Ф2: Оливер Гёте занял первое место в квалификации в Катаре.

Ф2: Оливер Гёте занял первое место в квалификации в Катаре.

      Оливер Гёте зарегистрировал лучшее время в квалификации Формулы 2 в Катаре. В воскресной гонке вместе с ним из первого ряда стартует лидер чемпионата Леонардо Форнароли.

      Гонщики не стали медлить и выехали на трассу, как только таймер начал обратный отсчёт 30 минут. Однако Джеймс Уортон остался на пит-лейне из-за технических неполадок с машиной.

      После двух прогревочных кругов гонщики начали показывать результаты. По окончании первого быстрого круга первое время принадлежало Леонардо Форнароли, который опередил Джека Кроуфорда и Романа Станека на чуть более чем десятую секунду. Лоренс ван Хупен и Куш Маини испортили свои быстрые круги, выехав за границы трассы. Уортон потерял почти десять минут, но смог выехать на трассу, хотя после установочного круга вернулся на пит-лейн.

      После охлаждения шин гонщики продолжили атаки. Виктор Мартен первым превзошёл время лидера чемпионата, но не смог удержаться на первой позиции. Его результат улучшила большая группа участников, в том числе Форнароли, который снова занял лидерство. Роман Станек уступил ему почти две десятых секунды. Гонщики затем направились в боксы за новыми шинами.

      За одиннадцать минут до конца сессии гонщики вернулись на трассу для второй серии кругов. Они снова проехали по два прогревочных круга, прежде чем начали атаковать. Дино Беганович улучшил время Форнароли и вышел в лидеры, но недолго оставался на первой позиции. По очереди его результат превзошли Оливер Гёте, Роман Станек и Леонардо Форнароли, который вновь вышел на первое место.

      На втором быстром круге Гёте улучшил время Леонардо на 0,040 секунды. Форнароли попытался вернуть себе лидерство, но ошибся на первом секторе своего финального быстрого круга и остался на втором месте. Виктор Мартен поднялся на третью позицию, в то время как Станек, долгое время удерживавшийся на втором месте, стал четвёртым. Уже на возвращении в боксы Форнароли остановился на трассе из-за технических проблем с машиной.

      Джек Кроуфорд и Люк Браунинг, занимающие вторую и третью позиции в личном зачёте, значительно усложнили себе задачу в борьбе за титул, показав 15-е и 18-е время соответственно. Стартовая решётка спринта будет реверсивной – гонщики, занявшие первые десять мест, стартуют в обратном порядке. Таким образом, с поула в субботу начнёт Ричард Ферсхор, а вместе с ним из первого ряда стартует Джошуа Дюрксен.

      Пилот | Команда | Время | Разница | Круги

      --- | --- | --- | --- | ---

      1. О.Гёте | MP Motorsport | 1'36.115 | - | 14

      2. Л.Форнароли | Invicta Racing | 1'36.155 | 0.040 | 14

      3. В.Мартен | ART Grand Prix | 1'36.285 | 0.170 | 14

      4. Р.Станек | Invicta Racing | 1'36.345 | 0.230 | 14

      5. А.Данн | Rodin Motorsport | 1'36.442 | 0.327 | 13

      6. С.Монтойя | Prema Racing | 1'36.741 | 0.626 | 13

      7. Н.Цолов | Campos Racing | 1'36.764 | 0.649 | 14

      8. Р.Виллагомес | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1'36.766 | 0.651 | 13

      9. Д.Дюрксен | AIX Racing | 1'36.773 | 0.658 | 14

      10. Р.Ферсхор | MP Motorsport | 1'36.793 | 0.678 | 14

      11. Д.Беганович | Hitech TGR | 1'36.826 | 0.711 | 14

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Ф2: Оливер Гёте занял первое место в квалификации в Катаре.

Оливер Гёте установил наилучший результат в квалификации Формулы 2 в Катаре.