouz Racing System	DNF
21	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	DNF
22	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	DSQ

2022 FIA Forumla 2 Revised Driver's Championship Standings:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	154
2	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	115
3	Theo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	114
4	Jehan Daruvala	PREMA Racing	80
5	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	75
6	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	69
7	Dennis Hauger	PREMA Racing	67
8	Juri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	67
9	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	63
10	Liam Lawson	Carlin	60