Mirko Bortolotti flies to Formula 2 race two pole in Austria
Mirko Bortolotti stormed to race two pole position at Spielberg, with the fastest lap of the weekend so far
The far cooler conditions clearly suited the Formula 2 cars better, and the championship leader produced a great effort of 1m20.536s to earn pole by more than 0.3 seconds.
"It was a really good session for us," said Bortolotti. "I think the lap was really good and that's the maximum for these cars on this track. Now I'm looking forward to the race."
Title rival Christopher Zanella - out of the points in yesterday's race - was facing another difficult race after spinning midway through the session. He was languishing in 19th place until he pulled a great lap out of the bag with just seconds remaining to take second.
Yesterday's race one poleman and winner Ramon Pineiro will line up third, alongside Mihai Marinescu, whose great weekend continued with a solid fourth fastest time.
Tobias Hegewald will start fifth, just ahead of the session's surprise package, Max Snegirev. The Russian was actually the fastest driver of all through the first sector on his way to a fantastic sixth fastest.
After strong showings so far, it was a disappointing session for newboy Luciano Bacheta, who starts 15th, alongside fellow debutant Rene Binder.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Mirko Bortolotti 1m20.536s 2. Christopher Zanella 1m20.891s + 0.355s 3. Ramon Pineiro 1m20.931s + 0.395s 4. Mihai Marinescu 1m21.093s + 0.557s 5. Tobias Hegewald 1m21.333s + 0.797s 6. Maxim Snegirev 1m21.498s + 0.962s 7. Miki Monras 1m21.552s + 1.016s 8. Kelvin Snoeks 1m21.704s + 1.168s 9. Benjamin Lariche 1m21.712s + 1.176s 10. Alex Brundle 1m21.742s + 1.206s 11. Jack Clarke 1m21.765s + 1.229s 12. Armaan Ebrahim 1m21.962s + 1.426s 13. Johannes Theobald 1m22.096s + 1.560s 14. Luciano Bacheta 1m22.114s + 1.578s 15. Rene Binder 1m22.136s + 1.600s 16. Julian Theobald 1m22.160s + 1.624s 17. Mikkel Mac 1m21.960s + 1.424s 18. Sunghak Mun 1m22.429s + 1.893s 19. James Cole 1m22.438s + 1.902s 20. Parthiva Sureshwaren 1m22.950s + 2.414s 21. Plamen Kralev 1m23.231s + 2.695s 22. Thiemo Storz
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