Richard Verschoor has lost his win in today’s Formula 2 race in Jeddah after both Trident cars failed a post-race technical inspection.
MP’s Dennis Hauger, who finished second behind Verschoor, has therefore been awarded the win in today’s sprint race.
A post-race technical inspection of the Trident cars driven by Verschoor and team mate Roman Stanek, who finished 10th, found the throttle pedal progressivity maps on both did not confirm with those specified in the technical regulations.
The maps specify how much engine power is delivered for a given throttle position. Trident’s non-compliant maps were uploaded into position one in the engine control unit on both cars.
Trident’s technical director accepted the maps were incorrect and accepted responsibility for the error. He confirmed one of the team’s engineer had mistakenly uploaded a map used in 2023 to their cars.
The stewards noted the penalty for failure to comply with the technical regulations is disqualification.
In addition to losing his win, Verschoor’s disqualification means he also forfeits the 10 points he earned. These were the first points he and the team scored this year. Neither he nor Stanek attended the hearing.
This is the second significant infringement of the technical rules in as many race weekends since the series introduced its new F2 2024 chassis. Kush Maini lost pole position for the feature race in Bahrain after his car’s bodywork failed an inspection.
Hauger therefore claimed his first win of the season and his fifth in F2. Paul Aron, whom Hauger overtook late in the race, moves up to second and Enzo Fittipaldi takes the final podium spot.
Zane Maloney, Jak Crawford, Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Pepe Marti all move up in the points places. Kush Maini, who originally lost the final point to Marti when he ran wide at the last corner, is restored to eighth place.
The disqualifications do not affect the starting grid for tomorrow’s feature race. Verschoor is due to start seventh, Stanek 11th.
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