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FIA Formula 2 Championship | |
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Venue | Bahrain International Circuit |
Location | Sakhir, Bahrain |
First race | 2017 |
Most wins (driver) | Artem Markelov Théo Pourchaire Zane Maloney (2) |
Most wins (team) | Prema Racing Carlin (3) |
Lap record | 1:43.848 ( Amaury Cordeel, Dallara F2 2018, 2022) |
Lap record | 1:04.087 ( Mick Schumacher, Dallara F2 2018, 2020) |
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The Sakhir Formula 2 round is a FIA Formula 2 Championship series race that is run on the Bahrain International Circuit track in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was first used in 2017. [1]
Year | Race | Driver | Team | Circuit | Report |
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2017 | Feature | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | Grand Prix Circuit | Report |
Sprint | Charles Leclerc | Prema Racing | |||
2018 | Feature | Lando Norris | Carlin | Report | |
Sprint | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | |||
2019 | Feature | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | Report | |
Sprint | Luca Ghiotto | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | |||
2020 | Feature | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | Report | |
Sprint | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | |||
Feature | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | Outer Circuit | Report | |
Sprint | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | |||
2021 | Sprint 1 | Liam Lawson | Hitech Grand Prix | Grand Prix Circuit | Report |
Sprint 2 | Oscar Piastri | Prema Racing | |||
Feature | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi Racing | |||
2022 | Sprint | Richard Verschoor | Trident | Report | |
Feature | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | |||
2023 | Sprint | Ralph Boschung | Campos | Report | |
Feature | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | |||
2024 | Sprint | Zane Maloney | Rodin | Report | |
Feature | Zane Maloney | Rodin | |||
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