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Armstrong qualifies fourth in strong result for Kiwi F2 rookie

by Zane Shackleton
September 12, 2020
in Formula 2, International, News
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Marcus Armstrong will start from the second row for the inaugural FIA Formula 2 feature race from Mugello as the young Kiwi showed a strong turn in pace after a disappointing string of races.

Armstrong was even sat provisionally on pole position after the opening times of the 30-minute session were set, leading ART teammate Christian Lundgaard.

Ultimately, the Dane would better his efforts to elevate himself ahead of Armstrong and at the chequered flag he found himself at the head of the timesheets to score his maiden F2 pole position.

Dan Ticktum will start alongside the ART in second with championship leader Callum Ilott starting from third. Williams F1 development driver Ticktum had never previously qualified higher than fourth place and fell agonisingly short of Lundgaard’s time by just 0.005s.

Armstrong ended up fourth quickest in his best qualifying performance of the year and his first top-10 start in a dry session.

The Kiwi was only 15th in free practice but his qualifying pace suggests ART may have finally gotten atop of their setup woes which has hindered Armstrong every weekend since Austria.

Felipe Drugovich claimed fifth while Jehan Daruvala was a surprise sixth as he comfortably out-qualified his title-fighting Carlin team-mate Yuki Tsunoda by five places.

Mick Schumacher suffered a tumultuous session at Ferrari’s home circuit when he ran wide the tricky right-hander in the final sector which resulted in a spin. The German would set a time after repairs to the consequent damage but he would only end up a frustrating 15th.

His Prema teammate and former Toyota Racing Series champion Robert Shwartzman fared little better sitting in 14th for most of the session. He would eventually improve his time to grab ninth.

PosDriverGap
1Christian Lundgaard1m30.133s
2Dan Ticktum+0.005s
3Callum Ilott+0.071s
4Marcus Armstrong+0.184s
5Felipe Drugovich+0.206s
6Jehan Daruvala+0.304s
7Juri Vips+0.353s
8Luca Ghiotto+0.375s
9Robert Shwartzman+0.394s
10Jack Aitken+0.400s
11Yuki Tsunoda+0.409s
12Louis Deletraz+0.419s
13Guanyu Zhou+0.453s
14Nikita Mazepin+0.459s
15Mick Schumacher+0.791s
16Pedro Piquet+0.841s
17Marino Sato+0.998s
18Roy Nissany+1.026s
19Artem Markelov+1.198s
20Giuliano Alesi+1.212s
21Nobuharu Matsushita+1.828s
22Guilherme Samaia+2.226s

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