2018 Baku Formula 2 round

2018 Baku Formula 2 round
Round details
Round 2 of 12 in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
	Layout of the Baku Street Circuit
Location	Baku Street Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan
Course	Temporary street circuit ; 6.003 km (3.730 mi)
Feature race
Date
Date	28 April 2018
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Albon
Time	1:54.480
Podium
First	Alexander Albon
Second	Jack Aitken
Third	Antonio Fuoco
Fastest lap
Driver	Antonio Fuoco
Time	1:57.409 (on lap 23)
Sprint race
Date
Date	29 April 2018
Laps	21
Podium
First	George Russell
Second	Nyck de Vries
Third	Nicholas Latifi
Fastest lap
Driver	George Russell
Time	1:56.981 (on lap 18)

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 Baku, Azerbaijan as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the second round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and runs in support of the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.^[1]

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	1:54.480	–	1
2	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	1:54.694	+0.214	2
3	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	1:54.842	+0.362	3
4	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	1:54.980	+0.500	4
DSQ¹	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	1:55.200	+0.720	19
5	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	1:55.212	+0.732	5
6	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	1:55.236	+0.756	6
7	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	1:55.474	+0.994	7
8	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:55.728	+1.248	8
9	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:55.761	+1.281	9
DSQ²	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	1:55.970	+1.490	17
10	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	1:56.139	+1.659	10
11	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	1:56.532	+2.052	11
12	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	1:57.090	+2.610	12
13	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:57.105	+2.625	13
DSQ²	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	1:57.351	+2.871	18
14	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	1:57.508	+3.028	14
15	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:57.604	+3.124	15
16	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	2:01.902	+7.422	16
NC³	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	2:02.970	+8.490	20
Source:^[2]

^1 – Santino Ferrucci was disqualified for failing to comply with the minimum tyre pressure and was permitted to start the following day's feature race.
^2 – 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.
^3 – Nicholas Latifi failed to set a time within the 107% required and raced at the stewards' discretion.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	29	1:03:41.627	1	25 (4)
2	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	29	+1.992	6	18
3	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	29	+2.958	12	15 (2)
4	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	29	+5.846	5	12
5	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	+7.099	20	10
6	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	29	+7.612	PL¹	8
7	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	29	+12.698	9	6
8	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	29	+14.324	11	4
9	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	29	+15.619	PL¹	2
10	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	29	+20.826	14	1
11	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	29	+45.720	19
12	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	29	+59.009	3
13	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	29	+1:55.517	18
DNF	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	24	Brakes	8
DNF	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	20	Engine	15
DNF	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	17	Accident	16
DNF	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	7	Gearbox	7
DNF	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	6	Suspension	17
DNF	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	0	Accident	4
DNF	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	0	Accident	13
Fastest Lap: Antonio Fuoco (Charouz Racing System) — 1:57.409 (on lap 23)
Source:^[3]

^1 – Lando Norris and Tadasuke Makino and Jack Aitken started from pit lane after stalling on the grid.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	21	41:32.101	12	15 (2)
2	4	Nyck de Vries	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	21	+4.774	14	12
3	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	+5.016	4	10
4	19	Lando Norris	Carlin	21	+5.842	3	8
5	16	Arjun Maini	Trident	21	+13.606	17	6
6	17	Santino Ferrucci	Trident	21	+19.108	11	4
7	9	Roberto Merhi	MP Motorsport	21	+22.391	1	2
8	10	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	21	+24.379	2	1
9	2	Tadasuke Makino	Russian Time	21	+25.130	9
10	20	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	21	+46.561	20
11	7	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	21	+1:20.531	7
12	12	Nirei Fukuzumi	BWT Arden	21	+1:27.942	13
13	5	Alexander Albon	DAMS	21	+1:33.104	8
14	14	Luca Ghiotto	Campos Vexatec Racing	20	+1 lap	19
15	11	Maximilian Günther	BWT Arden	18	Transmission	18
DNF	3	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	11	Accident	10
DNF	15	Roy Nissany	Campos Vexatec Racing	2	Gearbox	16
DNF	1	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1	Engine	15
DNS	21	Antonio Fuoco	Charouz Racing System	0	Electrical	6
DSQ¹	18	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	21	Disqualified	5
Fastest lap: George Russell (ART Grand Prix) — 1:56.891 (on lap 18)
Source:^[4]

^1 – Sérgio Sette Câmara was disqualified as a result of having insufficient fuel to return to the pits.

	Pos.	Entrant	Points
	1	Carlin	95
3	2	DAMS	61
3	3	ART Grand Prix	47
1	4	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	35
3	5	Russian Time	32

^ Di Zinno, Tony (6 November 2017). "F2, GP3 2018 schedules released". motorsports.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ "2018 FIA Formula 2 Baku results". FIA Formula 2 Championship. FIA Formula 2. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Albon victorious in thrilling baku feature race". fiaformula2.com. FIA Formula 2 Championship. 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Russell streaks to victory in action-packed baku sprint". fiaformula2.com. FIA Formula 2 Championship. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

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