Bailly fastest on home soil at Zolder
Benjamin Bailly topped a Formula 2 session for the first time this season, saving his best for home soil and setting the best time of today's second practice at Zolder
The 20-year-old, who hails from the outskirts of Liege - just 50km south of the Zolder circuit, posted the fastest time of the session right at the end.
He had been knocked off the top just seconds earlier by Armaan Ebrahaim, but responded with his final lap - although he set the time while there were yellow flags in the first sector.
Ebrahim finished up three tenths behind Bailly, with championship leader Jolyon Palmer third fastest.
Ivan Samarin, Will Bratt and Philipp Eng rounded out the top six, while Jonathan Kennard set the seventh quickest time in the F2 test and development car.
This morning's pace setter, Dean Stoneman, was only eighth, ahead of Kelvin Snoeks and Kazim Vasiliauskas.
Bailly's time followed a harmless trip through the gravel at Turn 2 early in the session. Ricardo Teixeira did the same soon after and then Jack Clarke spun off and got stuck at the same spot, causing the yellow flags that were still out at the conclusion.
Pos Driver Time Gap Laps 1. Benjamin Bailly 1m24.390s 16 2. Armaan Ebrahim 1m24.701s +0.311 17 3. Jolyon Palmer 1m24.911s +0.521 19 4. Ivan Samarin 1m25.028s +0.638 17 5. Will Bratt 1m25.041s +0.651 17 6. Philipp Eng 1m25.223s +0.833 17 7. Dean Stoneman 1m25.346s +0.956 17 8. Kelvin Snoeks 1m25.383s +0.993 18 9. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m25.574s +1.184 17 10. Jack Clarke 1m25.590s +1.200 13 11. Paul Rees 1m25.655s +1.265 17 12. Natalia Kowalska 1m25.693s +1.303 18 13. Sergei Afanasiev 1m25.777s +1.387 15 14. Nicola de Marco 1m25.856s +1.466 16 15. Benjamin Lariche 1m26.559s +2.169 18 16. Mihai Marinescu 1m27.153s +2.763 6 17. Parthiva Sureshwaren 1m27.263s +2.873 16 18. Ricardo Teixeira 1m27.417s +3.027 16 19. Plamen Kralev 1m28.055s +3.665 13
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