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Spa F2: De Vries sets blistering practice pace
Formula 2 points leader Nyck de Vries set an untouchable pace in practice at Spa for ART Grand Prix.
Jack Benyon
Edited: Aug 30, 2019, 12:05 PM
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Nicholas Latifi showed no sign of being slowed by running straight from his Williams Formula 1 car outing in FP1 to his DAMS-run F2 car by taking the second-fastest time.
His chance to improve was scuppered as Ralph Boschung pulled his Trident-run car to the side of the road and shortened the session with a red flag.
Most of the fastest times were set towards the start of the session, despite the track rubbering in after just two previous sessions.
Carlin's Louis Deletraz rounded out the top three for Carlin, with the second DAMS driver Sergio Sette Camara and Campos Racing's Jack Aitken making sure four of the top five in the championship appeared in the top five.
Aitken was the final car within a second of de Vries. Virtuosi Racing's Ghiotto – fourth in the championship – took sixth ahead of Mick Schumacher.
Ferrari junior Schumacher was seventh in the order before a spin with 14 minutes to go at Stavelot. It ended his session as he stalled his Prema Racing-run car. He was wheeled away by the marshals.
Boschung took eighth despite his issues, ahead of Trident Racing teammate Giuliano Alesi – who spun like fellow Ferrari junior Schumacher at Stavelot – and Honda junior Nobuharu Matsushita for Carlin.
The championship's top rookie Guan Yu Zhou managed 12th, while Euroformula Open points leader Marino Sato was 19th on his debut in the series with Campos.
Session results:
Cla # Driver Team Time Gap 1 4 Nyck de Vries
ART Grand Prix 1'59.509 2 6
Nicholas Latifi
DAMS 1'59.892 0.383 3 1
Louis Deletraz
Carlin 2'00.008 0.499 4 5
Sergio Sette Camara
DAMS 2'00.258 0.749 5 15
Jack Aitken
Campos Racing 2'00.460 0.951 6 8
Luca Ghiotto
UNI-Virtuosi 2'00.607 1.098 7 9
Mick Schumacher
Prema Powerteam 2'00.932 1.423 8 21
Ralph Boschung
Trident 2'00.980 1.471 9 20
Giuliano Alesi
Trident 2'00.987 1.478 10 2
Nobuharu Matsushita
Carlin 2'01.027 1.518 11 19
Anthoine Hubert
Arden International 2'01.301 1.792 12 7
Guanyu Zhou
UNI-Virtuosi 2'01.301 1.792 13 10
Sean Gelael
Prema Powerteam 2'01.423 1.914 14 11
Callum Ilott
Charouz Racing System 2'01.562 2.053 15 16
Jordan King
MP Motorsport 2'01.645 2.136 16 3
Nikita Mazepin
ART Grand Prix 2'01.795 2.286 17 12
Juan Manuel Correa
Charouz Racing System 2'02.014 2.505 18 18
Tatiana Calderon
Arden International 2'02.819 3.310 19 14 Marino Sato
Campos Racing 2'02.962 3.453 20 17
Mahaveer Raghunathan
MP Motorsport 2'05.746 6.237 View full results
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