In the first sprint race, the top ten started in reverse order, which meant that a newcomer started from the pole position. Theo Pourchaire, who reached the tenth qualifying time. He broke through to his forehead immediately after the start Liam Lawson. and finally registered his first victory in his first Formula 2 race. They were still experienced on the podium for the winners Jehan daruvala and another newcomer, David Beckman. He was an octopus of the race Pourchaire, who had to park his race car by the track in lap 13.
In the second sprint race, in which the first ten started in the reverse order as they ranked in the first, so that the Estonian started from the pole position. Juri vips. They collided in the first corner Dan ticktum in Robert Schwartzman, which meant the end of the race for both of them. In the end, three members of the Alpine racing academy competed for the victory, and the longest was drawn by the current Formula 3 champion, Oscar Piastri who won before Christian Lundgaard in Guanyu Zhou.
Zhou in Lundgaard they also started from the first starting row in Sunday's main race, in which the Chinese were the best and celebrated before Ticktum in Lawson. Zhou thus has an 11-point advantage over the pursuers after the end of the first race weekend, but the newcomers in Bahrain were the most brilliant.
