RacingNews365 reports extra F2 feature race for Baku
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.
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.
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.
The published timetable
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.
| 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 |
Two qualifying sessions determine the grids
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.
Sources 01
- SOURCEBaku F2 Time Schedule - 2026 F1 Azerbaijan Grand PrixRacingNews365 English · Source date as found: 2026-09-23
Source context
Based on RacingNews365 English of 23 September 2026. No separate official timetable or statement from the organisers has been supplied.
Claims and supporting evidence 7
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. F2 programme during the Grand Prix weekend in Azerbaijan, 24–26 September 2026. This concerns an announced F2 programme, not a race result or an overview of F1 session times.
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. Bringing the race weekend forward, 24–27 September 2026. The reason is given by the outlet; no separate statement from the organiser has been supplied. The broad description of the race days in this passage differs in part from the table, as recorded in F7.
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. Expanded F2 weekend in the 2026 F2 season; weekend of 24–26 September. The source does not explain the uncertainty or report any confirmed cancellation of the two later rounds.
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. Practice and qualifying: published local times, 24 September 2026. These are the scheduled time slots given by the outlet; they have not been converted to Dutch time.
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. Three F2 races: published local times, 25–26 September 2026. These are scheduled time slots, not measured race durations. The Friday date for feature race 1 conflicts with the general description in the introduction; the table therefore cannot be treated as an unambiguously confirmed programme without this caveat.
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. Grids and championship points at the Baku F2 weekend, 24–26 September 2026. The text does not state how many sprint grid positions are reversed or set out the points allocation for each finishing position.
This source finding should be read within the stated scope and source context. Internal inconsistency concerning the feature races, 25–26 September 2026. This page alone does not establish which section contains incorrect or incomplete wording.
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