Brundle tops test at Silverstone

The 20-year-old son of ex-Formula 1 racer and BBC commentator Martin Brundle set a best time of 1m50.221s in the overboost-enabled afternoon session, finishing almost 0.3 seconds ahead of former GP3 racer Miki Monras.

Series returnee Mihai Marinescu, Formula Palmer Audi graduate Ramon Pineiro and former Ferrari Driver Academy member Mirko Bortolotti rounded out the top five in the 22-car test.

Brundle, who is returning to the category this season after a year in British Formula 3, said: "It's always nice to be on top and now we've just got to stay there.

"I'm not getting complacent by any means and I've got to keep pushing. We had a decent race car at the end there and I pulled it out the bag a bit on the lap, but I still need to build more consistency."

In the morning session, run without the overboost, Brundle was second behind fellow Briton Jack Clarke, who set a best of 1m51.537s. Pineiro, Marinescu and Monras completed the top five.

As well as a number of 2010 F2 runners that have not yet been confirmed for this season, some category newcomers also tested. These included former British F3 racer James Cole, European F3 Open competitor Jose Luis Abadin, and Formula BMW Pacific graduate Sunghak Mun.

The next pre-season F2 test will take place on the new Snetterton 300 circuit on Wednesday March 30.

Pos  Driver                Time       Gap
 1.  Alex Brundle          1m50.221s
 2.  Miki Monras           1m50.514s  + 0.293s
 3.  Mihai Marinescu       1m50.515s  + 0.294s
 4.  Ramon Pineiro         1m50.530s  + 0.309s
 5.  Mirko Bortolotti      1m50.663s  + 0.442s
 6.  Armaan Ebrahim        1m50.747s  + 0.526s
 7.  Maxim Snegirev        1m51.051s  + 0.830s
 8.  Jack Clarke           1m51.348s  + 1.127s
 9.  Kelvin Snoeks         1m51.462s  + 1.241s
10.  James Cole            1m51.601s  + 1.380s
11.  Tobias Hegewald       1m51.725s  + 1.504s
12.  Benjamin Lariche      1m51.978s  + 1.757s
13.  Mikkel Mac            1m51.980s  + 1.759s
14.  Thiemo Storz          1m52.484s  + 2.263s
15.  Johannes Theobald     1m52.559s  + 2.338s
16.  Sunghak Mun           1m52.683s  + 2.462s
17.  Jukka Honkavuori      1m52.684s  + 2.463s
18.  Natalia Kowalska      1m52.848s  + 2.627s
19.  Julian Theobald       1m53.278s  + 3.057s
20.  Plamen Kralev         1m53.456s  + 3.235s
21.  Jose Luis Abadin      1m53.682s  + 3.461s
22.  Parthiva Sureshwaren  1m54.455s  + 4.234s