2024 Sakhir Formula 2 round

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Flag of Bahrain.svg   2024 Sakhir Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 14 in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg
Location Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain
CoursePermanent racing facility
5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 1 March 2024
Laps 23
Podium
First Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport
Second Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil
Third Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing
Time 1:45.833 (on lap 23)
Feature Race
Date 2 March 2024
Laps 33
Pole position
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing
Time 1:41.915
Podium
First Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport
Second Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing
Third Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport
Time 1:46.743 (on lap 17)

The 2024 Sakhir FIA Formula 2 round was a motor race held between 29 February and 2 March 2024 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the first race of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was being held in support of the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Contents

Rodin Motorsport driver Zane Maloney got off to a perfect start into the 2024 season as he won both races of the weekend, to become the third driver in the series' history after Felipe Drugovich and Oliver Bearman to do so.

Report

Background

The round saw the competitive début of the new Dallara F2 2024 chassis. The F2 2024 was introduced to replace the Dallara F2 2018 chassis which had been used since 2018.

Team changes

New Zealand automotive manufacturer Rodin Cars took over Carlin and renamed the team Rodin Motorsport, after previously becoming majority shareholder in 2023. [1]

Virtuosi Racing was entered under the moniker Invicta Racing after watchmaker Invicta deepened its involvement with the team, having been its title sponsor in 2023. [2]

Driver changes

Reigning driver's champion Théo Pourchaire left ART Grand Prix and the series, as the category's sporting regulations disallow such title defenses. The previous year's top four finishers – Pourchaire, Frederik Vesti, Jack Doohan, and Ayumu Iwasa – would all exit the series. Reigning FIA Formula 3 Championship champion Gabriel Bortoleto entered the championship with Invicta Racing, with Formula Regional European Championship champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli making his debut in the series for Prema Racing, and reigning Super Formula champion Ritomo Miyata joining Rodin Motorsport for his international motorsport debut with the support of Toyota Gazoo Racing. [3] [4] [5]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 29 February 2024, at 16:55 local time (UTC+3).

Pos.No.DriverEntrantTime/GapGrid
SR
Grid
FR
110 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 1:41.915101
220 Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing +0.02392
35 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport +0.06783
411 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport +0.07574
56 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport +0.08865
62 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix +0.09956
714 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing +0.15547
81 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins ART Grand Prix +0.24338
925 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard PHM AIX Racing +0.29229
107 Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil+0.372110
1121 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing +0.4181111
1217 Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight +0.4251212
138 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil+0.4541313
1415 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing +0.477 1 1414
1512 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport +0.477 1 1515
1622 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Trident +0.7291616
174 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing +0.7781717
183 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing +0.7951818
1916 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight +1.0301919
2023 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Trident +1.1532020
2124 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen PHM AIX Racing +1.2382121
107% time: 1:49.049 (+7.134)
DSQ9 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini Invicta Racing 1:41.69622 2 22 2
Source: [6] [7] [8]
Notes

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 1 March 2024, at 17:15 local time (UTC+3).

Pos.No.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 2342:13.726810 (1)
27 Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil23+5.49018
321 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing 23+7.057116
420 Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 23+9.78395
517 Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 23+18.188124
610 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 23+18.320103
72 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix 23+20.13552
811 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 23+21.03271
96 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 23+21.4906
1022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Trident 23+21.83916
111 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 23+23.8403
128 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil23+26.83313
139 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini Invicta Racing 23+27.24622
144 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing 23+30.26017
1524 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen PHM AIX Racing 23+35.25721
163 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 23+36.24718
1714 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 23+56.1834
1812 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 23+1:04.81915
1915 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 23+1:31.558 1 14
DNF23 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Trident 19Retired20
DNF25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard PHM AIX Racing 16Brakes2
DNF16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 0Collision damage19
Fastest lap set by Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi : 1:45.833 (lap 23)
Source: [6] [10]

Notes

Feature race

The feature race was held on 2 March 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+3).

Pos.No.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 321:02:46.435325
221 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Martí Campos Racing 32+4.6211118
317 Flag of Estonia.svg Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight 32+11.781 1 1215
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan ART Grand Prix 32+12.523612
510 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Bortoleto Invicta Racing 32+12.591110 (2)
612 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 32+13.609158
79 Flag of India.svg Kush Maini Invicta Racing 32+14.719226
811 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 32+16.00244 (1)
96 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 32+16.27252
104 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema Racing 32+20.405171
1124 Flag of Paraguay.svg Joshua Dürksen PHM AIX Racing 32+24.03521
1215 Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 32+29.532 1 14
1323 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Trident 32+31.19320
1422 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Trident 32+33.702 2 17
153 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 32+51.13518
1625 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard PHM AIX Racing 32+58.9999
DNF1 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 17Engine8
DNF7 Flag of the United States.svg Jak Crawford DAMS Lucas Oil16Stalled10
DNF16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amaury Cordeel Hitech Pulse-Eight 14Collision damage19
DNF8 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa DAMS Lucas Oil6Transmission13
DNF20 Flag of France.svg Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 0Collision2
DNF14 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 0Collision7
Fastest lap set by Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger : 1:46.743 (lap 17)
Source: [6] [12]

Notes:

Standings after the event

See also

References

  1. "Leading junior motorsport team Rodin Carlin to rebrand as Rodin Motorsport". Rodin Motorsport . 9 January 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. White, Megan (20 December 2023). "Invicta Watch Group buys ownership stake in Virtuosi Racing". Autosport . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. Racing, Virtuosi (2023-11-27). "Invicta Virtuosi Racing announces its 2024 Formula 2 line-up". Virtuosi Racing. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  4. "Andrea Kimi Antonelli Moves Up to Formula 2 for 2024". mercedesamgf1.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  5. Wood, Ida (2023-11-28). "Zane Maloney joined by Ritomo Miyata at Carlin for 2024 F2 season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  6. 1 2 3 "FIA Formula 2 Championship – 2024 Sakhir event – F2 Race 1 (Sprint) – provisional classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. "FIA Formula 2 Championship – 2024 Sakhir Event – F2 qualifying – final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  8. "QUALIFYING: Maini leads Invicta Racing one-two in Sakhir". FIAFormula2® - The Official F2® Website. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. "FIA Formula 2 Championship – 2024 Sakhir Event – INFRINGEMENT – Car 9 – technical nonconformity" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  10. "SPRINT RACE: Maloney charges through the field to score maiden F2 victory". FIAFormula2® - The Official F2® Website. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  11. "FIA Formula 2 Championship – 2024 Sakhir Event – INFRINGEMENT – Car 15 – causing a collision" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  12. "FEATURE RACE: Maloney completes Sakhir double with dominant victory". FIAFormula2® - The Official F2® Website. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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