2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round

  2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 12 in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi)
Feature race
Date 28 November 2020 Laps 32 Pole position Driver Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi Time 1:41.479 Podium First Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport Second Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi Third Jehan Daruvala Carlin Fastest lap Driver Luca Ghiotto Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:46.155 (on lap 15)
Sprint race
Date 29 November 2020 Laps 23 Podium First Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Second Nikita Mazepin Hitech Grand Prix Third Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System Fastest lap Driver Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System Time 1:45.114 (on lap 10)

The 2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 28-29 November 2020 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the penultimate race of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: 2020 Formula 2 Championship § Calendar changes, and COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain

The races was originally due to take place on 21-22 March 2020 as the opening round of the championship, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to event organisers initially announcing that no spectators would be permitted to attend the race. ^[1] On 13 March 2020 the race was indefinitely postponed. ^[2] It was the second time in Formula Two, then called GP2, history that the Bahrain Grand Prix was postponed after the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix, which was ultimately cancelled. ^[3] In its place, an online virtual Grand Prix was held on the original race date featuring racing drivers, celebrities, and e-sport racers. The virtual race was won by Guanyu Zhou. ^[4] In August, the Bahrain Grand Prix was rescheduled to 29 November. ^{[5] [6]} Due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, organisers announced that the Grand Prix would take place behind closed doors. Local authorities gave special dispensation to allow local health workers to attend with their families. ^{[7] [8]}

Report

Callum Ilott took pole for the feature race, 0.391 seconds ahead of Felipe Drugovich. ^[9] Effective tyre management from Drugovich would help him to achieve his first feature race win, ahead of Ilott. Jehan Daruvala would complete the podium after a long battle with Mick Schumacher. ^[10]

Robert Shwartzman took his fourth win, after starting from the reverse-grid pole. The podium was completed by Nikita Mazepin and Louis Delétraz. ^[11]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	1:41.479		1
2	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:41.870	+0.391	2
3	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	1:42.047	+0.568	3
4	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	1:42.052	+0.573	4
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:42.065	+0.586	5
6	14	Giuliano Alesi	MP Motorsport	1:42.074	+0.595	6
7	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	1:42.139	+0.660	7
8	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:42.191	+0.712	8
9	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:42.259	+0.780	9
10	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:42.283	+0.804	10
11	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:42.316	+0.837	11
12	22	Roy Nissany	Trident	1:42.338	+0.859	12
13	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	1:42.481	+1.002	13
14	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:42.654	+1.175	14
15	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:42.848	+1.369	15
16	17	Théo Pourchaire	BWT HWA Racelab	1:42.967	+1.488	16
17	23	Marino Sato	Trident	1:43.170	+1.691	17
18	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	1:43.191	+1.712	18
19	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	1:43.286	+1.807	19
20	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	1:43.366	+1.887	21 1
21	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	1:44.019	+2.540	20
107% time: 1:48.583
—	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	1:57.048	+15.569	22
Source: [12]

Notes:

• ^1 – Luca Ghiotto received a three-place grid drop for the Feature Race due to impeding Louis Delétraz during Qualifying. ^[13]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	32	58:24.004	2	25
2	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	32	+14.833	1	18 (4)
3	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	32	+19.376	8	15
4	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	32	+20.270	10	12
5	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	32	+28.293	7	10
6	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	32	+28.590	22	8 (2)
7	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	32	+31.361	4	6
8	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	32	+43.868	14	4
9	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	32	+46.959	3	2
10	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	32	+47.327	15	1
11	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	32	+49.174	13
12	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	32	+49.294	21
13	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	32	+50.590	8
14	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	32	+53.775	5
15	22	Roy Nissany	Trident Racing	32	+53.816	12
16	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	32	+55.957	11
17	14	Giuliano Alesi	MP Motorsport	32	+1:01.488	6
18	17	Théo Pourchaire	BWT HWA Racelab	32	+1:01.839	16
19	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	32	+1:03.086	9
20	23	Marino Sato	Trident Racing	32	+1:05.576	17
21	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	32	+1:06.756	19
22	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	32	+1:16.019	20
Fastest lap： Luca Ghiotto (Hitech Grand Prix) — 1:46.316 (lap 21)

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	23	43:15.992	1	15
2	24	Nikita Mazepin	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+5.283	4	12
3	11	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	23	+6.472	16	10 (2)
4	5	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	23	+10.655	2	8
5	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+15.133	14	6
6	6	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	23	+18.564	19	4
7	20	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	23	+20.741	5	2
8	15	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	23	+23.510	8	1
9	22	Roy Nissany	Trident Racing	23	+25.352	15
10	16	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA Racelab	23	+31.150	22
11	23	Marino Sato	Trident Racing	23	+31.848	20
12	2	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	23	+39.824	9
13	14	Giuliano Alesi	MP Motorsport	23	+43.904	17
14	1	Sean Gelael	DAMS	23	+44.427	13
15	7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	23	+49.148	3
16	4	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+1:03.463	7
17	9	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	22	Collision damage	10
18	10	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	22	Collision damage	21
19	12	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	21	Mechanical	11
DNF	25	Luca Ghiotto	Hitech Grand Prix	9	Mechanical	9
DNF	8	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	7	Collision	6
DNF	17	Théo Pourchaire	BWT HWA Racelab	5	Fire extinguisher	18
Fastest lap： Louis Delétraz (Charouz Racing System) — 1:45.114（lap 10)

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Mick Schumacher 205 2 Callum Ilott 191 3 3 Nikita Mazepin 162 1 4 Robert Shwartzman 159 2 5 Yuki Tsunoda 157

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 364 2 UNI-Virtuosi 316.5 3 Hitech Grand Prix 266 1 4 Carlin 208 1 5 ART Grand Prix 201

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

See also

• 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix

References

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External links

• Official website

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