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Baku City Circuit SPRINT RACE 1 & 2 21 LAPS // 125.959 KM 45 min. Start/Finish Offset 6.003 KM 0.104 km FEATURE RACE 29 LAPS // 173.983 KM 60 min.

AVERAGE TEMP. 22°/14° LAP RECORD WHEN TO WATCH AVERAGE RAINFALL 18 mm MAXIMUM SPEED 328.8 KM/H 1:52.129 (192.731 KM/H) ALL TIMES LOCAL (GMT +4) (Carlin) in 2018 (PREMA Racing) in 2017 FRIDAY 04 JUNE 2019 POLE POSITION 10:25 Practice Session . 45 min. DRS ACTIVATION ZONE 3 2 1:54.555 (188.649 KM/H) 14:30 Qualifying Session . 30 min. SECTOR 1 * (Carlin) 15:30 Press Conference 13 12 SECTOR 2 DRS DETECTION 10 ZONE 1 SATURDAY 05 JUNE 11 COUMPOUND ALLOCATION 8 9 5 11:25 Sprint Race 1 . 21 laps • 45 min. 4 12:35 Press Conference* 14 6 1 7 20 SPEED MEDIUM SUPERSOFT 17:40 Sprint Race 2 . 21 laps • 45 min. TRAP DRS ACTIVATION ZONE 19 DRS * 15 DETECTION 18:50 Press Conference ZONE 2 2019 FEATURE RACE 18 SUNDAY 06 JUNE SECTOR 3 TYRE WINNING STRATEGY 17 12:45 Feature Race . 29 laps • 60 min. 6 laps Supersoft >> 20 laps Medium 14:10 Press Conference* 16 () from P8 Grid Position *Note: You can join the Press Conference via Zoom upon request.

The story so far FROm THE GRID UNI-Virtuosi

The FIA Formula 2 Championship returns ahead of teammate and “Baku is one of the then in Sector 2 you have the Castle to action this weekend for Round 3 of the secure a UNI-Virtuosi one-two. The pair rounds that I was Section, which is a hard left and then 2021 campaign at the , came home ahead of DAMS’ really looking forward a hard right and it’s really tight. When Azerbaijan, just two weeks after a historic who claimed his first Formula 2 podium. to this year because you do a track walk you can barely fit outing on the streets of Monte Carlo. While ’s in 2019 it was a few people walking alongside each was the first to cross the line in Sprint my most painful other through that section, so when A thrilling second round at the Circuit Race 2, the rookie was later disqualified weekend of you’re driving there’s zero margin for de Monaco saw rookie Théo Pourchaire for technical non-conformity promoting the year. So, lockups. inducted into the Formula 2 Hall of Fame Ticktum to P1, PREMA Racing’s Oscar I really want “There’s loads of opportunities for as the youngest winner in the history of Piastri to P2 and Lawson’s teammate Jüri to show my overtaking in Baku. It’s the most the Championship, after taking Pole with Vips to P3. full potential, dramatic racing of the year. Especially a spectacular Qualifying performance do well and History was made in Saturday’s Feature with the new reverse grid format, it’s and sealing victory in Saturday’s make a comeback Race when ART Grand Prix’s Pourchaire going to be crazy! The run down to the Feature Race. Meanwhile, Guanyu Zhou after 2019. strengthened his Championship lead with claimed his maiden Formula 2 victory at main straight is one of the opportunities a lights-to-flag victory in Sprint Race 1, just 17 years 9 months 2 days old, making “When I drove in Baku two years ago the for overtaking, and that’s also where him the youngest ever driver to win a race and claimed his first win of degradation was quite high, especially we have the restarts, in Formula 2. An inspired drive by the with the option tyres. As it’s a long circuit so it could be messy there because the season in Sprint Race 2. Sauber Junior saw him come home ahead and has a lot of low-speed corners, it our breaks are not at the prefect Zhou bolstered his early lead of the of fellow rookie Piastri and second year means that there’s more wear on the rear temperature. Drivers’ Championship with a dominant Drugovich, who both appeared on the tyres. Obviously when we last drove there, “The same applies for Turns 2 and drive in Sprint Race 1 to secure victory rostrum twice in Monte Carlo. we had 13-inch tyres and now we have Turns 3 because it’s two 90-degree 18-inch tyres, so the set-up is a little bit corners before a straight, which could different. We had more front degradation make things difficult. Sector 2 is more The CHALLENGERS in last year’s races, so it will be a question about following the car ahead, and it mark over how we set up our car, but I is quite easy to follow because there think we’ll figure it out. After two rounds Zhou (68 points) has Carlin (67) in third, ART (63) in fourth, aren’t any high-speed corners which consolidated his lead in the Drivers’ and Hitech (58) in fifth. “Sector 1 at Baku is mostly a long straight impact the downforce, and you get a Championship with a 16-point gap to followed by a hard breaking zone, and nice slipstream.” returns to Formula 2 Piastri (52), who moved up two places this weekend, stepping in for Gianluca after scoring points in all three races in Petecof at Campos Racing. The Italian Monte Carlo. The PREMA man leads ART racer competed in the opening round Grand Prix’s Pourchaire (47), who shot up STAT PACK of the season in Bahrain with HWA the standings after his Pole and Feature RACELAB. Race win. Williams Development Driver > The F2 Race lap record at the Baku > 11 drivers have finished on the rostrum Ticktum (38) currently sits in fourth ahead After a studious weekend of street City Circuit is 1:52.129 set by Charles in just two rounds, and five drivers of Junior Lawson (36) in fifth. circuit racing in Monaco, this weekend Leclerc with PREMA Racing in 2017. have won races so far this season. offers the drivers a chance to set their UNI-Virtuosi lead the way in the Teams’ learnings into action this week at Baku. > Baku City Circuit is the second > Triumph for ART Grand Prix in Monaco Championship with 97 points after a win The supersoft compound will make its longest track on the 2021 calendar, saw them move to 41 podiums in for Zhou and two podiums for Drugovich second appearance in two rounds, at 6.003 km long. Formula 2, just one behind PREMA in Monaco. Second-placed PREMA (82) while the medium compound will make Racing, who currently hold the record fifteen points back after scoring points in its first appearance at a race weekend > is the rookie with the most with 42. all three races. Just nine points separate this season. podiums to his name, after picking up one at the Bahrain International Circuit on his debut weekend and two at the TYRE TALK MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS: .

