The Method 2 championship has introduced a “supersized” assembly for its subsequent spherical in Baku. The transfer will see it host a further characteristic race in Azerbaijan and comes simply 10 days earlier than the race weekend is because of kick off.
It’s an uncommon and late choice that inevitably raises eyebrows at a time when the tip of the Method 1 season stays unsure. At current, the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix might probably be unable to go forward as deliberate because of the tense geopolitical state of affairs within the Center East.
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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 a further 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 now have opted for a supersized F2 race weekend, with one free follow, two qualifying classes, one dash race and two characteristic races,” F2 CEO Bruno Michel confirmed.
“That is the one weekend the place the timetable permits the extra classes, which can improve the extent of leisure even additional for the attending crowd and all our followers. The Baku Metropolis Circuit at all times supplies us with wonderful racing, so we’re more than happy to make the twelfth Spherical of our season fairly distinctive.”
The organisers haven’t specified precisely why they selected to broaden the Baku assembly, however it’s troublesome to not see it – with out with the ability to say so for sure – as a manner of making ready for the cancellation or reshaping of a few of the end-of-season occasions and compensating for the factors that will be misplaced consequently.
The F2 season finale continues 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 characteristic race,” F2 stated in an announcement.
That’s the state of affairs immediately, nevertheless it might shortly change relying on the choices made by F1 relating to the tip of the season.
The FIA and F1 are anticipated to determine on the rest of the 2026 calendar earlier than the tip of the month, with a relocated Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, Malaysia, already added for early October.
Among the many choices just lately mentioned is the potential of cancelling the 2 journeys to Qatar and Abu Dhabi and heading to Imola in late November for the season ultimate as an alternative.
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