F2: Stanek leads Fornaroli to seal Invicta Racing 1-2 in Budapest Qualifying

Roman Stanek beat his Invicta Racing team mate Leonardo Fornaroli to take a maiden Formula 2 pole position at a dramatic Qualifying session in Budapest.

The Czech driver had been in superb form throughout the day, and found himself at the top of the timesheets after each lap of the 45-minute shootout.

Stanek’s final attempt of a 1:28.779 put him on provisional pole, but with Fornaroli having made the decision to run later than the rest, his team mate was forced to watch on from the pit lane.

The Championship leader matched Stanek through the first two sectors, but lost a tenth in the final section to finish in second place, 0.146s off pole.

DAMS Lucas Oil driver Jak Crawford was third, ahead of Hitech TGR’s Luke Browning, as AIX Racing’s Joshua Duerksen rounded out the top five.

Oliver Goethe qualified in sixth place for MP Motorsport, ahead of ART Grand Prix driver Victor Martins, and his fellow Red Bull Junior Arvid Lindblad for Campos Racing.

Rodin Motorsport’s Alexander Dunne wound up in P9 ahead of the second Campos car of Josep María Martí in P10.

This means Martí is set to line up on reverse grid pole for Saturday’s Sprint Race, which is set to get underway at 15:55 local time.

Until then, you can read a full report of today’s FIA Formula 2 Qualifying from Budapest on the official website here.