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.
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| Round 12 of 12 in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Outer Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.543 km (2.202 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Report edit
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
With Callum Ilott not being able to outscore Mick Schumacher by 14 points, Schumacher won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.
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.
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 7 |  Yuki Tsunoda
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Carlin | 1:02.676 | 1 | |
| 2 | 24 |  Nikita Mazepin
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Hitech Grand Prix | 1:02.798 | +0.122 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 |  Jehan Daruvala
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Carlin | 1:02.807 | +0.131 | 3 |
| 4 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman
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Prema Racing | 1:02.822 | +0.146 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 |  Felipe Drugovich
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MP Motorsport | 1:02.841 | +0.165 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |  Christian Lundgaard
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ART Grand Prix | 1:02.849 | +0.173 | 6 |
| 7 | 16 | Artem Markelov
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BWT HWA Racelab | 1:02.947 | +0.271 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 |  Dan Ticktum
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DAMS | 1:02.954 | +0.278 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Callum Ilott
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UNI-Virtuosi | 1:03.014 | +0.338 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 |  Louis Delétraz
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Charouz Racing System | 1:03.062 | +0.386 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 |  Guanyu Zhou
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UNI-Virtuosi | 1:03.075 | +0.399 | 11 |
| 12 | 23 | Marino Sato
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Trident | 1:03.116 | +0.440 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 | Pedro Piquet
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Charouz Racing System | 1:03.147 | +0.471 | 13 |
| 14 | 25 |  Luca Ghiotto
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Hitech Grand Prix | 1:03.166 | +0.490 | 14 |
| 15 | 5 |  Marcus Armstrong
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ART Grand Prix | 1:03.169 | +0.493 | 15 |
| 16 | 14 |  Giuliano Alesi
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MP Motorsport | 1:03.194 | +0.518 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 | Théo Pourchaire
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BWT HWA Racelab | 1:03.228 | +0.552 | 17 |
| 18 | 20 |  Mick Schumacher
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Prema Racing | 1:03.270 | +0.594 | 18 |
| 19 | 22 |  Roy Nissany
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Trident | 1:03.317 | +0.641 | 19 |
| 20 | 9 | Ralph Boschung
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Campos Racing | 1:03.403 | +0.727 | 20 |
| 21 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia
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Campos Racing | 1:03.552 | +0.876 | 21 |
| 22 | 1 |  Sean Gelael
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DAMS | 1:03.738 | +1.062 | 22 |
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Feature race edit
- Note：
- ^1 – 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.[5]
Sprint race edit
Final championship standings edit
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- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Woolard, Craig (4 December 2020). "Tsunoda on pole, Schumacher 18th for final F2 feature race at Bahrain". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Woolard, Craig (5 December 2020). "Tsunoda wins F2 feature race at Bahrain as title fight goes to final race". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Woolard, Craig (5 December 2020). "Mazepin's defending penalised twice, Ticktum gets sprint race pole". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Sakhir". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Mazepin handed two post-Feature Race time penalties". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 5 December 2020.
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