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Bahrain to host a double-header; Season-ender at Yas Marina

Paris, 25 August 2020: Formula 1 has today announced an update to the 2020 FIA Formula 1 World Championship calendar, bringing the total number of races to 17. The calendar has been approved by the FIA.

The full statement from Formula 1 is as follows:

Following the recent announcements regarding the initial 13 races of the revised 2020 calendar, Formula 1 is today announcing additional races for this season taking the total to 17.

We can confirm that Turkey, Bahrain (hosting two races), and Abu Dhabi will be part of the revised season and want to express our thanks to the hard work of all our promoters and partners in making this 17-race season possible. Sadly, we will not be racing in China this season and want to thank our partner Juss Sports for their support and engagement in recent months and hugely look forward to returning to Shanghai next year.

We can confirm that a number of races in the revised 2020 season will be open to a limited number of fans, including hospitality, and we are working with each promoter to finalise the details. While we want to see as many fans as possible return as soon as it is safe to do so, our priority remains the safety of the Formula 1 community and the communities we visit, and we review fan access on this basis.

Due to the ongoing fluidity of the COVID-19 pandemic we continue to maintain close dialogue with all promoters and local authorities to ensure we operate in the safest way possible and monitor each national situation closely – including travel restrictions and local health procedures.

The latest races added to the 2020 calendar are as follows:

November 13-15	FORMULA 1 DHL TURKISH GRAND PRIX 2020 – Intercity Istanbul Park*
November 27-29	FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2020 -Bahrain International Circuit
December 4-6	FORMULA 1 ROLEX SAKHIR GRAND PRIX 2020 -Bahrain International Circuit
December 11 – 13	FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2020 – Yas Marina Circuit

*Subject to circuit homologation

Chase Carey, Chairman and CEO of Formula 1, said:

“We are proud to announce that Turkey, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi will be part of our 2020 season. This year has presented Formula 1 and the world with an unprecedented challenge and we want to pay tribute to everyone across Formula 1, the FIA, the teams, and our partners who have made this possible. While we are all disappointed that we have not been able to return to some of our planned races this year we are confident our season has started well and will continue to deliver plenty of excitement with traditional, as well as new, races that will entertain all our fans.”

August 25, 2020

Sette Câmara clinches pole at Yas Marina

The Brazilian will start at the front of the grid in tomorrow’s Feature Race, ahead of Ilott and Delétraz

Sergio Sette Camara (BRA, DAMS). An F2 photo

Yas Marina, 29 Nov 2019: Sérgio Sette Câmara continued his hot form from Free Practice to score his second pole position of the 2019 season, in Qualifying at Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi. The Brazilian puts his DAMS’ side in a strong position to secure the Teams’ Championship in tomorrow’s Feature Race, but will face stern competition from Callum Ilott in P2 and Louis Delétraz in third.

Jordan King was the first out on track, setting the initial time at 2m 11s, while Nyck de Vries and Jack Aitken were amongst five drivers to remain in the pitlane when the lights went green. Delétraz set the first fast time of the evening, racing around in 1:50.128, but was swiftly displayed by Ilott, who beat him by less than a hundredth of a second.

De Vries, Nicholas Latifi and Aitken all headed out as the rest of the field began to feed back into the pits for fresh rubber. The Canadian quickly went to work and leapt up to fourth, with three green sectors.

De Vries managed fifth on his first flying lap and improved to fourth the next time around, which would have been higher had he not locked up in the final sector.

Sette Câmara took control of the session from here, storming around to steal provisional pole from Ilott. The Briton, along with Delétraz, attempted to react, but the duo could only manage second and third. Behind them, Guanyu Zhou rose from 10^th to fifth with a powerful tour of the circuit.

There was frustration for Sean Gelael, as he clipped the curb and spun into the middle of the straight, bringing out a yellow flag. This brought a halt to the session and ended a number of push laps.

This saw Sette Câmara hold on to first ahead of Ilott, Delétraz, Nobuharu Matsushita and Zhou. They were followed by De Vries, Latifi, Aitken, Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher, who completed the top 10.

The DAMS ace will be fighting for his second win of the campaign in the Feature Race tomorrow, when lights go out at 6.45pm (local time).

2019 FIA Formula 2 Round 12 – Qualifying provisional classification

	DRIVER	TEAM	LAPTIME	LAPS
1	Sergio Sette Camara	DAMS	1:49.751	10
2	Callum Ilott	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:49.840	10
3	Louis Deletraz	Carlin	1:49.931	9
4	Nobuharu Matsushita	Carlin	1:50.157	10
5	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:50.190	9
6	Nyck De Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:50.288	8
7	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:50.303	9
8	Jack Aitken	Campos Racing	1:50.520	8
9	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	1:50.618	5
10	Mick Schumacher	PREMA Racing	1:50.652	7
11	Luca Ghiotto	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	1:50.858	10
12	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:50.920	10
13	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:51.174	10
14	Artem Markelov	BWT Arden	1:51.412	10
15	Matevos Isaakyan	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1:51.522	10
16	Marino Sato	Campos Racing	1:51.829	10
17	Sean Gelael	PREMA Racing	1:51.884	8
18	Christian Lundgaard	Trident	1:52.140	10
19	Tatiana Calderon	BWT Arden	1:52.412	10
20	Mahaveer Raghunathan	MP Motorsport	1:53.363	6

November 30, 2019