Nyck de Vries takes pole in the rain in Hungary

On a wet track, Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) was the most energetic to take pole position for the main FIA race F2.

Nikita mazepin (ART Grand Prix) spun very quickly at the exit of the chicane, causing a neutralization under red flag conditions. In the wake of the green flag, his teammate de Vries signed the first reference in 1'50″820, only approached by 61 thousandths by Luca Ghiotto (Uni-Virtuosi).

The rest of the peloton is then relegated to more than 2″, before Mick Schumacher (Prema) and Nicholas latifi (DAMS) improved their personal best times to be six and seven tenths behind de Vries.

Latifi was then the first to beat de Vries' initial time in 1'50″578, pushing the Dutchman back to 0″242. But that was without counting on another great lap from de Vries in 1'49″809. No one will be able to get the time of the resident of Racing Team Nederland in the FIA ​​anymore WEC, who takes his third pole of the year after Monaco and the Red Bull ring.

Luca Ghiotto fails at 0″227, while Latifi concedes more than seven tenths on the Dutchman. Mick Schumacher and Louis Delétraz (Carlin) failed in the top 5 at 0″939 and 1″044. Good performance from Anthoine Hubert who finished 9th ahead Guanyu-Zhou (Uni-Virtuosi).

Giuliano Alesi (Trident) finished the session with the 14th fastest time. The main race in Hungary will start tomorrow at 10:10 a.m.