The F2 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix concluded two sprint races on Saturday, with Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu winning the second race to win his fourth title of the season and cementing his third place in the table. Piastri locked up the annual title early with a third place in the first sprint.
Sprint Race 1: Piastri wins the championship early Zhou Guanyu finished the eighth match
Piastri, who took pole position in qualifying, started from 10th and Zhou Guanyu 8th. Zhou Guanyu in the initial stage performed averagely, dropped the ranking, and finally rushed back to the points zone, but only ranked 8th.
Piastri rushed straight to 6th and then chased all the way to 3rd. Daruwala, who started first, did not receive much challenge and won the victory smoothly, with Zhou Guanyu's teammate Drugović runner-up.
Because he finished ahead of teammate Schwartzman, Piastri managed to seal the annual championship early. He also achieved three consecutive titles in Formula Renault 2019, 2020 F3 and 2021 F2. Piastri is definitely the future of F1 stars.
Sprint Race 2: Frequent Safety Cars Zhou Guanyu won the fourth crown of the season
Zhou Guanyu started from the 3rd and successfully overtook Beauchamp in the 3rd lap to second place, trailing the leading Armstrong.
The Dreda race car then collided and withdrew from the race to trigger the safety car. On lap 8, Piastri caused an accident, with Veps both withdrawn, and the safety car came out again.
After lap 11 safety, the leading Armstrong car suddenly lost power, Zhou Guanyu directly rose to the first place, armstrong regrettably withdrew.
In the following competition, Zhou Guanyu brushed the fastest lap. Although Schwartzman behind him tried to close the gap, he was unable to catch up in the final stage, and Zhou Guanyu won the sprint championship.
This is Zhou Guanyu's fourth championship of the season, after the victory, Zhou Guanyu slightly widened the point gap with the fourth place TikTum, and Zhou Guanyu, who started in the third place in the regular race, has great hopes of keeping the top three of the year.