2020 2nd Sakhir Formula 2 round

The 2020 Sakhir 2nd Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 5-6 December 2020 at the Outer Circuit Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the final race of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.

  2020 2nd Sakhir Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 12 of 12 in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Outer Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.543 km (2.202 mi)
Feature race
Date 5 December 2020 Laps 48 Pole position Driver Yuki Tsunoda Carlin Time 1:02.676 Podium First Yuki Tsunoda Carlin Second Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Third Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Mick Schumacher Prema Racing Time 1:04.087 (on lap 33)
Sprint race
Date 6 December 2020 Laps 23 Podium First Jehan Daruvala Carlin Second Yuki Tsunoda Carlin Third Dan Ticktum DAMS Fastest lap Driver Mick Schumacher Prema Racing Time 1:04.383 (on lap 24)

Report

Background

Ralph Boschung replaced Jack Aitken for this round as Aitken moves to Williams to debut in 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix instead of George Russell, who will move to Mercedes instead of reigning F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, who got positive COVID-19 test.

Pirelli supplied the field with P Zero White hard tyres and P Zero Red soft tyres for the round.

Qualifying

Yuki Tsunoda collected another pole ahead of feature race, outpacing Nikita Mazepin by 0.122 seconds. Qualifying session was ended preliminary after the contact between Mick Schumacher and Roy Nissany.^[1]

Feature race

Tsunoda lost the lead after the first turn but was able to restore his lead after the pit stop and won the race ahead of Guanyu Zhou and Mazepin.^[2] But Mazepin was penalised after two incidents where his defence was recognised as forcing of Tsunoda and Felipe Drugovich, who became a last podium finisher instead of Mazepin.^[3]

Sprint race

With Callum Ilott not being able to outscore Mick Schumacher by 14 points, Schumacher won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	1:02.676		1
2	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	1:02.798	+0.122	2
3	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:02.807	+0.131	3
4	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:02.822	+0.146	4
5	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:02.841	+0.165	5
6	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:02.849	+0.173	6
7	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	1:02.947	+0.271	7
8	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	1:02.954	+0.278	8
9	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	1:03.014	+0.338	9
10	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:03.062	+0.386	10
11	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:03.075	+0.399	11
12	23	Marino Sato	Trident	1:03.116	+0.440	12
13	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	1:03.147	+0.471	13
14	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	1:03.166	+0.490	14
15	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	1:03.169	+0.493	15
16	14	Giuliano Alesi	MP Motorsport	1:03.194	+0.518	16
17	17	Théo Pourchaire	BWT HWA Racelab	1:03.228	+0.552	17
18	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:03.270	+0.594	18
19	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	1:03.317	+0.641	19
20	9	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:03.403	+0.727	20
21	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	1:03.552	+0.876	21
22	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	1:03.738	+1.062	22
Source:[4]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	48	52:59.396	1	25 (4)
2	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	48	+5.613	11	18
3	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	48	+6.655	5	15
4	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	48	+7.438	4	12
5	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	48	+8.143	9	10
6	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	48	+10.339	18	8 (2)
7	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	48	+11.818	3	6
8	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	48	+14.640	8	4
9	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	48	+16.2801	2	2
10	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	48	+17.511	13	1
11	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	48	+17.789	15
12	11	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	48	+19.374	10
13	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	48	+31.999	7
14	9	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	48	+34.388	20
15	14	Giuliano Alesi	MP Motorsport	48	+35.082	16
16	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	48	+38.113	14
17	23	Marino Sato	Trident Racing	48	+39.059	12
18	17	Théo Pourchaire	BWT HWA Racelab	48	+41.719	17
19	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	48	+45.847	22
20	22	Roy Nissany	Trident Racing	48	+50.305	19
21	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	48	+59.292	6
22	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	47	+1 lap	21
Fastest lap： Mick Schumacher (Prema Racing) — 1:04.087 (lap 33)

Note：

• ^1 – Nikita Mazepin originally finished in third place, but his defence against Yuki Tsunoda and Felipe Drugovich was considered as pushing of the track limits, which resulted to two five-second (10 seconds total) extra time penalty, and finally he was classified ninth.^[5]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	34	37:26.570	2	15
2	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	34	+3.561	8	12 (2)
3	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	34	+3.902	1	10
4	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	34	+5.615	7	8
5	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	34	+7.585	5	6
6	14	Giuliano Alesi	MP Motorsport	34	+9.040	15	4
7	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	34	+11.093	16	2
8	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	34	+13.878	6	1
9	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	34	+14.536	9
10	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	34	+16.023	4
11	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	34	+16.157	10
12	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	34	+17.051	21
13	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	34	+20.176	12
14	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	34	+21.844	11
15	22	Roy Nissany	Trident Racing	34	+23.639	20
16	23	Marino Sato	Trident Racing	34	+26.089	17
17	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	34	+26.759	19
18	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	34	+28.529	3
19	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	34	+35.936	22
20	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	34	+59.769	13
21	17	Théo Pourchaire	BWT HWA Racelab	33	+1 lap	18
DNF	9	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	9	Retired	14
Fastest lap： Mick Schumacher (Prema Racing) — 1:04.383 (lap 24)

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Mick Schumacher 215 2 Callum Ilott 201 2 3 Yuki Tsunoda 200 4 Robert Shwartzman 177 2 5 Nikita Mazepin 164

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 392 2 UNI-Virtuosi 352.5 1 3 Carlin 272 1 4 Hitech Grand Prix 270 5 ART Grand Prix 201

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

See also

• 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix