2022 Sakhir Formula 2 round

The 2022 Sakhir FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 18 and 20 March 2022 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the opening race of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix.

  2022 Sakhir Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 14 in the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 19 March 2022 Laps 23 Podium First Richard Verschoor Trident Second Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing Third Liam Lawson Carlin Fastest lap Driver Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing Time 1:43.848 (on lap 20)
Feature Race
Date 20 March 2022 Laps 32 Pole position Driver Jack Doohan Virtuosi Racing Time 1:40.542 Podium First Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Second Liam Lawson Carlin Third Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:46.845 (on lap 17)

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on 18 March 2022, where Jack Doohan scored his first pole position in the series.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	1:40.542	10	1
2	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.141	9	2
3	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.213	8	3
4	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	+0.218	7	4
5	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.458	6	5
6	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	+0.558	5	6
7	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+0.573	4	7
8	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.579	3	8
9	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	+0.636	2	9
10	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	+0.668	1	10
11	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+0.676	11	11
12	21	Calan Williams	Trident	+0.771	12	12
13	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.822	13	13
14	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	+0.832	14	14
15	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+0.967	15	15
16	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+0.987	16	16
17	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	+1.210	17	17
18	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	+1.323	18	18
19	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	+1.541	19	19
20	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	+1.547	20	20
21	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.338	21	21
107% time: 1:47.579
—	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	No time set	22	22
Source:[2]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	23	43:34.983	2	10
2	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	23	+1.853	4	8
3	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	23	+4.975	5	6
4	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	23	+6.981	6	5
5	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	23	+8.801	1	4
6	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	23	+9.263	7	3
7	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+13.350	8	2
8	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	23	+15.749	22	1
9	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	23	+17.665	15
10	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	23	+21.472	10
11	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	23	+22.902	16
12	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+26.574	11
13	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	23	+27.490	19
14	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	23	+31.921	20
15	21	Calan Williams	Trident	23	+49.959	12
16	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	23	+50.6401	14
17	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+52.671	21
18	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	23	+1:18.2052	18
19	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	22	Engine	17
DNF	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	14	Collision2	3
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	6	Oil	9
DNF	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	2	Collision	13
Fastest lap set by Amaury Cordeel: 1:43.848 (lap 20)
Source:[2][3]

Notes:

• ^1 – Marino Sato had 5 seconds added to his race time for failing to respect track limits. He had one penalty point added to his license.
• ^2 – Clément Novalak and Jake Hughes both received 10 second time penalties for causing a collision. Both drivers had two penalty points added to their license.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	31	1:01:54.454	2	25
2	5	Liam Lawson	Carlin	31	+0.925	6	18
3	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	31	+1.714	3	15 (1)
4	15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	31	+3.863	5	12
5	7	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	31	+4.606	13	10
6	11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	31	+5.722	10	8
7	6	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	31	+6.539	4	6
8	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	31	+7.256	11	4
9	24	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	31	+8.008	8	2
10	3	Jack Doohan	Virtuosi Racing	31	+8.854	1	1 (2)
11	4	Marino Sato	Virtuosi Racing	31	+11.353	14
12	2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	31	+14.3611	7
13	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	31	+15.0742	16
14	23	Cem Bölükbaşı	Charouz Racing System	31	+15.965	20
15	25	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	31	+22.7043	21
16	17	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	31	+31.170	22
17	14	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	30	+1 lap4	17
18	21	Calan Williams	Trident	27	Wheel	12
19	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	27	Wheel	PL
DNF	20	Richard Verschoor	Trident	26	Collision	9
DNF	12	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	12	Engine	18
DNF	9	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision	19
Fastest lap set by Jüri Vips: 1:46.845 (lap 17)
Source:[2][4][5]

Notes:

• ^1 – Jehan Daruvala had 5 seconds added to his race time for failing to respect track limits. One penalty point was added to his license.
• ^2 – Enzo Fittipaldi had 5 seconds added to his race time for causing a collision with Richard Verschoor. One penalty point was added to his license.
• ^3 – Amaury Cordeel had 5 seconds and 10 seconds added to his race time, both for speeding in the pitlane. No penalty points were added to his license.
• ^4 – Olli Caldwell had 5 seconds added to his race time as the team failed to wait the correct period of time before carrying out the pit stop. No penalty points were added to his license for this offense.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Théo Pourchaire 25 2 Liam Lawson 24 3 Jüri Vips 18 4 Ralph Boschung 17 5 Felipe Drugovich 12

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Carlin 33 2 Hitech Grand Prix 28 3 ART Grand Prix 25 4 Campos Racing 17 5 MP Motorsport 12

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

See also

• 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix
• 2022 Sakhir Formula 3 round