2019 Sakhir Formula 2 round

  2019 Sakhir Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 1 of 12 in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi)
Feature race
Date 30 March 2019 Laps 32 Pole position Driver Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing Time 1:40.504 Podium First Nicholas Latifi DAMS Second Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing Third Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS Fastest lap Driver Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing Time 1:47.645 (on lap 18)
Sprint race
Date 31 March 2019 Laps 23 Podium First Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing Second Sérgio Sette Câmara DAMS Third Nicholas Latifi DAMS Fastest lap Driver Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix Time 1:47.145 (on lap 14)

The 2019 Sakhir Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 30 and 31 March 2019 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the first round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:40.504	–	1
2	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:40.871	+0.367	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:40.889	+0.385	3
4	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:40.964	+0.460	4
5	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:41.115	+0.611	5
6	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:41.137	+0.633	6
7	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	1:41.254	+0.750	7
8	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	1:41.310	+0.806	8
9	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	1:41.505	+1.001	9
10	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	1:41.583	+1.079	10
11	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	1:41.596	+1.092	11
12	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:41.722	+1.218	12
13	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:41.848	+1.344	13
14	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:41.857	+1.353	14
15	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:41.864	+1.360	15
16	14	Dorian Boccolacci	Campos Racing	1:41.918	+1.414	16
17	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:42.123	+1.619	17
18	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:42.280	+1.776	18
19	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	1:42.810	+2.306	19
20	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	1:43.343	+2.839	20
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Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	32	59:19.517	4	25
2	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	32	+8.744	1	18 (4)
3	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	32	+14.826	8	15
4	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	32	+17.273	11	12
5	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	32	+26.686	2	10
6	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	32	+28.497	3	8
7	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing'	32	+31.545	5	6
8	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	32	+34.708	10	4
9	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	32	+37.395	6	2
10	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	32	+41.131	17	1 (2)
11	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	32	+42.092	9
12	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	32	+47.711	15
13	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	32	+55.775	19
14	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	32	+56.293	18
15	14	Dorian Boccolacci	Campos Racing	32	+1:14.247	16
16	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	32	+1:24.988	12
17	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	32	+1:26.511	14
18	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	32	+1:33.150	20
19	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	32	+1:37.568	13
DNF	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	4	Spun off	7
Fastest lap: Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) — 1:47.645 (on lap 18)
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Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	23	42:36.192	7	15
2	5	Sérgio Sette Câmara	DAMS	23	+5.474	6	12
3	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	23	+6.867	8	10
4	7	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	23	+18.240	10	8
5	1	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	23	+21.939	4	6
6	9	Mick Schumacher	Prema Racing	23	+24.679	1	4
7	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	23	+25.154	3	2 (2)
8	16	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	23	+25.520	17	1
9	19	Anthoine Hubert	BWT Arden	23	+30.514	5
10	10	Sean Gelael	Prema Racing	23	+30.532	20
11	15	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	23	+32.224	2
12	2	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	23	+35.980	9
13	3	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	23	+40.541	19
14	21	Ralph Boschung	Trident	23	+43.074	11
15	18	Tatiana Calderón	BWT Arden	23	+46.006	13
16	11	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	23	+56.487	14
17	14	Dorian Boccolacci	Campos Racing	23	+1:00.048	15
18	12	Juan Manuel Correa	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	23	+1:32.585	16
19	17	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	22	+1 lap	18
DSQ	20	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	23	Disqualified1	12
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) — 1:47.145 (on lap 14)
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Notes

• ^1 – Giuliano Alesi originally finished 18th but was disqualified for the incorrect use of tyre, as he used a tyre assigned to the right side, on the left side of his car.

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Luca Ghiotto	37
	2	Nicholas Latifi	35
	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	27
	4	Louis Delétraz	16
	5	Anthoine Hubert	12

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	DAMS	62
	2	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	48
	3	Carlin	18
	4	BWT Arden	12
	5	ART Grand Prix	12

External links

• Official website