Jehan Daruvala wins race, F1-bound Mick Schumacher claims drivers’ championship

Mick Schumacher, the Formula One-bound son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, clinched the Formula Two drivers’ championship title on Sunday.

India’s Jehan Daruvala won the race, taking his first F2 victory after Schumacher had flat-spotted a tyre on the first lap in his Prema car.

The 22-year-old Indian had earned his first Formula 2 podium last week after pipping Mick Schumacher in a gripping battle for the third place. He was the second runner up in the FIA Formula 3 Championship last year.

But despite finishing 18th in the final race of the season at the Bahrain International Circuit, ahead of Sunday’s later Sakhir Grand Prix, the German took the title by 14 points ahead of nearest rival Briton Callum Ilott, who finished 10th.

Daruvala, driving for Rayo Racing, had a good launch…