Round 1 of the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship was held at Sakhir in Bahrain on 27-28 March 2021. Oscar Piastri was the winner of Sprint Race 2 for PREMA Racing.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Oscar Piastri | PIA | Australia | PREMA Racing | 23 | 46:19.610 | - | - | 1:46.202 | 19 | 160.895 | |
| 2 | 9 | Christian Lundgaard | LUN | Denmark | ART Grand Prix | 23 | 46:20.384 | +0.774 | +0.774 | 1:46.529 | 19 | 160.851 | |
| 3 | 3 | Guanyu Zhou | ZHO | China | UNI-Virtuosi | 23 | 46:21.686 | +2.076 | +1.302 | 1:47.371 | 18 | 160.775 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala | DAR | India | Carlin | 23 | 46:22.104 | +2.494 | +0.418 | 1:46.655 | 22 | 160.751 | |
| 5 | 11 | Richard Verschoor | VER | Netherlands | MP Motorsport | 23 | 46:22.576 | +2.966 | +0.472 | 1:46.432 | 22 | 160.724 | |
| 6 | 10 | Théo Pourchaire | POU | France | ART Grand Prix | 23 | 46:23.369 | +3.759 | +0.793 | 1:46.963 | 22 | 160.678 | |
| 7 | 14 | David Beckmann | BEC | Germany | Charouz Racing System | 23 | 46:25.997 | +6.387 | +2.628 | 1:47.131 | 22 | 160.527 | |
| 8 | 25 | Marino Sato | SAT | Japan | Trident | 23 | 46:27.706 | +8.096 | +1.709 | 1:47.818 | 18 | 160.428 | |
| 9 | 22 | Matteo Nannini | NAN | Italy | HWA Racelab | 23 | 46:29.343 | +9.733 | +1.637 | 1:47.272 | 23 | 160.334 | |
| 10 | 17 | Marcus Armstrong | ARM | New Zealand | DAMS | 23 | 46:31.790 | +12.180 | +2.447 | 1:48.158 | 7 | 160.193 | |
| 11 | 15 | Guilherme Samaia | SAM | Brazil | Charouz Racing System | 23 | 46:32.052 | +12.442 | +0.262 | 1:47.465 | 18 | 160.178 | |
| 12 | 24 | Bent Viscaal | VIS | Netherlands | Trident | 23 | 46:36.354 | +16.744 | +4.302 | 1:48.827 | 7 | 159.932 | |
| 13 | 20 | Gianluca Petecof | PET | Brazil | Campos Racing | 23 | 46:37.179 | +17.569 | +0.825 | 1:47.185 | 18 | 159.885 | |
| 14 | 4 | Felipe Drugovich | DRU | Brazil | UNI-Virtuosi | 23 | 46:44.157 | +24.547 | +6.978 | 1:48.604 | 9 | 159.487 | |
| 15 | 16 | Roy Nissany | NIS | Israel | DAMS | 23 | 46:47.081 | +27.471 | +2.924 | 1:48.804 | 12 | 159.321 | |
| 16 | 8 | Jüri Vips | VIP | Estonia | Hitech Grand Prix | 23 | 46:56.590 | +36.980 | +9.509 | 1:46.287 | 19 | 158.783 | |
| 17 | 21 | Ralph Boschung | BOS | Switzerland | Campos Racing | 23 | 47:08.076 | +48.466 | +11.486 | 1:45.507 | 21 | 158.138 | |
| DNF | 23 | Alessio Deledda | DEL | Italy | HWA Racelab | 19 | 38:58.759 | 1:47.962 | 18 | 157.902 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Liam Lawson | LAW | New Zealand | Hitech Grand Prix | 14 | 27:26.888 | 1:48.496 | 9 | 165.086 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Lirim Zendeli | ZEN | Germany | MP Motorsport | 12 | 26:12.441 | 1:47.720 | 9 | 148.121 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Daniel Ticktum | TIC | Great Britain | Carlin | ||||||||
| DNF | 1 | Robert Shwartzman | SHW | Russia | PREMA Racing |