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 DriverTeamTime13 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing 1:42.848 129 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix1:42.851 +0.003234 Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi Racing1:43.211 +0.3633 45 Dan Ticktum Carlin1:43.338 +0.4904 511 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport1:43.443 +0.5955 66 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:43.475 +0.627 6 72 Oscar Piastri Prema Racing 1:43.478 +0.630 7 87 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 1:43.519 +0.671 8 914 David Beckmann Charouz Racing System 1:43.559 +0.711 9 1010 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:43.585 +0.737 10 111 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:43.694 +0.846 11 1221 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:43.704 +0.856 12 1317 Marcus Armstrong DAMS 1:43.729 +0.881 13 1416 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:43.768 +0.920 14 1524 Bent Viscaal Trident 1:43.839 +0.991 15 1612 Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport 1:43.955 +1.10716 1715 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:44.227 +1.379 17 1825 Marino Sato Trident 1:44.654 +1.806 18 1922 Matteo Nannini HWA Racelab 1:44.825 +1.977 19 2020 Gianluca Petecof Campos Racing 1:45.053 +2.205 20 2123 Alessio Deledda HWA Racelab 1:46.712 +3.864 21 DSQ8 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:43.442 Disqualified 22 Source:
Note： - 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.
Sprint race 1 DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints17 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix2344:11.62431526 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin23 +0.925512314 David BeckmannCharouz Racing System23 +14.38221041 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing23 +17.07811852 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing23 +17.5044669 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix23 +18.5529473 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi Racing23 +22.28910285 Dan TicktumCarlin23 +24.86071912 Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport23 +27.29116(2)108 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix23 +27.933221115 Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System23 +31.908171216 Roy NissanyDAMS23 +32.305141324 Bent ViscaalTrident23 +33.694151422 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab23 +33.963191525 Marino SatoTrident23 +46.88518164 Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi Racing23 +1:03.25081720 Gianluca PetecofCampos Racing23 +1:06.941201823 Alessio DeleddaHWA Racelab23 +1:08.91021DNF10 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix12 Mechanical1DNF17 Marcus ArmstrongDAMS2 Power loss13DNF21 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing2 Collision damage12DNF11 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport2 Collision damage6Fastest lap： Lirim Zendeli − MP Motorsport − 1:50.886 (lap 5)Source:
Notes： - 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. - Guilherme Samaia originally finished ninth, but was given a five-second time penalty for a Virtual Safety Car infringement. - 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 DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing2346:19.61061529 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix23 +0.77451233 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi Racing23 +2.07641046 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin23 +2.49498511 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport23 +2.966226610 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix23 +3.759194714 David BeckmannCharouz Racing System23 +6.38782825 Marino SatoTrident23 +8.096151922 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab23 +9.733141017 Marcus ArmstrongDAMS23 +12.180201115 Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System23 +12.442111224 Bent ViscaalTrident23 +16.744131320 Gianluca PetecofCampos Racing23 +17.56917144 Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi Racing23 +24.547161516 Roy NissanyDAMS23 +27.47112168 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix23 +36.98011721 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing23 +48.46621DNF23 Alessio DeleddaHWA Racelab19 DriveshaftPLDNF7 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix14 Collision10DNF12 Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport12 Collision damage2DNF5 Dan TicktumCarlin0 Collision3DNF1 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing0 Collision7Fastest lap： Ralph Boschung − Campos Racing − 1:45.507 (lap 21)Source:
Note - Christian Lundgaard was given a 10-second time penalty, which he is believed to have served in the pits under a safety car.
Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints13 Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi Racing321:02:27.858125 (4)25 Dan TicktumCarlin32 +0.48241837 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix32 +2.950815411 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport32 +4.095512517 Marcus ArmstrongDAMS32 +9.792131066 Jehan DaruvalaCarlin32 +11.9266871 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing32 +12.159116 (2)810 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix32 +18.47910494 Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi Racing32 +19.764321022 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab32 +19.8521911114 David BeckmannCharouz Racing System32 +20.9059129 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix32 +21.2562138 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix32 +27.385221425 Marino SatoTrident32 +28.826181521 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing32 +31.535121615 Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System32 +40.620171724 Bent ViscaalTrident32 +48.452211812 Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport32 +1:01.95216192 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing29 Collision7DNF20 Gianluca PetecofCampos Racing15 Fire extinguisher20DNF23 Alessio DeleddaHWA Racelab0 Collision21DNF16 Roy NissanyDAMS0 Collision14Fastest lap： Robert Shwartzman − Prema Racing − 1:46.380 (lap 19)Source:
Note - 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. - 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
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