The 2020 Sakhir 2nd Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for

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cars that took place on 5-6 December 2020 at the Outer Circuit Layout of the

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as part of the

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. It was the final race of the

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and ran in support of the

2020 Sakhir Grand Prix The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix 2020) was a one-off Formula One motor race that took place on 6 December 2020. The race was contested over 87 laps of the 'Outer Circuit' configuration of the ...

Report

Background

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replaced

Jack Aitken Jack Anthony Han-Aitken (Korean language, Korean: 한세용, ''Han Se-yong''; born 23 September 1995) is a British and South Korean racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing, Cadillac Whelen and i ...

for this round as Aitken moves to Williams to debut in

instead of George Russell, who will move to Mercedes instead of reigning F1 champion

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, who got positive

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test.

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supplied the field with P Zero White hard tyres and P Zero Red soft tyres for the round.

Qualifying

Yuki Tsunoda is a Japanese racing driver who competes in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Born in Sagamihara and raised in Tokyo, Tsunoda began competitive kart racing aged nine. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , Tsunoda graduated to junior formu ...

collected another pole ahead of feature race, outpacing

Nikita Mazepin Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin ( rus, Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, p=nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian racing driver and motorsport executive, who most recently comp ...

by 0.122 seconds. Qualifying session was ended preliminary after the contact between

Mick Schumacher Mick Schumacher (; born 22 March 1999) is a German racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine. Schumacher competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Switzerland, Schumacher is the son of seven-ti ...

and

Roy Nissany Roy Nissany ( ; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team. He previously competed in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He is the ...

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

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and Mazepin. But Mazepin was penalised after two incidents where his defence was recognised as forcing of Tsunoda and

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, 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

Feature race

;Note： * –

originally finished in third place, but his defence against

and

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

Final championship standings

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. * Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round, 2nd Sakhir Formula 2, 2nd Sakhir Formula 2, 2nd

Report

Background

Qualifying

Feature race

Sprint race

Classification

Qualifying

Feature race

Sprint race

Final championship standings

See also

References

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