Baku – Main Race: Crawford hits hard ahead of Dürksen, Browning thwarts

The final image of this race ultimately concerned two relatively unexpected drivers in this event. Although Jak Crawford (DAMS), winner after securing pole position on Friday, managed to maintain his position almost from start to finish, the presence of Joshua Dürksen (AIX) in the battle was something of a surprise. 15th at the start of this main race of Formula 2 In Baku, the Paraguayan made life difficult for the American leader, but was unable to steal the victory from him.

Winner for the fourth time this year, Jak Crawford took advantage of his time in Azerbaijan to regain 25 points in the championship, while also benefiting from some setbacks for the championship contenders. Indeed, on lap 6, the promising Martunius Stenshorne (Trident) hit the wall at Turn 1 after a tough duel with Pepe Marti (Campos), the safety car was deployed, causing the entire field to pit. The leader at that point, Leonardo Fornaroli (Invicta), lost a lot of ground, forced to restart behind the new leaders. Meanwhile, Luke Browning (Hitech), who had already missed his start, quickly finding himself eighth, was finally forced to restart from a very low position, among the last on the grid.

Fornaroli, Dunne, and Browning make a series of mistakes

Title contenders, and potentially very close at the end of this weekend in the event that the Briton had performed well, Leonardo Fornaroli and Luke Browning did not show their best driving on Sunday. Making a mistake after his poor pit stop, the protégé of the sector Williams finished his race in last place among those who reached the finish. For his part, Fornaroli hit the back of the car Alex Dunne's overtaking, earning him a 10-second penalty. The Italian came away well with a fifth place, but showed uncharacteristic weaknesses.

Alex Dunne (Rodin) was also forced to retire after two attempts through the escape route following repeated wheel locks and contact. It's worth noting, however, that Dino Beganovic (Hitech) finished ninth on the grid in a fine third place. The Swede, who had already won the Sprint this Saturday, followed up with a second consecutive podium, completing the weekend his teammate Browning would have needed to regain the championship lead. As it happens, the Briton finished this round in third place, with 161 points, compared to Jak Crawford's now 169 and Leonardo Fornaroli's 188.

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The next round will now take place in nearly two months, from November 29th to 30th, in Qatar. In the meantime, the riders involved will have to re-engage to try to offer a thrilling title race despite Invicta's renewed dominance in this 2025 season.

F2 – Baku (Azerbaijan)
The main race ranking

Formula 2 drivers' rankings after Baku (Azerbaijan)

1) Leonardo Fornaroli — 188
2) Jak Crawford — 169
3) Luke Browning — 161
4) Richard Verschoor — 149
5) Alex Dunne — 130
6) Pepe Martí — 120
7) Arvid Lindblad — 107
8) Dino Beganovic — 96
9) Roman Staněk — 81
10) Sebastián Montoya — 75
11) Victor Martins — 70
12) Joshua Dürksen — 66
13) Gabriele Minì — 57
14) Rafael Villagómez — 27
15) Kush Maini — 26
16) Ritomo Miyata — 25
17) Oliver Goethe — 23
18) Amaury Cordeel — 3
19) Sami Meguetounif — 2
20) John Bennett — 1
21) Max Esterson — 0
22) Cian Shields — 0
23) Laurens van Hoepen — 0
24) Martinius Stenshorne — 0