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Fornaroli secures pole for Austrian F2 race

Finlay McSporran
Published: 17:17, 27th June 2025

The reigning F3 champion becomes the first repeat pole-sitter of the season, whilst John Bennet earns reverse pole for the sprint race.

It was a successful session for the Italian driver, who currently sits sixth in the standings.

For his rivals it was a day to forget, as neither Browning, Crawford or Lindblad (who currently sit fifth, fourth and third in the championship respectively) managed to qualify in the top ten.

Championship leader Alex Dunne could only manage seventh after making his FP1 debut earlier in the day, whilst his nearest rival Richard Verschoor qualified in third place.

Victor Martins has qualified in the top 5 in nine out of his last 10 F2 rounds, and continued that form today with a lap good enough for second place. The French driver clearly has the pace to challenge for the title but results haven’t gone his way so far (sometimes through no fault of his own) as he’s currently down in eighth in the standings.

John Bennet, who’s yet to score a point this season, qualified tenth earning him the reverse grid pole for tomorrows sprint race.

Qualifying Results:

PosDriverTeamGap
1Leonardo FornaroliInvicta Racing1m15.229s
2Victor MartinsART Grand Prix+0.014s
3Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport+0.024s
4Gabriele MiniPrema+0.171s
5Amaury CordeelRodin Motorsport+0.188s
6Roman StanekInvicta Racing+0.202s
7Alex DunneRodin Motorsport+0.214s
8Joshua DuerksenAIX Racing+0.251s
9Pepe MartiCampos Racing+0.258s
10John BennettVan Amersfoort Racing+0.296s
11Sebastian MontoyaPrema+0.298s
12Arvid LindbladCampos Racing+0.317s
13Ritomo MiyataRodin Motorsport+0.345s
14Sami MeguetounifTrident+0.422s
15Jak CrawfordDAMS+0.528s
16Oliver GoetheMP Motorsport+0.552s
17Luke BrowningHitech GP+0.572s
18Kush MainiDAMS+0.649s
19Max EstersonTrident+0.783s
20Rafael VillagomezVan Amersfoort Racing+0.808s
21Dino BeganovicHitech GP+0.861s
22Cian ShieldsAIX Racing+1.326s

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