Maini wins F2 Sprint pole

ART Grand Prix driver Kush Maini came out on top of a tightly fought Formula 2 qualifying session at the Miami Grand Prix, ahead of Rafael Câmara and Martinius Stenshorne.

Maini recorded a 1m39.888s with his final lap of the day to beat Câmara to the top spot by just 0.033s, with Rodin Motorsport’s Stenshorne in P3.

It was Câmara that set the pace early with a 1m40.411s, the Invicta Racing driver over a tenth ahead the Rodin’s Alexander Dunne and Stenshorne in P2 and P3 respectively.

Several drivers were able to push on and improve on their second laps with the supersoft tires, including Rafael Villagómez, who went from eighth to fourth ahead of Maini in fifth.

While the majority of the field pushed on for a third attempt, many chose to return to the pitlane for a new set of tires ahead of their final laps of the day. The drivers returned to the track with just over 11 minutes to go, and once the flying laps begun, the fastest time changed several times.

ART opted to bring Maini back into the pitlane as the rest of the field continued looking to improve their times. But those runs were curtailed by a yellow flag at Turn 16, with Stenshorne having pulled over to with a technical issue. The top three were covered by just 0.05s.

Dunne wound up in P4 for Rodin behind Stenshorne, with Gabriele Minì in fifth for MP Motorsport, and Van Amersfoort Racing’s Nico Varrone in sixth.

Joshua Duerksen was seventh for Invicta, ahead of Oliver Goethe, with TRIDENT’s Laurens van Hoepen in P9, while Nikola Tsolov sealed reverse grid pole for the Sprint Race in P10 for Campos Racing.

America's Colton Herta, who topped the practice session this morning, was 14th for Hitech.

Saturday’s Sprint Race is set to take place at 10:00am ET.

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