F2 Silverstone: Ticktum tops practice at home race ahead of Piastri

The Carlin driver set purple times in sectors one and two for a time of 1m41.750s – two tenths quicker than second-placed Oscar Piastri, driving for Prema Racing.

He will be hoping to take his first pole position of the season at his home race in qualifying this afternoon.

Juri Vips, driving for Hitech Grand Prix, finished in third, with Richard Verschoor (MP Motorsport) in fourth place.

Jehan Daruvala, also of Carlin, came fifth – half a second behind the leader – with championship leader Guanyu Zhou (UNI Virtuosi) in sixth.

Theo Pourchaire was first out on track in his ART Grand Prix car, having been confirmed fit to race after suffering a fractured arm in a collision in Baku.

But the red flag was waved after he went into the wall in sector two just 10 minutes into the session, clattering the boardings after losing the rear at Brooklands.

Team-mate Christian Lundgaard also almost lost the rear, running wide at Turn 1, but managed to safely rejoin the track. He went on to finish seventh.

The session restarted five minutes later after Pourchaire’s stricken car had been cleared, with 30 minutes left on the clock.

Juri Vips went quickest after the restart, breaking into the 1m42s with a 1m42.958s, coming after he became the first driver this year to win two races in one weekend last time out in Azerbaijan.

Juri Vips, Hitech Grand Prix

Photo by: Formula Motorsport Ltd

Alessio Deledda span his HWA Racelab car halfway through the session, stopping to the side of the track before the red flag was waved as he was unable to restart the engine. He was unable to set a representative lap, with a quickest time of 1m48.804s.

With 15 minutes left on the clock, Piastri led the pack with a 1m42.131s, before breaking into the 1m41s with a 1m41.980s, eventually finishing second.

Verschoor almost lost the car at Club on the last lap, wobbling towards the gravel, but managed to keep the car on track.

Zhou leads the drivers standings by five points from Piastri, with Prema Racing’s Robert Shwartzman in third, Vips in fourth and Ticktum in fifth.

Results

Cla	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	17	1'41.750
2	Oscar Piastri	Prema Powerteam	17	1'41.980	0.230
3	Jüri Vips	HitechGP	14	1'42.060	0.310
4	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	17	1'42.100	0.350
5	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	16	1'42.220	0.470
6	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	14	1'42.333	0.583
7	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	17	1'42.337	0.587
8	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	16	1'42.451	0.701
9	Liam Lawson	HitechGP	16	1'42.501	0.751
10	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Powerteam	16	1'42.536	0.786
11	Roy Nissany	DAMS	17	1'42.605	0.855
12	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	16	1'42.707	0.957
13	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	15	1'42.707	0.957
14	Marino Sato	Trident	16	1'42.741	0.991
15	Bent Viscaal	Trident	16	1'42.933	1.183
16	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	15	1'43.015	1.265
17	Matteo Nannini	Campos Racing	17	1'43.101	1.351
18	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	17	1'43.154	1.404
19	Jack Aitken	HWA Racelab	16	1'43.480	1.730
20	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	17	1'43.930	2.180
21	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	13	1'48.804	7.054
22	Theo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	3	2'09.466	27.716
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