2018 Sakhir Formula 2 round

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Flag of Bahrain.svg   2018 Bahrain Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
CoursePermanent racing facility
5.406 km (3.359 mi)
Feature race
Date 7 April 2018
Laps 31 [N 1]
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Carlin
Time 1:41.761
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Carlin
Second Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin
Third Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Carlin
Time 1:48.072 (on lap 19)
Sprint race
Date 8 April 2018
Laps 23
Podium
First Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time
Second Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther BWT Arden
Third Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing
Time 1:47.711 (on lap 11)

The 2018 Bahrain FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 7 and 8 April 2018 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the first round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix. [1]

Contents

The round saw the competitive début of the new Dallara F2 2018 chassis and its turbocharged Mecachrome engine. The F2 2018 was introduced as a replacement for the aging Dallara GP2/11 chassis and its naturally-aspirated engine, which had been used by the championship and its predecessor, the GP2 Series since 2011. [2] [3]

Report

Background

The race saw the introduction of a brand new chassis to replace the Dallara GP2/11 which had been used since 2011 when the series was known as the GP2 Series. The new car, the Dallara F2 2018, features substantial technical revisions to its design, making it similar to the current Formula One cars. It features the "halo" cockpit protection device for driver head protection and is also powered by a brand new engine, a 3.4 litre (207 cu in) single-turbocharged V6 engine developed by Mecachrome. This was brought in as a replacement for the 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally aspirated V8 engine which was used since the GP2 Series began back in 2005.

Driver changes for this season saw reigning champion Charles Leclerc join Formula One with the Alfa Romeo Sauber team, replacing Pascal Wehrlein. His teammate from Prema Racing last year, Antonio Fuoco, joined the new Charouz Racing System team, joining Louis Delétraz, who joined the team after racing with Racing Engineering and Rapax in 2017. Reigning teams' champions Russian Time signed Japanese driver Tadasuke Makino to partner Artem Markelov. Luca Ghiotto, who raced for Russian Time in 2017, joined Campos Racing. DAMS signed Alexander Albon to replace Oliver Rowland, Prema Racing brought in Sean Gelael and Nyck de Vries, and MP Motorsport signed Roberto Merhi and Ralph Boschung, who were also teammates at Campos at the Catalunya round in 2017.

Other débutants this season were Roy Nissany, son of Chanoch Nissany, who joined Campos, Maximilian Günther and Nirei Fukuzumi, who both moved up from the FIA Formula 3 European Championship and GP3 Series respectively with BWT Arden, Arjun Maini, who also graduated from the GP3 Series, joined Trident, partnering Santino Ferrucci. ART Grand Prix promoted Jack Aitken and reigning GP3 Series champion George Russell to their F2 team, and Lando Norris began his first full season with Carlin.

Qualifying

Two Formula 2 full-time rookies Lando Norris and George Russell occupied the front row of the grid. [4] While the second row was locked by more experienced Alexander Albon and Nyck de Vries.

Feature race

After starting from pole Lando Norris dominated the race, finishing ahead of his teammate Sérgio Sette Câmara with almost seven second margin. [5] Sette Câmara defended his runner-up spot on the podium after pressure in the final laps from Russian Time driver Artem Markelov, who was forced to start from pitlane after stalling on the grid. Alexander Albon finished ahead of Russell, who was the highest-placed driver without previous Formula 2 starts. The Prema pairing of Nyck de Vries and Sean Gelael finished behind Russell. Rookie Maximilian Günther finished eighth and subsequently started from pole in the sprint race. Russell's teammate and another rookie driver Jack Aitken finished ninth. Ralph Boschung completed the top-ten. Nicholas Latifi, Luca Ghiotto, Louis Delétraz and Santino Ferrucci were unable to use their experience to score points. Arjun Maini and Roy Nissany finished 15th and 16th on their F2 race debut. Antonio Fuoco finished ahead of the pair of the Japanese rookies Nirei Fukuzumi and Tadasuke Makino, who were the last finished drivers. Like Markelov, Roberto Merhi stalled on the grid, but was unable to start the race from pit lane.

