2025 Sakhir Formula 2 round

  2025 Sakhir Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 2 of 14 in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 12 April 2025 Laps 23 Podium First Pepe Martí Campos Racing Second Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Third Dino Beganovic Hitech TGR Fastest lap Driver Kush Maini DAMS Time 1:48.090 (on lap 21)
Feature Race
Date 13 April 2025 Laps 32 Pole position Driver Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing Time 1:44.008 Podium First Alexander Dunne Rodin Motorsport Second Luke Browning Hitech TGR Third Leonardo Fornaroli Invicta Racing Fastest lap Driver Luke Browning Hitech TGR Time 1:49.987 (on lap 15)

The 2025 Sakhir FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 11 and 13 April 2025 at the Bahrain International Circuit. It was the second round of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	1:44.008	10	1
2	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.155	9	2
3	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	+0.284	8	3
4	17	Alexander Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	+0.316	7	4
5	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	+0.547	6	5
6	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.603	5	6
7	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.701	4	7
8	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.738	3	8
9	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	+0.757	2	9
10	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	+0.794	1	10
11	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.823	11	11
12	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.831	12	12
13	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.858	13	13
14	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS	+0.929	14	14
15	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	+0.955	15	15
16	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	+0.967	16	16
17	23	Max Esterson	Trident	+0.978	17	17
18	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	+1.043	18	18
19	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	+1.144	19	19
20	12	Kush Maini	DAMS	+1.255	20	20
21	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	+1.952	21	21
22	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	+2.048	22	22
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Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	23	46:24.663	11	10
2	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	23	+0.922	5	8
3	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	23	+1.870	2	6
4	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	23	+1.984	15	5 (1)
5	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	23	+3.028	16	4
6	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+3.134	3	3
7	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	23	+3.321	12	2
8	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	23	+3.972	10	1
9	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	23	+4.205	19
10	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	23	+4.498	8
11	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	23	+4.657	21
12	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+7.131	14
13	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	23	+7.956	4
14	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	23	+9.176	9
15	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	23	+9.330	6
16	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+9.439	20
17	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+10.633	13
18	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	23	+12.442	22
19	17	Alexander Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	13	+12.2701	7
DNF	23	Max Esterson	Trident	14	Engine	17
DNF	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	0	Spun off	18
DSQ2	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	23	Disqualified2	1
Fastest lap set by Kush Maini: 1:48.090 (lap 21)
Source:

Notes:

• ^1 – Alexander Dunne originally finished 18th on the road, but was demoted to 19th place after he received two separate five-second penalties: one for a safety car infringement, and another for causing a collision with Ritomo Miyata.

• ^2 – Joshua Dürksen finished third, but was disqualified after his car's diffuser was found to be lower than the minimum height.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Alexander Dunne	Rodin Motorsport	32	59:40.123	4	25
2	7	Luke Browning	Hitech TGR	32	+8.244	3	18 (1)
3	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	Invicta Racing	32	+19.433	1	15 (2)
4	3	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	32	+19.867	11	12
5	14	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	32	+23.119	2	10
6	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	32	+23.573	6	8
7	8	Dino Beganovic	Hitech TGR	32	+24.137	9	6
8	4	Arvid Lindblad	Campos Racing	32	+26.725	16	4
9	10	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	32	+34.945	12	2
10	20	Joshua Dürksen	AIX Racing	32	+37.860	10	1
11	5	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	32	+41.095	15
12	25	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	32	+43.201	8
13	16	Amaury Cordeel	Rodin Motorsport	32	+44.469	21
14	15	Ritomo Miyata	ART Grand Prix	32	+46.571	19
15	22	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	32	+47.403	7
16	11	Jak Crawford	DAMS Lucas Oil	32	+47.705	14
17	2	Roman Staněk	Invicta Racing	32	+48.633	5
18	12	Kush Maini	DAMS Lucas Oil	32	+52.956	20
19	9	Sebastián Montoya	Prema Racing	32	+55.6671	19
20	24	John Bennett	Van Amersfoort Racing	32	+55.911	13
21	23	Max Esterson	Trident	32	+58.288	17
22	21	Cian Shields	AIX Racing	32	+69.975	22
Fastest lap set by Luke Browning: 1:48.726 (lap 15)
Source:

Notes:

• ^1 – Sebastián Montoya was given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Leonardo Fornaroli	26
7	2	Alex Dunne	25
	3	Luke Browning	25
4	4	Pepe Martí	23
1	5	Richard Verschoor	21

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
2	1	Hitech TGR	37
4	2	Campos Racing	31
2	3	Invicta Racing	30
1	4	MP Motorsport	27
2	5	Rodin Motorsport	25

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix
• 2025 Sakhir Formula 3 round

External links

• Official website