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Qualifying report

F2 Imola: Vips romps to pole over Iwasa after stoppage

Juri Vips took position for Sunday's Formula 2 feature race at Imola in a delayed qualifying session.

Juri Vips, Hitech Grand Prix

Juri Vips, Hitech Grand Prix

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As the sun set, the Dutch Red Bull junior took his first pole of the season for Hitech Grand Prix with a 1m40.221s.

He took an early lead with a 1m41.599s before a red flag halted running for 10 minutes after Campos Racing's Olli Caldwell went off at Turn 3.

Despite challenges from Jake Hughes (Van Amersfoort Racing) and Campos' Ralph Boschung, who took the lead with just under 10 minutes remaining, Vips managed to improve and ended the session 0.15s ahead.

DAMS' Ayumu Iwasa will line up alongside him for Sunday's race, with Jack Doohan in third for Virtuosi, having shot up from 21st with a brilliant last-minute flying lap.

Boschung was first to set a quick lap after the session was delayed by the late-running Formula 1 qualifying session, with a 1m45.248s.

Though MP Motorsport's Clement Novalak soon demoted him, Boschung reclaimed the top spot until he was surpassed by Vips.

Hughes briefly held the top spot ahead of the red flag, before Vips once again improved on his time.

Frederik Vesti was able to make his first outing onto the track after the stoppage, having suffered an issue hampering his running for much of the session which left him in the pits, and despite making it up to seventh, was forced to settle for 16th at the end of the session.

Carlin's Liam Lawson went third quickest at the halfway point, setting a 1m41.929s, while Felipe Drugovich went fourth.

But the pair failed to keep up with the rest of the pack as the times tumbled and will start in 14th and 12th respectively.

Theo Pourchaire and Marcus Armstrong were also running inside the top 5, but suffered a similar fate and will start seventh and ninth.

Boschung held on to take fourth place, with Prema Racing rookie lining up fifth at the team's home race.

Roy Nissany shot up to third place for DAMS towards the end of the session, but will settle for sixth place having been demoted by Doohan, Boschung and Hauger.

Logan Sargeant will start on pole for Saturday's reverse-grid sprint race, with Armstrong in second and Jehan Daruvala in third.

Sargeant and Hughes will both be investigated after the session for impeding.

Cla Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 Estonia Jüri Vips
United Kingdom HitechGP 14 1'40.221
2 Ayumu Iwasa
France DAMS 13 1'40.378 0.157
3 Australia Jack Doohan
Virtuosi Racing 15 1'40.431 0.210
4 Switzerland Ralph Boschung
Spain Campos Racing 13 1'40.496 0.275
5 Norway Dennis Hauger
Italy Prema Powerteam 13 1'40.572 0.351
6 Israel Roy Nissany
France DAMS 14 1'40.621 0.400
7 France Theo Pourchaire
France ART Grand Prix 14 1'40.862 0.641
8 India Jehan Daruvala
Italy Prema Powerteam 13 1'40.886 0.665
9 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong
United Kingdom HitechGP 15 1'41.004 0.783
10 United States Logan Sargeant
United Kingdom Carlin 14 1'41.062 0.841
11 Germany David Beckmann
Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 13 1'41.129 0.908
12 Brazil Felipe Drugovich
Netherlands MP Motorsport 14 1'41.131 0.910
13 Switzerland Clement Novalak
Netherlands MP Motorsport 14 1'41.173 0.952
14 New Zealand Liam Lawson
United Kingdom Carlin 14 1'41.199 0.978
15 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi
Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 13 1'41.235 1.014
16 Denmark Frederik Vesti
France ART Grand Prix 11 1'41.434 1.213
17 United Kingdom Jake Hughes
Van Amersfoort Racing 12 1'41.520 1.299
18 Amaury Cordeel
Van Amersfoort Racing 14 1'41.592 1.371
19 Netherlands Richard Verschoor
Italy Trident 11 1'42.144 1.923
20 Australia Calan Williams
Italy Trident 12 1'42.498 2.277
21 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Spain Campos Racing 4 1'42.954 2.733
22 Japan Marino Sato
Virtuosi Racing 15 1'43.311 3.090

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