Kelvin Snoeks pips Mirko Bortolotti in second Brands Hatch Formula 2 practice

Bortolotti had been the benchmark for the first half of the session before Snoeks produced a lap of 1m17.568s; roughly 0.6 seconds quicker than Bortolotti's time. The Italian responded in the final minutes, but fell just 0.002s short. Mihai Marinescu was third with a 1m17.300s effort, meaning that the top three were covered by just 0.03s.

The order among the top six changed regularly, although it tended to be the same group scrapping it out, with Jack Clarke eventually finishing up fourth-fastest ahead of Ramon Pineiro and Tobias Hegewald.

Bortolotti's main title rival Christopher Zanella finished the session in 14th.

Pos  Driver                Time       Gap
 1.  Kelvin Snoeks         1m17.568s
 2.  Mirko Bortolotti      1m17.570s  + 0.002s
 3.  Mihai Marinescu       1m17.600s  + 0.032s
 4.  Jack Clarke           1m17.849s  + 0.281s
 5.  Ramon Pineiro         1m17.865s  + 0.297s
 6.  Tobias Hegewald       1m17.868s  + 0.300s
 7.  Jordan King           1m17.968s  + 0.400s
 8.  Miki Monras           1m17.984s  + 0.416s
 9.  Benjamin Lariche      1m18.040s  + 0.472s
10.  Thiemo Storz          1m18.382s  + 0.814s
11.  Armaan Ebrahim        1m18.564s  + 0.996s
12.  Maxim Snegirev        1m18.714s  + 1.146s
13.  Mikkel Mac            1m18.763s  + 1.195s
14.  Christopher Zanella   1m18.839s  + 1.271s
15.  James Cole            1m18.878s  + 1.310s
16.  Plamen Kralev         1m18.951s  + 1.383s
17.  Parthiva Sureshwaren  1m19.048s  + 1.480s
18.  Jose Luis Abadin      1m19.358s  + 1.790s
19.  Alex Brundle          1m20.190s  + 2.622s
20.  Sunghak Mun           1m20.698s  + 3.130s