FORMULA 2

ZHOU WINS BAHRAIN F2 FEATURE RACE

Published

2 years ago

28/03/2021

Guanyu Zhou won in the main race in F2 on Sunday. Marcus Armstrong finished fifth ahead of Jehan Daruvala, Robert Shwartzman..

Guanyu Zhou converted pole position to take his first win of the FIA Formula 2 season in the Feature Race in Bahrain.

The Chinese driver worked his way back to the front after falling as far as sixth under a Safety Car period to get passed ahead of him to win.

Dan Ticktum finished second for Carlin despite contact with Alpine Academy pilot Oscar Piastri with three laps to go that saw the Australian stall and retire.

Red Bull Junior driver Liam Lawson completed the podium in third, with Richard Verschoor, Marcus Armstrong and Jehan Daruvala making up the top six.

Race results (32 laps) Fastest lap: Shwartzman, 1m46.380s

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Guanyu Zhou	Virtuosi Racing	1h02m27.858s
2	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	+0.482s
3	Liam Lawson	Hitech GP	+2.950s
4	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+4.095s
5	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	+9.792s
6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	+11.926s
7	Robert Shwartzman	Prema	+12.159s
8	Theo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+18.479s
9	Felipe Drugovich	Virtuosi Racing	+19.764s
10	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	+19.852s
11	David Beckmann	Charouz	+20.905s
12	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	+21.256s
13	Juri Vips	Hitech GP	+27.385s
14	Marino Sato	Trident	+28.826s
15	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+31.546s
16	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz	+40.620s
17	Bent Viscaal	Trident	+48.452s
18	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	+1m01.952s
19	Oscar Piastri	Prema	+3 laps
Ret	Gianluca Petecof	Campos
Ret	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab
Ret	Roy Nissany	DAMS

Robert Shwartzman was seventh and getting the points for the fastest lap ahead of Theo Pourchaire, Felipe Drugovich and Matteo Nannini rounding out the points scorers.

After the first three races of the changed-weekend format for Formula 2 this year, Guanyu Zhou is the championship leader by 11 points over Liam Lawson in second.

The next round of F1’s feeder series is scheduled to be in Monte Carlo on the Monaco Grand Prix weekend of the 20-23 May.

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