Luciano Bacheta took pole position for Formula 2's second race at Spa

The championship leader had his qualifying tactics forced upon him, after Saturday's race ending crash necessitated an installation lap on old tyres at the start of the session. He then had one run on fresh rubber, which put him to the top of the times.

Matheo Tuscher also tried that technique, but could only qualify 11th fastest despite no obvious errors, leaving him with a lot of work to do in the race.

A red flag halfway through the session meant that Markus Pommer and Alex Fontana could not take maximum advantage of their new tyres, but they still managed to qualify second and third respectively.

Kevin Mirocha and Vittorio Ghirelli will line up next on the grid after another solid qualifying from them both, ahead of a disappointed Christopher Zanella in sixth.

After a second place finish in race one, Daniel McKenzie could only manage seventh, whilst Axcil Jefferies notched up his best ever qualifying in eighth. Hector Hurst and Parthiva Sureshwaren completed the top 10.

Pos  Driver                Time       Gap
 1.  Luciano Bacheta       2m03.925s
 2.  Markus Pommer         2m04.091s  + 0.166s
 3.  Alex Fontana          2m04.203s  + 0.278s
 4.  Kevin Mirocha         2m04.453s  + 0.528s
 5.  Vittorio Ghirelli     2m04.585s  + 0.660s
 6.  Christopher Zanella   2m04.603s  + 0.678s
 7.  Daniel McKenzie       2m04.956s  + 1.031s
 8.  Axcil Jefferies       2m05.283s  + 1.358s
 9.  Hector Hurst          2m05.442s  + 1.517s
10.  Parthiva Sureshwaren  2m05.448s  + 1.523s
11.  Matheo Tuscher        2m05.492s  + 1.567s
12.  Dino Zamparelli       2m05.586s  + 1.661s
13.  Mihai Marinescu       2m05.688s  + 1.763s
14.  Plamen Kralev         2m06.000s  + 2.075s
15.  Maxim Snegirev        2m06.043s  + 2.118s
16.  Mauro Calamia         2m06.138s  + 2.213s
17.  David Zhu             2m06.281s  + 2.356s
18.  Kourosh Khani         2m06.369s  + 2.444s