Dunne dominates Formula 2, Câmara leads Formula 3 and De Haan captures Porsche round
De Haan continued his fine form this weekend and clocked a fastest lap of 2:03.990 during qualifying to take the leading grid spot for the first race later tonight.
His second-best lap of 2:04.106 then earned him pole for race two.
Janne Stiak will start alongside him on row one for the first race after setting a qualifying time of 2:04.364 today.
De Haan is also the leading starter in the Pro class for both races.
In the FIA Formula 2 Feature Race, Rodin Motorsport driver Alexander Dunne secured an impressive maiden victory. Starting from fourth on the grid, Dunne passed Leonardo Fornaroli on lap seven to take the lead and retained control for the remainder of the 32-lap contest.
Luke Browning, racing for Hitech TGR, climbed the field on an alternate tyre strategy to finish second, while Fornaroli completed the podium in third for Invicta Racing.
Josep María Martí made strong progress from 11th to finish fourth, followed by Victor Martins, Richard Verschoor, and Dino Beganovic. Arvid Lindblad surged from 16th to eighth, with Gabriele Minì and Joshua Duerksen rounding out the points in ninth and tenth, respectively.
In the FIA Formula 3 Feature Race, Rafael Camara made it two wins from two, converting pole position into a dominant victory in the Sakhir Feature Race, ahead of Callum Voisin and Tim Tramnitz.
Polesitter Camara had a slow start, allowing Voisin to get ahead into Turn 1, but on Lap 5, he re-took the position from his Rodin Motorsport rival.
From there, the Scuderia Ferrari Academy driver pulled away, winning the race by over six seconds, while Voisin settled for second.
Tramnitz charged through from P13 on the grid to finish third for MP Motorsport, a late move on ART Grand Prix driver Tuukka Taponen giving him his first podium of the year.
Taponen was able to hold off the other Red Bull Academy junior in the field, Nikola Tsolov, across the line to claim P4, while the Campos Racing driver took fifth.
Noah Stromsted continued his strong start to the season for Trident, the Mercedes junior finishing sixth ahead of MP's Alessandro Giusti, in his Williams-liveried car.
Mari Boya came through from 20th on the grid to finish eighth for Campos, ahead of the third MP car driven by Bruno del Pino, while Christian Ho rounded out the top 10 for DAMS Lucas Oil.
In the Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East, Robert De Haan converted his double pole into double victories. He finished 5.7 seconds ahead of Janne Stiak in race two, with Angus Whiteside completing the podium in third.
Khalid Al Ahmadi claimed victory in the Pro-Am category, while Banksy topped the Masters class.
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