| Type R1: | Feature race |
| Type R2: | Sprint race |
| Country: | Bahrain |
| Sakhir | |
| Round No: | 11 |
| Season No: | 12 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 3.359 |
| Course Km: | 5.406 |
| Date R1: | 28 November |
| Laps R1: | 32 |
| Pole Driver Country R1: | GBR |
| Pole Driver R1: | Callum Ilott |
| Pole Team R1: | UNI-Virtuosi |
| Pole Time R1: | 1:41.479 |
| First Driver Country R1: | BRA |
| First Driver R1: | Felipe Drugovich |
| First Team R1: | MP Motorsport |
| Second Driver Country R1: | GBR |
| Second Driver R1: | Callum Ilott |
| Second Team R1: | UNI-Virtuosi |
| Third Driver Country R1: | IND |
| Third Driver R1: | Jehan Daruvala |
| Third Team R1: | Carlin |
| Fast Driver Country R1: | ITA |
| Fast Driver R1: | Luca Ghiotto |
| Fast Team R1: | Hitech Grand Prix |
| Fast Time R1: | 1:46.155 |
| Fast Lap R1: | lap 15 |
| Date R2: | 29 November |
| Laps R2: | 23 |
| First Driver Country R2: | RUS |
| First Driver R2: | Robert Shwartzman |
| First Team R2: | Prema Racing |
| Second Driver Country R2: | RUS |
| Second Driver R2: | Nikita Mazepin |
| Second Team R2: | Hitech Grand Prix |
| Third Driver Country R2: | CHE |
| Third Driver R2: | Louis Delétraz |
| Third Team R2: | Charouz Racing System |
| Fast Driver Country R2: | CHE |
| Fast Driver R2: | Louis Delétraz |
| Fast Team R2: | Charouz Racing System |
| Fast Time R2: | 1:45.114 |
| Fast Lap R2: | lap 10 |
The 2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 28-29 November 2020 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the penultimate race of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain. The races was originally due to take place on 21-22 March 2020 as the opening round of the championship, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to event organisers initially announcing that no spectators would be permitted to attend the race.[1] On 13 March 2020 the race was indefinitely postponed.[2] It was the second time in Formula Two, then called GP2, history that the Bahrain Grand Prix was postponed after the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix, which was ultimately cancelled.[3] In its place, an online virtual Grand Prix was held on the original race date featuring racing drivers, celebrities, and e-sport racers. The virtual race was won by Guanyu Zhou.[4] In August, the Bahrain Grand Prix was rescheduled to 29 November.[5] [6] Due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, organisers announced that the Grand Prix would take place behind closed doors. Local authorities gave special dispensation to allow local health workers to attend with their families.[7] [8]
Callum Ilott took pole for the feature race, 0.391 seconds ahead of Felipe Drugovich.[9] Effective tyre management from Drugovich would help him to achieve his first feature race win, ahead of Ilott. Jehan Daruvala would complete the podium after a long battle with Mick Schumacher.[10]
Robert Shwartzman took his fourth win, after starting from the reverse-grid pole. The podium was completed by Nikita Mazepin and Louis Delétraz.[11]
| Driver | Team | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1 | 4 | 1:41.479 | 1 | |||
| scope=row | 2 | 15 | MP Motorsport | 1:41.870 | +0.391 | 2 | |
| scope=row | 3 | 2 | DAMS | 1:42.047 | +0.568 | 3 | |
| scope=row | 4 | 5 | ART Grand Prix | 1:42.052 | +0.573 | 4 | |
| scope=row | 5 | 3 | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:42.065 | +0.586 | 5 | |
| scope=row | 6 | 14 | 1:42.074 | +0.595 | 6 | ||
| scope=row | 7 | 24 | 1:42.139 | +0.660 | 7 | ||
| scope=row | 8 | 8 | 1:42.191 | +0.712 | 8 | ||
| scope=row | 9 | 6 | 1:42.259 | +0.780 | 9 | ||
| scope=row | 10 | 20 | 1:42.283 | +0.804 | 10 | ||
| scope=row | 11 | 11 | 1:42.316 | +0.837 | 11 | ||
| scope=row | 12 | 22 | 1:42.338 | +0.859 | 12 | ||
| scope=row | 13 | 12 | 1:42.481 | +1.002 | 13 | ||
| scope=row | 14 | 21 | 1:42.654 | +1.175 | 14 | ||
| scope=row | 15 | 9 | 1:42.848 | +1.369 | 15 | ||
| scope=row | 16 | 17 | 1:42.967 | +1.488 | 16 | ||
| scope=row | 17 | 23 | 1:43.170 | +1.691 | 17 | ||
| scope=row | 18 | 1 | 1:43.191 | +1.712 | 18 | ||
| scope=row | 19 | 10 | 1:43.286 | +1.807 | 19 | ||
| scope=row | 20 | 25 | 1:43.366 | +1.887 | 21 | ||
| scope=row | 21 | 16 | 1:44.019 | +2.540 | 20 | ||
| 107% time 1:48.583 | |||||||
| scope=row | — | 7 | 1:57.048 | +15.569 | 22 | ||
| Source:[12] | |||||||
Notes:
| Driver | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mick Schumacher | 205 | ||
| 2 |  Callum Ilott | 191 | ||
| 3 | 3 |  Nikita Mazepin | 162 | |
| 1 | 4 | Robert Shwartzman | 159 | |
| 2 | 5 |  Yuki Tsunoda | 157 |
| Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Prema Racing | 364 | ||
| 2 | UNI-Virtuosi | 316.5 | ||
| 3 | Hitech Grand Prix | 266 | ||
| 1 | 4 | Carlin | 208 | |
| 1 | 5 |  ART Grand Prix | 201 |
