F2 – Latifi takes first win of 2019 in Bahrain Feature Race

Nicholas Latifi has won the FIA Formula 2 season-opening Feature Race at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The Canadian established a five-second lead in the first race stint after passing pole-sitter Luca Ghiotto and Louis Deletraz. A slow pit stop saw him plunge to sixth but he fought his way back to the front in the second stint, where he pulled out an eight second gap to his rivals to record his third career race win in the series.

Ghiotto recovered from a clutch issue at the start to take second place, while Sergio Sette Camara finished third.

Sunday’s reverse grid Sprint Race will see Mick Schumacher line up in pole position after he snatched eighth place on the final lap.

 

2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship Round 1 Feature Race: Sakhir, Bahrain

  DRIVER TEAM 1 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 2 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi Racing 3 Sérgio Sette Camara DAMS 4 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 5 Louis Delétraz Carlin 6 Nyck De Vries ART Grand Prix 7 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 8 Mick Schumacher PREMA Racing 9 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 10 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi Racing 11 Ralph Boschung Trident 12 Giuliano Alesi Trident 13 Tatiana Calderon BWT Arden 14 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Racing by Charouz 15 Dorian Boccolacci Campos Racing 16 Juan Manuel Correa Sauber Junior Racing by Charouz 17 Jordan King MP Motorsport 18 Mahaveer Raghunathan MP Motorsport 19 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix         NOT CLASSIFIED     Sean Gelael PREMA Racing         OVERALL FASTEST LAP     Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) – 1:47.645 on Lap 18         FASTEST LAP ELIGIBLE FOR POINTS   Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi Racing)