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According to RacingNews365, Baku will host an F2 weekend with three races and two qualifying sessions. The programme begins on Thursday 24 September, but the publication is not entirely clear about the race days.
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According to RacingNews365 English, the twelfth round of the F2 championship will have an expanded programme: alongside the sprint, two feature races are scheduled at the Baku City Circuit. There will also be a second qualifying session. The outlet links the expansion to uncertainty over the later rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, but does not explain that uncertainty or report any confirmed cancellations. [1]
The programme during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix runs from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 September. According to RacingNews365, the weekend has been brought forward by a day because of Azerbaijan’s annual day of remembrance on 27 September.
All times below are local times in Baku, not Dutch times. They come from RacingNews365’s programme table. A caveat is needed here: the introduction to the same publication mentions only a feature race on Saturday, while the table also lists a feature race on Friday. The source does not explain this discrepancy. [1]
| Day | Session | Local time | | --- | --- | --- | | Thursday 24 September | Free practice | 10:00–10:45 | | Thursday 24 September | Qualifying 1 | 14:00–14:20 | | Thursday 24 September | Qualifying 2 | 14:30–14:50 | | Friday 25 September | Sprint race | 08:15–09:05 | | Friday 25 September | Feature race 1 | 14:15–15:20 | | Saturday 26 September | Feature race 2 | 11:00–12:05 |
According to the publication, the first qualifying session determines the grid for feature race 1 and also forms the basis for the sprint grid, with part of the order reversed. The second qualifying session determines the grid for feature race 2. Both qualifying sessions last twenty minutes.
The additional programme also offers more opportunities to score championship points: RacingNews365 reports that two points go to the pole-sitter in each qualifying session. According to the outlet, the usual points allocation applies to the second feature race. [1]
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