Oscar Piastri Takes British F2 Feature Race Pole

PREMA’s Oscar Piastri produced a stunning lap to snatch pole position for the 2021 Formula Two British Feature Race. 

Piastri was on the pace throughout Friday’s action as he finished Practice in second place behind home favourite – Dan Ticktum, yet was able to find massive improvement to snatch a stunning pole position with a time of 1m 39.854 as Qualifying was concluded early due to a red flag.

Discover how Friday’s F2 action unfolded below in our roundup of Practice and Qualifying at Silverstone.

 

Practice

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A quiet start saw several drivers opt to just deliver an installation lap before pitting but it was Christian Lundgaard who set the initial pace with 1m 57.763, as his ART GP teammate – Theo Pourchaire brought out the red flag just ten minutes into the session after spinning out at Brooklands.

Once the session resumed, a series of representative laps quickly flew in with Oscar Piastri finding himself quickest from Lirim Zendeli and Dan Ticktum after 25 minutes, as Alessio Deledda spun out of Vale into Club to bring out the red flag as he stalled his HWA Racelab.

Marshals swiftly cleared the Italian’s car but there weren’t many notable improvements after the final restart as Piastri initially lowered his benchmark to 1m 41.980, only for Ticktum to post a session topping 1m 41.750 just minutes later.

Juri Vips, Richard Verschoor, Jehan Daruvala, Guanyu Zhou, Lundgaard, Zendeli, Liam Lawson and Robert Shwartzman rounded out the top ten.

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1m 41.750
2	Oscar Piastri	PREMA	+ 0.230
3	Juri Vips	Hitech GP	+ 0.310
4	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+ 0.350
5	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	+ 0.470
6	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	+ 0.583
7	Christian Lundgaard	ART GP	+ 0.587
8	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	+ 0.701
9	Liam Lawson	Hitech GP	+ 0.751
10	Robert Shwartzman	PREMA	+ 0.786
11	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+ 0.855
12	Ralph Boschung	Campos	+ 0.957
13	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	+ 0.957
14	Marino Sato	Trident	+ 0.991
15	Bent Viscaal	Trident	+ 1.183
16	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	+ 1.265
17	Matteo Nannini	Campos	+ 1.351
18	David Beckmann	Charouz	+ 1.404
19	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	+ 1.730
20	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz	+ 2.180
21	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	+ 7.054
22	Theo Pourchaire	ART GP	+ 27.716

Qualifying

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A frantic opening run saw both MP Motorsport drivers briefly go top as Zendeli had his lap time deleted for exceeding track limits, just as UNI-Virtuosi’s Felipe Drugovich went quickest with 1m 40.692.

Lundgaard and Ticktum went top on their second fliers until Piastri delivered a pole clinching 1m 39.854 despite failing to improve on his final run, like many others as Zhou enjoyed a late charge to second ahead of Richard Verschoor as the red flag came out after a spin for Shwartzman with two minutes left.

Ticktum had to settle for fourth ahead of Pourchaire, Drugovich, Shwartzman, Roy Nissany, Vips and Lundgaard, who complete the top 10 who will be reversed for tomorrow’s opening sprint race.

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1	Oscar Piastri	PREMA	1m 39.854
2	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	+ 0.221
3	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+ 0.405
4	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	+ 0.554
5	Theo Pourchaire	ART GP	+ 0.565
6	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	+ 0.597
7	Robert Shwartzman	PREMA	+ 0.598
8	Roy Nissany	DAMS	+ 0.632
9	Juri Vips	Hitech GP	+ 0.637
10	Christian Lundgaard	ART GP	+ 0.702
11	Liam Lawson	Hitech GP	+ 0.825
12	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	+ 0.829
13	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	+ 0.918
14	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	+ 1.031
15	Ralph Boschung	Campos	+ 1.061
16	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	+ 1.196
17	Bent Viscaal	Trident	+ 1.331
18	David Beckmann	Charouz	+ 1.441
19	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	+ 1.452
20	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz	+ 1.904
21	Marino Sato	Trident	+ 1.936
22	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	+ 3.880