# 2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 4 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:41.479 | | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 1:41.870 | +0.391 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 1:42.047 | +0.568 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 1:42.052 | +0.573 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:42.065 | +0.586 | 5 |
| 6 | 14 | Giuliano Alesi | MP Motorsport | 1:42.074 | +0.595 | 6 |
| 7 | 24 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:42.139 | +0.660 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 1:42.191 | +0.712 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:42.259 | +0.780 | 9 |
| 10 | 20 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 1:42.283 | +0.804 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | Louis Delétraz | Charouz Racing System | 1:42.316 | +0.837 | 11 |
| 12 | 22 | Roy Nissany | Trident | 1:42.338 | +0.859 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 1:42.481 | +1.002 | 13 |
| 14 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 1:42.654 | +1.175 | 14 |
| 15 | 9 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 1:42.848 | +1.369 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | Théo Pourchaire | BWT HWA Racelab | 1:42.967 | +1.488 | 16 |
| 17 | 23 | Marino Sato | Trident | 1:43.170 | +1.691 | 17 |
| 18 | 1 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 1:43.191 | +1.712 | 18 |
| 19 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 1:43.286 | +1.807 | 19 |
| 20 | 25 | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:43.366 | +1.887 | 21 |
| 21 | 16 | 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 |
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Notes:
* ^1 – Luca Ghiotto received a three-place grid drop for the Feature Race due to impeding Louis Delétraz during Qualifying.

### Feature race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 32 | 58:24.004 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 32 | +14.833 | 1 | 18 (4) |
| 3 | 8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 32 | +19.376 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 20 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 32 | +20.270 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | 24 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 32 | +28.293 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 32 | +28.590 | 22 | 8 (2) |
| 7 | 5 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 32 | +31.361 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 32 | +43.868 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 32 | +46.959 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 32 | +47.327 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 32 | +49.174 | 13 | |
| 12 | 25 | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 32 | +49.294 | 21 | |
| 13 | 1 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 32 | +50.590 | 8 | |
| 14 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 32 | +53.775 | 5 | |
| 15 | 22 | Roy Nissany | Trident Racing | 32 | +53.816 | 12 | |
| 16 | 11 | Louis Delétraz | Charouz Racing System | 32 | +55.957 | 11 | |
| 17 | 14 | Giuliano Alesi | MP Motorsport | 32 | +1:01.488 | 6 | |
| 18 | 17 | Théo Pourchaire | BWT HWA Racelab | 32 | +1:01.839 | 16 | |
| 19 | 6 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 32 | +1:03.086 | 9 | |
| 20 | 23 | Marino Sato | Trident Racing | 32 | +1:05.576 | 17 | |
| 21 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 32 | +1:06.756 | 19 | |
| 22 | 16 | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA Racelab | 32 | +1:16.019 | 20 | |
| Fastest lap： Luca Ghiotto (Hitech Grand Prix) — 1:46.316 (lap 21) ||||||||

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 23 | 43:15.992 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 24 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 23 | +5.283 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | Louis Delétraz | Charouz Racing System | 23 | +6.472 | 16 | 10 (2) |
| 4 | 5 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +10.655 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 23 | +15.133 | 14 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 23 | +18.564 | 19 | 4 |
| 7 | 20 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 23 | +20.741 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 23 | +23.510 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | Roy Nissany | Trident Racing | 23 | +25.352 | 15 | |
| 10 | 16 | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA Racelab | 23 | +31.150 | 22 | |
| 11 | 23 | Marino Sato | Trident Racing | 23 | +31.848 | 20 | |
| 12 | 2 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 23 | +39.824 | 9 | |
| 13 | 14 | Giuliano Alesi | MP Motorsport | 23 | +43.904 | 17 | |
| 14 | 1 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 23 | +44.427 | 13 | |
| 15 | 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 23 | +49.148 | 3 | |
| 16 | 4 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 23 | +1:03.463 | 7 | |
| 17 | 9 | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 22 | Collision damage | 10 | |
| 18 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 22 | Collision damage | 21 | |
| 19 | 12 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 21 | Mechanical | 11 | |
| DNF | 25 | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 9 | Mechanical | 9 | |
| DNF | 8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 7 | Collision | 6 | |
| DNF | 17 | Théo Pourchaire | BWT HWA Racelab | 5 | Fire extinguisher | 18 | |
| Fastest lap： Louis Delétraz (Charouz Racing System) — 1:45.114（lap 10) ||||||||

## Standings after the event

| | Pos. | 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 |
| | Pos. | 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.