Brundle tops test at Silverstone
Alex Brundle topped the first Formula 2 test of the season on Silverstone's Grand Prix circuit this afternoon
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
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