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

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. On 13 March 2020 the race was indefinitely postponed. 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. 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. In August, the Bahrain Grand Prix was rescheduled to 29 November. 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.

Report Callum Ilott took pole for the feature race, 0.391 seconds ahead of Felipe Drugovich. 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.

Robert Shwartzman took his fourth win, after starting from the reverse-grid pole. The podium was completed by Nikita Mazepin and Louis Delétraz. Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTime14 Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi 1:41.479 1215 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport1:41.870 +0.391232 Dan Ticktum DAMS1:42.047 +0.568 3 45 Marcus Armstrong ART Grand Prix1:42.052 +0.573 4 53 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi1:42.065 +0.586 5 614 Giuliano Alesi MP Motorsport 1:42.074 +0.595 6 724 Nikita Mazepin Hitech Grand Prix 1:42.139 +0.660 7 88 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:42.191 +0.712 8 96 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:42.259 +0.780 9 1020 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 1:42.283 +0.804 10 1111 Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 1:42.316 +0.837 11 1222 Roy Nissany Trident 1:42.338 +0.859 12 1312 Pedro Piquet Charouz Racing System 1:42.481 +1.002 13 1421 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:42.654 +1.175 14 159 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 1:42.848 +1.369 15 1617 Théo Pourchaire BWT HWA Racelab 1:42.967 +1.488 16 1723 Marino Sato Trident 1:43.170 +1.691 17 181 Sean Gelael DAMS 1:43.191 +1.712 18 1910 Guilherme Samaia Campos Racing 1:43.286 +1.807 19 2025 Luca Ghiotto Hitech Grand Prix 1:43.366 +1.887 212116 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:

Notes: – Luca Ghiotto received a three-place grid drop for the Feature Race due to impeding Louis Delétraz during Qualifying.

Feature race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints115 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport3258:24.00422524 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi32 +14.833118 (4)38 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin32 +19.376815420 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing32 +20.2701012524 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix32 +28.29371067 Yuki TsunodaCarlin32 +28.590228 (2)75 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix32 +31.36146821 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing32 +43.86814492 Dan TicktumDAMS32 +46.95932109 Jack AitkenCampos Racing32 +47.3271511112 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System32 +49.174131225 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix32 +49.29421131 Sean GelaelDAMS32 +50.5908143 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi32 +53.77551522 Roy NissanyTrident Racing32 +53.816121611 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System32 +55.957111714 Giuliano AlesiMP Motorsport32 +1:01.48861817 Théo PourchaireBWT HWA Racelab32 +1:01.83916196 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix32 +1:03.08692023 Marino SatoTrident Racing32 +1:05.576172110 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing32 +1:06.756192216 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab32 +1:16.01920Fastest lap： Yuki Tsunoda (Carlin) — 1:46.316 (lap 21)

Sprint race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints121 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing2343:15.992115224 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix23 +5.283412311 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System23 +6.4721610 (2)45 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix23 +10.6552853 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi23 +15.13314666 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix23 +18.564194720 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing23 +20.74152815 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport23 +23.51081922 Roy NissanyTrident Racing23 +25.352151016 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab23 +31.150221123 Marino SatoTrident Racing23 +31.84820122 Dan TicktumDAMS23 +39.82491314 Giuliano AlesiMP Motorsport23 +43.90417141 Sean GelaelDAMS23 +44.42713157 Yuki TsunodaCarlin23 +49.1483164 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi23 +1:03.4637179 Jack AitkenCampos Racing22 Collision damage101810 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing22 Collision damage211912 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System21 Mechanical11DNF25 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix9 Mechanical12DNF8 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin7 Collision6DNF17 Théo PourchaireBWT HWA Racelab5Fire extinguisher18Fastest lap： Louis Delétraz (Charouz Racing System) — 1:45.114（lap 10)

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings 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 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

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