The 2024 Baku FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 13 and 15 September 2024 at the

Baku City Circuit The Baku City Circuit ( az, Bakı Şəhər Halqası) is a motor racing street circuit located in Baku, Azerbaijan constructed near Baku Boulevard. A lap of the circuit is , making it the third-longest circuit on the Formula One calendar (after ...

, Baku,

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. It was the twelfth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the

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Driver Changes

Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman (born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver. He was the 2021 Italian and ADAC Formula 4 champion and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed for Prema Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, en ...

was entered into the

in place of

Kevin Magnussen Kevin Jan Magnussen (born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Haas F1 Team. He is the son of four-time Le Mans winner and former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen. Kevin Magnussen came up through Mc ...

, who received a one-race ban. 2024 Formula 3 runner-up

Gabriele Minì Gabriele Minì (born 20 March 2005) is an Italian racing driver who is scheduled to race in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix. He is the 2020 Italian F4 Champion, and was runner-up during the 2022 Formula Regional Europe ...

was chosen by

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to replace Bearman. Australian driver

Christian Mansell Christian Mansell (born 9 February 2005) is an Australian racing driver set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing. He previously competed in the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship for CryptoTower Racing, finishin ...

, who finished fifth in

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, was announced to replace

Roman Staněk Roman Staněk Jr. (born 25 February 2004) is a Czech racing driver who is scheduled to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident. He previously competed in FIA Formula 3 for three seasons, where he placed fifth in 2022, and is ...

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for the rest of the season after the latter's departure from the team due to unsatisfactory equipment and lack of budget. Similarly,

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driver

Zak O'Sullivan Zak O'Sullivan (born 6 February 2005) is a British racing driver of Irish descent who is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema Racing. He most recently competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Carlin. He i ...

left the team due to funding issues. Fellow

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and

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driver Luke Browning was confirmed to replace O'Sullivan for the remainder of the year.

Classification

Qualifying

Notes * –

Isack Hadjar Isack Alexandre Hadjar (born 28 September 2004) is a French-Algerian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix. He was the 2021 Formula Regional European rookie champion and is a member o ...

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

Notes * –

Oliver Goethe Oliver Goethe (born 14 October 2004) is a Danish-German racing driver based in Monaco, who is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident. He is the current champion of the Euroformula Open Championship by winning eleven ra ...

received a 5 second time penalty for causing a collision with

Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel (; born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian racing driver set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Virtuosi Racing. He has previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, Formula Renault Eurocup, Toyota Racing Series ...

Feature race

The feature race was red flagged shortly after the start, as

Kush Maini Kush Maini (born 22 September 2000) is an Indian racing driver currently competing in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship for Campos Racing. He has previously competed in Formula 4, the Formula Renault Eurocup, the FIA World Endurance Championshi ...

stalled and

and

Pepe Martí Josep Maria "Pepe" Martí Sobrepera (born 13 June 2005) is a Spanish racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 3 for Campos Racing. He is a race winner in the UAE and Spanish Formula 4 championships, and also the 2022 Formula R ...

crashed into the stationary Invicta car. Damage from this accident saw all three drivers retire, as well as

Rafael Villagómez Rafael Villagómez Jr. (born 10 November 2001) is a Mexican race car driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing. He won the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy competition in 2019. Career ...

and

Niels Koolen Niels Koolen (born 25 May 2001) is a Dutch racing driver. He currently competes in Indy NXT driving the No. 33 for HMD Motorsports. He is the son of rally raid driver and businessman Kees Koolen. Career Formula 4 After competing in karting pri ...

. 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

. 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 ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

Official website
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