| Country: | Bahrain |
| Sakhir | |
| Round No: | 1 |
| Season No: | 14 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 3.363 |
| Course Km: | 5.412 |
| Type R1: | Sprint Race |
| Date R1: | 1 March |
| Laps R1: | 23 |
| First Driver Country R1: | BRB |
| First Driver R1: | Zane Maloney |
| First Team R1: | Rodin Motorsport |
| Second Driver Country R1: | USA |
| Second Driver R1: | Jak Crawford |
| Second Team R1: | DAMS Lucas Oil |
| Third Driver Country R1: | ESP |
| Third Driver R1: | Pepe Martí |
| Third Team R1: | Campos Racing |
| Fast Driver Country R1: | BRA |
| Fast Driver R1: | Enzo Fittipaldi |
| Fast Team R1: | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| Fast Time R1: | 1:45.833 |
| Fast Lap R1: | lap 23 |
| Type R2: | Feature Race |
| Date R2: | 2 March |
| Laps R2: | 33 |
| Pole Driver Country R2: | BRA |
| Pole Driver R2: | Gabriel Bortoleto |
| Pole Team R2: | Invicta Racing |
| Pole Time R2: | 1:41.915 |
| First Driver Country R2: | BRB |
| First Driver R2: | Zane Maloney |
| First Team R2: | Rodin Motorsport |
| Second Driver Country R2: | ESP |
| Second Driver R2: | Pepe Martí |
| Second Team R2: | Campos Racing |
| Third Driver Country R2: | EST |
| Third Driver R2: | Paul Aron |
| Third Team R2: | Hitech Pulse-Eight |
| Fast Driver Country R2: | NOR |
| Fast Driver R2: | Dennis Hauger |
| Fast Team R2: | MP Motorsport |
| Fast Time R2: | 1:46.743 |
| Fast Lap R2: | lap 17 |
The 2024 Sakhir FIA Formula 2 round was a motor race held between 29 February and 2 March 2024 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the first race of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was being held in support of the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Rodin Motorsport driver Zane Maloney got off to a perfect start into the 2024 season as he won both races of the weekend, to become the third driver in the series' history after Felipe Drugovich and Oliver Bearman to do so.
The round saw the competitive début of the new Dallara F2 2024 chassis. The F2 2024 was introduced to replace the Dallara F2 2018 chassis which had been used since 2018.
New Zealand automotive manufacturer Rodin Cars took over Carlin and renamed the team Rodin Motorsport, after previously becoming majority shareholder in 2023.[1]
Virtuosi Racing was entered under the moniker Invicta Racing after watchmaker Invicta deepened its involvement with the team, having been its title sponsor in 2023.[2]
Reigning driver's champion Théo Pourchaire left ART Grand Prix and the series, as the category's sporting regulations disallow such title defenses. The previous year's top four finishers – Pourchaire, Frederik Vesti, Jack Doohan, and Ayumu Iwasa – would all exit the series. Reigning FIA Formula 3 Championship champion Gabriel Bortoleto entered the championship with Invicta Racing, with Formula Regional European Championship champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli making his debut in the series for Prema Racing, and reigning Super Formula champion Ritomo Miyata joining Rodin Motorsport for his international motorsport debut with the support of Toyota Gazoo Racing.[3] [4] [5]
Qualifying was held on 29 February 2024, at 16:55 local time (UTC+3).
| Driver | Entrant | Time/Gap | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |  Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Racing | 1:41.915 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2 | 20 |  Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | +0.023 | 9 | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 |  Zane Maloney | Rodin Motorsport | +0.067 | 8 | 3 | |
| 4 | 11 |  Dennis Hauger | MP Motorsport | +0.075 | 7 | 4 | |
| 5 | 6 |  Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Motorsport | +0.088 | 6 | 5 | |
| 6 | 2 |  Zak O'Sullivan | ART Grand Prix | +0.099 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 14 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Van Amersfoort Racing | +0.155 | 4 | 7 | |
| 8 | 1 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | +0.243 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9 | 25 | Taylor Barnard | PHM AIX Racing | +0.292 | 2 | 9 | |
| 10 | 7 |  Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.372 | 1 | 10 | |
| 11 | 21 |  Pepe Martí | Campos Racing | +0.418 | 11 | 11 | |
| 12 | 17 |  Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | +0.425 | 12 | 12 | |
| 13 | 8 | Juan Manuel Correa | DAMS Lucas Oil | +0.454 | 13 | 13 | |
| 14 | 15 |  Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | +0.477 | 14 | 14 | |
| 15 | 12 |  Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | +0.477 | 15 | 15 | |
| 16 | 22 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | +0.729 | 16 | 16 | |
| 17 | 4 |  Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | +0.778 | 17 | 17 | |
| 18 | 3 | Oliver Bearman | Prema Racing | +0.795 | 18 | 18 | |
| 19 | 16 |  Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | +1.030 | 19 | 19 | |
| 20 | 23 |  Roman Staněk | Trident | +1.153 | 20 | 20 | |
| 21 | 24 |  Joshua Dürksen | PHM AIX Racing | +1.238 | 21 | 21 | |
| 107% time 1:49.049 (+7.134) | |||||||
| 9 |  Kush Maini | Invicta Racing | 1:41.696 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Source:[6] [7] [8] | |||||||
The sprint race was held on 1 March 2024, at 17:15 local time (UTC+3).
Notes
The feature race was held on 2 March 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+3).
Notes:
| Driver | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zane Maloney | 36 | ||
| 2 | Pepe Martí | 24 | ||
| 3 | Paul Aron | 19 | ||
| 4 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 15 | ||
| 5 | Zak O'Sullivan | 14 |
| Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rodin Motorsport | 38 | ||
| 2 | Campos Racing | 29 | ||
| 3 | Invicta Racing | 21 | ||
| 4 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 19 | ||
| 5 | ART Grand Prix | 14 |