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Updated December 5th, 2020 at 22:09 IST

Schumacher edges closer to F2 title as Tsunoda takes Bahrain win

Tsunoda passed Mazepin to take the lead for good and crossed the finish line ahead of Zhou, with Mazepin having to settle for third.

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Japan's Yuki Tsunoda won his third race of the Formula 2 season in the Bahrain feature race on Saturday at Sakhir.The Japanese Carlin driver started from pole, but the action developed into a five-man battle - China's Guanyu Zhou, Felipe Drugovich of Brazil and Russian pair Nikita Mazepin and Robert Shwartzman were also in the mix.

However, with five laps to go, Tsunoda passed Mazepin to take the lead for good and crossed the finish line ahead of Zhou, with Mazepin having to settle for third.Championship leader Mick Schumacher put a poor qualification run behind him to get from 18th on the grid to seventh in the end, behind main title rival and fellow Ferrari protege Callum Ilott.Going into Sunday's final race of the season, Ilott needs an unlikely-looking 15-point swing against the German.

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Published December 5th, 2020 at 22:09 IST

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