{"id":2803,"date":"2026-09-25T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:53:11","slug":"camara-takes-f2-championship-lead-by-one-point-after-chaotic-baku-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f2\/camara-takes-f2-championship-lead-by-one-point-after-chaotic-baku-race\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e2mara takes F2 championship lead by one point after chaotic Baku race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rafael C\u00e2mara leads Nikola Tsolov by one point<\/strong> after Baku Feature Race 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alex Dunne climbed to third and reduced his deficit to ten points<\/strong> with victory and fastest lap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Campos retained the teams\u2019 championship lead<\/strong>, but Invicta and Rodin closed the gap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rafael C\u00e2mara emerged from the opening Formula 2 Feature Race in Baku as the new championship leader after overtaking Noel Le\u00f3n at the finish and securing fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brazilian collected <strong>12 points<\/strong>, moving from 170 to <strong>182<\/strong>. Nikola Tsolov failed to score following his involvement in the seven-car accident that caused a red flag, leaving the Bulgarian on <strong>181 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That gives C\u00e2mara a <strong>one-point advantage<\/strong> heading into the second Feature Race of the Azerbaijan weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dunne moves firmly back into F2 title fight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alex Dunne was another major winner in Baku. The Rodin driver controlled the restarted race and collected <strong>26 points<\/strong>, including the bonus for the fastest lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dunne moved from 146 to <strong>172 points<\/strong>, reducing his championship deficit to only ten. The title fight now effectively features three drivers separated by ten points: C\u00e2mara, Tsolov and Dunne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabriele Min\u00ec remains fourth after adding eight points, but his deficit to the leader increased to 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dino Beganovic\u2019s third place lifted him level with Le\u00f3n on <strong>131 points<\/strong>. Le\u00f3n remains ahead on countback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 F2 Drivers\u2019 Championship after Baku Feature Race 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Pos.<\/th><th>Driver<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>Points<\/th><th>Gap<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td><strong>R. C\u00c2MARA<\/strong><\/td><td>Invicta Racing<\/td><td><strong>182<\/strong><\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><strong>N. TSOLOV<\/strong><\/td><td>Campos Racing<\/td><td><strong>181<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u22121<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><strong>A. DUNNE<\/strong><\/td><td>Rodin Motorsport<\/td><td><strong>172<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221210<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td><strong>G. MIN\u00cc<\/strong><\/td><td>MP Motorsport<\/td><td><strong>161<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221221<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><strong>N. LE\u00d3N<\/strong><\/td><td>Campos Racing<\/td><td><strong>131<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221251<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><strong>D. BEGANOVIC<\/strong><\/td><td>DAMS Lucas Oil<\/td><td><strong>131<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221251<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td><strong>M. STENSHORNE<\/strong><\/td><td>Rodin Motorsport<\/td><td><strong>93<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221289<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td><strong>J. D\u00dcRKSEN<\/strong><\/td><td>Invicta Racing<\/td><td><strong>90<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221292<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td><strong>K. MAINI<\/strong><\/td><td>ART Grand Prix<\/td><td><strong>89<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221293<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td><strong>L. VAN HOEPEN<\/strong><\/td><td>Trident<\/td><td><strong>80<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212102<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td><strong>T. INTHRAPHUVASAK<\/strong><\/td><td>ART Grand Prix<\/td><td><strong>71<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212111<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td><strong>R. MIYATA<\/strong><\/td><td>Hitech<\/td><td><strong>70<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212112<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td><strong>J. BENNETT<\/strong><\/td><td>Trident<\/td><td><strong>38<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212144<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td><strong>R. VILLAGOMEZ<\/strong><\/td><td>Van Amersfoort Racing<\/td><td><strong>38<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212144<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td><strong>O. GOETHE<\/strong><\/td><td>MP Motorsport<\/td><td><strong>37<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212145<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td><strong>R. BILINSKI<\/strong><\/td><td>DAMS Lucas Oil<\/td><td><strong>35<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212147<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td><strong>E. FITTIPALDI JR.<\/strong><\/td><td>AIX Racing<\/td><td><strong>30<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212152<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td><strong>S. MONTOYA<\/strong><\/td><td>Prema Racing<\/td><td><strong>30<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212152<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td><strong>C. HERTA<\/strong><\/td><td>Hitech<\/td><td><strong>26<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212156<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td><strong>N. VARRONE<\/strong><\/td><td>Van Amersfoort Racing<\/td><td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212167<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td><strong>M. BOYA<\/strong><\/td><td>Prema Racing<\/td><td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212169<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td><strong>C. SHIELDS<\/strong><\/td><td>AIX Racing<\/td><td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221217<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campos remains ahead in teams\u2019 championship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campos remains in control of the teams\u2019 standings with <strong>312 points<\/strong>, but the battle behind has tightened considerably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Invicta added C\u00e2mara\u2019s 12 points to reach <strong>272<\/strong>, while Dunne and Martinius Stenshorne delivered a combined 44 points for Rodin. The British team now sits third on <strong>265<\/strong>, only seven behind Invicta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beganovic and Roman Bilinski scored 21 points between them, allowing DAMS to move ahead of ART for fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 F2 Teams\u2019 Championship after Baku Feature Race 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Pos.<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>Points<\/th><th>Gap<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td><strong>Campos Racing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>312<\/strong><\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><strong>Invicta Racing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>272<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221240<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><strong>Rodin Motorsport<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>265<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u221247<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td><strong>MP Motorsport<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>198<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212114<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><strong>DAMS Lucas Oil<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>166<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212146<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><strong>ART Grand Prix<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>162<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212150<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td><strong>Trident<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>118<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212194<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td><strong>Hitech<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>96<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212216<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td><strong>Van Amersfoort Racing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>57<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212255<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td><strong>Prema Racing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>43<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212269<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td><strong>AIX Racing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>38<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2212274<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The championship can change again in Saturday\u2019s second Feature Race. Stenshorne starts from pole, with Dunne alongside and C\u00e2mara third, while Tsolov faces another recovery drive from eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who leads the 2026 Formula 2 championship?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rafael C\u00e2mara leads with 182 points, one ahead of Nikola Tsolov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How far is Alex Dunne from the F2 championship lead?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dunne has 172 points and sits ten behind C\u00e2mara after winning Baku Feature Race 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which team leads the 2026 F2 championship?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campos Racing leads with 312 points, followed by Invicta on 272 and Rodin on 265.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael C\u00e2mara\u2019s last-lap charge in Azerbaijan moved him ahead of Nikola Tsolov, while Alex Dunne\u2019s victory brought the Rodin driver firmly back into the 2026 Formula 2 title fight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020315990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"C\u00e2mara takes one-point lead over Tsolov in Baku","42wp_featured_image_credits":"","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":7,"location":""}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[517,360,94,67],"42wp_author":[7],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f2","tag-azerbaijan-gp","tag-formula-2","tag-nikola-tsolov","tag-rafael-camara","42wp_author-victor-martins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2805,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions\/2805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020315990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}