After Max
Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing) didn’t make it to the finish in
the 28th season race of the FIA Fórmula 3 European Championship at
the 4.909 kilometres long Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, he showed
his class in the second qualifying a few hours later. The 17-year-old
came out on top both in the ranking of the fastest and of the
second-fastest laps. Tom Blomqvist (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin),
Esteban Ocon (Prema Powerteam) and Antonio Giovinazzi (Jagonya Ayam
with Carlin) were in second to fourth place in the classification of
the fastest lap times. In the result list of the second-fastest laps,
Verstappen, who completed his first free practice in Fórmula 1 last
week, was followed by Ocon, Antonio Fuoco (Prema Powerteam) and
Blomqvist.
Starting
grid race 2
After the
first few minutes of the second qualifying, Swede Felix Rosenqvist
(Mücke Motorsport, 1:37s971) was still in front, but the stalwart
didn’t manage to hold on to his position for a long time. Instead,
it was Max Verstappen (1:36s816) who toppled him, only to be outpaced
by Esteban Ocon (1:37s155) himself. The 18-year-old Frenchman didn’t
stay in first place for a long time either as Verstappen improved his
lap time once more. Soon after that, Tom Blomqvist (1:37s125) also
was faster than the FIA Fórmula 3 European Championship points’
leader and moved up into second place behind Verstappen, the
youngest-ever Fórmula 1 driver.
With
approximately 6:30 minutes remaining, Edward Jones (Carlin, 1:37s886)
lost control of his car and crashed into the tyre stacks. The driver
from the United Arab Emirates was transferred to the medical centre
for a check-up, but he was found to have escaped unscathed. As
darkness was setting in, qualifying didn’t resume. Thus, Verstappen
remained on top from Blomqvist, Ocon, Giovinazzi (1:37s196), Fuoco
(1:37s221) and returnee William Buller (Signature, 1:37s312). As
Verstappen still has to serve a ten-place grid penalty following an
engine change from the previous meeting at the Nürburgring, he will
start from eleventh place on the grid while Tom Blomqvist will be on
pole position.
Starting
grid race 3
Max
Verstappen (1:37s106) also set the best second-fastest lap time.
Esteban Ocon (1:37s303), Antonio Fuoco (1:37s326), Tom Blomqvist
(1:37s456), Willam Buller (1:37s497) and Nicholas Latifi (Prema
Powerteam, 1:37s540) rounded out the top six.
Max
Verstappen (Van Amersfoort Racing): “I am really happy that I was
fastest again in second qualifying. The two test days on Tuesday and
Wednesday prior to the race weekend really went well for us, but in
first qualifying, things weren’t really going as we had planned. In
the first race this morning, we had a good speed again and so we did
in second qualifying. I really like the Imola circuit. Driving skills
mean a lot here. Finding the limit is difficult here, which is a
great challenge for us as the drivers”.
Photos: FIA F3 Euro Series
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