| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Round 2 of 11 rounds in the 2013 GP2 Series | |||
 Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit | |||
| Location | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 20 April 2013 | ||
| Laps | 32 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
| Time | 1:39.427 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
| Second |
 Stefano Coletti | Rapax | |
| Third |
 Alexander Rossi | Caterham Racing | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Arden International | |
| Time | 1:45.115 (on lap 28) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 21 April 2013 | ||
| Laps | 23 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Sam Bird | Russian Time | |
| Second |
 Felipe Nasr | Carlin | |
| Third |
Stefano Coletti | Rapax | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Sam Bird | Russian Time | |
| Time | 1:45.465 (on lap 4) | ||
The 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 20 and 21 April 2013 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the GP2 Series. It was the second round of the 2013 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix. The first race, a 32-lap feature event, was won by Racing Engineering driver Fabio Leimer from pole position. Stefano Coletti finished second for Rapax and Caterham Racing driver Alexander Rossi took third. Sam Bird won the following day's 30-lap sprint race for Russian Time, with Carlin's Felipe Nasr second and Coletti third.
Leimer held off the fast-starting Coletti to keep the lead and pulled out a significant gap in the following laps before ceding the lead to Adrian Quaife-Hobbs for ten laps after a mandatory pit stop for tyres. Leimer retook first place after Quaife-Hobbs's pit stop and held the position to win the race. Tom Dillmann started from pole position in the sprint race but lost the lead to teammate Bird before the end of the first lap. Coletti and Nasr gained on Bird in the final two laps as his tyres were worn. Coletti bowed out after running wide and lost second to Nasr before the final lap and Bird held off Nasr to win the race by 0.080 seconds, the closest margin of victory in GP2 Series history.
Leimer's feature race win was his second of the season and Bird's sprint event victory was the first for Russian Time after it took over from ISport International. Leimer lowered Coletti's lead in the Drivers' Championship to one point Nasr maintained third position and Bird's victory moved him to fourth. James Calado performed poorly and fell to fifth. Carlin lowered Rapax's lead in the Teams' Championship to two points. Racing Engineering fell to third and Russian Time moved to fourth with nine rounds left in the season.