The 2025 Sakhir FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 11 and 13 April 2025 at the Bahrain International Circuit. It was the second round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Report Qualifying Leonardo Fornaroli claimed pole position for the weekend, ahead of Victor Martins in second and Luke Browning in third. Joshua Dürksen started on reverse-grid pole for the sprint race.
Sprint race After starting in eleventh place, Pepe Martí won the sprint race ahead of Richard Verschoor and Joshua Dürksen, who finished in second and third, respectively. However, due to Dürksen's disqualification from the race, Dino Beganovic moved up into third.
Feature race The feature race was won by Alex Dunne, who started fourth. He finished ahead of Luke Browning and Leonardo Fornaroli in second and third respectively.
Classification Qualifying Driver Entrant Time/Gap 11 Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing 1:44.008 101214 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix +0.1559237 Luke Browning Hitech TGR +0.28483417 Alexander Dunne Rodin Motorsport +0.3167452 Roman Staněk Invicta Racing +0.5476566 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.60356722 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.70147825 Rafael Villagómez +0.7383898 Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR +0.757291020 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.794110113 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.82311111210 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.83112121324 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing +0.85813131411 Jak CrawfordDAMS +0.9291414155 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport +0.9551515164 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing +0.96716161723 Max EstersonTrident +0.9781717189 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing +1.04318181915 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix +1.14419192012 Kush MainiDAMS +1.25520202116 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport +1.95221212221 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing +2.0482222Source:
Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points13 Pepe MartíCampos Racing2346:24.663 111026 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport23 +0.9225838 Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR23 +1.8702645 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport23 +1.984155 (1)54 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing23 +3.028164625 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing23 +3.13433710 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing23 +3.32112281 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing23 +3.972101915 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix23 +4.20519107 Luke Browning Hitech TGR23 +4.49881116 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport23 +4.657211211 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil23 +7.131141322 Sami MeguetounifTrident23 +7.95641414 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix23 +9.1769152 Roman Staněk Invicta Racing23 +9.33061612 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil23 +9.439201724 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing23 +10.63313 1821 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing23 +12.442221917 Alexander Dunne Rodin Motorsport13 +12.2707DNF23 Max EstersonTrident14 Engine17DNF9 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing0 Spun off18DSQ20 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing 23 Disqualified1Fastest lap set by Kush Maini: 1:48.090 (lap 21)Source: Notes: – Alexander Dunne originally finished 18th on the road, but was demoted to 19th place after he received two separate five-second penalties: one for a safety car infringement, and another for causing a collision with Ritomo Miyata. – Joshua Dürksen finished third, but was disqualified after his car's diffuser was found to be lower than the minimum height.
Feature race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points117 Alexander Dunne Rodin Motorsport3259:40.123 42527 Luke Browning Hitech TGR32 +8.244318 (1)31 Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing32 +19.433115 (2)43 Pepe MartíCampos Racing32 +19.8671112514 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix32 +23.11921066 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport32 +23.5736878 Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR32 +24.1379684 Arvid LindbladCampos Racing32 +26.725164910 Gabriele Minì Prema Racing32 +34.94512 21020 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing32 +37.86010 1115 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport32 +41.095151225 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing32 +43.20181316 Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport32 +44.469211415 Ritomo MiyataART Grand Prix32 +46.571191522 Sami MeguetounifTrident32 +47.40371611 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil32 +47.70514172 Roman StaněkInvicta Racing32 +48.6335 1812 Kush MainiDAMS Lucas Oil32 +52.95620199 Sebastián MontoyaPrema Racing32 +55.667192024 John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing32 +55.911132123 Max EstersonTrident32 +58.288172221 Cian ShieldsAIX Racing32 +69.97522Fastest lap set by Luke Browning: 1:48.726 (lap 15)Source: Notes: – Sebastián Montoya was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 26 7 2 Alex Dunne 25 3 Luke Browning 25 4 4 Pepe Martí 23 1 5 Richard Verschoor 21 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 2 1 Hitech TGR 37 4 2 Campos Racing 31 2 3 Invicta Racing 30 1 4 MP Motorsport 27 2 5 Rodin Motorsport 25
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 Sakhir Formula 3 round
References
External links
Official website