2017 Baku Formula 2 round

The 2017 Baku FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 23 and 25 June 2017 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

  2017 Baku Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 11 in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Layout of the Baku City Circuit
Location	Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan
Course	Temporary racing facility 6.003 km (3.730 mi)
Feature race
Date 24 June 2017 Laps 29 Pole position Driver Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Time 1:52.129 Podium First Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Second Nyck de Vries Rapax Third Nicholas Latifi DAMS Fastest lap Driver Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Time 1:54.025 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date 25 June 2017 Laps 21 Podium First Norman Nato Arden International Second Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Third Nicholas Latifi DAMS Fastest lap Driver Charles Leclerc Prema Racing Time 1:53.635 (on lap 17)

Classifications

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	1:52.129	—	1
2	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:52.697	+0.568	2
3	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:52.865	+0.736	3
4	18	Nyck de Vries	Rapax	1:53.018	+0.889	4
5	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:53.135	+1.006	5
6	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	1:53.220	+1.091	6
7	19	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	1:53.313	+1.184	7
8	17	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	1:53.354	+1.225	8
9	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	1:53.479	+1.350	9
10	12	Robert Vișoiu	Campos Racing	1:53.670	+1.541	10
11	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	1:53.853	+1.724	11
12	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:53.900	+1.771	12
13	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	1:54.032	+1.903	13
14	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	1:54.286	+2.157	14
15	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	1:54.295	+2.166	15
16	11	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:54.339	+2.210	16
17	8	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:54.384	+2.255	17
18	3	Louis Delétraz	Racing Engineering	1:54.688	+2.559	18
19	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	1:54.857	+2.728	19
20	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	2:06.148	+14.019	20
Source:[1]

Feature Race

The race was scheduled for 29 laps; however, an incident in lap 26 brought out the red flag and the race was stopped. The result was counted back at the end of lap 24.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Gap	Grid	Points
1	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	24	52:33.196	1	25 (6)
2	18	Nyck de Vries	Rapax	24	+3.469	4	18
3	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	24	+6.390	3	15
4	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	24	+11.694	5	12
5	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	24	+17.074	12	10
6	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	24	+18.570	15	8
7	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	24	+19.090	9	6
8	11	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	24	+21.348	16	4
9	17	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	24	+22.870	8	2
10	8	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	24	+24.042	17	1
11	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	24	+24.828	14
12	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	24	+25.696	2
13	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	24	+29.675	11
14	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	24	+33.101	13
15	12	Robert Vișoiu	Campos Racing	24	+33.320	10
16	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	24	+49.207	20
DNF	3	Louis Delétraz	Racing Engineering	11	Accident	18
DNF	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	9	Accident	19
DNF	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	6	Accident/Wing	6
DNF	19	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	0	Accident	7
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc (Prema Racing) – 1:54.025 (on lap 24)
Source:[1]

Ralph Boschung did not make any pit stop but kept his 8th place since the race was stopped by red flag rather than finished.

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Gap	Grid	Points
1	20	Norman Nato	Arden International	21	40:37.601	4	15
2	1	Charles Leclerc	Prema Racing	21	+8.717	8	12 (2)
3	10	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	+11.574	6	10
4	8	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	21	+12.792	10	8
5	6	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+12.890	5	6
6	7	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	21	+14.472	12	4
7	5	Luca Ghiotto	Russian Time	21	+16.888	16	2
8	11	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	21	+21.387	1	1
9	14	Sérgio Sette Câmara	MP Motorsport	21	+27.343	13
10	21	Sean Gelael	Arden International	21	+27.827	14
11	12	Robert Vișoiu	Campos Racing	21	+31.612	15
12	2	Antonio Fuoco	Prema Racing	21	+32.664	19
13	4	Gustav Malja	Racing Engineering	21	+34.645	11
14	19	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	21	+35.789	20
15	17	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	21	+49.243	9
16	3	Louis Delétraz	Racing Engineering	21	+57.152	17
17	16	Nabil Jeffri	Trident	21	+1:38.931	18
DNF	18	Nyck de Vries	Rapax	8	Spin	7
DNF	9	Oliver Rowland	DAMS	7	Engine	2
DSQ	15	Jordan King	MP Motorsport	21	Disqualified	3
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc (Prema Racing) – 1:53.635 (on lap 17)
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 122 2 Oliver Rowland 80 3 Artem Markelov 78 4 Luca Ghiotto 58 3 5 Nicholas Latifi 53

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Russian Time 136 2 DAMS 133 1 3 Prema Racing 124 1 4 ART Grand Prix 98 5 Rapax 61

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