2021 Baku Formula 2 round

The 2021 Baku Formula 2 round was the 3rd race of the 2021 Formula 2 Championship and took place at the Baku City Circuit from 4 to 6 June.^[1] It ran in support of the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix and featured three races, including the 100th FIA Formula 2 race on June 5 for sprint race 2.

  2021 Baku Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 8 in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan
Course	Street Circuit 6.003 km (3.730 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 5 June 2021 Laps 21 Podium First Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Second Dan Ticktum Carlin Third Zhou Guanyu UNI-Virtuosi Fastest lap Driver Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Time 1:56.928 (on lap 21)
Sprint race 2
Date 5 June 2021 Laps 21 Podium First Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix Second David Beckmann Charouz Racing System Third Jehan Daruvala Carlin Fastest lap Driver Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Time 1:56.020 (on lap 16)
Feature race
Date 6 June 2021 Laps 28 Pole position Driver Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:54.217 Podium First Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix Second Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Third Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Dan Ticktum Carlin Time 1:55.199 (on lap 24)

With Jüri Vips winning Sprint Race 2 and Feature Race respectively, it marked the first time in the series' history that a driver was able to win two races in a weekend.

Background

Matteo Nannini, who had previously withdrawn from Formula 2 to focus on the FIA Formula 3 Championship, was called in by Campos Racing to replace Gianluca Petecof.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:54.217		1
2	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:54.355	+0.138	2
3	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	1:54.508	+0.291	3
4	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:54.639	+0.422	4
5	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:54.830	+0.422	5
6	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:54.914	+0.697	6
7	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:54.962	+0.745	7
8	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:55.112	+0.895	8
9	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:55.122	+0.905	9
10	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	1:55.161	+0.944	10
11	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	1:55.173	+0.956	11
12	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:55.245	+1.028	12
13	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	1:55.336	+1.119	13
14	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	1:55.651	+1.434	14
15	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:55.658	+1.441	15
16	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	1:55.988	+1.771	16
17	20	Matteo Nannini	Campos Racing	1:56.463	+2.246	17
18	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	1:56.579	+2.362	18
19	25	Marino Sato	Trident	1:57.539	+3.322	19
20	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:57.793	+3.576	20
21	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	1:58.264	+4.047	21
107% time: 2:02.212
—	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	No time set	N/A	22
Source:[3]

Sprint race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	21	44:35.734	1	15
2	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	21	+5.144	6	12
3	3	Zhou Guanyu	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+8.872	3	10
4	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	21	+10.352	2	8
5	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	21	+11.039	7	6 (2)
6	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	21	+13.124	4	4
7	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	21	+14.455	5	2
8	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+14.524	9	1
9	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	21	+17.299	12
10	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	21	+17.764	13
11	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	21	+19.738	12
12	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	21	+21.064	14
13	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	21	+21.837	18
14	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+25.8491	11
15	20	Matteo Nannini	Campos Racing	21	+35.970	16
16	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	21	+42.471	22
17	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	21	+49.289	21
18	25	Marino Sato	Trident	21	+1:31.300	20
DNF	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	0	Collision damage	8
DNF	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	0	Collision	10
DNF	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	0	Collision	17
DNF	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	0	Collision	19
Fastest lap： Théo Pourchaire − ART Grand Prix − 1:56.928 (lap 21)
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Felipe Drugovich originally finished ninth, but was given a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Liam Lawson on the first lap. He also received two penalty points.

Sprint race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	21	46:05.704	3	15
2	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	21	+3.260	2	12
3	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	21	+3.883	7	10
4	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	21	+4.644	1	8
5	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	21	+5.002	10	6
6	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	21	+6.213	9	4
7	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+6.751	20	2
8	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	21	+9.138	19	1 (2)
9	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	21	+13.315	6
10	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	21	+15.473	14
11	20	Matteo Nannini	Campos Racing	21	+17.975	15
12	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	21	+22.828	21
13	25	Marino Sato	Trident	21	+25.675	18
14	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	21	+49.981	17
15	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	21	+52.037	22
16	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	21	+1:31.818	16
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	7	Accident	4
DNF	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	7	Collision	11
DNF	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	5	Collision	12
DNF	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	0	Collision	5
DNF	3	Zhou Guanyu	UNI-Virtuosi	0	Collision	8
DNF	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	13
Fastest lap： Oscar Piastri − Prema Racing − 1:56.020 (lap 16)
Source:[3]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	28	57:08.634	2	25
2	2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	28	+6.1523	3	18
3	1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	28	+12.623	10	15
4	4	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	28	+22.400	11	12
5	21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	28	+24.418	7	10
6	7	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	28	+26.207	1	8 (4)
7	6	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	28	+28.081	9	6
8	5	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	28	+29.801	5	4 (2)
9	9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	28	+34.058	12	2
10	12	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	28	+36.167	18	1
11	22	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	28	+36.993	14
12	14	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	28	+39.973	13
13	3	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	28	+47.934	8
14	11	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	28	+48.794	16
15	25	Marino Sato	Trident	28	+55.485	19
16	16	Roy Nissany	DAMS	28	+55.825	22
17	24	Bent Viscaal	Trident	28	+56.970	15
18	15	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	27	+1 lap	20
19	23	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	27	+1 lap	21
DNF	10	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision	4
DNF	17	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	0	Collision	6
DNS	20	Matteo Nannini	Campos Racing	—	Stalled2	17
Fastest lap： Dan Ticktum − Carlin − 1:55.199 (lap 24)
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^2 - Matteo Nannini failed to start the Feature Race after stalling on the grid at the formation lap.
• ^3 - Oscar Piastri was given a five-second-time penalty for an unsafe release during his mandatory pit stop.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Guanyu Zhou 78 2 Oscar Piastri 73 3 3 Robert Shwartzman 66 6 4 Jüri Vips 63 1 5 Dan Ticktum 60

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Prema Racing 139 1 2 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 119 2 3 Hitech Grand Prix 113 1 4 Carlin 113 1 5 ART Grand Prix 73

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

See also

• 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix