Swedish driver Dino Beganovic was the fastest in the sole free practice session for the ninth round of Formula 2, held at the Hungaroring circuit in Hungary. In the session held on Friday morning (24), the DAMS driver recorded a best lap of 1min30s720, unchallenged by his rivals.
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Second place went to Gabriele Mini, championship runner-up and MP Motorsport driver, who finished 0s015 behind Beganovic’s time. Nico Varrone, from Van Amersfoort, finished the session with the third-fastest time, followed by Nikola Tsolov, fourth with Campos Racing and championship leader. Brazilian Rafael Câmara was fifth with Invicta Racing.
Alexander Dunne, with a Rodin Motorsport car, closed the session with the sixth-best time, followed by Oliver Goethe, seventh with MP Motorsport. Martinius, with the other Rodin car, was eighth, finishing ahead of Roman Bilinski, ninth with DAMS. Laurens van Hoepen, from Trident, closed the top-10. Emmo Fittipaldi finished in 20th position.
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The session saw a red flag. Mari Boya, in a Prema car, went straight at the first corner of the circuit located near Budapest and stopped in the tire barrier. The session resumed shortly after.
Starting at 10:55 AM, qualifying will be held to determine the starting positions for the two races of the weekend. The Sprint is scheduled for 9:15 AM on Saturday, while the main race begins at 6:25 AM.
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