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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
Date	29 April 2023
Laps	21
Podium
First	Oliver Bearman
Second	Frederik Vesti
Third	Jak Crawford
Fastest lap
Driver	Oliver Bearman
Time	1:55.796 (on lap 14)
Feature Race
Date
Date	30 April 2023
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Oliver Bearman
Time	1:52.652
Podium
First	Oliver Bearman
Second	Enzo Fittipaldi
Third	Théo Pourchaire
Fastest lap
Driver	Isack Hadjar
Time	1:53.478 (on lap 27)

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.

Classification

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]

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.

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Formula 2 2023 Result for Round 4: Baku, Azerbaijan 28–30 April 2023". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "QUALIFYING: Bearman snatches maiden pole in dramatic Baku ending". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "Théo Pourchaire handed post-Qualifying penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "SPRINT RACE: Bearman and PREMA prevail in Baku game of survival". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ "Hadjar handed post-Sprint Race time penalty". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ "FEATURE RACE: Bearman undefeated in Baku with back-to-back wins". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ "ART Grand Prix's Martins disqualified from Baku Feature Race". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

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