Prema Racing’s Charles Leclerc took pole position for Saturday’s Formula 2 feature race in a tight qualifying battle at Barcelona.
Leclerc topped the session with a 1m29.285s ahead of Luca Ghiotto by 0.193 seconds. Nyck de Vries completed the top three with a time just under three tenths shy of pacesetter Leclerc.
Ferrari junior Leclerc left his final run to the dying stages of qualifying, displacing Ghiotto at the top at the death.
Jordan King was fourth quickest for MP Motorsport ahead of Alexander Albon and Oliver Rowland – who recovered well after a woeful practice session.
Norman Nato ended the session in the seventh, with Antonio Fuoco completing the top eight, over half a second adrift of his team-mate.
Nicholas Latifi improved on his 13th on Friday in Bahrain, with the ninth quickest time, beating ART Grand Prix’s Nobuharu Matsushita.
Louis Deletraz missed out on a debut top ten start in Formula 2 by 0.071s. Campos Racing’s Ralph Boschung will start 12th in tomorrow’s feature race.
Bahrain feature race victor Artem Markelov ended the session in a lowly 13th place ahead of Sergio Sette Camara and ex-Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi.
Johnny Cecotto Jr. suffered a late spin, which grounded him in 16th and ruined the laps of many others.
Sean Gelael, Gustav Malja, Sergio Canamasas and Nabil Jeffri will complete the grid for tomorrow’s race.
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