Formula 2 will soon hold, starting at 3:10 PM this Saturday (23), the Sprint race that opens the third round of the 2026 season. Tenth placed in the classification held last Friday, Gabriele Mini will start at the front at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, in Montreal, Canada, with an MP Motorsport car, after benefiting from the inversion of positions among the top ten in qualifying.
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The front row will also feature Rafael Villagómez, Van Amersfoort driver and ninth best in qualifying. Noel León, from Campos Racing, starts third, with John Bennett in fourth with a Trident car. Joshua Durksen, a driver for Invicta Racing, completes the group of the top five on the grid for the shortest race of the weekend.
Among the Brazilians, Emmo Fittipaldi, from AIX Racing, will start from ninth position after moving up two places due to penalties against Rafael Câmara and Alexander Dunne. Both lost three grid places after blocking other competitors during qualifying. Câmara, from Invicta, would have started ninth, and now will start from 12th position.
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Check out the grid for the Formula 2 Sprint race in Canada:
1st – Gabriele Mini – MP Motorsport
2nd – Rafael Villagómez – Van Amersfoort
3rd – Noel León – Campos Racing
4th – John Bennett – Trident
5th – Joshua Durksen – Invicta Racing
6th – Martinius Stenshorne – Rodin Motorsport
7th – Nikola Tsolov – Campos Racing
8th – Laurens van Hoepen – Trident
9th – Emmo Fittipaldi – AIX Racing
10th – Nico Varrone – Van Amersfoort
11th – Alexander Dunne – Rodin Motorsport
12th – Rafael Câmara – Invicta Racing
13th – Kush Maini – ART Grand Prix
14th – Dino Beganovic – DAMS
15th – Roman Bilinski – DAMS
16th – Ritomo Miyata – Hitech
17th – Cian Shields – AIX Racing
18th – Sebastian Montoya – Prema
19th – Colton Herta – Hitech
20th – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak – ART Grand Prix
21st – Oliver Goethe – MP Motorsport
22nd – Mari Boya – Prema
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