Jack Crawford secured the pole position for the main race of the 12th stage of the 2025 Formula 2 season on Friday (19). In the qualifying session held on the circuit set up on the streets of Baku, Azerbaijan, the DAMS driver recorded a time of 1 minute 54 seconds 791 in his best lap, guaranteeing the position of honor for Sunday’s race for the second time this year.
The second position on the grid went to Leonardo Fornaroli, driver of Invicta, who was overtaken by 0.019 seconds by Crawford. Gabriele Mini, with a Prema car, will start in third, sharing the second row of the grid with Victor Martins, fourth with ART Grand Prix. Alexander Dunne, from Rodin, completes the list of the top five.
Luke Browning, with a Hitech car, will start from sixth position on Sunday, while Josep María Martí, from Campos Racing, starts in seventh. Martinius Stenshorne, who makes his Formula 2 debut this weekend, secured eighth position with a Trident car. Roman Stanek, from Invicta, was the ninth best, while Sebastian Montoya, from Prema, starts in tenth and will start from pole in the Sprint.
The session was marked by interruptions. Just eight minutes into qualifying, Amaury Cordeel hit the wall, damaging the Rodin car and stopping on the track. The race direction was forced to raise the red flag to remove the vehicle and clean the track. Later, with four minutes to go, Victor Martins stopped at the protection barrier, paralyzed the activity.
After a long stop, the qualifying session was resumed, but soon Roman Stanek went off the track and, when returning, strongly hit John Bennett’s car, which was on a fast lap. With one minute left to complete the 30-minute session, the race direction ended the qualifying session on the circuit set up on the streets of the Azerbaijani capital.
The Azerbaijan stage of Formula 2 will feature the Sprint dispute on Saturday (20), starting at 7:15. On Sunday, the main race will take place at 4:00.
