The Method 2 championship has introduced a “supersized” assembly for its subsequent spherical in Baku. The transfer will see it host an extra function race in Azerbaijan and comes simply 10 days earlier than the race weekend is because of kick off.
It’s an uncommon and late determination that inevitably raises eyebrows at a time when the top of the Method 1 season stays unsure. At current, the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix might doubtlessly be unable to go forward as deliberate as a result of tense geopolitical state of affairs within the Center East.
In sensible phrases, what the F2 organisers introduced on Monday, simply over every week earlier than the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, is a double-header weekend, with an extra qualifying session and have race in comparison with the standard format.
“As Method 2 is the one help occasion on the Azerbaijan Method 1 Grand Prix, along with the promoters, we’ve got opted for a supersized F2 race weekend, with one free follow, two qualifying periods, one dash race and two function races,” F2 CEO Bruno Michel confirmed.
“That is the one weekend the place the timetable permits the extra periods, which can enhance the extent of leisure even additional for the attending crowd and all our followers. The Baku Metropolis Circuit all the time gives us with wonderful racing, so we’re very happy to make the twelfth Spherical of our season fairly distinctive.”
The organisers haven’t specified precisely why they selected to develop the Baku assembly, however it’s troublesome to not see it – with out with the ability to say so for sure – as a means of getting ready for the cancellation or reshaping of among the end-of-season occasions and compensating for the factors that will be misplaced in consequence.
The F2 season finale remains to be scheduled for Abu Dhabi
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“The ultimate two rounds of the season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will resume with the standard weekend format made of 1 free follow adopted by one qualifying, a dash race and a function race,” F2 mentioned in an announcement.
That’s the state of affairs at the moment, but it surely might rapidly change relying on the selections made by F1 concerning the top of the season.
The FIA and F1 are anticipated to resolve on the rest of the 2026 calendar earlier than the top of the month, with a relocated Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, Malaysia, already added for early October.
Among the many choices not too long ago mentioned is the potential for cancelling the journeys to Qatar and Abu Dhabi and heading to Imola in late November for the season last as a substitute.
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