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The 2021 Bahrain Formula 2 round was a couple of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 27–28 March 2021 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the first round of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:42.848		1
2	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:42.851	+0.003	2
3	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	1:43.211	+0.363	3
4	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:43.338	+0.490	4
5	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	1:43.443	+0.595	5
6	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:43.475	+0.627	6
7	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	1:43.478	+0.630	7
8	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:43.519	+0.671	8
9	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	1:43.559	+0.711	9
10	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:43.585	+0.737	10
11	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:43.694	+0.846	11
12	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:43.704	+0.856	12
13	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:43.729	+0.881	13
14	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:43.768	+0.920	14
15	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:43.839	+0.991	15
16	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	1:43.955	+1.107	16
17	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:44.227	+1.379	17
18	25	Marino Sato	Trident	1:44.654	+1.806	18
19	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	1:44.825	+1.977	19
20	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	1:45.053	+2.205	20
21	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	1:46.712	+3.864	21
DSQ	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:43.442	Disqualified1	22
Source:[1]

Note：

• ^1 - Jüri Vips was excluded from qualifying for a technical infringement, of Article 4.3.13 of the 2021 FIA F2 Technical Regulations. He started from the back of the grid in both the first Sprint race and the Feature Race.^[2]

Sprint race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	23	44:11.624	3	15
2	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	23	+0.925	5	12
3	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	23	+14.382	2	10
4	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	23	+17.078	11	8
5	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	23	+17.504	4	6
6	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	23	+18.552	9	4
7	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+22.289	10	2
8	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	23	+24.8602	7	1
9	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	23	+27.291	16	(2)
10	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+27.933	22
11	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	23	+31.9083	17
12	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+32.305	14
13	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	23	+33.6944	15
14	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	23	+33.963	19
15	25	Marino Sato	Trident	23	+46.885	18
16	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+1:03.250	8
17	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	23	+1:06.941	20
18	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	23	+1:08.910	21
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	12	Mechanical	1
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	2	Power loss	13
DNF	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	2	Collision damage	12
DNF	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	2	Collision damage	6
Fastest lap： Lirim Zendeli − MP Motorsport − 1:50.886 (lap 5)
Source:[1]

Notes：

• ^2 - Dan Ticktum originally finished seventh, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Richard Verschoor, which dropped him to eighth.
• ^3 - Guilherme Samaia originally finished ninth, but was given a five-second time penalty for a Virtual Safety Car infringement.
• ^4 - Bent Viscaal originally finished twelfth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Jüri Vips under yellow flag conditions.

Sprint race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	23	46:19.610	6	15
2	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	23	+0.7745	5	12
3	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+2.076	4	10
4	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	23	+2.494	9	8
5	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	23	+2.966	22	6
6	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	23	+3.759	19	4
7	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	23	+6.387	8	2
8	25	Marino Sato	Trident	23	+8.096	15	1
9	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	23	+9.733	14
10	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	23	+12.180	20
11	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	23	+12.442	11
12	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	23	+16.744	13
13	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	23	+17.569	17
14	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	23	+24.547	16
15	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	23	+27.471	12
16	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	23	+36.980	1
17	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	23	+48.466	21
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	19	Driveshaft	PL
DNF	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	14	Collision	10
DNF	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	12	Collision damage	2
DNF	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	0	Collision	3
DNF	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	0	Collision	7
Fastest lap： Ralph Boschung − Campos Racing − 1:45.507 (lap 21)
Source:[1]

Note

• ^5 - Christian Lundgaard was given a 10-second time penalty, which he is believed to have served in the pits under a safety car.^[3][4]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	32	1:02:27.858	1	25 (4)
2	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	32	+0.482	4	18
3	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	32	+2.950	8	15
4	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	32	+4.095	5	12
5	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	32	+9.792	13	10
6	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	32	+11.926	6	8
7	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	32	+12.159	11	6 (2)
8	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	32	+18.479	10	4
9	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	32	+19.7646	3	2
10	22	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	32	+19.852	19	1
11	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	32	+20.905	9
12	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	32	+21.2566	2
13	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	32	+27.3856	22
14	25	Marino Sato	Trident	32	+28.8266	18
15	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	32	+31.535	12
16	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	32	+40.620	17
17	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	32	+48.4526	21
18	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	32	+1:01.952	16
19	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	29	Collision7	7
DNF	20	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	15	Fire extinguisher	20
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	0	Collision	21
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	0	Collision	14
Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman − Prema Racing − 1:46.380 (lap 19)
Source:[1]

Note

• ^6 - Felipe Drugovich, Christian Lundgaard, Jüri Vips and Marino Sato all received five-second time penalties for Safety Car infringements. Bent Viscaal was even given a ten-second time penalty for the same reason.
• ^7 - Oscar Piastri was forced to retire after a collision with Dan Ticktum on lap 30, but was classified for the race, as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Guanyu Zhou 41 2 Liam Lawson 30 3 Jehan Daruvala 28 4 Oscar Piastri 21 5 Dan Ticktum 19

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Carlin 47 2 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 43 3 Prema Racing 37 4 Hitech Grand Prix 30 5 ART Grand Prix 24

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

See also

• 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix

References

External links

• Official website