The 2018 Baku FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 28 and 29 April 2018 at the Baku Street Circuit in

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as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the second round of the

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and runs in support of the

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Classification

Qualifying

;Notes * – Santino Ferrucci was disqualified for failing to comply with the minimum tyre pressure and was permitted to start the following day's feature race. * – Both BWT Arden cars were disqualified for going over the maximum allowable team personnel associated and were permitted to start the following day's feature race. * – Nicholas Latifi failed to set a time within the 107% required and raced at the stewards' discretion.

Feature race

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and Tadasuke Makino and Jack Aitken started from pit lane after stalling on the grid.

Sprint race

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, Carlin , align="center" , 21 , +5.842 , align="center" , 3 , align="center" , 8 , - !5 , align="center" , 16 , {{flagicon, IND Arjun Maini ,

, align="center" , 21 , +13.606 , align="center" , 17 , align="center" , 6 , - !6 , align="center" , 17 , {{flagicon, USA Santino Ferrucci ,

, align="center" , 21 , +19.108 , align="center" , 11 , align="center" , 4 , - !7 , align="center" , 9 , {{flagicon, ESP Roberto Merhi , MP Motorsport , align="center" , 21 , +22.391 , align="center" , 1 , align="center" , 2 , - !8 , align="center" , 10 , {{flagicon, SUI Ralph Boschung , MP Motorsport , align="center" , 21 , +24.379 , align="center" , 2 , align="center" , 1 , - !9 , align="center", 2 , {{flagicon, JPN Tadasuke Makino ,

, align="center", 21 , +25.130 , align="center", 9 , align="center", , - !10 , align="center" , 20 , {{flagicon, CHE Louis Delétraz , Charouz Racing System , align="center" , 21 , +46.561 , align="center" , 20 , align="center" , , - !11 , align="center" , 7 , {{flagicon, GBR Jack Aitken , ART Grand Prix , align="center" , 21 , +1:20.531 , align="center" , 7 , align="center" , , - !12 , align="center" , 12 , {{flagicon, JPN Nirei Fukuzumi , BWT Arden , align="center" , 21 , +1:27.942 , align="center" , 13 , align="center" , , - !13 , align="center" , 5 , {{flagicon, THA

, DAMS , align="center" , 21 , +1:33.104 , align="center" , 8 , align="center" , , - !14 , align="center" , 14 , {{flagicon, ITA

, Campos Vexatec Racing , align="center" , 20 , +1 lap , align="center" , 19 , align="center" , , - !15 , align="center" , 11 , {{flagicon, DEU Maximilian Günther , BWT Arden , align="center" , 18 , Transmission , align="center" , 18 , align="center" , , - !DNF , align="center" , 3 , {{flagicon, INA

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, Campos Vexatec Racing , align="center" , 2 , Gearbox , align="center" , 16 , align="center" , , - !DNF , align="center" , 1 , {{flagicon, RUS

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Championship standings after the round

{{col-start {{col-2 ;Drivers' Championship standings {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;" , - ! !{{Tooltip, Pos., Position !Driver !Points , - , 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 1 , {{flagicon, GBR

, 55 , - , 1uparrow green

4 , align="center", 2 , {{flagicon, THA

, 41 , - , 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 3 , {{flagicon, BRA Sérgio Sette Câmara , 40 , - , 1downarrow red

2 , align="center", 4 , {{flagicon, RUS

, 30 , - , 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 5 , {{flagicon, NLD Nyck de Vries , 28 {{col-2 ;Teams' Championship standings {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;" , - ! !{{Tooltip, Pos., Position !Entrant !Points , - , 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 1 , {{flagicon, GBR Carlin , 95 , - , 1uparrow green

3 , align="center", 2 , {{flagicon, FRA DAMS , 61 , - , 1uparrow green

3 , align="center", 3 , {{flagicon, FRA ART Grand Prix , 47 , - , 1downarrow red

1 , align="center", 4 , {{nowrap, {{flagicon, ITA Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing , 35 , - , 1downarrow red

3 , align="center", 5 , {{flagicon, RUS

, 32 {{col-end

Notes

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References

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