Dunne and Stenshorne share provisional F2 poles in Baku

Alex Dunne set a time of 1:55.383 in the first qualifying session at the Baku street circuit. That put him just 0.033 seconds ahead of Rodin team-mate Martinius Stenshorne and gave him provisional pole for the first feature race. Noel Leon finished third for Campos Racing, 0.134 seconds behind.

The Rodin drivers reversed their roles in the second session. Stenshorne was fastest with a 1:53.728, this time by a larger margin: Dunne was 0.445 seconds adrift. Rafael Camara put his Invicta in third place, 0.499 seconds behind Stenshorne. Rodin thus occupied the top two positions in both qualifying sessions.

The F2 programme supporting the Azerbaijan Grand Prix includes an extra qualifying session and an extra feature race this time. The first qualifying session determines the starting order for both the sprint and the first feature race. The second session applies only to the second feature race, with no reversed starting order.

Laurens van Hoepen finished ninth for Trident in the first session and seventh in the second. Championship leader Nikola Tsolov finished tenth and eighth respectively. His tenth place provisionally gives the Campos driver pole for the sprint under the reverse-grid format.

According to RacingNews365 English, several drivers, including Dunne, Stenshorne and Tsolov, are being investigated by the stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly. The report does not yet contain a decision, so any implications for the starting grids have not been established.