The sequence veteran, driving for Campos Racing, was untroubled all through the 23-lap dash race, main from the off earlier than cruising house 10 seconds away from second-placed driver Dennis Hauger.
Boschung had claimed 4 podiums throughout the previous six seasons in F2, however the prime step of the rostrum had evaded him till Saturday’s dash race.
There was a fierce battle for second, with a number of contenders for the runner-up spot earlier than reigning F3 champion Victor Martins and 2021 F3 champion Hauger (MP Motorsport) had been embroiled in a tense tussle within the closing laps.
Hauger, who moved from Prema to MP for his second season in F2, lastly claimed second on lap 22, with ART driver Martins settling for third on his debut, having began ninth.
In the beginning Boschung held agency off the road, with DAMS driver Arthur Leclerc swooping into second and team-mate Ayumu Iwasa taking third. Iwasa then took second because the pair went side-by-side via the center sector as Alpine Academy driver Martins moved into fourth across the outdoors of Flip 11 previous Roman Stanek.
A charging Theo Pourchaire, who began 10th, had made it as much as fifth by lap three, as Martins took third from Leclerc, each strikes up the within of Flip 1.
Alfa Romeo F1 reserve driver Pourchaire, who completed runner-up final season, then took fourth from Leclerc with the boldness anticipated of a third-year driver, setting the quickest lap of the race as he continued his pursuit.
However catastrophe hit Leclerc when he was handed a 10-second penalty on lap seven, pitting to serve it and dropping outdoors the factors, whereas fellow rookie Isack Hadjar (Hitech) did the identical. Each had been penalised for having mechanics touching the automotive outdoors of the permitted time on the grid.
Ralph Boschung, Campos Racing, leads Arthur Leclerc, DAMS, Ayumu Iwasa, DAMS initially
Picture by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
Martins claimed second from Iwasa up the within of Flip 1 on lap 13, and regardless of the Pink Bull junior making an attempt to reclaim his place, was pressured to again off as Pourchaire closed in behind them.
Hauger then repeated Martins’ transfer on Pourchaire for fourth place the next lap, earlier than setting about passing Iwasa, which he did on lap 15 after an enormous lock-up from the DAMS driver. He bode his time behind Martins earlier than lastly securing second on the penultimate lap at Flip 11, relegating Martins to 3rd forward of Iwasa.
Pourchaire settled for fifth, with MP Motorsport’s Jehan Daruvala in sixth and rookie Kush Maini (Campos) in seventh.
Enzo Fittipaldi rounded off the points-paying positions for Rodin Carlin in eighth, with team-mate Zane Maloney in ninth and Juan Manuel Correa (VAR) in 10th.
Collection favorite Jack Doohan ran on the alternate technique, beginning on the exhausting tyre, however failed to interrupt into the highest 10. Leclerc, regardless of his early promise, completed 12th forward of Stanek.
F2 Bahrain – Dash race outcomes
