F3 Champion Gabriel Bortoleto took a maiden F2 pole position as both Premas failed to make the top 10.

Finlay McSporran
Published: 17:29, 17th May 2024

Current F3 champion and McLaren junior driver Gabriel Bortoleto grabbed pole for this weekends F2 feature race, wearing a helmet dedicated to fellow Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, who lost his life at this circuit 30 years ago.

But while Bortoleto enjoyed a maiden F2 pole, Premas terrible start to the season continued with neither drivers managing to reach the to 10. It looked like the nightmare was finally over as Bearman was 2nd and Antionelli 4th as the flag fell, however these lap times were deleted for track limit violations demoting Bearman to 16th and Antionelli 18th.

There were other surprises too, as the driver 2nd in the standings Paul Aron had his lap deleted demoting him to P11 after topping practice. The newly renamed AIX racing team had a great session with Joshua Durksen qualifying 3rd behind Isack Hadjar, who won the Feature race last time out in Australia and now sits 4th in the driver standings. Championship leader Zane Maloney also had a decent session, qualifying 4th ahead of title rivals Aron and Hauger, while Franco Colapinto qualified 10th and so will start tomorrows sprint race from P1.

F2 Qualifying Results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gaps	Laps
1	Gabriel Bortoleto	Invicta Racing	1m27.056s		13
2	Isack Hadjar	Campos Racing	1m27.272s	+0.216s	12
3	Joshua Duerksen	AIX Racing	1m27.384s	+0.328s	12
4	Zane Maloney	Rodin Motorsport	1m27.428s	+0.372s	14
5	Roman Stanek	Trident	1m27.467s	+0.411s	11
6	Enzo Fittipaldi	Van Amersfoort Racing	1m27.739s	+0.683s	13
7	Dennis Hauger	MP Motorsport	1m27.395s	+0.339s	12
8	Pepe Marti	Campos Racing	1m27.802s	+0.746s	12
9	Richard Verschoor	Trident	1m27.886s	+0.830s	11
10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	1m27.954s	+0.898s	12
11	Paul Aron	Hitech GP	1m28.011s	+0.955s	12
12	Ritomo Miyata	Rodin Motorsport	1m28.050s	+0.994s	14
13	Kush Maini	Invicta Racing	1m28.061s	+1.005s	11
14	Zak O’Sullivan	ART Grand Prix	1m28.128s	+1.072s	13
15	Taylor Barnard	AIX Racing	1m28.169s	+1.113s	12
16	Ollie Bearman	Prema	1m28.218s	+1.162s	12
17	Amaury Cordeel	Hitech GP	1m28.407s	+1.351s	12
18	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema	1m28.542s	+1.486s	13
19	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1m28.569s	+1.513s	7
20	Rafael Villagomez	Van Amersfoort Racing	1m28.960s	+1.904s	13
21	Juan Manuel Correa	DAMS	1m31.631s	+4.575s	13
22	Jak Crawford	DAMS	1m41.099s	+14.043s	8

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EDIT:

Following a review by the FIA, multiple laps have been re-instated including both of the Prema cars and Paul Aron who now starts 3rd for tomorrows sprint.