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

Verschoor controlled the race from the front as he dominated, leading ev꧋ery lap to take Trident's first F2෴ victory since 2016.

The battle for the podium was exciting t✅hroughout with Ralph Boschung moving up to second early on as he maꦓde a daring move on Jake Hughes.

As Boschung stru♑ggled with his 🐭tyres, he dropped down the order allowing Daruvala to move up to second.

The In🅠dian driver finished 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 podium in Bahrain,♛ who ov💯ertook Boschung in the closing laps.

Boschung eventually finished fourth ahead of Felipe Drugovich in th🐟e MP Motorsport.

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

Dennis Hauger and Jack Doohan rounded out the t🌸op 10 in Bahrain.

Marcus Armstrong was forced to ret🌠ire after clipping Hughes’ car early on, causing a Safety Car.

It was also a bad day for Theo Pourcha📖ire as he was unable to finish ဣthe race after leaking oil onto the track.

Click here for the full𒐪 FIA Formula 2 results from the sprint race in 🔥Bahrain