Sprint race

Artem Markelov took his first victory of the season with Maximilian Günther second, Sérgio Sette Câmara rounding out the podium in third and Lando Norris fourth. The final points places went to Nyck de Vries, who also set the fastest lap, Luca Ghiotto, Ralph Boschung, and Nirei Fukuzumi scored his first points with 8th. All drivers finished in this race, with Santino Ferrucci the last finisher in 20th place.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
119 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Carlin 1:41.761–1
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell ART Grand Prix 1:41.823+0.0622
35 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon DAMS 1:41.850+0.0893
44 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 1:41.880+0.1194
520 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 1:42.174+0.4135
618 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin 1:42.221+0.4606
712 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi BWT Arden 1:42.246+0.4857
82 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino Russian Time 1:42.264+0.5038
97 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 1:42.282+0.5219
1011 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther BWT Arden 1:42.336+0.57510
1121 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System 1:42.342+0.58111
1214 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing 1:42.414+0.65312
139 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi MP Motorsport 1:42.423+0.66213
1416 Flag of India.svg Arjun Maini Trident 1:42.437+0.67614
156 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:42.447+0.68615
1610 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ralph Boschung MP Motorsport 1:42.460+0.69916
171 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:42.816+1.05517
1817 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Trident 1:42.818+1.05718
193 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 1:43.016+1.25519
2015 Flag of Israel.svg Roy Nissany Campos Vexatec Racing 1:43.350+1.58920
Source: [6]

Feature race

Pos.No.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
119 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Carlin 3157:46.206125 (6)
218 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin 31+8.321618
31 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 31+8.532PL 1 15
45 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon DAMS 31+9.349312
58 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell ART Grand Prix 31+13.947210
64 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 31+14.66148
73 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 31+19.326196
811 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther BWT Arden 31+22.573104
97 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix 31+28.55992
1010 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ralph Boschung MP Motorsport 31+31.585161
116 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 31+35.51415
1214 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing 31+44.27312
1320 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 31+49.4295
1417 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Trident 31+55.42418
1516 Flag of India.svg Arjun Maini Trident 31+57.45314
1615 Flag of Israel.svg Roy Nissany Campos Vexatec Racing 31+1:27.43620
1721 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System 31+1:47.16911
1812 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi BWT Arden 31+1:50.4627
192 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino Russian Time 30+1 lap8
DNS9 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi MP Motorsport 0HydraulicsPL 2
Fastest Lap: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris (Carlin) — 1:48.072 (on lap 19)
Source: [5]
Notes

Sprint race

Pos.No.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 2342:42.161615
211 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther BWT Arden 23+2.106112
318 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Carlin 23+3.803710
419 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Carlin 23+5.04388
54 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Flag placeholder.svg Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 23+10.26536 (2)
614 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Campos Vexatec Racing 23+15.696124
710 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ralph Boschung MP Motorsport 23+23.511102
812 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi BWT Arden 23+24.582181
920 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Louis Delétraz Flag placeholder.svg Charouz Racing System 23+25.19413
106 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 23+25.68711
119 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Flag placeholder.svg MP Motorsport 23+25.80420
1221 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Charouz Racing System 23+26.63817
135 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon DAMS 23+31.7595
1416 Flag of India.svg Arjun Maini Flag placeholder.svg Trident 23+36.79315
1515 Flag of Israel.svg Roy Nissany Flag placeholder.svg Campos Vexatec Racing 23+43.98916
163 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Flag placeholder.svg Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 23+57.8452
172 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino Russian Time 23+1:03.81919
187 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Aitken Flag placeholder.svg ART Grand Prix 23+1:39.7579
198 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Flag placeholder.svg ART Grand Prix 22+1 lap4
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Flag placeholder.svg Trident 22+1 lap14
Fastest lap: Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries (Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing) — 1:47.711 (on lap 11)
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the round

Notes

  1. ↑ The feature race was scheduled to be run over 32 laps. Artem Markelov and Roberto Merhi stalled on the grid, requiring a second formation lap. The race distance was subsequently adjusted to 31 laps.

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