Hyman (Campos Racing) claims impressive maiden pole on drying Hungaroring
Following rain on Saturday morning, Hyman snatched the top spot in dominant style. His teammates Laaksonen and Vivacqua secured 2nd and 3rd place for Campos. Karkosik (RP Motorsport) took fourth ahead of Fittje (Fortec Motorsports)
South Africa’s Raoul Hyman (Campos Racing) has been singled out as the surprise in Q1 at the Hungaroring today. The race day started with a surprising grid following a rain storm in the morning. There was still plenty of standing water when the qualifying session began but track conditions severely improved in the dying minutes.With three minutes to go, Jannes Fittje (Fortec Motorsports) was at the top but then Pedro Cardoso (Teo Martín Motorsport) crashed out and it brought out the red flag. As a result, track conditions improved a lot and, when the green flag waved, drivers traded their lap times. Finally, on his last flying lap, Hyman clocked a lap of 1:38.069, five tenths clear of his teammates Simo Laaksonen and Thiago Vivacqua. Laaksonen was the fastest amongst the rookies and had his best qualifying effort in the series. Vivacqua took third to start alongside Alex Karkosik (RP Motorsport) from row two.
Fittje finally took fifth spot on the grid ahead of Nikita Troitskiy (Drivex). Ameya Vaidyanathan (Carlin) and Matheus Iorio (Campos Racing) will share row four. Tarun Reddy (Carlin) and Petru Florescu (Fortec Motorsports) rounded off the top ten. Series leader Harrison Scott (RP Motorsport) will start 14th.
Qualifying 1
1st – No. 1, Raoul Hyman, RSA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:38.069
2nd – No. 3, Simo Laaksonen*, FIN, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:38.600
3rd – No. 2, Thiago Vivacqua, BRA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:38.616
4th – No. 11, Alex Karkosik*, POL, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:38.850
5th – No. 18, Jannes Fittje*, DEU, Fortec Motorsports, Dallara F312, 1:38.976
6th – No. 16, Nikita Troitskiy*, RUS, Drivex School, Dallara F312, 1:39.299
7th – No. 24, Ameya Vaidyanathan, IND, Carlin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:39.328
8th – No. 34, Matheus Iorio, BRA, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:39.389
9th – No. 14, Tarun Reddy*, IND, Carlin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:39.676
10th – No. 1, Petru Florescu*, ROU, Campos Racing, Dallara F312, 1:39.850
11th – No. 12, Christian Hahn, BRA, Drivex School, Dallara F312, 1:40.769
12th – No. 22, Daniil Pronenko, RUS, BVM Racing, Dallara F312, 1:41.485
13th – No. 8, Lodovico Laurini*, ITA, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:42.007
14th – No. 10, Harrison Scott, GBR, RP Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:42.810
15th – No. 43, Pedro Cardoso, BRA, RACE, Dallara F312, 1:43.039
16th – No. 42, Eliseo Martinez Meroño*, ESP, RACE, Dallara F312, 1:43.175
17th – No. 17, Devlin DeFrancesco*, CAN/ITA, Carlin Motorsport, Dallara F312, 1:43.917
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