The 2022 Sakhir FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 18 and 20 March 2022 at the

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. It was the opening race of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on 18 March 2022, where

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scored his first pole position in the series.

Sprint Race

Notes: * –

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had 5 seconds added to his race time for failing to respect track limits. He had one penalty point added to his license. * – Clément Novalak and

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both received 10 second time penalties for causing a collision. Both drivers had two penalty points added to their license.

Feature Race

Notes: * –

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had 5 seconds added to his race time for failing to respect track limits. One penalty point was added to his license. * – Enzo Fittipaldi had 5 seconds added to his race time for causing a collision with

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. One penalty point was added to his license. * –

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had 5 seconds and 10 seconds added to his race time, both for speeding in the pitlane. No penalty points were added to his license. * – Olli Caldwell had 5 seconds added to his race time as the team failed to wait the correct period of time before carrying out the pit stop. No penalty points were added to his license for this offense.

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

Official website
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