The 2020 Sakhir 2nd Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 5-6 December 2020 at the Outer Circuit Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the final race of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.
Report Background Ralph Boschung replaced Jack Aitken for this round as Aitken moves to Williams to debut in 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix instead of George Russell, who will move to Mercedes instead of reigning F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, who got positive COVID-19 test.
Pirelli supplied the field with P Zero White hard tyres and P Zero Red soft tyres for the round.
Qualifying Yuki Tsunoda collected another pole ahead of feature race, outpacing Nikita Mazepin by 0.122 seconds. Qualifying session was ended preliminary after the contact between Mick Schumacher and Roy Nissany.
Feature race Tsunoda lost the lead after the first turn but was able to restore his lead after the pit stop and won the race ahead of Guanyu Zhou and Mazepin. But Mazepin was penalised after two incidents where his defence was recognised as forcing of Tsunoda and Felipe Drugovich, who became a last podium finisher instead of Mazepin.
Sprint race With Callum Ilott not being able to outscore Mick Schumacher by 14 points, Schumacher won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.
Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTime1 7 Yuki Tsunoda Carlin 1:02.676 1 2 24 Nikita Mazepin Hitech Grand Prix 1:02.798 +0.122 23 8 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:02.807 +0.131 3 4 21 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:02.822 +0.146 45 15 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport 1:02.841 +0.165 5 6 6 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:02.849 +0.173 6 7 16 Artem Markelov BWT HWA Racelab 1:02.947 +0.271 7 8 2 Dan Ticktum DAMS 1:02.954 +0.278 8 9 4 Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi 1:03.014 +0.338 9 10 11 Louis Delétraz Charouz Racing System 1:03.062 +0.386 10 11 3 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:03.075 +0.399 11 12 23 Marino Sato Trident 1:03.116 +0.440 12 13 12 Pedro Piquet Charouz Racing System 1:03.147 +0.471 13 14 25 Luca Ghiotto Hitech Grand Prix 1:03.166 +0.490 14 15 5 Marcus Armstrong ART Grand Prix 1:03.169 +0.493 1516 14 Giuliano Alesi MP Motorsport 1:03.194 +0.518 16 17 17 Théo Pourchaire BWT HWA Racelab 1:03.228 +0.55217 18 20 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 1:03.270 +0.59418 19 22 Roy Nissany Trident 1:03.317 +0.64119 20 9 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:03.403 +0.7272021 10 Guilherme Samaia Campos Racing 1:03.552 +0.87621 22 1 Sean Gelael DAMS 1:03.738 +1.06222Source:
Feature race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints17 Yuki TsunodaCarlin4852:59.396125 (4)23 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi48 +5.6131118315 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport48 +6.655515421 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing48 +7.43841254 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi48 +8.143910620 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing48 +10.339188 (2)78 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin48 +11.8183682 Dan TicktumDAMS48 +14.64084924 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix48 +16.280221012 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System48 +17.511131115 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix48 +17.789151211 Louis DeletrazCharouz Racing System48 +19.374101316 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab48 +31.9997149 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing48 +34.388201514 Giuliano AlesiMP Motorsport48 +35.082161625 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix48 +38.113141723 Marino SatoTrident Racing48 +39.059121817 Théo PourchaireBWT HWA Racelab48 +41.71917191 Sean GelaelDAMS48 +45.847222022 Roy NissanyTrident Racing48 +50.30519216 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix48 +59.29262210 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing47 +1 lap21Fastest lap： Mick Schumacher (Prema Racing) — 1:04.087 (lap 33) Note： – Nikita Mazepin originally finished in third place, but his defence against Yuki Tsunoda and Felipe Drugovich was considered as pushing of the track limits, which resulted to two five-second (10 seconds total) extra time penalty, and finally he was classified ninth.
Sprint race DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints18 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin34 37:26.57021527 Yuki TsunodaCarlin34 +3.561812 (2)32 Dan TicktumDAMS34 +3.90211043 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi34 +5.61578521 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing34 +7.58556614 Giuliano AlesiMP Motorsport34 +9.040154725 Luca GhiottoHitech Grand Prix34 +11.093162815 Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport34 +13.87861924 Nikita MazepinHitech Grand Prix34 +14.5369104 Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi34 +16.02341112 Pedro PiquetCharouz Racing System34 +16.15710126 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix34 +17.051211311 Louis DelétrazCharouz Racing System34 +20.17612145 Marcus ArmstrongART Grand Prix34 +21.844111522 Roy NissanyTrident Racing34 +23.639201623 Marino SatoTrident Racing34 +26.08917171 Sean GelaelDAMS34 +26.759191820 Mick SchumacherPrema Racing34 +28.52931910 Guilherme SamaiaCampos Racing34 +35.936222016 Artem MarkelovBWT HWA Racelab34 +59.769132117 Théo PourchaireBWT HWA Racelab33 +1 lap18DNF9 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing9 Retired14Fastest lap： Yuki Tsunoda (Carlin) — 1:04.812 (lap 6)
Final championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Mick Schumacher 215 2 Callum Ilott 201 2 3 Yuki Tsunoda 200 4 Robert Shwartzman 177 2 5 Nikita Mazepin 164
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 392 2 UNI-Virtuosi 352.5 1 3 Carlin 272 1 4 Hitech Grand Prix 270 5 ART Grand Prix 201
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
See also 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
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