In an effort to cut costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, series organizers adopted a new format for both F2 and FIA Formula 3 for the 2021 season. Other race winners were two drivers from New Zealand - it's Liam Lawson, when he crossed the finish lime first on debut, and his fellow countrymen Marcus Armstrong, who won the first sprint race in Saudi Arabia, with rookie Richard Verschoor took his maiden F2 victory in the second sprint race at Great Britain. Dan Ticktum, Théo Pourchaire, Jüri Vips, and Jehan Daruvala took two wins each - with Vips becoming the first F2 driver to take two wins in one weekend-but none of them were able to sustain a season-long championship challenge. Zhou took four wins, including the feature races at Bahrain and Silverstone, but his campaign fizzled out after difficult weekends at Sochi and Jeddah. Shwartzman faced trouble in the early rounds, suffering collisions at both Bahrain and Monaco, but he finished in the top six in all but one race from Baku until the end of the season. Piastri's dominance after the summer break quickly dented the title hopes of early title favourites like Shwartzman and Guanyu Zhou. The strong results of Piastri and team-mate Robert Shwartzman, the championship runner-up, allowed Prema Racing to secure the Teams’ Championship with a round to spare. He took five consecutive pole positions, from Silverstone to Yas Marina, and won all four feature races in the second half of the season in addition to sprint race victories in Bahrain and Jeddah. Piastri became F2's first rookie champion since George Russell in 2018. Oscar Piastri secured the Drivers’ Championship in Race 1 at Yas Marina, the season finale. 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.Ī new chassis package was due to be introduced for the 2021 season, but in a bid to cut costs in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lifespan of the Dallara F2 2018 chassis package was extended until 2023. The championship was contested over twenty-four races at eight circuits. As the championship was a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship ran the same car, the Dallara F2 2018. The category was run in support of selected rounds of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was an open-wheel racing category that served as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The championship was the fifty-fifth season of Formula 2 racing and the fifth season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. The 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that was sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Prema Racing successfully defended their title as Teams’ Champions.
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