F2 returned last weekend with 10 rookies, a new format and heaps of uncertainty over the pecking order. Here are the five main points from round one
Craig Woollard
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Guanyu Zhou feels his maiden F2 feature race win in Bahrain made up for the one he lost at the first event of 2020
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Christian Lundgaard has been given back second place in the second Formula 2 sprint race in Bahrain after confusion around a 10-second penalty he served during the race
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Alpine Academy driver Oscar Piastri revealed he was scared about performing his first Formula 2 pitstop in Bahrain, after winning what he described as the “craziest” race of his career
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Oscar Piastri beat fellow Alpine junior Guanyu Zhou to win on his debut Formula 2 weekend in a chaotic second sprint race at Bahrain
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Liam Lawson believed that fellow Red Bull junior Jehan Daruvala was going to deny him a maiden victory in the first Formula 2 race of 2021 in Bahrain
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Virtuosi Racing’s Felipe Drugovich believes that Formula 2’s format overhaul means that there will be less pressure on Saturdays for those who qualify better.
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Red Bull junior Juri Vips has been disqualified from qualifying for this weekend’s Formula 2 round in Bahrain, giving Theo Pourchaire pole for Saturday’s first sprint race
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The postponed FIA Formula 3 test at Jerez has been rescheduled to take place after the first round of the season has been completed
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Christian Lundgaard is positive for the first race of the Formula 2 season in Bahrain, despite a qualifying that ‘hurt’ him when he was beaten by Alpine Academy stable-mate Guanyu …
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Guanyu Zhou topped the first Formula 2 qualifying of 2021 at Bahrain by just 0.003 seconds, while debutant David Beckmann will start the season-opening sprint race from reversed-grid pole
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Virtuosi Racing’s Felipe Drugovich became the first driver to top a Formula 2 race weekend session in 2021 after coming out on top in free practice in Bahrain
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Oscar Piastri would be surprised if any Formula 2 driver gives up positions to secure reversed-grid pole in the championship’s new format for 2021, calling the idea ‘unsportsmanlike’
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Theo Pourchaire is not concerned by the discrepancies between ART Grand Prix Formula 2 team-mates over previous seasons, believing it to be down to the driver and not the team …
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Formula 2’s fanbase continues to grow, despite there being no Schumacher on the 2021 grid, with new drivers, a new format and a new circuit
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Oscar Piastri believes that qualifying well is not the key to success in F2, as the Alpine junior prepares for his debut in Bahrain
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Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema’s Guanyu Zhou took the Asian Formula 3 title by winning the season finale at Yas Marina Circuit from pole position
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Patrik Pasma used a fast start to beat Guanyu Zhou in the penultimate Asian F3 race at Yas Marina, as title leader Pierre-Louis Chovet crashed
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Pablo Lopez became the Pro-Sim class champion in the Brands Hatch finale of the British F4 Esports series as Alex Palou won a race