2021 Sakhir Formula 2 round

The 2021 Bahrain Formula 2 round was a couple of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 27–28 March 2021 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the first round of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.

  2021 Bahrain Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 27 March 2021 Laps 23 Podium First Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix Second Jehan Daruvala Carlin Third David Beckmann Charouz Racing System Fastest lap Driver Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport Time 1:50.886 (on lap 5)
Sprint race 2
Date 27 March 2021 Laps 23 Podium First Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Second Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix Third Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing Fastest lap Driver Ralph Boschung Campos Racing Time 1:45.507 (on lap 21)
Feature race
Date 28 March 2021 Laps 32 Pole position Driver Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing Time 1:42.848 Podium First Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing Second Dan Ticktum Carlin Third Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Time 1:46.380 (on lap 19)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:42.848		1
2	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:42.851	+0.003	2
3	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:43.211	+0.363	3
4	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:43.338	+0.490	4
5	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	1:43.443	+0.595	5
6	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:43.475	+0.627	6
7	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	1:43.478	+0.630	7
8	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:43.519	+0.671	8
9	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	1:43.559	+0.711	9
10	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:43.585	+0.737	10
11	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:43.694	+0.846	11
12	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:43.704	+0.856	12
13	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:43.729	+0.881	13
14	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:43.768	+0.920	14
15	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:43.839	+0.991	15
16	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	1:43.955	+1.107	16
17	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:44.227	+1.379	17
18	25	Marino Sato	Trident	1:44.654	+1.806	18
19	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	1:44.825	+1.977	19
20	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	1:45.053	+2.205	20
21	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	1:46.712	+3.864	21
DSQ	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:43.442	Disqualified1	22
Source:[1]

Note：

• ^1 - Jüri Vips was excluded from qualifying for a technical infringement, of Article 4.3.13 of the 2021 FIA F2 Technical Regulations. He started from the back of the grid in both the first Sprint race and the Feature Race.^[2]

Sprint race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	23	44:11.624	3	15
2	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	23	+0.925	5	12
3	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	23	+14.382	2	10
4	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	23	+17.078	11	8
5	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	23	+17.504	4	6
6	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	23	+18.552	9	4
7	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	23	+22.289	10	2
8	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	23	+24.8602	7	1
9	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	23	+27.291	16	(2)
10	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+27.933	22
11	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	23	+31.9083	17
12	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+32.305	14
13	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	23	+33.6944	15
14	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	23	+33.963	19
15	25	Marino Sato	Trident	23	+46.885	18
16	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	23	+1:03.250	8
17	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	23	+1:06.941	20
18	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	23	+1:08.910	21
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	12	Mechanical	1
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	2	Power loss	13
DNF	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	2	Collision damage	12
DNF	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	2	Collision damage	6
Fastest lap： Lirim Zendeli − MP Motorsport − 1:50.886 (lap 5)
Source:[1]

Notes：

• ^2 - Dan Ticktum originally finished seventh, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Richard Verschoor, which dropped him to eighth.
• ^3 - Guilherme Samaia originally finished ninth, but was given a five-second time penalty for a Virtual Safety Car infringement.
• ^4 - Bent Viscaal originally finished twelfth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Jüri Vips under yellow flag conditions.

Sprint race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	23	46:19.610	6	15
2	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	23	+0.7745	5	12
3	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	23	+2.076	4	10
4	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	23	+2.494	9	8
5	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	23	+2.966	22	6
6	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	23	+3.759	19	4
7	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	23	+6.387	8	2
8	25	Marino Sato	Trident	23	+8.096	15	1
9	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	23	+9.733	14
10	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	23	+12.180	20
11	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	23	+12.442	11
12	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	23	+16.744	13
13	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	23	+17.569	17
14	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	23	+24.547	16
15	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+27.471	12
16	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+36.980	1
17	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	23	+48.466	21
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	19	Driveshaft	PL
DNF	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	14	Collision	10
DNF	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	12	Collision damage	2
DNF	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	0	Collision	3
DNF	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	0	Collision	7
Fastest lap： Ralph Boschung − Campos Racing − 1:45.507 (lap 21)
Source:[1]

Note

• ^5 - Christian Lundgaard was given a 10-second time penalty, which he is believed to have served in the pits under a safety car.^[3][4]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	32	1:02:27.858	1	25 (4)
2	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	32	+0.482	4	18
3	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	32	+2.950	8	15
4	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	32	+4.095	5	12
5	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	32	+9.792	13	10
6	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	32	+11.926	6	8
7	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	32	+12.159	11	6 (2)
8	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	32	+18.479	10	4
9	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	32	+19.7646	3	2
10	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	32	+19.852	19	1
11	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	32	+20.905	9
12	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	32	+21.2566	2
13	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	32	+27.3856	22
14	25	Marino Sato	Trident	32	+28.8266	18
15	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	32	+31.535	12
16	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	32	+40.620	17
17	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	32	+48.4526	21
18	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	32	+1:01.952	16
19	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	29	Collision7	7
DNF	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	15	Fire extinguisher	20
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	0	Collision	21
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	0	Collision	14
Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman − Prema Racing − 1:46.380 (lap 19)
Source:[1]

Note

• ^6 - Felipe Drugovich, Christian Lundgaard, Jüri Vips and Marino Sato all received five-second time penalties for Safety Car infringements. Bent Viscaal was even given a ten-second time penalty for the same reason.
• ^7 - Oscar Piastri was forced to retire after a collision with Dan Ticktum on lap 30, but was classified for the race, as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Guanyu Zhou 41 2 Liam Lawson 30 3 Jehan Daruvala 28 4 Oscar Piastri 21 5 Dan Ticktum 19

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Carlin 47 2 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 43 3 Prema Racing 37 4 Hitech Grand Prix 30 5 ART Grand Prix 24

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix