Qualifying session ended for the young drivers of the F3, called to compete this weekend in Hungarian GP. With 60 degrees of the asphalt, the first indication from the race direction is the communication of a postponed start of 5 minutes later.
Qualifying Hungary: when every mistake is crucial
Despite this, the single-seaters of F3 they are lined up in a herringbone pattern, ready to enter the track when the traffic lights go out. With a drivers' championship still hotly contested, and a calendar that continues to get shorter and shorter, the teams are coming to terms with their results. Which is why, for F3 single-seaters, the Qualifying session becomes crucial during the weekend phases of this Hungarian GP.
The first to launch himself when the traffic lights go out is mansell, pilot of the ART. Twenty minutes from the end, however, there is a surprise Dino Beganovich , ready to move up the rankings after the disappointing performance in free practice. Great work too Fornaroli, which after several rounds of attempts, all thwarted by the traffic, wins the first position.
Browning on the wall, ART thanks them and takes home the Pole
But the greatest difficulty is that encountered with i track limits ending up canceling the times of half of those on the grid. Problems also for the Prema, who in the last 5 minutes is unable to concentrate his efforts, leaving his riders all after tenth position. As expected, all the teams' efforts are concentrated on the last attempt to set the best time in the remaining five minutes.
Fornaroli's name is still strong at the top of the standings, crushed by traffic in the last few minutes. In fact, he surpassed his best time Van Hoepen and Tsolov, pilots of the ART. That thanks to a plot twist caused by Browning, the session ends under the red flag regime, giving the ART team pole position.