“Just like last time, which was two years is run in Formula 2 this season, whereas > Zhou, Pourchaire and Piastri, the top ago, we come to Baku with the P Zero the teams already have experience of the three drivers in the Drivers’ Yellow medium and P Zero Purple supersoft supersoft from Monaco. The medium has Championship, have all finished five tyres, but in 18-inch size for the first time been redesigned this year for improved of the six races so far in the points. here. This should result in a reasonably graining resistance and the performance > Just one driver has previously stood on big performance gap between the two gap compared to the supersoft has > Eight of 11 teams scored points at the podium at the Baku City Circuit, compounds, which opens up a number of increased slightly. All that should make for the Circuit de Monaco, and six Jack Aitken. The HWA RACELAB driver different strategic possibilities. It’s actually a fascinating trio of races on what’s already different teams feature on the podium won the Feature Race with Campos the first time that the medium compound known as a very unpredictable track.” across the weekend. Racing in 2019.

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ON-BOARD 2021 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS

PREMA Racing 1 SHW RUS 21 y/o Théo Pourchaire became the 30th and youngest 2 Oscar Piastri PIA driver to win a race in the modern era of AUS 20 y/o ROOKIE Formula 2 at just 17 years 9 months 2 days old.

ZHO 30 UNI-Virtuosi 3 Guanyu Zhou CHN 22 y/o

4 Felipe Drugovich DRU Sprint Race 2, which takes place on Saturday BRA 21 y/o afternoon, marks the 100th race in the modern era of Formula 2. Carlin 5 Dan Ticktum TIC GBR 21 y/o 100

6 DAR IND 22 y/o Campos Racing’s scored 22 points in Monaco, more points than in 2018, 2019 and Hitech 7 Liam Lawson LAW 2020 combined (20). Grand Prix NZL 19 y/o ROOKIE 22 VIP 8 Jüri Vips After 6/24 RACES EST 20 y/o 2021 CLASSIFICATIONS

