Starting from second on the grid, Verschoor took the lead into Turn 1 as Felipe Drugovich made a sluggish start,🦩 dropping to sixth on the opening lap.

Verschoor controlled the race💎 from the front as he dominated, leading every lap to take Trident's f♐irst F2 victory since 2016.

The💮 battle for the podium was exciting throughout with Ralph Boschung moving up to second early o🍸n as he made a daring move on Jake Hughes.

As 💎Boschung struggled with his tyres, he dropped down the order allowing Daruvala▨ to move up to second.

The Indian driver f⛄inished just 1.8s behind Verschoor at the end of the race and will be confident going into the feature event on Sunday.

Liam Lawson completed the pod🌞ium in Bahrain, who overtook Boschung in the closing laps.

Bosc🥃hung eventually finished fourth ahead of Felipe Drugovich in𝔉 the MP Motorsport.

Williams F1 junior Logan Sargeant was sixth for Carlin ahead of Juri Vips, while Aജyumu Iwasa rounded out the points-paying positions in eighth after recovering from the back of the grid.

Dennis H🧜auger and Jack Doohan rounded out the top 10 i๊n Bahrain.

Marcus Armstrong was forced to retire afteꦕr clipping Hughes’ car early on, causing a Safety Car.

It was also a bad day for Theo Pourchaire as he was unableꦑ to finish the race after leaking oil onto the🦹 track.

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