Kush Maini secured pole position for the second round of the Formula 2, held at the Miami circuit in the United States. In the final part of the qualifying session held on the afternoon of this Friday (1st), the ART Grand Prix driver recorded his best lap time of 1min39s888, earning the honor position for Sunday’s race.
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The second position on the grid went to Brazilian Rafael Câmara, an Invicta driver who was beaten by Maini by 0.033 seconds. Martinius Stenshorne, with a Rodin car, will start third despite suffering a problem with his car, followed by Alexander Dunne, his teammate. Gabriele Mini, from MP Motorsport, closed the top 5 in qualifying.
Nico Varrone, a driver representing Van Amersfoort, recorded the sixth-best time of the session, while Joshua Durksen, with an Invicta car, was seventh best. Oliver Goethe, from MP Motorsport, Laurens van Hoepen, from Trident, and Nikola Tsolov, from Campos Racing, complete the top 10 on Sunday’s grid, with the Bulgarian, current championship leader,
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Fastest in the only free practice of the weekend, Colton Herta recorded the 14th best time and will start from this position with a Hitech car. Emmo Fittipaldi, from AIX Racing, will start 18th in the two races of the weekend.
The Sprint in Miami will be held this Saturday, starting at 11 am, while the main F2 race takes place at 1:30 pm on Sunday.
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