2023 Baku Formula 2 round

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.

  2023 Baku Formula 2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 13 in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Location	Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan
Course	Street Circuit 6.003 km (3.730 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 29 April 2023 Laps 21 Podium First Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Second Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Third Jak Crawford Hitech Pulse-Eight Fastest lap Driver Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Time 1:55.796 (on lap 14)
Feature Race
Date 30 April 2023 Laps 29 Pole position Driver Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Time 1:52.652 Podium First Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Second Enzo Fittipaldi Rodin Carlin Third Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Isack Hadjar Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:53.478 (on lap 27)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	1:52.652	9	1
2	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	+0.012	8	2
3	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.053	111	3
4	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.071	7	4
5	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	+0.226	6	5
6	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	+0.414	5	6
7	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.487	4	7
8	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.561	3	8
9	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	+0.645	2	9
10	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.807	1	10
11	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	+0.985	10	11
12	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.987	12	12
13	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	+1.098	13	13
14	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	+1.268	14	14
15	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.313	15	15
16	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+1.498	16	16
17	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	+1.565	17	17
18	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.639	18	18
19	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	+1.757	19	19
20	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.031	20	20
21	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	+2.896	21	21
107% time: 2:00.580 (+7.888)
—	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	+32.439	22	22
Source:[1][2]

Notes

• ^1 – Théo Pourchaire received a three-place grid drop for impeding Kush Maini, subsequently dropping him down from eighth to eleventh for the Sprint Race.^[3]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	21	51:27.274	9	10 (1)
2	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	21	+0.870	7	8
3	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+3.090	4	6
4	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	21	+6.485	14	5
5	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	21	+7.879	8	4
6	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+10.405	15	3
7	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	21	+11.090	19	2
8	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	21	+15.065	12	1
9	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	21	+16.232	21
10	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+18.140	22
11	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+13.6021	18
122	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	18	Collision	6
132	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	18	Collision	3
142	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	18	Collision	5
152	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	18	Collision	11
162	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	18	Collision	13
172	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	18	Spun Off	16
DNF	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	13	Accident	20
DNF	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	12	Driveshaft	2
DNF	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	10	DRS system	17
DNF	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	2	Accident	10
DNF	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision damage	1
Fastest lap set by Oliver Bearman: 1:55.796 (lap 14)
Source:[1][4]

Notes

• ^1 – 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.^[5]
• ^2 – 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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	29	57:23.163	1	25 (2)
2	4	Enzo Fittipaldi	Rodin Carlin	29	+2.315	2	18
3	5	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	29	+2.607	3	15
4	7	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	29	+15.223	4	12
5	24	Kush Maini	Campos Racing	29	+15.792	14	10
6	1	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	29	+17.301	5	8
7	10	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Pulse-Eight	29	+19.576	18	6 (1)
8	22	Richard Verschoor	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+26.869	10	4
9	9	Jak Crawford	Hitech Pulse-Eight	29	+27.541	7	2
10	12	Arthur Leclerc	DAMS	29	+29.695	13	1
11	3	Zane Maloney	Rodin Carlin	29	+30.390	9
12	11	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	29	+32.806	17
13	23	Juan Manuel Correa	Van Amersfoort Racing	29	+39.092	15
14	2	Jehan Daruvala	MP Motorsport	29	+39.243	6
15	14	Jack Doohan	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	29	+40.007	16
16	21	Clément Novalak	Trident	29	+40.017	19
17	20	Roman Staněk	Trident	29	+42.023	12
18	16	Roy Nissany	PHM Racing by Charouz	29	+53.202	20
19	15	Amaury Cordeel	Invicta Virtuosi Racing	29	+57.858	21
20	25	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	29	+1:01.267	11
DNF	17	Brad Benavides	PHM Racing by Charouz	8	Accident	22
DSQ1	6	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	29	Disqualified	8
Fastest lap set by Isack Hadjar: 1:53.478 (lap 27)
Source:[1][6]

Notes

• ^1 – Victor Martins originally finished fourth, but was later disqualified from the Feature race due to a technical infringement.^[7]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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