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Mirko Bortolotti quickest in second practice at Red Bull Ring

Formula 2 points leader Mirko Bortolotti once again topped the times in the second free practice session at Spielberg

The Italian was the only driver to break into the 1m22s at the recently reopened Austrian circuit, topping the charts with a 1m22.904s. This put him over 0.5s up on his nearest rival, Romanian Mihai Marinescu.

It was a generally uneventful session held in hot sunny conditions, but a number of drivers had their fastest times deleted for 'exceeding track limits'. This followed a warning after the opening session, during which many drivers used the asphalt run-off, particularly at Turn 1, as part of the circuit.

New boys Luciano Bacheta and Rene Binder were 14th and 20th respectively, while Christopher Zanella, who is second in the points, was eighth fastest.

Pos  Driver                Time       Gap
 1.  Mirko Bortolotti      1m22.904s
 2.  Mihai Marinescu       1m23.438s  + 0.534s
 3.  Benjamin Lariche      1m23.654s  + 0.750s
 4.  Ramon Pineiro         1m23.783s  + 0.879s
 5.  Tobias Hegewald       1m23.795s  + 0.891s
 6.  Sunghak Mun           1m23.818s  + 0.914s
 7.  Alex Brundle          1m23.908s  + 1.004s
 8.  Christopher Zanella   1m24.065s  + 1.161s
 9.  Kelvin Snoeks         1m24.126s  + 1.222s
10.  Miki Monras           1m24.136s  + 1.232s
11.  Jack Clarke           1m24.219s  + 1.315s
12.  Julian Theobald       1m24.282s  + 1.378s
13.  Plamen Kralev         1m24.325s  + 1.421s
14.  Luciano Bacheta       1m24.386s  + 1.482s
15.  Johannes Theobald     1m24.465s  + 1.561s
16.  Parthiva Sureshwaren  1m24.544s  + 1.640s
17.  James Cole            1m24.629s  + 1.725s
18.  Thiemo Storz          1m24.689s  + 1.785s
19.  Maxim Snegirev        1m24.760s  + 1.856s
20.  Rene Binder           1m24.760s  + 1.856s
21.  Mikkel Mac            1m25.077s  + 2.173s
22.  Armaan Ebrahim        1m25.117s  + 2.213s

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