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Tsunoda fastest in F2 practice at Silverstone

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Credit: FIA Formula 2

In keeping with his practice performances so far in 2020, Yuki Tsunoda was the fastest man in FIA Formula 2 as he laid down a marker for the competition, beating his Carlin teammate Jehan Daruvala by almost half a second.

The Red Bull junior was set for victory in Hungary before a radio fault meant he didn’t hear his team call him into the pits and he dropped back when he eventually did, climbing back to second but unable to take the win off Robert Shwartzman.

Tsunoda and Carlin have been quick in every practice session so far this season with Daruvala in second ahead of the hit and miss Felipe Drugovich in third.

The Brazilian seems to love the hard tyres in use this weekend as they were the same compound he took his first F2 win on in Austria.

UNI-Virtuosi have been one of the top teams with their rapid pairing of Callum Ilott and Guanyu Zhou consistently front runners, finishing the practice session fourth and fifth.

Dan Ticktum showed more promise at his home race ending in sixth as he strengthens his stature in the Williams driver academy with Jack Aitken down in nineteenth.

Louis Delétraz has so far failed to live up to his testing pace but he was seventh in practice ahead of Nikita Mazepin and the two ART’s of Christian Lundgaard and Marcus Armstrong.

PREMA were the team to perhaps disappoint the most with Mick Schumacher eleventh and championship leader Shwartzman fourteenth.

Guiliano Alesi is yet to see how quick he can go as he spun on his second lap and couldn’t get his car started again. He missed the remainder of the session.

Pos.NameTeamLap Time
1Yuki TsunodaCarlin1:40:453
2Jehan DaruvalaCarlin1:41:033
3Felipe DrugovichMP Motorsport1:41:063
4Callum IlottUNI-Virtuosi1:41:182
5Guanyu ZhouUNI-Virtuosi1:41:348
6Dan TicktumDAMS1:41:357
7Louis DelétrazCharouz1:41:428
8Nikita MazepinHitech GP1:41:496
9Christian LundgaardART1:41:512
10Marcus ArmstrongART1:41:557
11Mick SchumacherPREMA1:41:671
12Sean GelaelDAMS1:41:718
13Luca GhiottoHitech GP1:41:767
14Robert ShwartzmanPREMA1:41:778
15Pedro PiquetCharouz1:41:972
16Nobuharu MatsushitaMP Motorsport1:41:994
17Roy NissanyTrident1:42:221
18Artem MarkelovHWA Racelab1:42:408
19Jack AitkenCampos1:42:687
20Marino SatoTrident1:43:326
21Guilherme SamaiaCampos1:44:556
22Guiliano AlesiHWA Racelab1:59:029
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