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Arjun Maini, 7th fastest in F2 Free Practice; Ghiotto on top at Silverstone

Luca Ghiotto (ITA, UNI VIRTUOSI). An F2 image

Silverstone, 12 July 2019: Indian racer Arjun Maini of Campos Racing clocked the 7th fastest time even as Luca Ghiotto carried his Austrian form into Round 7 to achieve his highest session placing since Barcelona, lapping quickest in FIA Formula 2 Free Practice, at Silverstone. The Italian followed up his pair of podium finishes in Spielberg with P1, ahead of DAMS’ Nicholas Latifi and teammate Guanyu Zhou. The other Indian in the F2 field Mahaveer Raghunathan was 19th for MP Motorsport.

Sauber Junior Team by Charouz duo Juan Manuel Correa and Callum Ilott set the early pace, immediately going under 1m 43s. The session was then briefly yellow flagged as Sean Gelael and Louis Delétraz made contact around Turn 6, which forced the PREMA man to retire from Free Practice.
British duo Jack Aitken and Jordan King fleetingly led proceedings, until Nyck De Vries and Sérgio Sette Câmara took turns at the top of the table, before ducking into the pits for a freshen up.
Ghiotto made the most of an emptying circuit to claim P1 ahead of De Vries and Sette Câmara, with a time of 1:39.166. Jack Aitken and Latifi both made attempts on his time, but neither could match him and settled for second and third.
With the session coming to a close, the Italian’s teammate Zhou demonstrated the pace of the UNI-Virtuosi machine this weekend and raced round for third place, nestling behind Ghiotto and Latifi. They were followed by Aitken, Sette Câmara and De Vries. Meanwhile, Arjun Maini made a return to the top seven in just his second round this season, beating Delétraz, Nobuharu Matsushita and King.
Ghiotto will look to continue his resurgence when the cars hit the track for qualifying at 3.55pm local time.
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship – Round 7 Free Practice classification
DRIVER
TEAM
LAPTIME
LAPS
1
Luca Ghiotto
UNI-Virtuosi Racing
1:39.166
18
2
Nicholas Latifi
DAMS
1:39.281
20
3
Guanyu Zhou
UNI-Virtuosi Racing
1:39.327
18
4
Jack Aitken
Campos Racing
1:39.554
17
5
Sergio Sette Camara
DAMS
1:39.622
20
6
Nyck De Vries
ART Grand Prix
1:39.692
22
7
Arjun Maini
Campos Racing
1:39.899
20
8
Louis Deletraz
Carlin
1:40.034
21
9
Nobuharu Matsushita
Carlin
1:40.039
22
10
Jordan King
MP Motorsport
1:40.062
21
11
Mick Schumacher
PREMA Racing
1:40.141
17
12
Nikita Mazepin
ART Grand Prix
1:40.154
21
13
Giuliano Alesi
Trident
1:40.452
19
14
Callum Ilott
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
1:40.735
22
15
Dorian Boccolacci
Trident
1:40.779
17
16
Anthoine Hubert
BWT Arden
1:40.789
21
17
Juan Manuel Correa
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
1:40.878
21
18
Tatiana Calderon
BWT Arden
1:41.841
20
19
Mahaveer Raghunathan
MP Motorsport
1:42.792
19
20
Sean Gelael
PREMA Racing
2:00.608
3
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