Rafael Camara put the Formula 2 title fight on a sharper Silverstone edge by taking pole for Sunday’s Feature Race ahead of Alexander Dunne.
The Invicta Racing driver produced a 1:39.690 in Friday qualifying, enough to beat Dunne’s Rodin Motorsport car by 0.201s. ART Grand Prix’s Kush Maini was third, just 0.001s behind Dunne, with Roman Bilinski fourth for DAMS Lucas Oil and Nikola Tsolov fifth.
Camara makes Silverstone count
The timing matters as much as the lap. Camara arrived at Silverstone listed third in the 2026 standings on his official FIA Formula 2 profile, and this pole places direct pressure back on Dunne before the weekend’s two races.
Formula 2’s official results show Camara completed 11 laps and set the pole time at 212.735kph. Dunne, who had shown strong speed earlier in the day, could not match the Brazilian’s final benchmark.
Silverstone’s reversed-grid Sprint still gives others a route into Saturday’s headlines, but the Feature Race has now been framed around Camara’s qualifying authority and Dunne’s response. For a Ferrari Driver Academy prospect stepping up after his FIA Formula 3 title, this was the kind of Friday that changes the tone of a championship weekend.
ReadMotorSport will continue tracking the Silverstone support-card picture alongside the wider Formula 2 and British Grand Prix weekend.
