# 2020 2nd Sakhir Formula 2 round

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 1:02.676 | | 1 |
| 2 | 24 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:02.798 | +0.122 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 1:02.807 | +0.131 | 3 |
| 4 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 1:02.822 | +0.146 | 4 |
| 5 | 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 | 15 |
| 16 | 14 | Giuliano Alesi | MP Motorsport | 1:03.194 | +0.518 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 | Théo Pourchaire | BWT HWA Racelab | 1:03.228 | +0.552 | 17 |
| 18 | 20 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 1:03.270 | +0.594 | 18 |
| 19 | 22 | Roy Nissany | Trident | 1:03.317 | +0.641 | 19 |
| 20 | 9 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 1:03.403 | +0.727 | 20 |
| 21 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 1:03.552 | +0.876 | 21 |
| 22 | 1 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 1:03.738 | +1.062 | 22 |
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### Feature race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 48 | 52:59.396 | 1 | 25 (4) |
| 2 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 48 | +5.613 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | 15 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 48 | +6.655 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 48 | +7.438 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 48 | +8.143 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 20 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 48 | +10.339 | 18 | 8 (2) |
| 7 | 8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 48 | +11.818 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 48 | +14.640 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 24 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 48 | +16.280 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 12 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 48 | +17.511 | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 48 | +17.789 | 15 | |
| 12 | 11 | Louis Deletraz | Charouz Racing System | 48 | +19.374 | 10 | |
| 13 | 16 | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA Racelab | 48 | +31.999 | 7 | |
| 14 | 9 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 48 | +34.388 | 20 | |
| 15 | 14 | Giuliano Alesi | MP Motorsport | 48 | +35.082 | 16 | |
| 16 | 25 | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 48 | +38.113 | 14 | |
| 17 | 23 | Marino Sato | Trident Racing | 48 | +39.059 | 12 | |
| 18 | 17 | Théo Pourchaire | BWT HWA Racelab | 48 | +41.719 | 17 | |
| 19 | 1 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 48 | +45.847 | 22 | |
| 20 | 22 | Roy Nissany | Trident Racing | 48 | +50.305 | 19 | |
| 21 | 6 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 48 | +59.292 | 6 | |
| 22 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 47 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Fastest lap： Mick Schumacher (Prema Racing) — 1:04.087 (lap 33) ||||||||

#### 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.

### Sprint race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 34 | 37:26.570 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 34 | +3.561 | 8 | 12 (2) |
| 3 | 2 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 34 | +3.902 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 34 | +5.615 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | 21 | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 34 | +7.585 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 14 | Giuliano Alesi | MP Motorsport | 34 | +9.040 | 15 | 4 |
| 7 | 25 | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 34 | +11.093 | 16 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 34 | +13.878 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 34 | +14.536 | 9 | |
| 10 | 4 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 34 | +16.023 | 4 | |
| 11 | 12 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 34 | +16.157 | 10 | |
| 12 | 6 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 34 | +17.051 | 21 | |
| 13 | 11 | Louis Delétraz | Charouz Racing System | 34 | +20.176 | 12 | |
| 14 | 5 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 34 | +21.844 | 11 | |
| 15 | 22 | Roy Nissany | Trident Racing | 34 | +23.639 | 20 | |
| 16 | 23 | Marino Sato | Trident Racing | 34 | +26.089 | 17 | |
| 17 | 1 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 34 | +26.759 | 19 | |
| 18 | 20 | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 34 | +28.529 | 3 | |
| 19 | 10 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 34 | +35.936 | 22 | |
| 20 | 16 | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA Racelab | 34 | +59.769 | 13 | |
| 21 | 17 | Théo Pourchaire | BWT HWA Racelab | 33 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| DNF | 9 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 9 | Retired | 14 | |
| Fastest lap： Mick Schumacher (Prema Racing) — 1:04.383 (lap 24) ||||||||

## Final championship standings

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Mick Schumacher | 215 |
| | 2 | Callum Ilott | 201 |
| 2 | 3 | Yuki Tsunoda | 200 |
| | 4 | Robert Shwartzman | 177 |
| 2 | 5 | Nikita Mazepin | 164 |
| | Pos. | 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.