MP Motorsport's Dennis Hauger

Formula 2: Hauger holds off Duerksen for pole in Spielberg

MP Motorsport’s Dennis Hauger sealed his second Pole Position of the season after close battle with AIX Racing’s Joshua Duerksen in a dramatic Spielberg Qualifying.

The Norwegian driver completed a lap of 1:15.487 to lead Duerksen by just 0.008s, as Invicta Racing’s Gabriel Bortoleto rounded out the top three, a tenth away from the Norwegian’s Pole time.

It was Campos Racing’s Isack Hadjar that led the way in the early stages though, an opening time of 1:15.828 put him over two-tenths clear of Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Paul Aron in second.

While most went for cool down laps, others continued to push but no one could trouble the top two, with Hauger going closest in his MP car in third place.

Returning to the pitlane, Hadjar had smoke coming from the rear of his car, with the issue ruling him out for the remainder of the session.

The rest of the field followed him into the pitlane to bolt on a second set of the Pirelli Supersoft tires in preparation for their final runs.

Duerksen qualified in P2 after going to within 0.008s of pole

Duerksen qualified in P2 after going to within 0.008s of pole

 

With five minutes left, the final few laps started and after leading the rest of the field around the track, Hauger went to the top of the timesheets with a 1:15.487, leading Duerksen by 0.111s as he moved himself up to second.

The Paraguayan improved further on his next flying lap to go within 0.008s of top spot, but in the end Hauger held on to Pole Position, with Bortoleto in third.

Franco Colapinto completed a strong day for MP as he qualified fourth ahead of Aron, who survived a spin on his final flying effort to finish fifth. Taylor Barnard wound up sixth for AIX ahead of the Campos pair of Hadjar and Josep María Martí.

Oliver Bearman was ninth for PREMA Racing ahead of Kush Maini, with the Invicta Racing driver set to start from reverse grid pole in the Sprint Race for the second weekend in a row.

Join us tomorrow for the Spielberg Sprint Race which is set to start at 13:30 local time.

Austrian Formula 2 Qualifying Results

Pos Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1 Dennis Hauger MP Motorsport 1m15.487s +0.000s 16
2 Joshua Duerksen AIX Racing 1m15.495s +0.008s 16
3 Gabriel Bortoleto Virtuosi Racing 1m15.601s +0.114s 16
4 Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport 1m15.648s +0.161s 16
5 Paul Aron Hitech GP 1m15.721s +0.234s 13
6 Taylor Barnard AIX Racing 1m15.807s +0.320s 15
7 Isack Hadjar Campos Racing 1m15.828s +0.341s 7
8 Pepe Marti Campos Racing 1m15.893s +0.406s 16
9 Ollie Bearman Prema 1m15.900s +0.413s 14
10 Kush Maini Virtuosi Racing 1m15.911s +0.424s 14
11 Amaury Cordeel Hitech GP 1m15.920s +0.433s 14
12 Zak O’Sullivan ART Grand Prix 1m15.969s +0.482s 14
13 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 1m15.995s +0.508s 14
14 Jak Crawford DAMS 1m16.007s +0.520s 16
15 Enzo Fittipaldi Van Amersfoort Racing 1m16.047s +0.560s 16
16 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema 1m16.158s +0.671s 14
17 Richard Verschoor Trident 1m16.217s +0.730s 16
18 Rafael Villagomez Van Amersfoort Racing 1m16.270s +0.783s 16
19 Juan Manuel Correa DAMS 1m16.290s +0.803s 15
20 Zane Maloney Rodin Motorsport 1m16.292s +0.805s 15
21 Ritomo Miyata Rodin Motorsport 1m16.348s +0.861s 16
22 Roman Stanek Trident 1m16.462s +0.975s 16