The 2023 Baku FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 April 2023 at the Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan. It was the fourth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Classification Qualifying

Driver Entrant Time/Gap 18 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing1:52.6529124 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin +0.0128235 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix +0.05311347 Frederik VestiPrema Racing +0.0717451 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport +0.2266562 Jehan DaruvalaMP Motorsport +0.4145679 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight +0.4874786 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.5613893 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin +0.645291022 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing +0.8071101125 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing +0.98510111220 Roman Staněk Trident +0.98712121312 Arthur LeclercDAMS +1.09813131424 Kush MainiCampos Racing +1.26814141523 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing +1.31315151614 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing +1.49816161711 Ayumu Iwasa DAMS +1.56517171810 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight +1.63918181921 Clément NovalakTrident +1.75719192016 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz +2.03120202115 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing +2.8962121107% time: 2:00.580 (+7.888)—17 Brad BenavidesPHM Racing by Charouz +32.4392222Source:

Notes – Théo Pourchaire received a three-place grid drop for impeding Kush Maini, subsequently dropping him down from eighth to eleventh for the Sprint Race.

Sprint race

Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points18 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing21 51:27.274910 (1)27 Frederik VestiPrema Racing21 +0.8707839 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight21 +3.09046424 Kush MainiCampos Racing21 +6.48514554 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin21 +7.87984623 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing21 +10.405153721 Clément NovalakTrident21 +11.090192820 Roman StaněkTrident21 +15.065121915 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing21 +16.232211017 Brad BenavidesPHM Racing by Charouz21 +18.140221110 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight21 +13.60218121 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport18 Collision6136 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix18 Collision3142 Jehan DaruvalaMP Motorsport18 Collision5155 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix18 Collision111612 Arthur LeclercDAMS18 Collision131714 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing18 Spun Off16DNF16 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz13 Accident20DNF3 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin12 Driveshaft2DNF11 Ayumu IwasaDAMS10 DRS system17DNF25 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing2 Accident10DNF22 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing0 Collision damage1Fastest lap set by Oliver Bearman: 1:55.796 (lap 14)Source:

Notes – Isack Hadjar originally finished eighth, but received a five-second time-penalty for illegally overtaking Jack Doohan before the control line at the Safety Car restart on lap 19, subsequently dropping him out of the points down in eleventh. – Six drivers were Collision in a multi-car Pile-up at the Safety Car restart on lap 19, but all have been classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Feature race

Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points18 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing29 57:23.163125 (2)24 Enzo FittipaldiRodin Carlin29 +2.31521835 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix29 +2.60731547 Frederik VestiPrema Racing29 +15.223412524 Kush MainiCampos Racing29 +15.792141061 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport29 +17.30158710 Isack HadjarHitech Pulse-Eight29 +19.576186 (1)822 Richard VerschoorVan Amersfoort Racing29 +26.86910499 Jak CrawfordHitech Pulse-Eight29 +27.541721012 Arthur LeclercDAMS29 +29.695131113 Zane MaloneyRodin Carlin29 +30.39091211 Ayumu IwasaDAMS29 +32.806171323 Juan Manuel CorreaVan Amersfoort Racing29 +39.09215142 Jehan DaruvalaMP Motorsport29 +39.24361514 Jack DoohanInvicta Virtuosi Racing29 +40.007161621 Clément NovalakTrident29 +40.017191720 Roman StaněkTrident29 +42.023121816 Roy NissanyPHM Racing by Charouz29 +53.202201915 Amaury CordeelInvicta Virtuosi Racing29 +57.858212025 Ralph BoschungCampos Racing29 +1:01.26711DNF17 Brad BenavidesPHM Racing by Charouz8 Accident22DSQ6 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix29 Disqualified8Fastest lap set by Isack Hadjar: 1:53.478 (lap 27)Source:

Notes – Victor Martins originally finished fourth, but was later disqualified from the Feature race due to a technical infringement.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Théo Pourchaire 65 1 2 Frederik Vesti 62 2 3 Ayumu Iwasa 58 12 4 Oliver Bearman 41 4 5 Kush Maini 41

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 4 1 Prema Racing 103 1 2 DAMS 92 1 3 ART Grand Prix 82 4 Campos Racing 74 2 5 MP Motorsport 70

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

References

External links Official website