F2: Martins outduels Dunne to take pole position at Silverstone

ART Grand Prix driver Victor Martins left it until his final lap of the day at Silverstone to seal the Aramco Pole Position Award at a tightly contested Qualifying session.

The Williams Driver Academy member's 1m 39.371s was good enough to beat Rodin Motorsport’s Alexander Dunne to pole by just 0.051s, and to give him his second Formula 2 pole position at the British venue, following his 2023 performance.

Dunne was forced to settle for second ahead of DAMS Lucas Oil’s Jak Crawford in third, while Invicta Racing’s Roman Stanek took P4.

PREMA Racing’s Sebastián Montoya continued his fine form by qualifying fifth, with AIX Racing’s Joshua Duerksen in P6.

Championship leader Richard Verschoor had been in the top two after the first set of laps of the session, but the MP Motorsport driver wound up in seventh.

Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy member Dino Beganovic was back in the top 10 for Hitech TGR in P8, with Kush Maini ninth for DAMS.

Leonardo Fornaroli’s late lap saw him go to P10, relegating Campos Racing’s Arvid Lindblad, fresh off his debut Free Practice 1 outing with Red Bull Racing, to 11th.

This means Fornaroli is set to start from reverse grid pole for Invicta Racing in the Sprint Race, which is set to get underway at 13:15 local time on Saturday.

Until then, you can read a full report from today’s FIA Formula 2 Qualifying in Silverstone on the website here.