The 2024 Baku FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 13 and 15 September 2024 at the Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan. It was the twelfth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Driver Changes Oliver Bearman was entered into the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in place of Kevin Magnussen, who received a one-race ban. 2024 Formula 3 runner-up Gabriele Minì was chosen by Prema to replace Bearman.
Australian driver Christian Mansell, who finished fifth in Formula 3, was announced to replace Roman Staněk at Trident for the rest of the season after the latter's departure from the team due to unsatisfactory equipment and lack of budget.
Similarly, ART Grand Prix driver Zak O'Sullivan left the team due to funding issues. Fellow British and Williams Academy driver Luke Browning was confirmed to replace O'Sullivan for the remainder of the year.
Classification Qualifying
Driver Entrant Time/Gap 122 Richard VerschoorTrident1:54.85710124 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing +0.0179231 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.2458345 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport +0.2717459 Kush MainiInvicta Racing +0.31765610 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing +0.47356724 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing +0.4744783 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.5853897 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil +0.777291023 Christian MansellTrident +0.788110112 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix +0.86711111217 Paul Aron Hitech Pulse-Eight +1.08112121311 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport +1.2791313148 Juan Manuel CorreaDAMS Lucas Oil +1.39614141514 Enzo FittipaldiVan Amersfoort Racing +1.8291515166 Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport +1.83916161712 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport +1.85117171816 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight +1.85418181915 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +2.03019192020 Isack HadjarCampos Racing +2.03620202121 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +2.36121212225 Niels KoolenAIX Racing +6.7872222Source:
Notes – Isack Hadjar originally qualified 15th, but his fastest lap was deleted after he was found the sole responsible of causing a red flag during qualifying.
Sprint race Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points124 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing21 44:00.116410 (1)27 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil21 +3.4442833 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing21 +4.5793641 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix21 +4.59985510 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing21 +7.80754617 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight21 +8.79312374 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing21 +9.29392823 Christian MansellTrident21 +13.4361199 Kush MainiInvicta Racing21 +15.0136105 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport21 +15.5157112 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix21 +15.740111220 Isack HadjarCampos Racing21 +16.208201314 Enzo FittipaldiVan Amersfoort Racing21 +17.065151411 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport21 +17.09413158 Juan Manuel CorreaDAMS Lucas Oil21 +18.03914 1615 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing21 +20.637191722 Richard VerschoorTrident21 +22.828101816 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight21 +47.405181921 Pepe MartíCampos Racing21 +52.191212025 Niels KoolenAIX Racing21 +56.243222112 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport21 +1:42.95417DNF6 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport14 Accident16Fastest lap set by Richard Verschoor: 1:56.629 (lap 13)Source: Notes – Oliver Goethe received a 5 second time penalty for causing a collision with Amaury Cordeel.
Feature race The feature race was red flagged shortly after the start, as Kush Maini stalled and Oliver Goethe and Pepe Martí crashed into the stationary Invicta car. Damage from this accident saw all three drivers retire, as well as Rafael Villagómez and Niels Koolen. All drivers were able to walk out of their cars unscathed.
The debris cleaning after the collision resulted in the race being condensed into a timed finish. Only 17 laps of the 29 scheduled were completed and reduced points were awarded. The last two laps of the race happened under safety car conditions due to a late crash by debutant Gabriele Minì.
Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Points122 Richard VerschoorTrident17 1:10:08.415119 (2)21 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix17 +0.33331434 Andrea Kimi AntonelliPrema Racing17 +0.567212410 Gabriel BortoletoInvicta Racing17 +0.567610 (1)524 Joshua DürksenAIX Racing17 +1.00278617 Paul AronHitech Pulse-Eight17 +1.21212672 Luke BrowningART Grand Prix17 +1.35111487 Jak CrawfordDAMS Lucas Oil17 +1.46893911 Dennis HaugerMP Motorsport17 +1.9101321023 Christian MansellTrident17 +2.1631011114 Enzo FittipaldiVan Amersfoort Racing17 +2.65315 1216 Amaury CordeelHitech Pulse-Eight17 +3.34818136 Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport17 +3.391161420 Isack HadjarCampos Racing17 +4.12720155 Zane MaloneyRodin Motorsport17 +42.1826 DNF3 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing14 Accident8DNF8 Juan Manuel CorreaDAMS Lucas Oil5 Engine14DNF12 Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport0 Collision damage17 DNF15 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing0 Collision damage19 DNF21 Pepe MartíCampos Racing0 Collision21DNF25 Niels KoolenAIX Racing0 Collision damage22DNF9 Kush MainiInvicta Racing0 Collision damage5Fastest lap set by Gabriel Bortoleto: 1:56.417 (lap 15)Source:
Notes - As more than 50% but less than 75% of the scheduled race distance was completed, reduced points were awarded on a 19–14–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten finishers.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 169.5 1 2 Isack Hadjar 165 3 Zane Maloney 135 4 Paul Aron 133 5 Jak Crawford 116
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Invicta Racing 243.5 2 Campos Racing 208 3 MP Motorsport 181.5 2 4 Prema Racing 169 1 5 Rodin Motorsport 164
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
References
External links Official website