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Deletraz edges de Vries to top F2 practice at Red Bull Ring

by Peter Allen
Deletraz

Photo: Joe Portlock / FIA F2 Championship

Louis Deletraz edged Formula 2 championship leader Nyck de Vries to set the pace in practice at the Red Bull Ring.

Most of the fastest laps were set early in the session before drivers switched their focus to long runs, with Deletraz posting a 1m14.782s to beat de Vries to top spot by 0.058 seconds.

Luca Ghiotto claimed third place, 0.029s behind de Vries, recovering from an off through the gravel trap at Turn 7 after a mid-corner twitch.

Nicholas Latifi – second in the points – was fourth, just ahead of the two drivers chasing him in the standings, Jack Aitken and Sergio Sette Camara.

Callum Ilott was seventh ahead of Deletraz’s team-mate Nobuharu Matsushita, with Guanyu Zhou ninth and Sean Gelael 10th.

Arjun Maini was 16th on his first F2 outing this season, having replaced Dorian Boccolacci at Campos Racing.

Patricio O’Ward, going into his F2 debut ‘stone cold‘ without even simulator experience of the car, was 18th fastest, 1.4s off the pace but only two tenths and one position behind MP Motorsport team-mate Jordan King.

Two tenths further back in 19th was fellow debutant Ryan Tveter, who replaces Ralph Boschung at Trident having tested with the team in Abu Dhabi at the end of last year.

 

Practice times
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Louis Deletraz Carlin 1:14.782 26
2 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:14.840 0.058 24
3 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 1:14.869 0.087 24
4 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:15.040 0.258 23
5 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 1:15.053 0.271 25
6 Sergio Sette Camara DAMS 1:15.083 0.301 24
7 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1:15.151 0.369 27
8 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 1:15.177 0.395 25
9 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:15.199 0.417 24
10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 1:15.261 0.479 25
11 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 1:15.277 0.495 25
12 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 1:15.288 0.506 25
13 Juan Manuel Correa Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1:15.323 0.541 27
14 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:15.529 0.747 27
15 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 1:15.714 0.932 27
16 Arjun Maini Campos Racing 1:15.949 1.167 28
17 Jordan King MP Motorsport 1:16.009 1.227 16
18 Patricio O?Ward MP Motorsport 1:16.264 1.482 24
19 Ryan Tveter Trident 1:16.388 1.606 26
20 Tatiana Calderon BWT Arden 1:17.159 2.377 24