Beganovic claims pole position at the 2025 F2 Imola GP Qualifying

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It’s the first European Qualifying of the 2025 season of the F2 Championship and it’s happening at the Imola GP. This wouldn’t be a new track for the F2 rookies since F3 also participates in the Imola GP every season, and others drove here in F4. This makes it an even playing ground for the F2 drivers and an exciting Qualifying session at the Imola GP.

Free Practice had Rodin Motorsport’s rookie driver Alex Dunne topping the chart with timing of 1:27.907. Arvid Lindbald and Kush Maini were not far off from the Irishman with Maini only 0.115s slower than Dunne. However, championship leader Richard Verschoor found himself struggling during the session. As he failed to pull pace out of the MP car and ended the session in P14.

The F2 Champion standing is tight and many drivers will be looking to rearrange the placings this weekend at the Imola GP.

Green light at the F2 Imola GP Qualifying

Qualifying had a 3-minute delayed start, starting at 14:03 local time.

30 minutes on the clock starts now as the drivers leave the pit lane to warm up their tyres on their outlaps.

Many had eyes on Italian rookie driver Leonardo Fornaroli who would be racing on home soil.

Arvid Lindbald was the first to attempt a flying lap topping the charts with a time of 1:28.175.

Alex Dunne continues to dominant the track as he goes fastest in sector 2 and sets a personal best in Sector 1 and Sector 3. He now topped the charts with a 1:27.827.

Verschoor started his flying lap however a couple of mistakes on track, resulted in the championship leader placing only P17.

More than Luke Browning shoots up to P4, only 4 tenths slower than Victor Martins in P1 following a storming lap by the French driver.

Montoya, Goethe, Verschoor and Marti are the first few drivers to pit for new tyres while others chose to stay out to continue their push laps.

Victor Martins sets a high bar in first half of Qualifying

We have Victor Martins taking over P1 with a timing of 1:27.424, crossing the line 0.382s faster than Dunne. A timing that safely placed him in P1 as drivers were unsuccessful in overtaking him in the first half of qualifying.

Fornaroli placed himself in P2 on his home ground, only 0.278s slower than Martins.

Dunne would go on to do a couple of push laps but would continue to be unable to improve his timings enough for pole. Dunne had even abandoned a flying lap choosing to switch to the pitlane after his sector times clearly weren’t going to improve.

Less than 15 minutes to go

The drivers have all pitted for a new set of Supersoft tyres. With the Reverse grid for the Sprint Race, the drivers were pushing to finish within the top 10 to take full advantage of it.

Montoya had to abandon an attempt for a flying lap due the traffic of cars exiting the pitlane. He was the fastest in Sector 1 and he was eager to climb up from his current P10 placing.

He starts his final flying lap and goes fastest again in Sector 1 and sets the fastest one in Sector 3. Montoya also set a personal best in Sector 2, placing him on provisional pole.

Browning found himself driving through the grass on turn 4 during one of his push laps, while Marti went through the gravel after missing the apex. His lap time was subsequently deleted.

Red Flag brought out by Maini

With 5:59 mins left on the clock, the session was paused due to a Red Flag brought out by DAMS’ Kush Maini. The driver had lost control of the car and crashed into the barriers at Tamburello. He reported that he was ok on radio afterwards.

The DAMS driver was extracted from his car while the rest of the F2 grid returns to the pitlane while the track was being cleared.

Session will not be resumed

Race control announced that the session will not be resumed after the red flag despite 6 minutes left on the clock.

Hitech TGR celebrates with Dino Beganovic claims his first pole position in F2 at the 2025 Imola GP Qualifying. Making him the first to be presented with the Aramco Pole Position trophy. Montoya completes the front row in P2 with Martins in P3.

Championship leader Verschoor placed P19 after struggling to improve his lap times with some on track mistakes.

With the top ten reversed for the Sprint Race , Jak Crawford will start in pole position for the Sprint Race at the 2025 Imola GP.