Carlin’s Jehan Daruvala capped off his rookie campaign in Formula 2 with a brilliant first win in the Sakhir Sprint Race, as Mick Schumacher sealed his promotion into Formula 1 with HAAS as F2 champion, despite a tricky race where he finished down in 18th.
Kiwi driver Marcus Armstrong finished the race in 14th and 13th overall on the points table.
Daruvala came out on top of a race-long battle with Dan Ticktum, to win by 2.9s, while the DAMS’ driver ended up in third after a late overtake from Feature Race winner Yuki Tsunoda, who secured a Carlin one-two.
For a moment, it looked as if the title was slipping out of Schumacher’s fingers, after an early lock-up damaged his tyres and forced him into an unwanted pitstop. The German ended up in 18th, but Callum Ilott was unable to secure enough points to snatch the crown, dropping down from third and ending his F2 career with a 10th place finish.
Sprint Race result
1/ Jehan Daruvala Carlin
2/ Yuki Tsunoda Carlin
3/ Dan Ticktum DAMS
4/ Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi
5/ Robert Shwartzman Prema Powerteam
6/ Giuliano Alesi MP Motorsport
7/ Luca Ghiotto HitechGP
8/ Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport
9/ Nikita Mazepin HitechGP
10/ Callum Ilott UNI-Virtuosi
11/ Pedro Piquet Charouz Racing System
12/ Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix
13/ Louis Deletraz Charouz Racing System
14/ Marcus Armstrong ART Grand Prix
15/ Roy Nissany Trident
16/ Marino Sato Trident
17/ Sean Gelael DAMS
18/ Mick Schumacher Prema Powerteam
19/ Guilherme Samaia Campos Racing
20/ Artem Markelov HWA AG
21/ Theo Pourchaire HWA AG
Ralph Boschung Campos Racing
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