Event statistics following the first race of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 season, Race 1 of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, April 7, at the 5.412-kilometer (3.363-mile) Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain.
Lando Norris scored his maiden Formula 2 victory, winning by 8.321 seconds over Carlin Motorsport teammate Sergio Sette Camara. Rounding out the podium was Artem Markelov.
Bahrain Grand Prix, Race #1
Sakhir International Circuit – Sakhir, Bahrain
- Winner (starting position): Lando Norris (1st)
- Podium: Lando Norris, Sergio Sette Camara, Artem Markelov
- Full Results: Lando Norris, Sergio Sette Camara, Artem Markelov, Alexander Albon, George Russell, Nyck de Vries, Sean Gelael, Maximilian Gunther, Jack Aitken, Ralph Boschung, Nicholas Latifi, Luca Ghiotto, Louis Deletraz, Santino Ferrucci, Arjun Maini, Roy Nissany, Antonio Fuoco, Nirei Fukuzumi, Tadasuke Makino, Roberto Merhi (DNS)
- Laps Completed: 31
- Race Leaders: 3
- Pole Position: Lando Norris (191.460 kph; 1 minute, 41.761 seconds)
- Fastest Race Lap: Lando Norris (1 minute, 48.072 seconds; Lap 19)
- Hard Charger: Artem Markelov (+14; 17th to 3rd)
- Margin of Victory: 8.321 seconds
- Car Count: 19
- Cars Entered: 20
- Cars Running at Finish: 19 (of 20; or 95 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 18
- Cautions: None
- Average Speed: 173.992 kph (108.114 mph)
- Time of Race: 57:46.206
- Lead Changes: 3
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (Bahrain Grand Prix, Race #1)
- This is Lando Norris’s first victory in Formula 2 in his third career race. He had competed in the final round of the 2017 season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, retiring in the feature race and finishing 13th in the sprint race.
- Norris led 29 of the 31 laps, losing the lead only during pit stops.
- Carlin Motorsport teammate, Sergio Sette Camara of Brazil, finished second, his third career podium finish (won the sprint race at Spa in 2017 and finished second in the sprint race at Monza). This marked his best career finish in a feature race; his previous best finish was sixth at Spa and Monza last year.
- Artem Markelov finished third after starting the race from pit lane, as he stalled the car which led to an aborted start. It was Markelov’s eighth career podium; he earned second podiums in 2017 en route to finishing second in the points standings.
- Alexander Albon finished fourth, his best career finish in a feature race (had series-best finishes of second twice, both in sprint races in 2017 in Austrian Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix).
- Fifth was George Russell, in his first career Formula 2 race. Russell, the defending GP3 champion, gave the United Kingdom two drivers in the top five.
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