P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Theo Pourchaire has clinched the Formula 2 championship after defeating title rival Frederic Vesti.
Theo Pourchaire, a Sauber Academy driver, has won the Formula 2 championship by defeating Mercedes junior driver Frederik Vesti. Pourchaire is now the seventh modern champion of the Formula 1 feeder series. Vesti finished third in the final round in Abu Dhabi after starting in ninth, securing a podium spot with a dramatic move on Red Bull Junior Zane Maloney on the last lap. However, Vesti needed to set the fastest lap to claim the title from Pourchaire. Pourchaire managed to climb up from 15th on the grid to fifth, earning enough points to seal the championship. This is Pourchaire’s first junior single-seater championship since winning the ADAC Formula 4 title in 2019, and it comes after being the runner-up in the F3 championship in 2020. In 2021, he made his full-time debut in F2 after finishing second last year in a closely fought battle with Aston Martin development driver Felipe Drugovich.
