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Antonelli and Browning fastest as F4 UAE switches Dubai layouts

by Ida Wood

Photo: F4 UAE

Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Luke Browning were the fastest drivers in Formula 4 United Arab Emirates’ track sessions ahead of Saturday’s qualifying.

In Friday testing, Antonelli went fastest by just 0.057 seconds ahead of Prema’s main team driver Charlie Wurz. Theire team-mates were close behind, with Abu Dhabi’s Aiden Neate 0.065s back and Rafael Camara 0.155s off the pace.

In the afternoon session it was Prema’s Camara who went fastest by setting a 2m00.905s to head Antonelli by 0.024s, but it was only drivers further down the order who actually improved on their morning laptimes.

PHM Racing’s Taylor Barnard was fastest of those, jumping from 13th to eighth overall in a session where the top 20 were covered by a second.

On Saturday morning laptimes got faster, with Hitech GP’s Browning becoming the only driver to break into the 1m59s with the new Tatuus T-421 car.

Neate was second and 0.099s slower in what was the only practice session, with Barnard and Camara next. MP Motorsport’s debuting Christian Ho, ninth in testing, improved his pace to be 13th fastest.

Test results
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 2m00.530s 51
2 Charlie Wurz Prema +0.057s 53
3 Aiden Neate Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema +0.065s 52
4 Rafael Camara Prema +0.155s 51
5 Luke Browning Hitech GP +0.158s 51
6 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak MP Motorsport +0.193s 48
7 Nikita Bedrin PHM Racing +0.248s 55
8 Taylor Barnard PHM Racing +0.538s 48
9 Christian Ho MP Motorsport +0.608s 48
10 Miron Pingasov MP Motorsport +0.642s 48
11 Martinius Stenshorne 3Y by R-ace GP +0.648s 51
12 Alex Dunne Hitech GP +0.689s 48
13 Valerio Rinicella MP Motorsport +0.806s 47
14 Ivan Domingues Xcel Motorsport +0.903s 60
15 Michael Shin JHR Developments +0.903s 44
16 Ricardo Escotto Cram-Hitech GP +1.116s 59
17 Victoria Blokhina 3Y by R-ace GP +1.119s 53
18 Anshul Gandhi Cram-Hitech GP +1.143s 62
19 Suleiman Zanfari MP Motorsport +1.144s 47
20 Vladislav Ryabov GRS +1.219s 41
21 Nikhil Bohra 3Y by R-ace GP +1.262s 48
22 Sohil Shah Mumbai Falcons by Xcel +1.336s 58
23 Brando Badoer AKM Motorsport +1.362s 59
24 Joseph Loake JHR Developments +1.365s 49
25 Jamie Day Xcel Motorsport +1.499s 49
26 Robert De Haan Pinnacle Motorsport +1.702s 56
27 Jonas Ried PHM Racing +1.884s 55
28 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi Xcel Motorsport +2.009s 57
29 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev Xcel Motorsport +2.938s 62
30 Yash Aradhya Mumbai Falcons by Xcel +2.940s 63
31 Jef Machiels Pinnacle Motorsport +3.434s 37
Free practice results
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1 Browning Hitech GP 1m59.945s 9
2 Neate Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema +0.099s 9
3 Barnard PHM Racing +0.163s 8
4 Camara Prema +0.218s 9
5 Bedrin PHM Racing +0.240s 10
6 Pingasov MP Motorsport +0.333s 8
7 Antonelli Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema +0.355s 9
8 Wurz Prema +0.448s 8
9 Stenshorne 3Y by R-ace GP +0.456s 12
10 Rinicella MP Motorsport +0.506s 9
11 Inthraphuvasak MP Motorsport +0.510s 8
12 Domingues Xcel Motorsport +0.666s 10
13 Ho MP Motorsport +0.731s 8
14 Dunne Hitech GP +0.753s 8
15 Zanfari MP Motorsport +0.893s 9
16 Ryabov GRS +0.940s 10
17 Bohra 3Y by R-ace GP +0.973s 12
18 Blokhina 3Y by R-ace GP +1.031s 13
19 Day Xcel Motorsport +1.045s 10
20 Badoer AKM Motorsport +1.219s 12
21 Gandhi Cram-Hitech GP +1.320s 11
22 De Haan Pinnacle Motorsport +1.345s 10
23 Bhirombhakdi Xcel Motorsport +1.690s 10
24 Shin JHR Developments +1.820s 12
25 Ried PHM Racing +1.841s 8
26 Loake JHR Developments +2.031s 12
27 Shah Mumbai Falcons by Xcel +2.068s 6
28 Escotto Cram-Hitech GP +2.252s 11
29 Machiels Pinnacle Motorsport +2.528s 10
30 Yash Aradhya Mumbai Falcons by Xcel +2.654s 12
31 Akhmedkhodjaev Xcel Motorsport +2.890s 10