ART 9 LUN drivers’ standings teams’ standings Grand Prix DNK 19 y/o POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE 10 Théo Pourchaire POU M M ...... M...... M...... FRA 17 y/o ROOKIE 1. Guanyu Zhou...... 1 .....1 ...... 68 = 1. UNI-Virtuosi 1 1 97 +1

2. Oscar Piastri ROOKIE...... 1M...... 52 +2 2. PREMA Racing...... 1M...... 82 +1 MP Motorsport 11 VER R NLD 20 y/o ROOKIE 3. Théo Pourchaire ...... 1M...... 47 +8 3. Carlin...... 1M...... 67 -2

4...... M...... 12 ZEN Dan Ticktum 1 38 +1 4. ART Grand Prix...... 1M...... 63 +1 DEU 21 y/o ROOKIE R M 5. Liam Lawson ...... 1 ...... 36 -3 5. Hitech Grand Prix...... 1M...... 58 -1 BEC 6. Robert Shwartzman...... 30 +2 Charouz Racing 14 6. MP Motorsport...... 27 = DEU 21 y/o ROOKIE Sytem 7. Felipe Drugovich...... 29 +5 7. DAMS...... 22 +1 15 SAM 8. Jehan Daruvala...... 29 -5 BRA 24 y/o 8. Campos Racing...... 22 +3 9. Richard Verschoor R...... 23 -3 ...... -2 NIS 9. 12 DAMS 16 Roy Nissany 10. Jüri Vips...... 22 +6 ISR 26 y/o 10. Trident...... 1 -1 11. Ralph Boschung...... 22 +10 17 ARM 11. HWA RACELAB...... 1 -1 NZL 20 y/o 12. Christian Lundgaard...... 16 -5

13. David Beckmann R...... 12 -4 Campos 20 Matteo Nannini NAN Racing ITA 17 y/o ROOKIE 14. Roy Nissany...... 12 +5 15. Marcus Armstrong...... 10 -5 MOST IMPROVED 21 Ralph Boschung BOS CHE 23 y/o 16. Lirim Zendeli R...... 4 -3 HWA 22 Jack Aitken AIT 17. ...... 1 -3 GBR 25 y/o RACELAB 18. Matteo Nannini R...... 1 -3 RALPH BOSCHUNG 23 DEL 19. Jack Aitken...... 0 << ITA 26 y/o ROOKIE Campos Racing 20. Bent Viscaal R...... 0 -2 VIS Trident 24 21. Guilherme Samaia...... 0 -4 +10 PLACES NLD 21 y/o ROOKIE R gained in the drivers’ 22. Alessio Deledda ...... 0 = S AT standings after Round 2 25 Marino Sato R JPN 22 y/o 23. ...... 0 -3 (Monte Carlo). 2021 SEASOn RECAP RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD7 RD8 26-27-28 March 20-21-22 May 04-05-06 June 16-17-18 July 10-11-12 September 24-25-26 September 03-04-05 December 10-11-12 December

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Guanyu Zhou Théo Pourchaire ...... POLE POSITION UNI-Virtuosi ART Grand Prix ...... SPRINT RACE 1 Liam Lawson Guanyu Zhou ...... WINNER M Hitech Grand Prix UNI-Virtuosi ...... FASTEST LAP Lirim Zendeli Jüri Vips ...... MP Motorsport Hitech Grand Prix ...... FASTEST LAP Lirim Zendeli Jüri Vips ...... BONUS POINTS MP Motorsport Hitech Grand Prix ...... SPRINT RACE 2 Oscar Piastri Dan Ticktum ...... WINNER M PREMA Racing Carlin ...... FASTEST LAP Ralph Boschung Robert Shwartzman ...... Campos Racing PREMA Racing ...... FASTEST LAP Robert Shwartzman ...... BONUS POINTS PREMA Racing ...... FEATURE RACE Guanyu Zhou Théo Pourchaire ...... WINNER M UNI-Virtuosi ART Grand Prix ...... Robert Shwartzman Guanyu Zhou ...... FASTEST LAP PREMA Racing UNI-Virtuosi ...... FASTEST LAP Robert Shwartzman Guanyu Zhou ...... BONUS POINTS PREMA Racing UNI-Virtuosi ......

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