Round 1 of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship was held at Sakhir in Bahrain on 15-16 April 2017. Charles Leclerc was the winner of the sprint race for PREMA Racing.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Charles Leclerc | LEC | Monaco | PREMA Racing | Pirelli | 23 | 43:01.023 | - | - | 1:44.074 | 16 | 173.275 |
| 2 | 5 | Luca Ghiotto | GHI | Italy | RUSSIAN TIME | Pirelli | 23 | 43:02.592 | 1.569 | - | 1:47.043 | 7 | 173.170 |
| 3 | 9 | Oliver Rowland | ROW | Great Britain | DAMS | Pirelli | 23 | 43:03.921 | 2.898 | 1.329 | 1:47.175 | 8 | 173.081 |
| 4 | 10 | Nicholas Latifi | LAT | Canada | DAMS | Pirelli | 23 | 43:08.598 | 7.575 | 4.677 | 1:47.760 | 14 | 172.768 |
| 5 | 15 | Jordan King | KIN | Great Britain | MP Motorsport | Pirelli | 23 | 43:10.985 | 9.962 | 2.387 | 1:46.998 | 7 | 172.609 |
| 6 | 18 | Nyck De Vries | DEV | Netherlands | Rapax | Pirelli | 23 | 43:11.888 | 10.865 | 0.903 | 1:47.632 | 10 | 172.549 |
| 7 | 8 | Alexander Albon | ALB | Thailand | ART Grand Prix | Pirelli | 23 | 43:12.405 | 11.382 | 0.517 | 1:47.821 | 8 | 172.514 |
| 8 | 6 | Artem Markelov | MAR | Russia | RUSSIAN TIME | Pirelli | 23 | 43:19.976 | 18.953 | 7.571 | 1:45.891 | 11 | 172.012 |
| 9 | 19 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | CEC | Venezuela | Rapax | Pirelli | 23 | 43:20.173 | 19.150 | 0.197 | 1:47.868 | 13 | 171.999 |
| 10 | 2 | Antonio Fuoco | FUO | Italy | PREMA Racing | Pirelli | 23 | 43:21.006 | 19.983 | 0.833 | 1:46.884 | 7 | 171.944 |
| 11 | 17 | Sergio Canamasas | CAN | Spain | Trident | Pirelli | 23 | 43:29.852 | 28.829 | 8.846 | 1:48.247 | 10 | 171.361 |
| 12 | 3 | Louis Delétraz | DEL | Switzerland | Racing Engineering | Pirelli | 23 | 43:32.210 | 31.187 | 2.358 | 1:48.033 | 8 | 171.206 |
| 13 | 4 | Gustav Malja | MAL | Sweden | Racing Engineering | Pirelli | 23 | 43:34.645 | 33.622 | 2.435 | 1:48.684 | 8 | 171.047 |
| 14 | 7 | Nobuharu Matsushita | MAT | Japan | ART Grand Prix | Pirelli | 23 | 43:35.415 | 34.392 | 0.770 | 1:45.961 | 12 | 170.996 |
| 15 | 12 | Stefano Coletti | COL | Monaco | Campos Racing | Pirelli | 23 | 43:36.924 | 35.901 | 1.509 | 1:47.837 | 11 | 170.898 |
| 16 | 16 | Nabil Jeffri | JEF | Malaysia | Trident | Pirelli | 23 | 43:42.618 | 41.595 | 5.694 | 1:48.576 | 8 | 170.527 |
| 17 | 21 | Sean Gelael | GEL | Indonesia | Pertamina Arden | Pirelli | 23 | 43:53.052 | 52.029 | 10.434 | 1:46.512 | 13 | 169.851 |
| 18 | 14 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | SET | Brazil | MP Motorsport | Pirelli | 23 | 44:09.593 | 68.570 | 16.541 | 1:43.950 | 22 | 168.791 |
| DNF | 11 | Ralph Boschung | BOS | Switzerland | Campos Racing | Pirelli | 9 | 18:00.533 | 1:48.243 | 9 | 161.460 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Norman Nato | NAT | France | Pertamina Arden | Pirelli |